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Orange County Indexed

The Kirk surname

The Kirk name in Orange County Indexed: 447 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1761 to 1905 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1761–1857
  • Court minutes 1764–1818
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Wills 1780–1815
  • Records of enslaved people 1783–1821
  • Marriages 1784–1905
In the chronology
1812 to 1986 5 people in 9 entries, most in the 1870s
In books and archives
1 person
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (16), Haw River (10), Collins Creek (10), Little Cane Creek (6), Turkey Hill Creek (5), Toms Creek (3), Durham (3), Rocky Branch (3)
Married into
Dodson 3, Sykes 3, Durham 2, Smith 2, Whitted 2, Reeves 2, Campbell 1, Carrigan 1, Cates 1, Daniel 1, Dorman 1, House 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Cate 19, Christmas 12, Griffin 10, Brewer 9, Campbell 8, Minnis 7, McDaniel 6, Thompson 6, Strudwick 5, Child 5, Mulhollan 5, Edwards 4
People with a page here
Bobby Kirk
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 5 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 447 records

68 deeds, 20 records of enslaved people, 28 marriages, 306 court minutes, 11 tax list entries and 14 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. Kirk marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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