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Orange County Indexed

The Nunn surname

The Nunn name in Orange County Indexed: 251 historical records, 10 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1780s
  • Tax lists 1755–1780
  • Records of enslaved people 1755–1842
  • Court minutes 1757–1815
  • Deeds 1759–1874
  • Wills 1789–1852
  • Marriages 1790–1911
In the chronology
1752 to 1981 10 people in 23 entries, most in the 1790s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1888
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (10), Eno River (5), Flat Creek (4), Hillsborough (4), King Street (3), Main Street (2), Franklin Street (2), New Hope Creek (2)
Married into
Johnson 2, Kirkland 2, Strayhorn 2, Adkins 1, Atwater 1, Barbee 1, Burroughs 1, Couch 1, Craig 1, Currie 1, Durham 1, Faucett 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Thompson 8, Pratt 5, Sparrow 4, Patterson 4, Nash 4, Lytle 4, Taylor 4, Currie 3, Yeargan 3, Campbell 3, Humphries 3, Watters 3
People with a page here
James Nunn, William Nunn
Spellings to try
Nun
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 10 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 2 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 251 records

46 deeds, 12 records of enslaved people, 28 marriages, 157 court minutes, 3 tax list entries and 5 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. Nunn marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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