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Orange County Indexed

The Horton surname

The Horton name in Orange County Indexed: 251 historical records, 10 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Court minutes 1761–1818
  • Deeds 1763–1874
  • Marriages 1782–1910
  • Wills 1792–1832
  • Records of enslaved people 1801–1833
In the chronology
1793 to 2013 10 people in 138 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1798 to 1879
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (8), King Street (7), Flat River (6), Mountain Creek (5), Margaret Lane (3), Hazell Street (2), Queen Street (1), Great Road (1)
Married into
Edwards 2, Scarlett 2, Smith 2, Adkinson 1, Belvin 1, Brown 1, Browning 1, Burton 1, Butler 1, Carden 1, Carrington 1, Chambless 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Sneed 10, Harris 9, Taylor 7, Carrington 6, McFarland 5, Laws 4, Walker 4, Cozort 4, Turrentine 3, Webb 3, Whitted 3, Atkins 2
People with a page here
Cal Horton, George Moses Horton, William B. (William Banks) Horton
Spellings to try
Holton, Harton, Hurton, Hortons, Horten
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 10 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 2 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 251 records

43 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 48 marriages, 134 court minutes, 12 tax list entries and 4 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. Horton marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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