Orange County Indexed
The Cozort surname
The Cozort name in Orange County Indexed: 41 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1910
most named in the 1810s
- Tax lists 1779
- Court minutes 1788–1818
- Marriages 1798–1910
- Deeds 1873
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Durham (1), Main Street (1)
- Married into
- Hicks 1, Drew 1, Haith 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Horton 4, Mangum 3, Carrington 3, Wilburn 2, Harris 2, Davis 2, Clements 2, Duke 2
- Spellings to try
- Cozart, Cazort, Cozzort, Cozorts, Cosort
- Search beyond these records
- Cozort 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 Cozort there)
- Cozort 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 41 records
1 deeds, 3 marriages, 36 court minutes and 1 tax list entries, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Cozort marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Cozort Anthony
1780s
- 1788Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Jno Walker, James McMunn, Jno Smith and 33 others for the next court.
- 1788Court minutesThe court appointed fourteen men to survey a road from Davis’s Shop across the Flat River bridge to Hillsborough, rescinding the former o…
- 1789Court minutesAfter the previous jury failed to agree, the court appointed a replacement jury for the Davis’s Shop–Hillsborough road via the Flat River…
- 1789Court minutesThe jury found that the limitation statute barred Mangum’s recovery against Cozort.
1790s
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Ray one penny plus costs against Dav’d Pasmore.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury convicted Wm Kelley of assault; the court imposed a penny fine plus costs.
- 1796Court minutesJurors convicted Joseph Barbee of assault; the court fined him.
- 1796Court minutesJurors convicted Charles Collier of assault; the court fined him.
- 1798MarriagesMarriage bond: Daniel Hicks and Polly Cozort
1800s
- 1808Court minutesDeed, David Cozort to George Copley, proved by John Neeves.
1810s
- 1810Court minutesBill of Sale, Anthony Cozort to Robert Cozort, proved by Robert Jones.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for executrix Sarah Cozort and awarded damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for executrix Sarah Cozort and awarded damages and costs.
- 1811Court minutesThe jury resolved every issue for executrix Sarah Cozort and awarded damages and costs.
- 1814Court minutesBill of Sale, Anthony Cozort to Isaiah Davis, proved by John L Carrington.
- 1814Court minutesBill of Sale, Anthony Cozort to Isaiah Davis, proved by Fielding Leathers.
- 1816Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Hyrom Cozort granted to William Horton; sureties John Taylor Jr and John Hunt.
- 1818Court minutesThe court apprenticed Littleton Cozort to William Hannah for instruction in saddlery and harness making.
1820s
- 1821MarriagesMarriage bond: Greif Drew and Mary Cozort
1870s
1910s
- 1910MarriagesMarriage license: Frank Haith and Maggie Cozort
Undated
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire listing the summoned jurors.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn.
- Court minutesThe record listed remaining panel jurors and marked James Alston excused.
- Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cozort to Michael Carey, proved by Jno Wilburn.
- Court minutesDeed, Hugh Harris to Anthony Cozort, proved by John Wilburn.
- Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cozort to William Tatom, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesThe jury rejected payment and setoff and awarded Sarah Cozort principal, interest and costs.
- Court minutesThe jury decided Robert Cozort’s action in favor of Edward Harris.
- Court minutesBill of Sale, Anthony Cozart to James Cozart, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesWilliam Horton became guardian of Jimima Cozort.
- Court minutesWilliam Horton became guardian of David Cozort.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Anthony Cozort granted to Robert Cozort and Allison Cozort; sureties Nathaniel Carrington and John J Carr…
- Court minutesThe court authorized sale of Anthony Cozort’s perishable estate.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded an inventory for Hiram Cozort’s estate.
- Court minutesThe jury acquitted William Cozort.
- Court minutesThe court received and recorded an inventory for Anthony Cozort’s estate.
- Court minutesDeed, Anthony Cozort to Alexander Brinkley, proved by Frances Epperson.
- Court minutesThe jury found Elizabeth Cozort was married in the prosecution of Benjamin Carrington.
- Court minutesWm Jinkins was conditionally fined for failing to testify in Nolin Hampton’s action against Robert and Wm Cozort.
