The Paul surname

In the records

1753 to 1895 most named in the 1850s

• Deeds 1753–1873
• Tax lists 1755–1790
• Court minutes 1761–1811
• Marriages 1781–1895
• Wills 1783–1878
• Records of enslaved people 1789–1856

In the chronology

1844 to 1994 5 people in 8 entries, most in the 1990s

Places in its deeds and wills

Eno River (12), Mill Creek (10), Mebane (6), Hillsborough (5), Back Creek (4), Wake Street (3), McGowans Creek (2), Hills Creek (2)

Married into

Faucett 3, Miles 2, Roberts 2, Bain 1, Burroughs 1, Carragan 1, Clark 1, Craig 1, Duskins 1, Faucette 1, Forrest 1, Gray 1 · the marriages

Often named with

Thompson 8, Jones 8, Nelson 8, Smith 7, Armstrong 5, Mebane 5, Hart 4, Nichols 4, Richards 4, Shepherd 3, Palmer 3, Strayhorn 3

Spellings to try

Paull

Search beyond these records

• Paul in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
• HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Paul there)
• Paul in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)

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.