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The Steel surname

The Steel name in Orange County Indexed: 230 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1765 to 1903 most named in the 1780s
  • Court minutes 1765–1818
  • Deeds 1767–1873
  • Tax lists 1779–1780
  • Wills 1779–1839
  • Records of enslaved people 1782–1838
  • Marriages 1784–1903
In the chronology
1783 to 1845 3 people in 3 entries, most in the 1840s
Places in its deeds and wills
Motes Creek (6), Haw River (5), Rock Creek (3), Salem Meeting House (1), Salem Presbyterian Church (1), Elevers Creek (1), Ellerbe Creek (1), Northeast Creek (1)
Married into
Thompson 4, Moser 2, Spoon 2, Bogers 1, Bradshaw 1, Bryan 1, Carmichael 1, Crutchfield 1, Douglas 1, Durham 1, Holt 1, Isley 1 · the marriages
Often named with
McCauley 20, Turrentine 17, Holt 15, Thompson 15, Butler 10, Leathers 9, Walker 9, Crutchfield 8, McDaniel 8, Taylor 8, Christmas 7, Hodge 7
Spellings to try
Steele, Steels, Steal
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 3 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 the historical records 230 records

48 deeds, 5 records of enslaved people, 30 marriages, 130 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 11 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. Steel marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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