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Orange County Indexed

The Patterson surname

The Patterson name in Orange County Indexed: 993 historical records, 56 people in the chronology and 8 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1752 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1752–1818
  • Deeds 1752–1874
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Wills 1780–1885
  • Marriages 1780–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1796–1842
In the chronology
1752 to 1989 56 people in 135 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 7 people, born 1799 to 1939
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (45), Stinking Quarter Creek (15), Chapel Hill (15), Rock Creek (11), Eno River (10), Dry Creek (6), Hillsborough (6), New Hope (6)
Married into
Barbee 6, Jones 3, Bain 2, Rogers 2, Hogan 2, Isley 2, Moore 2, Yeargain 2, Smith 2, Roberson 2, Pickard 2, Albright 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Barbee 45, Johnston 23, Trice 23, Morgan 22, Moore 20, Rhodes 17, Jenkins 14, Yeargan 14, Coble 14, Thompson 12, Ray 12, Smith 11
People with a page here
Andrew Henry Patterson, Daniel W. Patterson, Henry Houston Patterson, James Patterson, John Patterson, Mary Fries Patterson, Rufus Lenoir Patterson, Samuel Finley Patterson, William N. Patterson
Spellings to try
Paterson, Peterson, Pattison, Pattersons, Patters, Patteson
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 56 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 8 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 993 records

232 deeds, 15 records of enslaved people, 88 marriages, 595 court minutes, 18 tax list entries and 45 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. Patterson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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