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Orange County Indexed

The Peterson surname

The Peterson name in Orange County Indexed: 6 historical records and 5 people in the chronology.

In the records
1766 to 1886 most named in the 1790s
  • Wills 1766
  • Deeds 1791–1794
  • Marriages 1855–1886
In the chronology
1964 to 1994 5 people in 7 entries, most in the 1970s
Places in its deeds and wills
Stinking Quarter Creek (1), Spoons Creek (1), Haw River (1)
Married into
Bass 1, Minor 1 · the marriages
Spellings to try
Patterson, Pearson, Person, Paterson, Pierson, Peters
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 5 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 6 records

2 deeds, 2 marriages, 1 court minutes and 1 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. Peterson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

1760s

1790s

1850s

1880s

Undated

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