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Orange County Indexed

The Morrison surname

The Morrison name in Orange County Indexed: 93 historical records, 12 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1763 to 1830 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1763–1830
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1811
  • Marriages 1791–1809
  • Wills 1808–1822
In the chronology
1812 to 1994 12 people in 35 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1869 to 1931
Places in its deeds and wills
Cane Creek (10), Haw River (7)
Married into
Johnson 1, Massey 1, Turner 1, Price 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Maris 4, Carter 4, Lindley 4, Newlin 3, Woody 3, Baskett 2, Shy 2, Reynolds 2, Braxton 2, James 2, Harvey 2
People with a page here
Cameron Morrison, Fred W. Morrison, Joseph L. Morrison, Toni Morrison
Spellings to try
Morris, Morriss, Morison, Moroson
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 12 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 93 records

22 deeds, 4 marriages, 61 court minutes, 4 tax list entries 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. Morrison marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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