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Orange County Indexed

The Simpson surname

The Simpson name in Orange County Indexed: 131 historical records, 8 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1909 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755
  • Deeds 1756–1868
  • Court minutes 1761–1818
  • Marriages 1798–1909
  • Wills 1799–1840
  • Records of enslaved people 1827–1855
In the chronology
1820 to 1994 8 people in 16 entries, most in the 1970s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people
Places in its deeds and wills
Stony Creek (14), Haw River (8), Hillsborough (3), Boyds Creek (2), Bakers Creek (1), Toms Creek (1), Mebane (1), Quaker Creek (1)
Married into
Garrard 2, Riley 2, Adams 1, Brinkley 1, Cook 1, Crabtree 1, Dickey 1, Drake 1, Edwards 1, Ellis 1, Faucett 1, Foster 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Simmons 5, Graves 5, Tate 5, Hart 4, Harris 4, King 3, Crawford 3, Holt 3, McGee 3, Barker 2, Adams 2, Granville 2
People with a page here
Bland Simpson, J. A. Simpson, John Simpson
Spellings to try
Sampson
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 8 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 131 records

49 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 45 court minutes, 1 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. Simpson marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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