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Orange County Indexed

The Carter surname

The Carter name in Orange County Indexed: 238 historical records, 23 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1899 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1816
  • Deeds 1756–1840
  • Wills 1782–1847
  • Marriages 1782–1899
  • Records of enslaved people 1828
In the chronology
1845 to 2006 23 people in 86 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1760 to 1913
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (14), Haw River (8), Marys Creek (5), Long Branch (4), Fayetteville Road (1), John Thompson's Mill (1), Great Road (1), Thompson's Mill (1)
Married into
Bass 3, Edwards 3, Smith 2, Thompson 2, Albright 1, Baker 1, Berry 1, Bevins 1, Bowdown 1, Breeze 1, Campbell 1, Elliot 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Lindley 7, Newlin 6, Harvey 6, Edwards 5, Morrison 4, Elliott 4, Madden 3, White 3, Shugart 3, Jones 3, Moore 3, Robertson 2
People with a page here
H. D. Carter, Hodding Carter III, Joel Carter, Landon Carter
Spellings to try
Carver, Carters, Canter
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 23 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 238 records

40 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 35 marriages, 135 court minutes, 14 tax list entries and 12 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. Carter marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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