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Orange County Indexed

The Long surname

The Long name in Orange County Indexed: 505 historical records, 29 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1758 to 1910 most named in the 1840s
  • Deeds 1758–1874
  • Court minutes 1765–1818
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1784–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1795–1863
  • Wills 1795–1890
In the chronology
1799 to 2018 29 people in 49 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people, born 1843 to 1875
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (26), Haw River (25), New Hope Creek (13), Stinking Quarter Creek (12), Queen Street (12), Chapel Hill (11), Eno River (8), Hillsboro (5)
Married into
Cates 3, Ray 3, Blackwood 2, Burch 2, Craig 2, Dodson 2, Jones 2, Kirkland 2, Latta 2, Lloyd 2, White 2, Webb 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Webb 48, McCauley 21, Norwood 14, Johnston 13, Craig 13, Bingham 8, Latta 7, Whitted 7, Sharp 6, Gant 6, Mitchell 6, Smith 5
People with a page here
Augustus White Long, James Monroe Long, John Joseph Long
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 29 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 4 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 505 records

198 deeds, 17 records of enslaved people, 76 marriages, 179 court minutes, 11 tax list entries and 24 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. Long marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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