Orange County Indexed
The Boswell surname
The Boswell name in Orange County Indexed: 30 historical records, 1 person in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1876
most named in the 1810s
- Tax lists 1779
- Wills 1783–1830
- Court minutes 1787–1810
- Deeds 1798–1839
- Marriages 1801–1876
- In the chronology
- 1878 to 1879 1 person in 3 entries
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 2 people, born 1740
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Stony Creek (6), Haw River (2), Woodys Spring Branch (1), Ridge Road (1), Watsons Creek (1), Presbyterian Church (1), Main Road (1)
- Married into
- Gardner 1, Moore 1, Bracken 1, Graham 1, Foster 1, Qualls 1, Compton 1, Whitsett 1, Stanyard 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Garrison 4, Bracken 2, Underwood 2, Cannon 2, Scott 2, Moore 2
- People with a page here
- Edward Boswell, James Boswell
- Spellings to try
- Bozwell, Baswell, Bossell
- Search beyond these records
- Boswell 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 Boswell there)
- Boswell 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 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 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.
- Boswell family family, 1 work
- Boswell, Edward, 2 works
- Boswell, James, 1740-1795 2 works
In the historical records 30 records
10 deeds, 9 marriages, 6 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 4 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. Boswell marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Boswell James
1780s
1790s
1800s
- 1801MarriagesMarriage bond: Walter Boswell and Susannah Gardner
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: William Boswell and Elizabeth Moore
- 1804DeedsWilliam Bracken to Craven Boswell, 31 December 1804
- 1804DeedsJohn Underwood to William Boswell, 23 November 1804
- 1809DeedsJohn Boswell & John Underwood & William Boswell by Sheriff to James Webb, 26 August 1809
- 1809DeedsEdward Boswell to Thomas Boswell, 3 February 1809
1810s
- 1810DeedsCraven Boswell to Jacob Garrison, 10 July 1810
- 1810DeedsJacob Garrison & Craven Boswell to William Cannon, 18 August 1810
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Jacob Garrison & Craven Boswell to William Cannon, proved by David Bradford.
- 1810Court minutesDeed, Edward Boswell to Thomas Boswell, proved by James Moore.
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: John Bracken and Nancy Boswell
- 1817DeedsJesse Scott to Parrebo K Boswell, 3 October 1817
- 1818MarriagesMarriage bond: George Graham and Kitty Boswell
1820s
1830s
1840s
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: William Boswell and Nancy Qualls
- 1847MarriagesMarriage bond: William Compton and Elizabeth A Boswell
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: Eli Whitsett and Fanny Boswell
