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Orange County Indexed

The Sutton surname

The Sutton name in Orange County Indexed: 91 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1775 to 1888 most named in the 1790s
  • Wills 1775
  • Court minutes 1778–1818
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Deeds 1779–1849
  • Marriages 1792–1888
In the chronology
1810 to 1984 9 people in 11 entries, most in the 1980s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1940
Places in its deeds and wills
Haw River (9), Stony Creek (2), Laughlins Creek (2), Stags Creek (1), Mebane (1), Christian Church (1), Shallow Ford Christian Church (1), Shallowford Christian Church (1)
Married into
Carden 1, Chamlee 1, Cole 1, Cook 1, Dickie 1, Gerrett 1, Gragson 1, Hunt 1, Leathers 1, McMullen 1, Mebane 1, Millen 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Bird 3, Carden 3, Palmer 3, Isley 3, Cain 2, Hughes 2, Peelor 2, Huffhines 2, Brown 2, Duke 2, Bowman 2, Bracken 2
People with a page here
Crystal Lee Sutton, Edward W. Sutton
Spellings to try
Sitton
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 9 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 91 records

30 deeds, 18 marriages, 40 court minutes, 2 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. Sutton marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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