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The Gillespie surname

The Gillespie name in Orange County Indexed: 7 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1793 to 1800 most named in the 1790s
  • Wills 1793
  • Deeds 1793–1799
  • Court minutes 1799–1800
In the chronology
1796 1 person in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 person, born 1747
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (2)
Often named with
Jones 2, Webb 2, Henderson 2
People with a page here
James Gillespie
Spellings to try
Gillaspie, Gallaspie, Gilaspie, Gillispie
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 books and archives 1 heading

Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.

In the historical records 7 records

4 deeds, 2 court minutes and 1 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. Search the name in every collection

1790s

1800s

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