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Orange County Indexed

The Wright surname

The Wright name in Orange County Indexed: 85 historical records, 18 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.

In the records
1755 to 1911 most named in the 1750s
  • Tax lists 1755–1779
  • Court minutes 1756–1797
  • Deeds 1759–1874
  • Wills 1792
  • Marriages 1804–1911
In the chronology
1751 to 1989 18 people in 27 entries, most in the 1930s
In books and archives
3 people, born 1840
Places in its deeds and wills
Chapel Hill (2), Franklin Street (1), Main Street (1), Eno River (1), Little River (1)
Married into
Andrews 2, Daniel 2, Long 2, Moore 2, Riley 2, Scott 2, Sharp 2, Adams 1, Browder 1, Browning 1, Clap 1, Craig 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Jones 4, Norris 2, Boggs 2
People with a page here
Diane Wright, Joshua Grainger Wright, Marion A. (Marion Allan) Wright, Orville Wright, Rachel Wright
Spellings to try
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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 18 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 3 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 85 records

14 deeds, 42 marriages, 24 court minutes, 4 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. Wright marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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