The Singletary surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,749 people carried this name — #2,622 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 12,979 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

25 families named Singletary, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 130 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Singletary, Singeltary, Singletarry, Singleterry. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 16
South Carolina 8
Massachusetts 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Singletary in American newspapers,
1855–1923.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Singletary
The Washington Times 1923-04-25
Newspaper page from Daily American Organ carrying the name Singletary
Daily American Organ 1855-09-15
Newspaper page from The Dickinson Press carrying the name Singletary
The Dickinson Press 1904-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,351 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Singletary,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Tyrell Singletary d. 2014
  • Richard Singletary 1585–1687
  • Eunice Singletary 1642–1715
  • Sarah Singletary 1720–1775
  • Otis A. Singletary 1921–2003 · historian

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Singletary,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States526 records

526 records of the Singletary name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 356
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 139
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Samuel Singletary

    Born 1944; from Ojus, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Gia Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alvin Singletary

    Born 1914 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Jackson Columbia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Singletary Cemetery, Kingstree, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Johnnie R. Singletary

    Born 1921 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; route man. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Wilmington, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 526 records for Singletary in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain).

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