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Orange County Indexed

The Churton surname

The Churton name in Orange County Indexed: 103 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1754 to 1767 most named in the 1760s
  • Deeds 1754–1767
  • Records of enslaved people 1755
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Court minutes 1761
In the chronology
1748 to 1759 2 people in 9 entries, most in the 1750s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (5), Eno River (4), Market Street (1), King Street (1), Richland Creek (1), Mebane (1)
Often named with
Granville 25, Metcalf 18, Reed 8, Watson 5, Lewis 4, Pryor 3, Corbin 2, Mebane 2, McCulloch 2, Wrightsman 2, Gray 2, Brooks 2
People with a page here
William Churton
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 2 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 103 records

76 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 25 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, 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

1750s

1760s

Undated

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