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The Merritt surname

The Merritt name in Orange County Indexed: 192 historical records and 29 people in the chronology.

In the records
1756 to 1912 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1756–1873
  • Court minutes 1782–1818
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Wills 1790–1877
  • Marriages 1800–1912
  • Records of enslaved people 1814–1844
In the chronology
1793 to 2020 29 people in 50 entries, most in the 1880s
Places in its deeds and wills
Morgan Creek (16), Obeds Creek (4), Cub Creek (3), New Hope Creek (3), Banks Branch (2), Billy Morgans Creek (2), Second Creek (2), Dan River (1)
Married into
Thompson 4, Atwater 3, Cheek 3, Jenkins 3, Johnson 3, Hogan 2, King 2, Yancy 2, Page 2, Morgan 2, Taylor 2, Andrews 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Sparrow 12, Pendergrass 8, Pratt 6, Morgan 4, Dixon 4, Smith 3, Flowers 3, Kittrell 3, Barbee 3, Faucett 3, Pickett 2, Jones 2
People with a page here
Clarence Merritt Jr., Eben G. Merritt, James Merritt
Spellings to try
Merrit, Merrett, Meritt, Merit, Merritts, Marritt
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 the historical records 192 records

51 deeds, 14 records of enslaved people, 76 marriages, 42 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 8 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. Merritt marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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