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Orange County Indexed

The McNair surname

The McNair name in Orange County Indexed: 41 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1763 to 1854 most named in the 1760s
  • Wills 1763
  • Deeds 1764–1854
  • Court minutes 1783
In the chronology
1768 to 1968 3 people in 13 entries, most in the 1770s
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (6), Eno River (5), New Hope Creek (3), Buck Quarter Creek (2), Chapel Hill Road (2), Raleigh Road (2), Little River (1), Mebane (1)
Often named with
Nash 5, Dennis 3, Courtney 2, Glasson 2, Norwood 2, Jackson 2, Bowie 2, Hall 2
People with a page here
Ralph McNair
Spellings to try
Macnair
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 3 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 41 records

30 deeds, 10 court minutes and 1 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. Search the name in every collection

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1770s

1780s

1850s

Undated

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