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The McNeill surname

The McNeill name in Orange County Indexed: 6 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 4 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1774 to 1836 most named in the 1810s
  • Wills 1774–1811
  • Court minutes 1811
  • Deeds 1811–1836
In the chronology
1781 to 1955 4 people in 4 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 3 people
Places in its deeds and wills
Jordans Creek (1)
Often named with
Ruffin 2, Kirkland 2
People with a page here
Ann McNeill, Daniel C. McNeill, Hector James McNeill
Spellings to try
McNeil
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 4 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 6 records

2 deeds, 2 court minutes and 2 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

1770s

1810s

1830s

Undated

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