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Orange County Indexed

The McCown surname

The McCown name in Orange County Indexed: 43 historical records and 2 people in the chronology.

In the records
1785 to 1881 most named in the 1820s
  • Wills 1785–1823
  • Marriages 1813–1881
  • Court minutes 1817–1818
  • Deeds 1822–1874
  • Records of enslaved people 1827
In the chronology
1852 to 1966 2 people in 2 entries, most in the 1850s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (10), Ellerbe Creek (2), Burrs Creek (1), Red Mountain Road (1), Grist Mill (1), West Point Mill (1), Near Durham Station (1), Roxboro Road (1)
Married into
Laws 2, Arnold 1, Cabe 1, Guess 1, Holman 1, Latta 1, Lipscomb 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Rhodes 3, Cabe 3, Copley 2, Whitaker 2, Piper 2, Claytor 2, Flintham 2, Leathers 2, Lipscomb 2, Geer 2, Sims 2
Spellings to try
McGown, McCowan, McCowen, McCawn
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 2 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 the historical records 43 records

23 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 8 marriages, 6 court minutes 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. McCown marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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