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The Dunagan surname

The Dunagan name in Orange County Indexed: 103 historical records.

In the records
1755 to 1868 most named in the 1820s
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Deeds 1759–1859
  • Court minutes 1788–1812
  • Marriages 1793–1868
  • Records of enslaved people 1806–1827
  • Wills 1822
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (36), Mill Creek (8), Hillsborough (7), Eno River (5), Dunagans Mill Creek (4), Trading Road (3), Great Road (1), Dunagans Mill (1)
Married into
Peelor 1, Waggoner 1, Ray 1, Holloway 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Carrington 13, Wortham 4, Rhew 4, Cameron 4, Ray 4, Warren 4, Leathers 3, Horner 3, Sims 3, Latta 3, Terry 3, Cain 2
Spellings to try
Dunnagan, Dunegan, Dunagin, Dunngan, Donagan, Dunavan
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 historical records 103 records

76 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 11 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 1 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. Dunagan marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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