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The Latta surname

The Latta name in Orange County Indexed: 700 historical records, 28 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1756–1874
  • Wills 1772–1884
  • Court minutes 1783–1818
  • Marriages 1790–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1806–1863
In the chronology
1784 to 1990 28 people in 68 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1984
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (33), Ellerbe Creek (26), Little River (20), Mountain Creek (15), Great Alamance Creek (5), Forresters Creek (4), Cates Creek (4), New Hope Creek (4)
Married into
Walker 7, Thompson 4, Cole 3, Crabtree 3, Holloway 3, Scarlett 3, Cabe 2, Durham 2, Green 2, Hopkins 2, Jones 2, Jordan 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Carrington 15, Wilson 11, Lewis 10, Cain 10, Ray 10, Walker 9, Woods 8, Laws 8, Harris 8, Webb 8, Tilley 7, Roberts 7
People with a page here
Ivory Latta, Samuel T. Latta Jr.
Spellings to try
Lata, Latte, Latty, Lattay
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 28 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 2 headings

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 700 records

180 deeds, 20 records of enslaved people, 127 marriages, 319 court minutes, 9 tax list entries and 45 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. Latta marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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