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The Proctor surname

The Proctor name in Orange County Indexed: 101 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1797 to 1881 most named in the 1860s
  • Marriages 1797–1881
  • Court minutes 1811
  • Deeds 1812–1874
  • Wills 1814–1873
In the chronology
1828 to 1991 4 people in 7 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 family heading
Places in its deeds and wills
New Hope Creek (3), Durham (3), Meadow Branch (2), Ellerbe Creek (2), Cub Island Creek (2), Eno River (2), Third Fork Creek (1), Durhams Station (1)
Married into
Cole 2, Mangum 2, Whittaker 2, Vickers 2, Woods 2, Baldwin 1, Barbee 1, Blalock 1, Brockwell 1, Brown 1, Browning 1, Campbell 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Wilkerson 5, Leathers 4, Browning 4, Markham 3, McCowan 3, Dollar 2, Clinton 2, Trice 2, Shepherd 2, Rhodes 2, Borland 2, Angier 2
Spellings to try
Procter
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 101 records

37 deeds, 48 marriages, 8 court minutes and 8 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. Proctor marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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