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Orange County Indexed

The Hunter surname

The Hunter name in Orange County Indexed: 299 historical records, 12 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1754 to 1908 most named in the 1780s
  • Court minutes 1754–1818
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1755–1861
  • Wills 1781–1839
  • Marriages 1784–1908
  • Records of enslaved people 1807–1834
In the chronology
1757 to 1994 12 people in 39 entries, most in the 1770s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1946
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (14), Morgan Creek (9), New Hope Creek (6), Little Alamance Creek (2), Stones Creek (2), Eno River (1), Hawfield Branch (1), Ellerbe Creek (1)
Married into
Thompson 4, Lloyd 4, Andrews 3, Crabtree 3, Curry 2, McCauley 2, Smith 2, Allsbrook 1, Andrew 1, Bell 1, Blackwood 1, Bridges 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 12, Taylor 7, Walker 6, Freeland 5, McCauley 4, Blackwood 3, Patterson 3, Moore 3, Foust 3, Couch 3, Crabtree 3, Poe 3
People with a page here
James Hunter, Jim Hunter
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 12 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 3 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 299 records

69 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 58 marriages, 140 court minutes, 17 tax list entries and 10 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. Hunter marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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