Orange County Indexed
The Forrister surname
The Forrister name in Orange County Indexed: 22 historical records.
- In the records
- 1783 to 1858
most named in the 1790s
- Marriages 1783–1858
- Court minutes 1791–1799
- Married into
- Dossit 1, Guy 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Heflin 2, Rhodes 2, Whittaker 2, Harris 2
- Spellings to try
- Forrester, Forrist, Forster, Forester, Forresters, Forristers
- Search beyond these records
- Forrister 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 Forrister there)
- Forrister 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 22 records
2 marriages and 20 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Forrister marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1783MarriagesMarriage bond: William Dossit and Drucilla Forrister
1790s
- 1791Court minutesThe jury awarded Jesse Embrie damages, interest and costs against Henry Thompson.
- 1791Court minutesJno Reeves won damages and costs against James Bowers.
- 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.
- 1791Court minutesBenj Leonards’s administrator recovered damages and costs against Tho Farmer.
- 1791Court minutesThe jury awarded Wm Gooch damages, interest and costs against James Hutchinson on certiorari.
- 1791Court minutesFollowing a jury’s incapacity finding, Shadrick Forrister, Abraham Whittaker and Richard Rhodes became James Heflin’s guardians, with app…
- 1791Court minutesThe jury awarded Tho Smith damages and costs against Durham Hall.
- 1792Court minutesThe court found James Heflin’s capacity restored and discharged guardians Shadrick Forrister, Abraham Whittaker and Richard Rhodes.
- 1795Court minutesThe county court opened its sitting with justices Sterling Harris, Shad Forrister, Hardy Hawkins and 2 others present.
- 1796Court minutesThe county court opened its sitting with justices Sterling Harris, Walter Alves, Hardy Hurdle and 3 others present.
- 1796Court minutesThe court ordered jurors Rich’d Christmas, Joseph Hodge, Dav’d Mebane and 11 others to attend the specified court term.
- 1796Court minutesThe court ordered jurors James Thompson, Tho Bracher, Sam’l Stuard and 27 others to attend the specified court term.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Samuel Southerland as road overseer.
- 1799Court minutesSamuel Turrentine was elected sheriff to succeed A Murdock, received his commission, and qualified.
1850s
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: William K Forrister and Susan Guy
Undated
- Court minutesThe court listed the remaining members of the original jury panel.
- Court minutesJustices John Walker, Wm McCauley, Wm Courtny and 26 others attended the sheriff and surveyor election.
- Court minutesShadrack Forrister was appointed to receive the district’s taxable lists.
- Court minutesThe court recorded James Thompson, Thomas Bradshaw, Samuel Steward and 27 others for jury service.
- Court minutesThe county court opened its sitting with justices James Carson, Wm Shepperd, James Baldridge and 9 others present.
