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Orange County Indexed

The Norton surname

The Norton name in Orange County Indexed: 12 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1763 to 1806 most named in the 1800s
  • Deeds 1763–1806
  • Court minutes 1764–1806
  • Wills 1774
  • Records of enslaved people 1806
In the chronology
1986 1 person in 1 entry
In books and archives
1 person, born 1898
Places in its deeds and wills
Hogans Creek (1)
Often named with
Cabe 5, Moreland 2, Ashley 2, Armstrong 2
People with a page here
J. W. Roy Norton
Spellings to try
Normon
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 1 person

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 1 heading

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 12 records

5 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 4 court minutes and 1 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. Search the name in every collection

1760s

1770s

1800s

Undated

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