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The Howerton surname

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

In the records
1852 to 1878 most named in the 1850s
  • Marriages 1852–1878
  • Deeds 1856–1858
  • Records of enslaved people 1856–1858
In the chronology
1846 to 1857 2 people in 3 entries, most in the 1840s
Places in its deeds and wills
King Street (1), Hillsborough (1)
Married into
Bailey 1, Ducey 1, Norwood 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Norwood 8, Bailey 6, Howerson 2, Jones 2
Spellings to try
Horton, Howerson
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

8 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people and 3 marriages, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Howerton marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1850s

1870s

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