Orange County Indexed
The Colter surname
The Colter name in Orange County Indexed: 20 historical records.
- In the records
- 1785 to 1815
most named in the 1790s
- Marriages 1785–1815
- Court minutes 1791–1811
- Deeds 1796
- Records of enslaved people 1796
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Bolin Creek (1), Yeargan's Grist Mill (1)
- Married into
- Partin 1, Fann 1, Dawson 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Pendergrass 3
- Spellings to try
- Coulter, Colther, Cotter, Coller, Colters, Coltur
- Search beyond these records
- Colter 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 Colter there)
- Colter 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 historical records 20 records
1 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people, 3 marriages and 15 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Colter marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1785MarriagesMarriage bond: Hanson Colter and Tabitha Partin
1790s
- 1791Court minutesTho Pratts’s executors won damages and costs against Brooks and Fosset.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury found James Carson’s bond unpaid and awarded Williams and Patterson damages and costs.
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed William Trice as road overseer.
- 1795Court minutesDeed, John Colter to Mathew Colter, proved by Edmond Jones.
- 1796DeedsMathew Colter to John McCauley, 1796
- 1796Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James Colter to David Kerr, 15 October 1796
1800s
- 1801Court minutesDeed, John Daniel to Henson Colter, proved by John Owen.
- 1804Court minutesWilliam Andrews was elected constable and entered bond.
- 1809MarriagesMarriage bond: Elijah Fann and Jean Colter
1810s
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Henson Colter as road overseer.
- 1815MarriagesMarriage bond: Henson Colter and Eliza Dawson
Undated
- Court minutesWilliam Colter was ordered to return Levi to his mother Mary Price, with the sheriff enforcing the order.
- Court minutesJohn Mitchell’s administrators won a finding that Jesse Miller’s bond was valid and unpaid, with recorded damages.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey a road from the University toward Chatham and report.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Edmund Jones as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to lay out a road from the University toward Cypritts Bridge at the Chatham boundary.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Joshua Holt, Eli McDaniel, Henson Colter and 12 others for jury service.
- Court minutesHenson Colter was ordered to support Holley Watson’s child as reputed father; execution was directed for the installment immediately due.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, John Sparrow to Henson Colter, proved by John Pendergrass Senr.
