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The Pickett surname

The Pickett name in Orange County Indexed: 328 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1763 to 1910 most named in the 1810s
  • Court minutes 1763–1818
  • Deeds 1767–1874
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Marriages 1793–1910
  • Wills 1794–1868
  • Records of enslaved people 1817–1845
In the chronology
1887 to 1930 4 people in 11 entries, most in the 1900s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
Back Creek (12), New Hope Creek (12), Ellerbe Creek (10), Eno River (6), Mill Creek (6), Second Creek (5), Mebane (5), Chapel Hill (4)
Married into
Browning 3, Cates 3, Smith 3, Wilkerson 3, Rigsbee 3, Bryant 2, Cole 2, Johnson 2, Roney 2, Trice 2, Alston 1, Anderson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Trice 8, Rigsbee 7, Hopkins 7, Thompson 6, Walker 5, Burton 5, Rhodes 5, Ray 4, Trolinger 4, Webb 4, Jackson 4, Alston 4
Spellings to try
Picket, Pickets, Puckett, Pickatt, Pickitt
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 books and archives 1 heading

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 328 records

107 deeds, 12 records of enslaved people, 79 marriages, 103 court minutes, 7 tax list entries and 20 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. Pickett marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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