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The Clark surname

The Clark name in Orange County Indexed: 672 historical records, 38 people in the chronology and 9 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1750 to 1911 most named in the 1800s
  • Wills 1750–1886
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1755–1818
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Marriages 1781–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1786–1854
In the chronology
1771 to 2022 38 people in 85 entries, most in the 1940s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 8 people, born 1838 to 1956
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (20), Little River (16), Stinking Quarter Creek (4), Back Creek (3), Mountain Creek (2), Rock Creek (2), Ellerbe Creek (2), Cates Creek (2)
Married into
Allison 4, Cates 3, Tinnin 3, Thompson 3, Wilkinson 3, Anderson 2, Carson 2, Cheek 2, Woods 2, Lindsey 2, Tinnen 2, Ray 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Ray 13, Allison 13, Child 7, Smith 7, Allen 7, Faucett 6, Latta 5, Thompson 5, Anderson 5, McCulloch 5, Williams 5, Rutherford 4
People with a page here
David Clark, Henry T. Clark Jr., Jim Clark, Rebecca Clark, Robert Spencer Clark, Terry Lee Clark, Thomas Clark (Carrboro carpenter), Walter Clark, William Clark
Spellings to try
Clarke, Clarks
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 38 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 9 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 672 records

116 deeds, 7 records of enslaved people, 131 marriages, 354 court minutes, 29 tax list entries and 35 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. Clark marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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