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Orange County Indexed

The Terry surname

The Terry name in Orange County Indexed: 86 historical records, 6 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1761 to 1911 most named in the 1850s
  • Court minutes 1761–1766
  • Deeds 1764–1874
  • Wills 1776–1880
  • Records of enslaved people 1825–1857
  • Marriages 1834–1911
In the chronology
1841 to 1965 6 people in 8 entries, most in the 1890s
In books and archives
2 people, born 1894 to 1939
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (15), Hillsborough (2), Little River Meeting House (1), Hogans Creek (1), Mountain Creek (1), Cains Mill Road (1), Cates Creek (1), P D (Pee Dee River) (1)
Married into
Garrard 2, Gates 2, Latta 2, Tilley 2, Berry 1, Cape 1, Clayton 1, Dunnagan 1, Edwards 1, Horner 1, Horton 1, Lea 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Woods 5, Dunagan 3, Ray 3, Robinson 2, Yates 2, Clement 2, Jones 2, Allison 2, Bumpass 2
People with a page here
John Skally Terry
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 6 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 86 records

32 deeds, 2 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 19 court minutes and 6 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. Terry marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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