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The Morehead surname

The Morehead name in Orange County Indexed: 5 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1847 to 1893 most named in the 1840s
  • Deeds 1847
  • Records of enslaved people 1847
  • Marriages 1868–1893
In the chronology
1817 to 1960 7 people in 28 entries, most in the 1840s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1796 to 1884
Married into
Johnson 1, Kirkland 1, Tapp 1 · the marriages
People with a page here
James Turner Morehead, John Lindsay Morehead, John Motley Morehead, John Motley Morehead III
Spellings to try
Moreheart, Morhead
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 7 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 3 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 5 records

1 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people and 3 marriages, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Morehead marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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