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The Greer surname

The Greer name in Orange County Indexed: 23 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1788 to 1874 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1788–1811
  • Deeds 1801–1874
  • Marriages 1804
  • Records of enslaved people 1809–1811
In the chronology
1804 to 1973 4 people in 6 entries, most in the 1970s
Places in its deeds and wills
Bradfords Creek (2), Varnels Creek (1)
Married into
Steels 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Holt 4, House 4, Crutchfield 3, Steel 3, Turrentine 3, Duncan 2, Murphey 2
Spellings to try
Green, Grear
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 4 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 23 records

6 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 1 marriages and 14 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Greer marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1780s

1800s

1810s

1870s

Undated

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