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Orange County Indexed

The Sharp surname

The Sharp name in Orange County Indexed: 336 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1753 to 1911 most named in the 1790s
  • Court minutes 1753–1815
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1761–1874
  • Wills 1779–1876
  • Marriages 1783–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1797–1846
In the chronology
1823 to 1977 7 people in 45 entries, most in the 1960s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 1 person, born 1918
Places in its deeds and wills
Stinking Quarter Creek (17), Great Alamance Creek (11), Haw River (8), Hillsborough (7), Rock Creek (5), Mebane (3), Main Road (2), Pine Branch (2)
Married into
Anthony 5, Albright 3, Loy 3, Ward 3, Crabtree 2, Kech 2, Tate 2, Smith 2, Wright 2, Andrews 1, Barbee 1, Boon 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Albright 9, Holmes 7, Holt 7, Long 6, Foust 6, Cook 6, Loy 4, McDaniel 4, Mebane 4, Freeland 3, Bason 3, Thompson 3
People with a page here
Paul F. Sharp
Spellings to try
Sharpe, Shard
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 7 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 2 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 336 records

92 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 67 marriages, 143 court minutes, 17 tax list entries and 14 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. Sharp marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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