Orange County Indexed
The Booth surname
The Booth name in Orange County Indexed: 108 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1911
most named in the 1780s
- Deeds 1764–1872
- Records of enslaved people 1781–1826
- Court minutes 1782–1815
- Wills 1782–1834
- Marriages 1782–1911
- Tax lists 1790
- In the chronology
- 1795 to 1934 4 people in 5 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading
- Places in its deeds and wills
- New Hope Creek (11), Tar Kiln Branch (3), Lick Creek (2), Dials Creek (1), Flat River (1), Dry Creek (1), Bolin Creek (1), First Creek (1)
- Married into
- Herndon 2, Lynch 2, Booker 1, Harwood 1, Patterson 1, Sparrow 1, Reach 1, Brown 1, Long 1, Evans 1, Rogers 1, Purefoy 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Trice 7, Sears 5, Boothe 4, Castleberry 4, Barbee 3, Daniel 3, Patterson 3, McCulloch 2, Davis 2, Rigsbee 2, Morgan 2, Bowers 2
- Spellings to try
- Boothe, Both
- Search beyond these records
- Booth in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Booth there)
- Booth in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
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 4 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.
- Booth, Daniel 1 entry, 1795
- Booth, Thomas 2 entries, 1923–1934
- Booth, Tom 1 entry, 1927
- Booth, Tom Lewis 1 entry, 1926
In books and archives 1 heading
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.
- Booth family family, 1 work
In the historical records 108 records
28 deeds, 6 records of enslaved people, 15 marriages, 51 court minutes, 3 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. Booth marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
1780s
- 1781Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Sears to John Booth, 27 August 1781
- 1782MarriagesMarriage bond: John Booth and Elizabeth Harwood
- 1782Court minutesGilly Castleberry chose Susannah Castleberry as guardian, with Edward Trice and Daniel Booth securing a £100 specie bond.
- 1782Court minutesJoseph Castleberry chose Susannah Castleberry as guardian with the same security as the preceding appointment.
- 1782Court minutesSusannah Castleberry became guardian of seven younger Castleberry children, bonded for £500 with Edward Trice and Daniel Booth.
- 1782WillsDeed: John Sears to John Booth
- 1783DeedsJohn Booth to Christopher Barbee, 10 September 1783
- 1783Court minutesMark Patterson was appointed guardian of Page Patterson on a £1,000 specie bond with John Booth and John Patterson.
- 1784Court minutesSeven named workers were assigned to the road under Nicholas Davis.
- 1785DeedsJohn Booth to Jesse Rigsbee, 4 November 1785
- 1786Court minutesJohn Booth proceeded against Mark Patterson.
- 1786Court minutesJohn Booth was placed under an order of the court.
- 1787MarriagesMarriage bond: Zachariah Booth and Penelope Patterson
- 1787Court minutesWill of Sarah Morgan, proved by Robt Campbell & Daniel Booth.
- 1787Court minutesDeed, John Booth to Jesse Rigsbee, proved in court.
- 1788Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Jno Walker, James McMunn, Jno Smith and 33 others for the next court.
- 1788Court minutesThe jury returned a verdict favoring Henry Meredith against Mark Patterson.
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed Richard Davis road overseer and assigned named workers or their laborers to the Dry Creek–New Hope route.
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Joseph Booth (St. Mark’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Daniel Booth (St. Mark’s District)
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Gray Booth (St. Mark’s District)
- 1791Court minutesThe jury convicted Rob’t Ferguson of the indictment’s unspecified charge.
- 1792DeedsWilliam Hudson Sr to Daniel Booth, 5 November 1792
- 1792Court minutesThe jury found the bond unpaid and awarded Dan’l Booth damages and costs against Thomas Connelly.
- 1793DeedsUNC to Daniel Booth, 18 October 1793
- 1795DeedsNorth Carolina to Gray Booth, 6 July 1795
- 1796DeedsGray Booth to James Trice, 4 January 1796
- 1796Court minutesThe court assigned named workers to Christopher Barbee’s road.
- 1796Court minutesJurors assessed damages and costs in Wm Sim?’s action against John Kimball.
- 1796Court minutesJesse Nevil recovered principal and damages against Charles Collier; jurors rejected payment and setoff.
- 1796Court minutesWm Penn recovered damages and costs against John Carrington after default and a jury inquiry.
- 1796WillsWill of George Herndon
- 1797DeedsJohn Daniel to Joseph Booth, 11 September 1797
- 1797Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Daniel to Joseph Booth, 11 September 1797
- 1799MarriagesMarriage bond: William Sparrow and Dicey Booth
1800s
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Zachariah or Rich Reach and Rosanna Booth
- 1802WillsWill of Daniel Booth
- 1805DeedsGeorge C Booth to Robert McCulloch, 8 October 1805
- 1805Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): George C Booth to Robert McCulloch, 8 October 1805
- 1808Court minutesDeed, Joseph Booth to Mann Patterson, proved by Mark Booth.
1810s
- 1811DeedsTapley Booth to John Booth, 23 January 1811
- 1811DeedsJohn Booth to Tapley Booth, February 1811
- 1811Court minutesDeed, Tapley Booth to John Booth, acknowledged in court.
- 1811Court minutesDeed, John Booth to Tapley Booth, proved by duly ack’d in open Court and ordered to be registered.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury found for Drury Dunn; earlier defense attendance was excluded from costs, and Susannah Cole’s witness Jacob Garrison Sr was fine…
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed David George as road overseer.
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Tapley Booth as road overseer.
- 1811WillsWill of Solomon Booth
- 1814Court minutesThe jury acquitted Alfred Booth; the unnamed prosecutor was ordered to pay the prosecution costs.
- 1815Court minutesThe jury acquitted William Brooks.
- 1817DeedsTapley Booth to Christopher Barbee, 3 November 1817
1820s
- 1820DeedsJoseph Boothe to Joseph Booth Jr, 22 February 1820
- 1820Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Joseph Boothe to Joseph Booth Jr, 22 February 1820
- 1824DeedsJohn Booth to John Henderson & Alfred Boothe, 15 October 1824
- 1825DeedsJohn Davis to Alfred Booth, 21 December 1825
- 1825DeedsJohn Booth to John Kennedy, 24 August 1825
- 1825Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Davis to Alfred Booth, 21 December 1825
- 1826DeedsHenry Sears to Daniel Booth, 18 September 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Henry Sears to Daniel Booth, 18 September 1826
1830s
- 1834WillsWill of Christopher Barbee
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: Jesse A Booth and Terminia L Herndon
- 1843DeedsAshley Jenkins & Zadia Jenkins & Robert J Jeffreys & Polly Jeffreys & Mann Jenkins & Young B Jenkins & Dilly Sears & Page Jenkins & Nelson Jenkins & Freeman Jenkins & William J Jenkins & Samuel Booth & Rosanna Booth & Dennis Jenkins & Chesley P Jenkins to Sylvania Jenkins, 1 September 1843
- 1849MarriagesMarriage bond: Gaston Booker and Martha M Booth
1850s
- 1853MarriagesMarriage bond: Bartlet Herndon and Termemia L Booth
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: Daniel Brown and Nancy Booth
1860s
- 1860MarriagesMarriage bond: John W Booth and Anna J Lynch
- 1862DeedsSamuel D Morgan to Nash Booth, 13 August 1862
- 1864MarriagesMarriage bond: Alfred Booth and Julia Long
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: Ned Booth and Nanna Evans
- 1868DeedsH Blacknall & R Blacknall to Nash Booth, 5 December 1868
- 1868MarriagesMarriage bond: Samuel Booth and M B Lynch
- 1869DeedsNash Booth to Lydia Bowers, 1 March 1869
1870s
1880s
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: Fred Purefoy and Candace Booth
1910s
- 1911MarriagesMarriage license: Henry Booth and Lula Massey
Undated
- Court minutesJohn Booth replaced Samuel Parks as road overseer.
- Court minutesJohn Booth became guardian of Gilly and Joseph Booth until they came of age, secured by Edward Trice and Thomas Capper.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed for the road from Johnsons Line to Cape Fare Road; Christopher Barbee became overseer.
- Court minutesNathan Almond replaced John Booth as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed William King Brown to Daniel Booth.
- Court minutesJohn Patterson brought a debt claim against John Booth.
- Court minutesThirty-four named jurors were appointed for next county court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesThe court recorded a jury panel with some members excused.
- Court minutesThe court listed the remaining original jurors.
- Court minutesDeed, the Trustees of the University to Daniel Booth, proved by Wm Duffy.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, John Daniel to Joseph Booth, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, Daniel Booth to John B Leigh, proved by John Craig.
- Court minutesThe court recorded William Rhodes, Caleb Wilson, Samuel Woody and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe jury found Joseph Marcum guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Samuel Wilson damages and costs against David Parker.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Nathan Edwards damages and costs against John Edward.
- Court minutesA juror was withdrawn in Edward Robson’s action against Pleasant Henderson.
- Court minutesThe jury found Isaac Rhew guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Wm Gappins and Wm Taylor on the first count and convicted them on the last count.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted Joseph Hughs.
- Court minutesThe jury found Lewis Partin guilty on the indictment.
- Court minutesThe jury found Robert Cheek had been able to attend and was not prevented by illness.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Young and Turner damages against Willis Reeves. An appeal was requested.
