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Orange County Indexed

The Clayton surname

The Clayton name in Orange County Indexed: 29 historical records and 10 people in the chronology.

In the records
1763 to 1911 most named in the 1890s
  • Deeds 1763–1869
  • Wills 1782
  • Marriages 1828–1911
In the chronology
1925 to 1999 10 people in 38 entries, most in the 1950s
Places in its deeds and wills
Stony Creek (1), Haw River (1), Little River (1)
Married into
Porterfield 2, Crabtree 2, Barbee 1, Borland 1, Breeze 1, Cary 1, Holden 1, Lockhart 1, Weaver 1, Wagoner 1, Turner 1, Dunn 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Ricketts 2
People with a page here
Odell H. Clayton
Spellings to try
Claytor, Clanton, Crayton
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 10 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 29 records

3 deeds, 23 marriages, 2 court minutes and 1 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. Clayton marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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