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The Crabtree surname

The Crabtree name in Orange County Indexed: 415 historical records and 16 people in the chronology.

In the records
1762 to 1911 most named in the 1850s
  • Deeds 1762–1874
  • Wills 1774–1884
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1781–1818
  • Marriages 1784–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1850
In the chronology
1824 to 1961 16 people in 27 entries, most in the 1900s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (26), Stones Creek (8), Flat River (7), Hillsborough (5), Raleigh (3), Hillsboro (3), Seven Mile Creek (2), New Hope Creek (2)
Married into
Riley 9, Strayhorn 7, McCauley 5, Barton 4, Campbell 4, Cates 4, Rhew 4, Jackson 4, Roberts 4, Latta 3, Sparrow 3, Dollar 3 · the marriages
Often named with
Barton 7, Taylor 4, Borland 4, McKerall 4, McCauley 4, Burton 4, Norwood 3, Davis 3, Faucett 3, Hunter 3, Hart 3, Moore 3
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 16 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 415 records

105 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 201 marriages, 81 court minutes, 10 tax list entries and 17 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. Crabtree marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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