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The Doherty surname

The Doherty name in Orange County Indexed: 95 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1780 to 1859 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1780–1855
  • Records of enslaved people 1785–1806
  • Marriages 1785–1847
  • Wills 1787–1859
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Court minutes 1790–1818
In the chronology
1787 to 2003 5 people in 13 entries, most in the 2000s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (6), Little River (4), Buck Quarter Creek (3), Forresters Creek (3), Churton Street (3), Great Alamance Creek (2), King Street (2), Hayes Creek (1)
Married into
Cole 3, Bond 1, Burke 1, Dickie 1, McCracken 1, Yarbrough 1, Edwards 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Burke 7, Lytle 6, Bond 4, Tatom 4, Benton 4, Casey 4, Child 4, Cameron 3, Freeman 3, Kelly 2, Nichols 2, Nicolas 2
People with a page here
Matt Doherty
Spellings to try
Dorherty, Doharty, Dohertys, Dogherty, Docherty
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 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 95 records

31 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 9 marriages, 42 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 6 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. Doherty marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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