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The Glenn surname

The Glenn name in Orange County Indexed: 201 historical records, 3 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1760 to 1903 most named in the 1810s
  • Wills 1760–1873
  • Deeds 1762–1874
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1782–1903
  • Court minutes 1788–1818
In the chronology
1834 to 1920 3 people in 8 entries, most in the 1900s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1854 to 1921
Places in its deeds and wills
Ellerbe Creek (6), Eno River (4), Cane Creek (3), Ellerbee Creek (3), Little River (2), Ellerbees Creek (2), Great Road (1), Benjamin Hester's Stillhouse Branch (1)
Married into
Carrington 2, Carroll 2, Cheek 2, Cole 2, Copley 2, Crabtree 2, Dollar 2, Wood 2, Roberts 2, Rigsby 2, Hall 2, Williams 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Carrington 9, Wood 6, Lingo 4, Jackson 4, Mebane 4, Brown 3, Pratt 3, Hancock 3, Davis 2, Clancy 2, Turner 2, Tilley 2
People with a page here
Elizabeth Elliott Lumpkin Glenn, John Glenn, R. B. (Robert Brodnax) Glenn
Spellings to try
Glen
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 books and archives 3 headings

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 201 records

47 deeds, 66 marriages, 66 court minutes, 7 tax list entries and 15 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. Glenn marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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