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Orange County Indexed

The Fort surname

The Fort name in Orange County Indexed: 11 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1812 to 1825 most named in the 1820s
  • Court minutes 1812–1813
  • Deeds 1815–1825
  • Records of enslaved people 1820
In the chronology
1821 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Reeds Creek (2), Flat River (1)
Often named with
Umstead 3, Wood 2
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 1 person

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 11 records

4 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people and 6 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Search the name in every collection

1810s

1820s

Undated

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