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The Kerr surname

The Kerr name in Orange County Indexed: 71 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1910 most named in the 1840s
  • Tax lists 1779
  • Marriages 1781–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1796–1842
  • Court minutes 1799–1806
  • Deeds 1803–1848
  • Wills 1815–1848
In the chronology
1836 to 1972 6 people in 14 entries, most in the 1870s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1827
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw Creek (7), Little Alamance Creek (3), Haw River (3), Back Creek (2), New Hope Creek (2), Stags Creek (2), Stony Creek (2), Eno River (1)
Married into
Ross 2, Card 1, Craig 1, Ervin 1, Glass 1, Holt 1, Johnston 1, Linzey 1, White 1, Walker 1, Thompson 1, Minnis 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Ellison 2, Barton 2, Hastings 2, Neal 2, Vickers 2, Hunter 2, Simmons 2, Johnston 2, White 2
People with a page here
Washington Caruthers Kerr
Spellings to try
Keer, Ker
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 6 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 1 heading

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 71 records

33 deeds, 4 records of enslaved people, 13 marriages, 14 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 5 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. Kerr marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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