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The Carroll surname

The Carroll name in Orange County Indexed: 144 historical records, 18 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1893 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Deeds 1782–1872
  • Court minutes 1783–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1791–1797
  • Wills 1793–1846
  • Marriages 1804–1893
In the chronology
1894 to 2024 18 people in 70 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1885
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (11), Eno River (10), Ellerbe Creek (3), Second Creek (2), Ellerbees Creek (2), Varnels Creek (1), Hillsborough (1), Cane Creek (1)
Married into
Thompson 3, Carrington 2, Lloyd 2, Glenn 2, Vaughn 2, Andrews 1, Baldwin 1, Barbee 1, Barton 1, Bishop 1, Boothe 1, Browning 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Riley 4, Bunch 4, Thompson 3, Burton 2, Jenkins 2, Cole 2, Baker 2, Reed 2, Tapp 2, Bennett 2, Alves 2, Flintham 2
People with a page here
Dudley Dewitt Carroll
Spellings to try
Carrol, Carrell, Carrall, Caroll, Carrolle, Carool, Carol
Search beyond these records

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 18 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 2 headings

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 144 records

59 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 45 marriages, 28 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 4 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Carroll marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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