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The Duncan surname

The Duncan name in Orange County Indexed: 52 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1753 to 1900 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1753–1832
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1787–1818
  • Wills 1798–1831
  • Marriages 1813–1900
In the chronology
1878 to 1954 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1870s
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (8), Bradfords Creek (2), Spring Lane (2), Churton Street (2), Cane Creek (1), Durham (1), Stony Branch (1), Mebane (1)
Married into
Carter 1, Woods 1, Reeves 1, Smith 1, Lunsford 1, Robinson 1, Mason 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Greer 2, Moore 2, Allen 2, Workman 2, Baker 2, Kirkland 2, Daniel 2
Spellings to try
Dunman, Duncans, Dungan
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 the historical records 52 records

22 deeds, 8 marriages, 16 court minutes, 3 tax list entries 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. Duncan marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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