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Orange County Indexed

The Davidson surname

The Davidson name in Orange County Indexed: 11 historical records, 2 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1764 to 1866 most named in the 1760s
  • Deeds 1764–1866
  • Court minutes 1813–1816
  • Marriages 1841
In the chronology
1892 to 1967 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1890s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1746
Places in its deeds and wills
Owens Creek (1), Eno River (1), Morgan Creek (1)
Married into
Fowler 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Pendergrass 2, Benson 2, McCauley 2
People with a page here
William Lee Davidson
Spellings to try
Davison, Davisson
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 books and archives 1 heading

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 11 records

6 deeds, 1 marriages and 4 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Davidson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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1800s

1810s

1840s

1860s

Undated

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