Orange County Indexed
The Foster surname
The Foster name in Orange County Indexed: 54 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1765 to 1910
most named in the 1820s
- Deeds 1765–1871
- Tax lists 1779–1790
- Marriages 1786–1910
- Court minutes 1789–1817
- Records of enslaved people 1821–1841
- Wills 1841–1848
- In the chronology
- 1795 to 2013 4 people in 14 entries, most in the 1960s
- In books and archives
- 1 person
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Back Creek (4), Stony Creek (2), Watsons Creek (1), Flat River (1), High Rock Road (1), Haw River (1), Fishing Creek (1), Haw Creek (1)
- Married into
- Barnet 1, Boswell 1, Carroll 1, Daniel 1, Evans 1, Nicholson 1, Wason 1, Haley 1, Loinberry 1, Green 1, Woolcut 1, Jeffers 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Wrightsell 2, Smith 2, Patton 2, Dodson 2, Green 2, Jeffreys 2, Turner 2, Stockard 2, Freeman 2, Brannock 2
- People with a page here
- Harold Foster, Sara Foster, Stephen Collins Foster
- Spellings to try
- Forster, Foste
- Search beyond these records
- Foster 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 Foster there)
- Foster 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 chronology 4 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Foster, Harold 5 entries, 1960–1963
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Foster, Harold 5 entries, 1979
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- November 4, 1979: The South Orange Black Caucus splits its mayoral endorsement between Nassif and Cohen
- September 20, 1979: Harold Foster files as a candidate for mayor of Chapel Hill
- November 6, 1979: Joe Nassif is elected mayor of Chapel Hill
- December 2, 1979: South Orange Black Caucus elects Moses Carey Jr. chairman
- 1979–1989: Town elections and bond votes, 1979–1989
- Foster, Robert 2 entries, 1795–1890
- Foster, Sara 2 entries, 1998–2013
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Foster, Stephen Collins, 1 work
In the historical records 54 records
15 deeds, 3 records of enslaved people, 19 marriages, 12 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 3 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. Foster marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1760s
1770s
- 1771DeedsJames Foster to Peter Farra, 26 November 1771
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Foster Richard
1780s
- 1786DeedsJames Turner to Richard Foster, 6 February 1786
- 1786MarriagesMarriage license: Henry C Foster and Sallie J Nicholson
- 1787DeedsJames Stockard to Richard Foster, 20 August 1787
- 1789Court minutesThe court appointed twelve men to inspect and mark a road via Bulls’s smith shop toward Trolingers Ford, reporting next term.
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Richard Foster (Orange District)
- 1794DeedsSamuel Mebane to Richard Foster, 21 December 1794
- 1795Court minutesThe court appointed Wm Bryan Sr as road overseer.
- 1796MarriagesMarriage bond: Robert Wason and Margott Foster
- 1797Court minutesDeed, James Turner to Richard Foster, proved by George Johnston.
- 1797Court minutesDeed, Jas Stockard to Rich’d Foster, proved by Wm Scott.
- 1799DeedsRichard Foster to William Freeman, 9 December 1799
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Asa Foster and Sally Haley
- 1801Court minutesDeed, Richard Foster to William Freeman, acknowledged in court.
1810s
- 1812MarriagesMarriage bond: Daniel Barnet and Milly Foster
- 1816DeedsJohn Wrightsell to George Foster, 18 November 1816
- 1816MarriagesMarriage bond: James Foster and Eve Loinberry
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: John Foster and Polly Green
- 1817Court minutesAugustus Foster and the other named men were appointed to patrol the captain’s district.
1820s
- 1821DeedsJohn Foster & Willie Dodson & Edward Green & James Green & Edmond Green to Samuel Patton & John Foster & Edward Green & James Green & Edmond Green, 13 January 1821
- 1821Records of enslaved peopleDivision of an estate: John Foster, Willie Dodson, Edward Green, James Green, Edmond Green to Samuel Patton, John Foster, Edward Green, James Green, Edmond Green, 13 January 1821
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: David Woolcut and Nancy Foster
- 1826DeedsJames P Foster to Leonard Smith, 4 January 1826
- 1826DeedsJohn Douglass estate by executor to John Foster, 7 January 1826
- 1826Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): James P Foster to Leonard Smith, 4 January 1826
- 1828MarriagesMarriage bond: William P Foster and Jane Jeffers
- 1829DeedsJoseph Bracken to Samuel Foster, 1 September 1829
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: James Boswell and Nancy Foster
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Thompson and Istillias Foster
1830s
- 1832MarriagesMarriage bond: Richard Hornbuckle and Sarah Foster
1840s
- 1840DeedsSamuel P Foster to John Foster, 1 January 1840
- 1841DeedsIsaac Jeffreys to Samuel P Foster trustee & John Foster, 28 January 1841
- 1841Records of enslaved peopleDeed of trust: Isaac Jeffreys to Samuel P Foster, John Foster, 28 January 1841
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: Asa Foster and Sally Holt
- 1841WillsWill of Henry Brannock, Sr.
- 1845MarriagesMarriage bond: William F Simpson and Nancy Foster
- 1845WillsWill of George (x) Baker
- 1846DeedsGeorge Foster to Andrew Lewis, 8 August 1846
- 1848WillsWill of George (x) Foster
1870s
1900s
- 1901MarriagesMarriage license: H C Foster and Onie Hinshaw
- 1902MarriagesMarriage license: J C Foster and Barbara Job
- 1906MarriagesMarriage license: Henry Leigh and Virginia Foster
1910s
- 1910MarriagesMarriage license: Julius Foster and Lonie Daniel
Undated
- Court minutesWilliam Wiley brought an original attachment proceeding against Hugh Foster.
- Court minutesHugh Foster brought a petition against Jacob Armfield.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey a route from Joseph Hodges to Widow Hodgens.
- Court minutesThe court appointed Robert Foster as road overseer.
- Court minutesThe court apprenticed William Foster to John Long for instruction in farming.
- Court minutesDeed, John Wrightsell to George Foster, proved by Henry Brannock.
