Orange County Indexed
The Royster surname
The Royster name in Orange County Indexed: 9 historical records, 9 people in the chronology and 3 headings in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1821 to 1882
most named in the 1870s
- Records of enslaved people 1821
- Deeds 1821–1848
- Marriages 1833–1882
- In the chronology
- 1903 to 2017 9 people in 37 entries, most in the 1920s
- In books and archives
- 3 people, born 1871 to 1914
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Glade Branch (1)
- Married into
- Glass 1, Mallett 1, Ray 1, Strayhorn 1, Taylor 1, Wells 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Kollock 2
- People with a page here
- Hubert Ashley Royster, James Finch Royster, Vermont C. Royster, Vermont Royster
- Search beyond these records
- Royster 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 Royster there)
- Royster 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.
- Royster, Hubert Ashley 2 entries, 1903
- Royster, James Finch 16 entries, 1907–1933
- Royster, James Finch 2 entries, 1922–1925
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Royster, Mark 5 entries, 1990–1994
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- 1990–1994: Planning and building new Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools, 1990–1994
- November 2, 1993: Chapel Hill-Carrboro voters elect Mark Royster, Mary Bushnell and LaVonda Burnette to the school board
- 1993: The 1993 town elections in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
- September 22, 1994: Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board forms a redistricting committee for its new high and elementary schools
- August 18, 1994: School board names Elizabeth Carter to fill Ruth Royster's seat
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Royster, Ruth 7 entries, 1990–1994
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- by October 22, 1990: Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools survey Black parents on how the schools serve Black students
- December 1991: Superintendent Gerry House resigns to lead the Memphis city schools
- 1991–1992: Replacing Superintendent Gerry House, 1991–1992
- 1992: Orange County in the 1992 election
- October 14, 1992: TaxWatch comes out against the $52 million school bond
- March 21, 1994: Ruth Royster announces she will leave the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board
- August 18, 1994: School board names Elizabeth Carter to fill Ruth Royster's seat
- Royster, Tremaine 1 entry, 2017
- Royster, Vermont 2 entries, 1958–1972
- Royster, Vermont 3 entries, 1981–1986
- Royster, Vermont C. 5 entries, 1953–1986
In books and archives 3 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.
- Royster, Vermont, 1914-1996 3 works
- Royster, Hubert Ashley, 1871-1959 1 work
- Royster, James Finch, 1880-1930 1 work
In the historical records 9 records
2 deeds, 1 records of enslaved people and 6 marriages, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Royster marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1820s
- 1821DeedsWilliam Royster to Shepherd K Kollock, 7 July 1821
- 1821Records of enslaved peopleDeed (sale or gift not stated): William Royster to Shepherd K Kollock, 7 July 1821
1830s
- 1833MarriagesMarriage bond: William A Royster and Anne Glass
1840s
1870s
1880s
- 1882MarriagesMarriage license: P A Royster and Lula Taylor
