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The Morgan surname

The Morgan name in Orange County Indexed: 366 historical records, 24 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1908 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1755–1874
  • Wills 1760–1862
  • Court minutes 1777–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1780–1857
  • Marriages 1788–1908
In the chronology
1747 to 1998 24 people in 58 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1910 to 1944
Places in its deeds and wills
Morgan Creek (13), Chapel Hill (7), Lick Creek (6), Bolin Creek (4), New Hope Creek (3), Hillsborough (3), Haw Branch (2), Burnetts Branch (2)
Married into
Barbee 3, Weaver 3, Cooper 2, Merritt 2, Murray 2, Walker 2, Blackwood 1, Browning 1, Cannady 1, Castlebury 1, Compton 1, Crisp 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Barbee 27, Patterson 22, Jones 13, Craig 9, Rencher 9, Mason 8, Flowers 7, Sears 7, Taylor 6, Daniel 5, Yeargan 5, Merritt 4
People with a page here
Edward P. Morgan, Mark Morgan, Robert Morgan, Rufus Morgan
Spellings to try
Morgin, Morgans, Morgain
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 24 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 366 records

101 deeds, 18 records of enslaved people, 58 marriages, 156 court minutes, 14 tax list entries and 19 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. Morgan marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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