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The Geer surname

The Geer name in Orange County Indexed: 57 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1764 to 1879 most named in the 1870s
  • Deeds 1764–1874
  • Records of enslaved people 1769
  • Wills 1770–1807
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Court minutes 1800–1818
  • Marriages 1811–1879
In the chronology
1960 to 1989 4 people in 6 entries, most in the 1960s
Places in its deeds and wills
Ellerbe Creek (10), Durham (5), Raleigh Road (3), Third Fork Creek (2), Raleigh (2), Shepherds Branch (1), Long Branch (1), Durham’s Station (1)
Married into
Dixon 2, Alston 1, Amy 1, Bishop 1, Bragg 1, Cheek 1, Mason 1, Mangum 1, Williams 1, Leathers 1, Lockhart 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Durning 2, Causey 2, Herndon 2, Cain 2, Cheek 2, Redmon 2, McCown 2, Wood 2, Patterson 2, Rhodes 2
People with a page here
Earl Geer
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 57 records

31 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 12 marriages, 7 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 3 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. Geer marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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