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Orange County Indexed

The Courtney surname

The Courtney name in Orange County Indexed: 253 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1766 to 1822 most named in the 1780s
  • Deeds 1766–1810
  • Court minutes 1777–1818
  • Wills 1777–1822
  • Records of enslaved people 1778–1799
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1781–1793
In the chronology
1752 to 1801 4 people in 14 entries, most in the 1770s
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (23), Eno River (8), Tryon Street (5), New Hope Creek (5), King Street (4), Church Street (2), John Street (1), Deep Creek (1)
Married into
Christmas 1, Watts 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Lytle 21, McCauley 18, Nichols 15, Taylor 13, Ray 9, Cain 9, Watts 8, Christmas 7, Hogan 7, Crosbie 7, Patterson 7, Rochester 6
People with a page here
William Courtney
Spellings to try
Courtny, Cortner, Courtner, Coutney, Couertner
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 4 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 253 records

44 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 192 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 8 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. Courtney marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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