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Orange County Indexed

The Isley surname

The Isley name in Orange County Indexed: 154 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1763 to 1909 most named in the 1830s
  • Deeds 1763–1849
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Records of enslaved people 1796–1834
  • Marriages 1802–1909
  • Court minutes 1804–1818
  • Wills 1819–1826
In the chronology
1952 to 1965 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1950s
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (14), Stinking Quarter Creek (11), Little Alamance Creek (4), Rock Creek (2), Dry Creek (2), James Cooks Spring Branch (1), Travis Creek (1), Jacob Holt's Road (1)
Married into
Boggs 2, Moser 2, Patterson 2, Atkinson 1, Brinkley 1, Councelman 1, Couton 1, Denbey 1, Fann 1, Fogleman 1, Gant 1, Glass 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Moore 7, Harvey 5, McClure 4, Troxler 4, Huffman 4, Neese 3, Holt 3, Melvin 3, Garrison 3, Sharp 3, Sutton 3, Palmer 3
Spellings to try
Iseley, Isly, Isler
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 154 records

58 deeds, 10 records of enslaved people, 33 marriages, 47 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 3 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. Isley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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