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Orange County Indexed

The Closs surname

The Closs name in Orange County Indexed: 21 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1850 to 1887 most named in the 1870s
  • Deeds 1850–1873
  • Marriages 1875–1887
In the chronology
1866 to 1984 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1860s
Places in its deeds and wills
Durham (11), Main Street (6), Bolin Creek (3), Pratt Street (3), Presswoods Creek (2), Chapel Hill (2), Oxford Road (2), Durham Road (2)
Married into
Stroud 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Driver 3, Davis 2, Herndon 2
Spellings to try
Close, Cross
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 the historical records 21 records

19 deeds and 2 marriages, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Closs marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1850s

1860s

1870s

1880s

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