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The Goss surname

The Goss name in Orange County Indexed: 16 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1755 to 1875 most named in the 1750s
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Deeds 1756–1825
  • Court minutes 1811
  • Records of enslaved people 1825
  • Marriages 1871–1875
In the chronology
1868 to 1949 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1860s
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (2), Eno River (1), Gibsons Creek (1), Bolins Branch (1)
Married into
Adcock 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Farthing 2
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 2 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 16 records

6 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 2 marriages, 6 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Goss marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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Undated

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