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Orange County Indexed

The Ellison surname

The Ellison name in Orange County Indexed: 84 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1763 to 1900 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1763–1816
  • Tax lists 1780
  • Court minutes 1784–1815
  • Marriages 1792–1900
  • Records of enslaved people 1795–1814
In the chronology
1868 to 1986 3 people in 4 entries, most in the 1980s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (6), Back Creek (4), Little River (2), Cates Creek (1)
Married into
Stewart 2, Scoby 2, Berry 1, Lindsey 1, Maddin 1, Woods 1, Jones 1, Thompson 1, Vincent 1, Turrentine 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Allison 6, Roberts 5, Campbell 4, Culberson 3, Clark 2, Kerr 2, Duke 2, Ray 2, Hardie 2, Walker 2, Palmer 2, McQuie 2
Spellings to try
Ellimon, Elison, Elleson
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 3 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 84 records

22 deeds, 9 records of enslaved people, 12 marriages, 40 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Ellison marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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