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Orange County Indexed

The Petty surname

The Petty name in Orange County Indexed: 56 historical records and 4 people in the chronology.

In the records
1760 to 1898 most named in the 1830s
  • Deeds 1760–1874
  • Court minutes 1764–1818
  • Marriages 1802–1898
  • Wills 1812–1891
In the chronology
1832 to 1992 4 people in 10 entries, most in the 1960s
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (7), Haw River (4), Phils Creek (2), Little Cane Creek (2), Toms Creek (2), Durham (2), Robinsons Creek (2), Morgan Creek (1)
Married into
Booker 2, Brewer 1, Currie 1, Grisham 1, Hart 1, Hatch 1, Thrift 1, Strowd 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Craig 3, McCauley 2, Cook 2, Bowers 2, Freeland 2, Faucett 2
People with a page here
Lee Petty, Richard Petty
Spellings to try
Patty, Pettey
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 56 records

32 deeds, 9 marriages, 13 court minutes and 2 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. Petty marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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