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Orange County Indexed

The McCauley surname

The McCauley name in Orange County Indexed: 933 historical records, 21 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1777 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1777–1818
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Deeds 1779–1873
  • Marriages 1783–1910
  • Wills 1785–1891
  • Records of enslaved people 1820–1861
In the chronology
1778 to 2024 21 people in 100 entries, most in the 1790s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1803
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (32), Morgan Creek (26), New Hope Creek (20), Hillsborough (20), Stags Creek (13), Franklin Street (13), Bolin Creek (12), Owens Creek (10)
Married into
Blackwood 5, Crabtree 5, Wilson 5, Thompson 5, King 3, Williams 3, Barbee 2, Chapman 2, Cheek 2, Conklin 2, Craig 2, Ellis 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Taylor 40, Johnston 33, Ray 28, Craig 23, Butler 23, Harris 23, Long 21, Carson 21, Mebane 20, Steel 20, Walker 18, Courtney 18
People with a page here
David McCauley, Manly McCauley, Matthew McCauley, Matthew McCauley Jr., William McCauley
Spellings to try
McCulley, McCauly, McCawley, M'Cauley, McCully, McCaleb, McCaulley, Mccaully
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 21 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 3 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 933 records

257 deeds, 23 records of enslaved people, 108 marriages, 492 court minutes, 10 tax list entries and 43 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. McCauley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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