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Orange County Indexed

The Glass surname

The Glass name in Orange County Indexed: 37 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1764 to 1849 most named in the 1840s
  • Deeds 1764–1849
  • Marriages 1809–1848
  • Wills 1820–1847
  • Records of enslaved people 1831–1842
In the chronology
1856 to 1936 3 people in 8 entries, most in the 1920s
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (4), Fayetteville Road (2), Mill Creek (2), Stinking Quarter Creek (1), Rock Branch (1), Back Creek (1), Glass Mill (1), Haw Creek (1)
Married into
Amick 1, Armstrong 1, Royster 1, Kerr 1, McClane 1, Isley 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Murphey 2, Neese 2, Hunter 2, Moore 2, Morphis 2, Thompson 2, Craig 2, Jones 2, Howard 2
Spellings to try
Grass
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 3 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 37 records

16 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 6 marriages, 6 court minutes 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. Glass marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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