Orange County Indexed
The Forsythe surname
The Forsythe name in Orange County Indexed: 32 historical records.
- In the records
- 1779 to 1879
most named in the 1820s
- Tax lists 1779
- Court minutes 1789–1811
- Wills 1801–1825
- Marriages 1811–1879
- Deeds 1812–1870
- Records of enslaved people 1821–1823
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Nevilles Creek (2), Nevills Creek (1), Flat River (1), Reeds Creek (1), Cub Creek (1), S.Side of Yadkin River (1), Court House (1), Wilkesborough (1)
- Married into
- Tapp 1, Moore 1, Jones 1, Woods 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Nevill 4, Moore 2, Daniel 2, Patterson 2, Yeargin 2
- Spellings to try
- Forsyth, Forsyther, Forsith, Forsithe
- Search beyond these records
- Forsythe 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 Forsythe there)
- Forsythe 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
8 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 4 marriages, 10 court minutes, 1 tax list entries and 6 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. Forsythe marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1770s
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Forsythe Robert
1780s
1800s
1810s
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: George Tapp and Peggy Forsythe
- 1811Court minutesThe jury upheld and valued the bond, rejected payment and satisfaction, and awarded Christian Peelor damages and costs.
- 1812DeedsJames Forsythe & Barnett Forsythe to Jesse Nevill, 7 August 1812
- 1812DeedsJames Forsythe & Barnett Forsythe to Goodman Nevill, 7 August 1812
- 1812WillsWill of Benjamin Yeargin
- 1812WillsPower of attorney: Mark M. Yeargin to Bartlett Yeargin
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: David Moore and Gilley Forsythe
- 1819WillsWill of William Forsythe
1820s
- 1821DeedsSamuel Nevill to Barnett Forsythe & John Forsythe, 6 June 1821
- 1821DeedsDavid Moore & Gilly Moore to Darnel Forsythe, 24 September 1821
- 1821DeedsBarnett Forsythe & John Forsythe & May Forsyther to Jesse Neville, 23 August 1821
- 1821Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): Samuel Nevill to Barnett Forsythe, John Forsythe, 6 June 1821
- 1821Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): David Moore, Gilly Moore to Darnel Forsythe, 24 September 1821
- 1823DeedsJohn Daniel to James Forsythe, 26 October 1823
- 1823Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): John Daniel to James Forsythe, 26 October 1823
- 1824DeedsPolly Roberts & Nancy Roberts & Mark Roberts & John Roberts & Crissa Forsythe to James Roberts, October 1824
- 1825WillsWill of Sarah Yeargan
1840s
- 1842MarriagesMarriage bond: Phillip Forsythe and Taylor Jones
1870s
Undated
- Court minutesTwelve men were appointed to lay out a road from the Caswell County line near Taps mill toward the Johnston ordinary–Abercrombie road.
- Court minutesNamed workers were assigned under James Scarlett to open the road from Caswell County Line to Widow Woods near Mr. William Johnston’s.
- Court minutesNamed jurors were listed for the next county court.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed Jesse Smith to William Forsythe for instruction in tailoring.
- Court minutesThe court conditionally fined the named absent jurors and directed process requiring them to answer their defaults.
- Court minutesThe jury upheld Robert Murdock’s written instrument and awarded Samuel Whitsett damages and costs.
- Court minutesJames Forsythe and Mann Patterson were appointed election inspectors.
