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The Paisley surname

The Paisley name in Orange County Indexed: 21 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1780 to 1847 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1780–1835
  • Court minutes 1783–1811
  • Marriages 1799–1847
  • Wills 1815–1845
  • Records of enslaved people 1826
In the chronology
1780 to 1845 4 people in 13 entries, most in the 1800s
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (3), Back Creek (2), Haw River (1), Mebane (1), Muddy Branch (1)
Married into
Anderson 1, Freeland 1, Lipscomb 1, Mebane 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Freeland 2, Mason 2, Allison 2
People with a page here
William D. Paisley
Spellings to try
Pasley
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 4 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 the historical records 21 records

7 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 6 court minutes and 3 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. Paisley marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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1840s

Undated

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