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Foster Town Records Collection Foster, RI Town records, 1760-1900 Size: 5.5 linear feet Catalog number: MSS 198 Processed by: Harold Kemble, 1987 and Karen Eberhart, 2002 ©Rhode Island Historical Society Manuscripts Division |
Historical note:
The town of Foster was originally part of the city of Providence. The town of Scituate including what is now Foster was taken from Providence in 1730-31. In 1781, Foster was in turn taken from Scituate and incorporated. The town was named in honor of the Honorable Theodore Foster and is located on the western edge of the state, south of Glocester.
Scope and content:
The collection consists primarily of real estate deeds, records from the Probate Court, Highway tax bills and birth, death and marriage records. Included are also three petitions from 1844 to prohibit the sale of alcohol within Foster except for medicinal purposes. The voting records include several documents which list the names of voters who cast ballots for specific candidates during elections in 1837-1850.
Provenance:
The bulk of the records were donated in 1987. Two documents came in separately. The School District #15 Record Book was donated in 1980 and a bond regarding the performance of auctioneer Laton Hill dated July, 1889 was donated in 1985.
Processing note:
Preliminary processing was performed by Harold E. Kemble in 1987 and completed by Karen Eberhart in 2002 with support from an Ott Grant from the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.
Inventory:
B.1, F.1 Agreement between Levi Wade 1788
and Samuel Smith
B.1, F.2 Animals astray 1809-1820, 1867
Asylum
B.1, F.3 Acts, Resolves, Petitions 1847-1893, n.d.
B.1, F.4 Appraisals and inventories 1868-1895
B.1, F.5 Finance 1841-1897, n.d.
B.1, F.6 Superintendent 1823-1897
B.1, F.7 Superintendent's reports 1869-1896
B.1, F.8 Bonds 1786-1829
B.1, F.9 Border with Scituate, RI 1850
B.1, F.10 Coroner, deputy 1884
B.1, F.11 Dog law 1868-1889
B.1, F.12 Dog owners and keepers list 1870-1896
B.1, F.13 Elections and political parties 1849, 1857, 1859, 1860-1882, n.d.
B.1, F.14 Fisheries, Commissions of Inland 1871
B.1, F.15 Health Officer 1881
Highways
B.1, F.16 Acts and Resolves 1846-1894, n.d.
B.1, F.17 Bills - work done on highways 1839, 1888-1890
B.1, F.18 Claims for damages 1870-1893
B.1, F.19 Petitions, plats, reports, warrants 1781-1829
B.1, F.20 Petitions, plats, reports, warrants 1831-1897, n.d.
B.6, F.1 Petitions, plats, reports, warrants 1801-1845
(oversize)
B.1, F.21 Superintendent reports 1889-1897
B.1, F.22 Surveyors, lists of 1833-1885
B.1, F.23 Tax 1810, 1828, 1830-1836, 1840-1841, 1843
B.1, F.24-26 Tax 1845, 1847-1853, 1855
B.1, F.27-34 Tax 1857-1873
B.2, F.1-8 Tax 1874-1888
B.2, F.9 Jury warrants 1800-1887
B.2, F.10 Justice Court - Bastardy proceedings 1804-1847
B.2, F.11 Liquor licenses 1819, 1825, 1840-1849, 1852, 1880
B.2, F.12 Militia 1844, 1861-1864, 1877
B.2, F.13 Officers of the town 1834-1878
Overseers of the Poor
B.2, F.14 Indentures 1786-1875
B.2, F.15 Miscellaneous 1811-1871, n.d.
B.2, F.16 Removals 1782-1865
B.2, F.17 Warnings 1837-1852
B.2, F.18 Petitions to prohibit sale of alcohol 1844
B.2, F.19 Power of attorney 1798, 1822, 1840
Probate Court (arranged alphabetically by the owner of the estate in question)
B.2, F.20 "A" 1808-1895
B.2, F.21 "B" 1790-1889
B.2, F.22 "B" 1815-1898
B.2, F.23 "B" 1826-1897
B.3, F.1 "C" 1793-1898
B.3, F.2 "C" 1814-1898
B.3, F.3 "D" 1802-1893
B.3, F.4 "E" 1823-1875
B.3, F.5 "F" 1813-1898
B.3, F.6 "G" 1817-1899
B.3, F.7 "H" 1787-1899
B.3, F.8 "H" 1798-1896
B.3, F.9 "H" 1800-1897
B.3, F.10 "H" 1830-1896
B.3, F.11 "I" 1861-1893
B.3, F.12 "J" 1802-1899
B.3, F.13 "K" 1853-1895
B.3, F.14 "L" 1803-1894
B.3, F.15 "M" 1802-1896
B.3, F.16 "Mc" 1834-1845
B.3, F.17 "N" 1863
B.3, F.18 "O" 1843-1887
B.3, F.19 "P" 1784-1895
B.3, F.20 "P" 1830-1897
B.3, F.21 "P" 1830-1898
B.3, F.22 "R" 1806-1896
B.4, F.1 "S" 1783-1895
B.4, F.2 "S" 1800-1897
B.4, F.3 "S" 1825-1895
B.4, F.4 "S" 1832-1899
B.4, F.5 "T" 1793-1896
B.4, F.6 "W" 1794, 1802-1895
B.4, F.7 "W" 1823-1897
B.4, F.8 "W" 1823-1899
B.4, F.9 "Y" 1823-1896
B.4, F.10 Personal Estate - deeds, bills of sale 1820, 1834, 1841-1842, 1845
Real Estate
B.6, F.2 Changes in real estate (oversize) 1841, 1878-1898
B.4, F.11 Discharge of Mortgage 1786, 1805-1853
B.4, F.12 Deeds 1760, 1771, 1784, 1790-1809
B.4, F.13 Deeds 1810-1828
B.4, F.14 Deeds 1830-1839
B.4, F.15 Deeds 1840-1852, 1863-1877, 1885
B.4, F.16 Fence divisions 1805, 1820, 1827
B.4, F.17 Indentures and agreements 1813-1814, 1826, 1830-1831
B.4, F.18 Leases 1795, 1803-1851, 1887
B.4, F.19 Mortgage Deeds 1787, 1805-1829
B.4, F.20 Mortgage Deeds 1830-1839
B.4, F.21 Mortgage Deeds 1840-1852, 1859, 1863-1879
B.4, F.22 Mortgage Deeds and 1786, 1791, 1794
corresponding Bonds with Grand
Committee and General Treasurer
B.4, F.23 Warranty deeds for burial plots 1877, 1883
B.5, F.1 Representatives instructions 1784
Schools
B.5, F.2 School Committee 1865-1866, 1879, 1889, n.d.
B.5, F.3 District #15 record book 1846-1900
B.5, F.4 Sheriff's sales and public auctions1830-1863
Taxes (for registry and other taxes see Voter lists)
B.5, F.5 Miscellaneous 1875-1896, n.d.
B.5, F.6 State bill 1822-1823
B.5, F.7 Telegraph 1879, n.d.
B.5, F.8 Town clerk 1868-1884
Town Council
B.5, F.9 Minutes 1800, 1856-1857
B.5, F.10 Minutes 1862, 1867-1868, 1873
B.5, F.11 Miscellaneous 1842, 1877, 1892-1895
Town Meeting
B.5, F.12 Minutes and warrants 1829-1899
B.5, F.13 Minutes and warrants 1850-1859
B.5, F.14 Minutes and warrants 1860-1869
B.5, F.15 Minutes and warrants 1870-1879
B.5, F.16 Minutes and warrants 1880-1889
B.5, F.17 Minutes and warrants 1890-1899
B.5, F.18 Treasurer - Report to Freemen 1783, 1817-1896
B.5, F.19 Trial justice 1873-1879
Vital Records
B.5, F.20 Births 1790-1810, 1820, 1823-1824, 1842, 1850, 1852, 1867, 1870-1873, 1875-1876
B.5, F.21 Births 1878, 1880, 1882-1884, 1886-1887, 1890-1891
B.5, F.22 Deaths 1852-1855, 1861, 1870-1871, 1873, 1875, 1877-1879
B.5, F.23 Deaths 1883-1885, 1887
B.5, F.24 Marriages 1829, 1839-1850
B.5, F.25 Marriages 1851-1853, 1855-1856, 1861, 1864-1866, 1868
B.5, F.26 Marriages 1870, 1872-1875
B.5, F.27 Marriages 1878-1879, 1882-1883
B.5, F.28 Marriages 1885-1888
B.5, F.29 Voters in various elections 1837-1850
B.5, F.30 Voter lists 1837-1838, 1841, 1848, 1851-1852, 1880-1882, n.d.
B.6, F.3 Voter lists showing taxes paid 1843, 1852, 1857, 1859-1862, 1864, 1866,
(oversize) 1868, 1876-1886
B.5, F.31 Voters miscellaneous 1812, 1840, 1851-1852, 1880
B.5, F.32 Writs 1825-1852, 1866
Subjects:
Alcohol - Law and legislation - Rhode Island - Foster
Deeds - Rhode Island - Foster
Dogs - Law and legislation - Rhode Island - Foster
Elections - Rhode Island
Foster Artillery Company
Foster, RI - History
Foster, RI - Militia
Militia - Rhode Island - Foster
Poor - Rhode Island - Foster
Probate records - Rhode Island - Foster
Roads - Rhode Island - Foster
Schools - Rhode Island - Foster
Taxation - Rhode Island - Foster
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Vital statistics - Rhode Island - Foster
Voting register - Rhode Island - Foster
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