Orange County Indexed
The Fowler surname
The Fowler name in Orange County Indexed: 75 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 2 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1906
most named in the 1860s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Wills 1775–1879
- Marriages 1802–1906
- Deeds 1823–1873
- In the chronology
- 1923 to 1961 9 people in 19 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 1 family heading and 1 person
- Places in its deeds and wills
- New Hope Creek (3), Eno River (2), Ellerbe Creek (1), Second Creek (1), Rail Road (1), Chapel Hill (1), Reed Street (1), Durham (1)
- Married into
- Cheek 2, Clark 2, Griffin 2, Pendergrass 2, Bird 1, Bivins 1, Breedlove 1, Brown 1, Burges 1, Caudle 1, Cole 1, Collins 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Massey 2
- People with a page here
- Mason Fowler, Robert Lee Fowler
- Search beyond these records
- Fowler 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 Fowler there)
- Fowler 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 9 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.
- Fowler, J. A. 1 entry, 1923
- Fowler, James 2 entries, 1932–1934
- Fowler, James S. 1 entry, 1942
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Fowler, John T. 6 entries, 1923–1931
Show the 6 entries
- By August 2, 1923: John T. Fowler buys the auctioned Model Market
- November 2, 1926: Chapel Hill's write-in campaign for John T. Fowler fails in the county election
- 1925–1929: The short route to Raleigh: the old Raleigh road, the Nelson road and Route 54, 1925–1929
- by April 22, 1927: New county tax supervisor names Chapel Hill Township's assessors
- July 25, 1927: Commissioners rescind a special cut in C. L. Lindsay's tax assessment
- September 18, 1931: John T. Fowler, merchant and owner of a Hillsboro brick plant and a Carrboro flour mill, dies
- Fowler, Marvin M. 1 entry, 1948
- Fowler, R. K. 1 entry, 1926
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Fowler, Robert 5 entries, 1942–1953
Show the 5 entries
- July 23, 1942: Fowler's Food Store opens in the old Model Market building
- June 23, 1942: Chapel Hill's Model Market closes for lack of help and tires
- January 26, 1948: Chapel Hill orders traffic lights for the post office corner
- May 3, 1949: Mrs. Roland McClamroch and the Rev. J. H. Jones run for the Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen
- April 1953: Chapel Hill aldermen thank Robert Fowler as he leaves the board
- Fowler, Robert Lee 10 entries, 1923–1961
- Fowler, Steve 1 entry, 1940
In books and archives 2 headings
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.
- Fowler family family, 2 works
- Fowler, Mason, 1 work
In the historical records 75 records
13 deeds, 53 marriages, 2 court minutes, 2 tax list entries and 5 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. Fowler marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: Elisha Fowler
1770s
- 1775WillsWill of Joseph (or Jones?) Parker
1790s
1800s
- 1802MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Caty Johns
- 1805MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Nancy Thomas
1810s
- 1811MarriagesMarriage bond: Elijah Hunt and Mary Fowler
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Joshua Normon and Mary Fowler
1820s
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Nancy Griffin
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Hannah Whittecar
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: William Griffin and Polly Fowler
- 1822MarriagesMarriage bond: James Gapins and Nancy Fowler
- 1823DeedsJames Strayhorn Sr to Miles Fowler, 10 December 1823
- 1824MarriagesMarriage bond: John Breedlove and Bedy Fowler
- 1825MarriagesMarriage bond: John Cole and Gilley Fowler
- 1825MarriagesMarriage bond: Simeon Fowler and Candiss Morrow
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: William Fowler and Susan Bird
1830s
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: Henderson Fowler and Harriet Falkner
- 1830MarriagesMarriage bond: Simeon Fowler and Jeany Collins
- 1831DeedsMiles Fowler to George Freeland, 13 October 1831
- 1832DeedsChristopher Barbee to Sterling W Fowler, 21 August 1832
- 1832DeedsIsaac D Dollar to Miles Fowler, 27 November 1832
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Woods and Elizabeth Fowler
- 1837MarriagesMarriage bond: Green W Fowler and Ruth Turner
- 1838DeedsJames Fowler to Moses H Turner trustee, 26 June 1838
1840s
- 1841MarriagesMarriage bond: William C Fowler and Hesther Davidson
- 1841WillsWill of Abner (x) Massey
- 1841WillsWill of William Leigh
- 1846DeedsSterling W Fowler to James N Patterson, 21 November 1846
- 1846MarriagesMarriage bond: James Fowler and Jane Hays
- 1848MarriagesMarriage bond: Alexander Lashley and Mary Fowler
- 1849DeedsMiles Fowler to John W Hancock trustee, 26 April 1849
1850s
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: Adolphus W Cheek and Cornelia Fowler
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: John Fowler and Minerva Proctor
- 1851MarriagesMarriage bond: Miles Fowler and Elizabeth Freeman
- 1853MarriagesMarriage bond: John Brown and Mary Fowler
- 1857MarriagesMarriage bond: William Couch and Sarah Fowler
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: William S Fowler and Margaret Roach
- 1858MarriagesMarriage bond: W J Fowler and Jane Burges
- 1859MarriagesMarriage bond: James W Fowler and Martha M Caudle
- 1859MarriagesMarriage notice: Leonard[?] A. Fox[?] and Mary G. Fowler
1860s
- 1861MarriagesMarriage bond: William O Fowler and Mary A Wait
- 1862WillsWill of Elizabeth Fowler
- 1863DeedsWashington Fowler to Thomas Watson, 19 October 1863
- 1863MarriagesMarriage bond: Nathaniel Pendergrass and Faney or Teney Fowler
- 1864MarriagesMarriage bond: Leander Fowler and Julia A Cheek
- 1864MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Fowler and Rebecca Pickard
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: William Pendergrass and Edith Fowler
- 1866MarriagesMarriage bond: Peter Pengegrass and Jane Fowler
- 1867DeedsCalister Massey to Thomas J Fowler, 15 February 1867
- 1867MarriagesMarriage bond: James H Ferrell and Rebecca O Fowler
- 1868MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas J Fowler and Maragret E Davis
- 1869DeedsWilliam N Pratt estate by executor to Minerva Fowler, 3 April 1869
1870s
- 1870DeedsManerva Fowler to George W Bradshaw, 31 May 1870
- 1870MarriagesMarriage license: John B Fowler and Silena Parrish
- 1871MarriagesMarriage license: William B York and Mary E Fowler
- 1872DeedsThomas J Fowler & Mary E Fowler to John H Fowler & Thomas H Fowler, 7 November 1872
- 1873DeedsJohn H Fowler & Thomas H Fowler to Thomas M Cheek, 8 May 1873
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: John H Fowler and Mary L White
- 1879MarriagesMarriage license: William J Fowler and Velina M E Pickett
- 1879WillsWill of Thomas J Fowler
1880s
- 1881MarriagesMarriage license: William G Williams and Salina Fowler
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: James Fowler and Josey Dorsey
- 1883MarriagesMarriage license: Ilia N Clark and Alice Fowler
- 1885MarriagesMarriage license: William Gooch and Cora Fowler
- 1886MarriagesMarriage license: Wm T Powell and Emma Fowler
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: A J Fowler and Fannie May Neal
- 1887MarriagesMarriage license: John Fowler and Harriett Bivins
- 1888MarriagesMarriage license: Jas M Clark and Sarah Jane Fowler
1890s
- 1893MarriagesMarriage license: J G Fowler and Martha A Durham
- 1895MarriagesMarriage license: A Cooper and Mary Fowler
1900s
- 1900MarriagesMarriage license: C J Rogers and Ella Fowler
- 1906MarriagesMarriage license: Sanky Furgerson and Pearley Fowler
- 1906MarriagesMarriage license: Seaton Wilson and Dot Fowler