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Orange County Indexed

The Carney surname

The Carney name in Orange County Indexed: 7 historical records, 3 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1770 to 1797 most named in the 1770s
  • Deeds 1770–1797
In the chronology
1825 to 1991 3 people in 4 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Cobbs Creek (1), Cobb Creek (1), Alamance Creek (1)
Spellings to try
Carey, Carnes, Carne, Cainey, Carnel
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Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.

In the chronology 3 people

The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.

In books and archives 1 heading

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

In the historical records 7 records

3 deeds and 4 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection

1770s

1790s

Undated

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