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Orange County Indexed

The Ross surname

The Ross name in Orange County Indexed: 103 historical records, 5 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1765 to 1910 most named in the 1780s
  • Court minutes 1765–1805
  • Deeds 1770–1873
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Wills 1782–1848
  • Marriages 1782–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1835
In the chronology
1917 to 2013 5 people in 8 entries, most in the 1950s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1842 to 1899
Places in its deeds and wills
Ellerbe Creek (3), Laughlins Creek (3), Back Creek (2), Haw Creek (2), Stony Creek (2), Chapel Hill (1), Wolf Branch (1), Whittles Fork Creek (1)
Married into
Kerr 2, Addison 1, Flinthem 1, Glenn 1, Hall 1, Hatchett 1, Hobbs 1, Lashley 1, Lynch 1, Pratt 1, Rumbly 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Gibson 4, Brannock 4, Moore 3, Minnis 3, Harris 2, Burton 2, Crabtree 2, Gooch 2, McClure 2, Mullin 2, Taylor 2, Wilson 2
People with a page here
Egbert A. Ross, Robert A. (Robert Alexander) Ross
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 books and archives 3 headings

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 103 records

24 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 12 marriages, 53 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 7 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. Ross marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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