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Orange County Indexed

The Christmas surname

The Christmas name in Orange County Indexed: 346 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1777 to 1885 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1777–1873
  • Tax lists 1780–1790
  • Wills 1783–1833
  • Court minutes 1784–1818
  • Marriages 1786–1885
  • Records of enslaved people 1794–1805
In the chronology
1800 to 1915 4 people in 13 entries, most in the 1900s
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (8), Little Cane Creek (8), Fayetteville Road (4), Durham (4), Haw Creek (4), Moccasin Branch (3), Turkey Hill Creek (2), Straight Branch (2)
Married into
Butler 1, McLemore 1, Courtney 1, Kimbrough 1, Welwhite 1, Smith 1, Thompson 1, Robeson 1, Faucett 1, Lynn 1, Hancock 1, Jordan 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 17, Harris 15, Kirk 12, Hodge 12, Strudwick 11, Tatom 11, McCauley 9, Ray 8, Campbell 7, Lindley 7, Courtney 7, Moore 7
People with a page here
John Christmas
Spellings to try
Christian, Christmass, Christman, Crismas
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 4 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 the historical records 346 records

45 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 270 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 9 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. Christmas marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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