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The Moore surname

The Moore name in Orange County Indexed: 1,304 historical records, 45 people in the chronology and 10 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1756 to 1911 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1756–1874
  • Court minutes 1766–1818
  • Wills 1767–1879
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Records of enslaved people 1786–1857
  • Marriages 1788–1911
In the chronology
1753 to 1992 45 people in 149 entries, most in the 1960s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 9 people, born 1734 to 1906
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (24), New Hope Creek (24), Eno River (23), Haw River (22), Hillsborough (19), Stony Creek (12), Laughlins Creek (11), Haw Creek (10)
Married into
Sykes 5, Allen 3, Brown 3, Dixon 3, Jones 3, Strayhorn 3, Ward 3, Trice 3, Atwater 2, Borland 2, Crisp 2, Durham 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Patterson 20, Mebane 17, Davis 16, Webb 15, Sykes 14, Watson 13, Trice 13, Cate 12, Thompson 11, Hart 11, Whithed 11, Daniel 10
People with a page here
Alfred Moore, Augustus Moore, B. F. (Bartholomew Figures) Moore, Bartholomew F. Moore, Clement Clarke Moore, Clement Clarke Moore, Dan K. Moore, John W. (John Wheeler) Moore, Maurice Moore, Peter Weddick Moore, Phillips Moore, Stephen Moore
Spellings to try
More, Moores, Morre, Moode, Moors
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 45 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 10 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 1,304 records

333 deeds, 57 records of enslaved people, 202 marriages, 609 court minutes, 32 tax list entries and 71 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. Moore marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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