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Orange County Indexed

The Nash surname

The Nash name in Orange County Indexed: 268 historical records, 32 people in the chronology and 9 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1759 to 1906 most named in the 1790s
  • Wills 1759–1864
  • Deeds 1762–1869
  • Court minutes 1763–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1770–1860
  • Marriages 1795–1906
In the chronology
1752 to 1985 32 people in 205 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 8 people, born 1720 to 1902
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (22), King Street (6), Margaret Lane (4), Meadow Branch (4), Eno River (4), Wake Street (3), Spring Lane (2), Churton Street (2)
Married into
Anderson 1, Currie 1, Curtis 1, Derossett 1, Freeland 1, Gordon 1, Haith 1, Hester 1, Kinchen 1, Strudwick 1, Read 1, Simpson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Estes 11, Webb 9, Fanning 8, Benton 7, Norwood 6, Newman 5, Ray 5, Moore 5, Smith 5, Witherspoon 5, Jackson 5, McNair 5
People with a page here
Abner Nash, Arthur Cleveland Nash, Francis Nash, Frank Nash, Frederick Nash, Henry Kollock Nash, Joshua Nash, Maria Nash, Ogden Nash, Paul Nash
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 32 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 9 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 268 records

67 deeds, 24 records of enslaved people, 14 marriages, 144 court minutes 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. Nash marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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