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The Sparrow surname

The Sparrow name in Orange County Indexed: 109 historical records, 23 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1779 to 1910 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1783–1812
  • Deeds 1788–1872
  • Marriages 1799–1910
  • Records of enslaved people 1809–1829
  • Wills 1832–1850
In the chronology
1820 to 1974 23 people in 49 entries, most in the 1920s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 2 people, born 1819 to 1845
Places in its deeds and wills
Morgan Creek (9), Obeds Creek (3), Billy Morgans Creek (1), New Hope (1), Durham Chapel Hill Road (1)
Married into
Blackwood 4, Crabtree 3, Andrews 2, Lloyd 2, Partin 2, Weaver 2, Barbee 1, Bishop 1, Booth 1, Bright 1, Brockwell 1, Carson 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Merritt 12, Pendergrass 6, Trice 5, Barbee 5, Nunn 4, Massey 3, Flowers 3, Daniel 2, Coulter 2, Cave 2, Morgan 2, Fann 2
People with a page here
George Attmore Sparrow, Thomas Sparrow, W. O. Sparrow
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 23 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 109 records

25 deeds, 11 records of enslaved people, 47 marriages, 19 court minutes, 5 tax list entries and 2 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. Sparrow marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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