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The Green surname

The Green name in Orange County Indexed: 383 historical records, 28 people in the chronology and 10 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1909 most named in the 1800s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1775–1879
  • Court minutes 1782–1814
  • Deeds 1782–1874
  • Marriages 1783–1909
  • Records of enslaved people 1794–1858
In the chronology
1752 to 1994 28 people in 138 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 9 people, born 1798 to 1950
Places in its deeds and wills
Ellerbe Creek (12), New Hope Creek (11), Hillsborough (10), Chapel Hill (9), Northeast Creek (8), Eno River (6), Varnels Creek (5), Durham (5)
Married into
Daniel 3, Pratt 3, Norman 2, Holt 2, Latta 2, Southerland 2, Whitted 2, Herndon 2, Anderson 1, Arch 1, Barbee 1, Berry 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 9, Farmer 8, Forrest 6, Nicholson 6, Morris 6, Latta 5, Jones 4, Herndon 4, Leathers 4, Ray 4, Walker 4, Trice 4
People with a page here
Elizabeth Lay Green, Fletcher Melvin Green, Jaki Shelton Green, John A. Green, Paul Green, Philip P. Green Jr., Stephen B. Green, Thomas J. Green, Wharton J. (Wharton Jackson) Green, William Mercer Green
Spellings to try
Greer, Greene, Greens
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 28 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 10 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 383 records

109 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 78 marriages, 153 court minutes, 8 tax list entries and 21 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. Green marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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