Orange County Indexed
The Forrester surname
The Forrester name in Orange County Indexed: 32 historical records.
- In the records
- 1764 to 1824
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1764–1798
- Marriages 1793–1824
- Deeds 1795
- Wills 1801
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Ellerbe Creek (1)
- Married into
- Bennett 1, Currie 1, Leathers 1, Vaughan 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Forrest, Forrister, Forrestt, Forster, Forester, Forresters
- Search beyond these records
- Forrester 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 Forrester there)
- Forrester 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 32 records
1 deeds, 4 marriages, 26 court minutes and 1 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. Forrester marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
- 1764Court minutesThe grand jury was sworn with William Few as foreman.
1780s
1790s
- 1793MarriagesMarriage bond: James Currie and Sarah Forrester
- 1795DeedsJoshua Smith by Sheriff to Shadrack Forrester, 27 June 1795
- 1795Court minutesThe county court opened its sitting with justices Wm McCauley, James Christmas, Jno Umstead and 2 others present.
- 1795Court minutesDeed, Joseph Hodge Sheriff to Shadrach Forrester, proved by John McKerrall.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Samuel Southerland as road overseer.
1800s
- 1801WillsWill of Benjamin (x) Forrester
- 1803MarriagesMarriage bond: James Leathers and Elizabeth Forrester
- 1806MarriagesMarriage bond: Phillip Bennett and Nancy Forrester
1820s
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: Calvin Vaughan and Betsy Forrester
Undated
- Court minutesJames Forrester and Wm. Reves were appointed to appraise a cow and yearling held by Nicholas Culbertson.
- Court minutesDeed, Thomas Forrester & Milly Forrester to Benjamin Forrest, proved by Geo. Grisham.
- Court minutesThirty named jurors were appointed to attend next court.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn, with Wm. Nunn as foreman and Stephen Madden as constable.
- Court minutesThirty-four named jurors were appointed for next county court.
- Court minutesWill of Phillip Dossitt, proved by Joseph Townsend.
- Court minutesRichard Clements became overseer from Benj. Forrester’s to Ellerby Creek.
- Court minutesThe court recorded Shaderick Forrester, Tho Gwinn, Abraham Anderson and 33 others for jury service.
- Court minutesJohn Rhodes and Shadrick Forrester qualified as justices of the peace.
- Court minutesThe county court opened its sitting with justices Wm Rainey, Wm Courtney, Jno Thompson and 29 others present.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon John Rhodes, Shadrick Forrester, Joseph Dixon and 12 others for Superior Court jury service.
- Court minutesJustices Empson Bird, John Thompson, Archer Campbell and 32 others attended the sheriff’s election.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Rich’d Bennehan, Tho Armstrong, Isaac Jackson and 27 others for August court.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with attendance annotations.
- Court minutesThe court swore the grand jury.
- Court minutesThe court appointed David Hogan as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe sheriff was directed to summon jurors Empson Bird, Wm Hooper, James Carson and 11 others for Superior Court.
- Court minutesThe justices divided themselves into four classes for holding court.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Polley Forrister Alias Chisenhall, Nancy Forrester’s daughter, to Lazarus Cates until age eighteen.
- Court minutesThe court levied taxes to build a Hillsborough jail and appointed Samuel Benton, Absalum Tatom and Sterling Harris to plan and supervise…
- Court minutesWm Dossett Jr surrendered Edmund Forrester in Moore, Bowden & Co’s case to discharge his bail responsibility.
