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Orange County Indexed

The Forest surname

The Forest name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1780 to 1862 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1780
  • Deeds 1792–1822
  • Marriages 1792–1862
  • Wills 1804–1831
In the chronology
1820 to 1921 3 people in 2 entries, most in the 1820s
Places in its deeds and wills
Great Alamance Creek (1), Stony Creek (1), Deep Creek (1)
Married into
Fitch 1, Lovins 1, Gicie 1 · the marriages
Spellings to try
Forrest, Forrestt
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 16 records

3 deeds, 3 marriages, 3 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 5 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. Forest marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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1860s

Undated

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