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The Clapp surname

The Clapp name in Orange County Indexed: 153 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1759 to 1901 most named in the 1830s
  • Deeds 1759–1874
  • Wills 1778–1846
  • Court minutes 1791–1818
  • Marriages 1806–1901
  • Records of enslaved people 1833–1839
In the chronology
1752 1 person in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Beaver Creek (16), Great Alamance Creek (13), Alamance Creek (5), Back Creek (4), Stinking Quarter Creek (3), Haw River (3), Varnels Creek (2), Fayetteville Road (1)
Married into
Alexander 1, Amick 1, Cates 1, Foust 1, Euless 1, Fogleman 1, Robertson 1, Wagoner 1, Trolinger 1, Roney 1, Murray 1, Rightsell 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 16, Foust 12, Bason 7, May 6, Albright 6, Thompson 5, McCulloch 5, Hobbs 4, Huffman 3, Smith 3, Trolinger 3, McCulloh 3
Spellings to try
Clap, Claps
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 1 person

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 153 records

63 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 17 marriages, 63 court minutes and 6 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. Clapp marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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