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The Waggoner surname

The Waggoner name in Orange County Indexed: 140 historical records and 1 person in the chronology.

In the records
1764 to 1860 most named in the 1810s
  • Deeds 1764–1855
  • Court minutes 1777–1817
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Wills 1781–1836
  • Marriages 1794–1860
  • Records of enslaved people 1821–1843
In the chronology
1784 to 1801 1 person in 2 entries, most in the 1780s
Places in its deeds and wills
Little River (20), Haw River (7), Dry Creek (7), Haw Creek (2), Travis Creek (2), Tickles Creek (2), Little Alamance Creek (2), Presswoods Creek (2)
Married into
Gates 2, Rippey 2, Berry 1, Branock 1, Carey 1, Davis 1, Dunagan 1, Dunnagan 1, Dunnegan 1, Garrison 1, Horner 1, Leathers 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Smith 7, Gates 6, Hall 5, Berry 5, Harris 4, Robinson 3, Holt 3, Laws 3, McCracken 2, Rippy 2, Gant 2, Armstrong 2
Spellings to try
Wagoner, Wagner, Wagonner, Waggnor, Waggener, Waggner
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 1 person

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 140 records

51 deeds, 6 records of enslaved people, 27 marriages, 45 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 5 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. Waggoner marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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