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Orange County Indexed

The John surname

The John name in Orange County Indexed: 7 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1780 to 1873 most named in the 1780s
  • Tax lists 1780
  • Wills 1784
  • Marriages 1820
  • Deeds 1823–1873
  • Records of enslaved people 1837
In the chronology
1878 to 1885 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1870s
Married into
Cable 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Carden 2, Johnston 2
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 1 person

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 7 records

3 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 1 marriages, 1 tax list entries and 1 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. John marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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