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Orange County Indexed

The Sullivan surname

The Sullivan name in Orange County Indexed: 17 historical records, 7 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.

In the records
1790 to 1845 most named in the 1790s
  • Tax lists 1790
  • Wills 1792
  • Deeds 1794–1845
  • Court minutes 1810
In the chronology
1777 to 1993 7 people in 7 entries, most in the 1990s
In books and archives
1 person, born 1924
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (4), Big Creek (2), Laughlins Creek (1)
Often named with
Melvin 4, Shearman 4, Sullinger 2, Pendergrass 2, Smothers 2
People with a page here
Walter Sullivan
Spellings to try
Sullivant, Sulivan
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 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 17 records

8 deeds, 7 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 1 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. Search the name in every collection

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1810s

1830s

1840s

Undated

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