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Orange County Indexed

The Kell surname

The Kell name in Orange County Indexed: 26 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1770 to 1847 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1770–1844
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Court minutes 1782–1814
  • Wills 1792–1836
  • Marriages 1804–1847
  • Records of enslaved people 1842–1844
In the chronology
1834 1 person in 1 entry
Places in its deeds and wills
Buffalo Creek (4), Little River (2), Flat River (1)
Married into
Teasley 2, Miller 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Hall 7, Turrentine 3, Eastwood 2, Dixon 2, Smith 2, Gates 2, Riggs 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 26 records

9 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages, 7 court minutes, 1 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. Kell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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