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The Foust surname

The Foust name in Orange County Indexed: 263 historical records and 3 people in the chronology.

In the records
1763 to 1910 most named in the 1790s
  • Deeds 1763–1867
  • Tax lists 1779–1790
  • Court minutes 1784–1818
  • Records of enslaved people 1789–1845
  • Wills 1790–1846
  • Marriages 1805–1910
In the chronology
1846 to 1934 3 people in 8 entries, most in the 1930s
Places in its deeds and wills
Great Alamance Creek (16), Haw River (14), Marys Creek (11), Cane Creek (10), Little Alamance Creek (5), Alamance Creek (5), Varnels Creek (4), Back Creek (4)
Married into
Holt 3, Albright 2, Harris 2, Amick 1, Bason 1, Clapp 1, Coble 1, Cotton 1, Crawford 1, Creedle 1, Fearrington 1, Horniday 1 · the marriages
Often named with
Ray 14, Clapp 12, Thompson 12, Holt 11, Stout 8, Albright 8, Marshall 7, Bason 7, Lindley 6, Sharp 6, Freeman 6, Clap 6
Spellings to try
Faust, Fouse, Fourt
Search beyond these records

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 3 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.

In the historical records 263 records

101 deeds, 8 records of enslaved people, 23 marriages, 109 court minutes, 6 tax list entries and 16 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. Foust marriages in full · Search the name in every collection

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