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The O'Farrell surname

The O'Farrell name in Orange County Indexed: 48 historical records.

In the records
1789 to 1836 most named in the 1820s
  • Court minutes 1789–1811
  • Deeds 1789–1836
  • Records of enslaved people 1798–1836
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (9), King Street (5), Margaret Lane (4), Churton Street (3), Nunns Creek (1), Great Road (1), New Hope (1), Hassel Street (1)
Often named with
Mecklin 10, Jamison 3, Fentress 2, Child 2, Thomspon 2, Bruce 2, Jeffreys 2, Norwood 2, Allison 2, King 2, Nichols 2, Thompson 2
Spellings to try
O'Farrill, O'Farrel, O'Ferrel, O'Ferrill
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 historical records 48 records

27 deeds, 12 records of enslaved people and 9 court minutes, 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

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1830s

Undated

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