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The Dodson surname

The Dodson name in Orange County Indexed: 73 historical records and 5 people in the chronology.

In the records
1804 to 1911 most named in the 1870s
  • Marriages 1804–1911
  • Deeds 1820–1867
  • Records of enslaved people 1821–1824
  • Wills 1831–1890
In the chronology
1822 to 1900 5 people in 11 entries, most in the 1840s
Places in its deeds and wills
Laughlins Creek (2), Cane Creek (2), Great Road (1), Seven Mile Creek (1)
Married into
Sykes 8, Cates 3, Lloyd 3, Jones 3, Kirk 3, Howard 3, Andrews 2, Long 2, Lashley 2, Garrett 2, Adams 1, Baldwin 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Boothe 2, Foster 2, Patton 2, Green 2, Lloyd 2
People with a page here
Elias Dodson
Spellings to try
Dotson, Dobson
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 5 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 73 records

11 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 53 marriages, 4 court minutes and 3 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. Dodson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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