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Orange County Indexed

The Scarlett surname

The Scarlett name in Orange County Indexed: 203 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1765 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1765–1874
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1787–1818
  • Marriages 1790–1911
  • Wills 1803–1873
  • Records of enslaved people 1815–1833
In the chronology
1824 to 2021 4 people in 5 entries, most in the 1820s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1920
Places in its deeds and wills
Eno River (21), Hillsborough (8), Stones Creek (4), Mountain Creek (3), Little River (3), Ellerbe Creek (3), Margaret Lane (3), Stony Branch (2)
Married into
Borland 5, Pratt 4, Latta 3, Laycock 3, Allen 2, Barbee 2, Cain 2, Cole 2, Copley 2, Couch 2, Crabtree 2, Horton 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Strayhorn 7, Borland 7, Few 5, Moore 4, Woods 4, Latta 4, Pratt 4, Horn 3, Cain 3, Campbell 3, Barbee 3, Johnston 3
People with a page here
Beverly Scarlett, John Scarlett
Spellings to try
Scarlet, Scarlotte, Scarltt
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 203 records

67 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 61 marriages, 56 court minutes, 8 tax list entries 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. Scarlett marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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