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The Gant surname

The Gant name in Orange County Indexed: 210 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1769 to 1895 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1769–1845
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1818
  • Wills 1783–1844
  • Marriages 1792–1895
  • Records of enslaved people 1795–1844
In the chronology
1811 to 1976 4 people in 3 entries, most in the 1810s
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (41), Stony Creek (7), John Gants Mill (4), Haw Creek (2), Mebane (2), New Hope Creek (2), Fall Branch (2), Huffmans Road (2)
Married into
McCracken 2, Cass 1, Couton 1, Elmore 1, Ezzell 1, Faucett 1, Freeland 1, Judge 1, Rippy 1, Lovens 1, Minnis 1, Whitsett 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Rippy 10, Freeland 10, Long 6, Whitsett 6, Tapley 4, Smith 4, Cook 4, Phillips 3, Perry 3, Rainey 3, Bason 2, Waggoner 2
Spellings to try
Gantt
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 4 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 210 records

70 deeds, 13 records of enslaved people, 20 marriages, 95 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 6 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. Gant marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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