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The Gattis surname

The Gattis name in Orange County Indexed: 189 historical records and 21 people in the chronology.

In the records
1768 to 1908 most named in the 1840s
  • Deeds 1768–1874
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Court minutes 1780–1816
  • Marriages 1782–1908
  • Wills 1802–1854
  • Records of enslaved people 1819
In the chronology
1740 to 1981 21 people in 120 entries, most in the 1900s
Places in its deeds and wills
Presswoods Creek (16), Hillsborough (8), Bolin Creek (7), New Hope Creek (5), Tryon Street (5), Cedar Creek (4), King Street (4), Eno River (2)
Married into
King 6, Pendergrass 3, Durham 2, Mason 2, Strain 2, Jones 2, Allen 1, Blackwood 1, Burnett 1, Caldwell 1, Cale 1, Cate 1 · the marriages
Often named with
King 10, Davis 6, Kirkland 5, Shelton 5, Hogan 4, Herndon 4, Johnston 4, Adams 3, Parks 3, Walker 2, Madry 2, Brown 2
People with a page here
Sam M. Gattis III, Samuel Mallett Gattis
Spellings to try
Gattes
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 21 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 189 records

66 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 60 marriages, 47 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 14 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. Gattis marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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