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Orange County Indexed

The Turner surname

The Turner name in Orange County Indexed: 717 historical records, 36 people in the chronology and 5 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1810s
  • Tax lists 1755–1790
  • Deeds 1761–1874
  • Wills 1770–1879
  • Court minutes 1779–1818
  • Marriages 1781–1911
  • Records of enslaved people 1808–1866
In the chronology
1780 to 1994 36 people in 181 entries, most in the 1870s
In books and archives
1 family heading and 4 people, born 1766 to 1931
Places in its deeds and wills
Hillsborough (45), Eno River (36), Little River (17), Churton Street (15), Queen Street (8), New Hope Creek (8), Haw Creek (7), King Street (7)
Married into
Smith 4, Cates 3, Johnson 3, Wilson 3, Walker 3, Bradshaw 2, Brown 2, Cooper 2, Craig 2, Faucett 2, House 2, Nichols 2 · the marriages
Often named with
Webb 24, Strudwick 19, Jones 14, Smith 13, Leathers 13, Whitted 13, Young 12, Thompson 11, Nelson 11, Lynch 10, Latimer 10, Ruffin 9
People with a page here
Chester D. Turner, Curtis Turner, James R. Turner, James Turner, Josiah Turner Jr., Josiah Turner Sr., R. C. Turner
Spellings to try
Torner
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 36 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 5 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 717 records

296 deeds, 21 records of enslaved people, 146 marriages, 220 court minutes, 11 tax list entries and 23 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. Turner marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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