Orange County Indexed
The Fosset surname
The Fosset name in Orange County Indexed: 59 historical records.
- In the records
- 1788 to 1828
most named in the 1790s
- Court minutes 1788–1811
- Marriages 1790–1828
- Married into
- Armstrong 1, Cates 1, Woods 1, Walker 1, Hobbs 1 · the marriages
- Spellings to try
- Fossett, Fossit, Fosett
- Search beyond these records
- Fosset 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 Fosset there)
- Fosset 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 59 records
5 marriages and 54 court minutes, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Fosset marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1780s
- 1788Court minutesA juror was withdrawn by agreement in Courtny’s action against Jno Bowls and his unnamed wife.
- 1789Court minutesThe court appointed twelve men to inspect and mark a road via Bulls’s smith shop toward Trolingers Ford, reporting next term.
- 1789Court minutesThe court ordered jurors Henry Hasting Sr, Tho Baker, Tho Trice and 33 others to attend next term.
1790s
- 1790MarriagesMarriage bond: John Fosset and Mary Cates
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Peter V Williamson £60.8 plus costs against Samuel May; an appeal followed.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Jno May £23.6 plus costs against Parker and Glenn.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Peter V Williamson £16.17.0 plus costs against Wm Hoper.
- 1790Court minutesThe jury awarded Taylor, Mebane and company £492.1.3 plus costs against James Williams.
- 1791Court minutesThe court assigned a jury to survey a requested diversion toward the mineral spring on James Hoggs land.
- 1795MarriagesMarriage bond: Matthew Woods and Peggy Fosset
- 1796Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to lay out a road from Trolingers ford toward the road near Haisting Bartlets.
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: James Hobbs and Jane Fosset
- 1797MarriagesMarriage bond: Abner Walker and Mary Fosset
- 1797Court minutesDeed, James Fosset to Sherwood Allen, proved by Wm Wood.
- 1797Court minutesWill of John Fosset, proved by Richard Fosset.
- 1797Court minutesThe court received an inventory of Jno Fosset’s estate.
- 1798Court minutesJurors acquitted Wm Dosset of a misdemeanor; the court charged the unnamed prosecutor with costs.
- 1798Court minutesJurors convicted Anthony Haston of assault.
- 1798Court minutesThe court fined Rich’d Fosset for failing to attend as an additional juror.
- 1798Court minutesJurors convicted Francis Moreland of assault; the court fined him, and an appeal was requested.
- 1798Court minutesThe court appointed Samuel Benton as road overseer.
- 1798Court minutesJurors upheld James Tinnen’s will against Cearns and John Tinnen’s caveat.
- 1798Court minutesBy consent, the court awarded Ferabee Fosset a share of enslaved Jane and Betsey’s appraised value, subject to refund security, and reser…
- 1798Court minutesJurors acquitted Joseph Courtny of assault; an evenly divided court denied the motion to charge the prosecutor with costs.
1800s
- 1800Court minutesDeed, Richard Fosset to Geo Pratt, proved by Samuel Faucit.
1810s
1820s
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: John Fosset and Parthenia Armstrong
Undated
- Court minutesTwenty-eight named people took the allegiance oath (Wm. Armstrong, Wm. McClellan, James Watson, Joseph Chittenson).
- Court minutesRichard Fosset replaced Jacob Riley as overseer from Hillsborough to Six Mile Tree.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were listed, with Andrew Murdoch as foreman.
- Court minutesThe jury awarded Clement Lanier £17.12.6 plus costs against Robert Baldrige and And’w Murdock in the covenant action.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire; five named jurors were marked excused.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn, with James Patterson as foreman.
- Court minutesThe court excused Geo Fosset’s failure to attend jury service at the previous term.
- Court minutesSeventeen grand jurors were empaneled and sworn, with Jno Carter as foreman.
- Court minutesThe jury found for Ferguson; the court subsequently granted a new trial on motion.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire with annotations of absence, excuses, failure to summon, and death.
- Court minutesThe court swore grand jurors Rob’t Tinnen, Anthony Doherty, Jno Rhodes and 12 others.
- Court minutesThe sheriff returned the venire.
- Court minutesThe court listed original jurors who appeared.
- Court minutesJames Hughs recovered damages and costs against Mary Burch.
- Court minutesThe court recorded John Casey, James Mebane Jr, Samuel Torrentine and 25 others for jury service.
- Court minutesFerebe Fosset dissented from her husband John Fosset’s will.
- Court minutesJames Carson recovered damages and costs against Jacob Flowers and others; execution awaited his direction, and an appeal was requested.
- Court minutesWm Horton recovered damages and costs against John Taylor on appeal.
- Court minutesJurors found Mary Burch owed James Hughs a debt incurred within three years and determined its currency value.
- Court minutesJurors found for Thomas Hunt in Wm Carrington’s covenant action.
- Court minutesThomas Mulhollan’s executors were nonsuited against administrator Wm Ray; the court denied their requested appeal.
- Court minutesJurors convicted Robert Duke of assault; the court fined him.
- Court minutesWill of Tho Barnhill, proved by Geo Fosset.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Morgan Hart guardian for Jno Fosset’s children to defend a suit.
- Court minutesThe court approved George Fosset and Robert Wilson as Robert Fosset’s sureties to protect the county from child support expenses.
- Court minutesThe court discharged Alexander Anderson, ordered sale of property held by James Fosset Jr, and attached Abner B Bruce in Jesse Lunch’s ac…
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Wallace as road overseer, replacing Henry Younger.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Haywood as road overseer, replacing James Lapsley.
- Court minutesThe court appointed James Craig Sr as road overseer, replacing John Fosset Dec’d.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Owen Lindley as road overseer, replacing John Ward.
- Court minutesJurors acquitted Wm Marcum of assault; the court charged Francis Moreland with prosecution costs.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed James O’Daniel to Rich’d Fosset for instruction in farming.
