• Francis Foye
• Foys in the Montford Point Federal Cemetery
• Foy's Inn
• Benjamin F. Foy Last Will and Testament, 1876
• Captain James Foy
• NC Foys in the Spanish-American War
• A few NC Cemeteries with Foys in them.
• Patrick Foy
• Byron C. Foy
• A few Foy marriage records from North Carolina and Virginia
• Stray notes on a J H Foy of North Carolina

State Records page 326 & 327
"A List of Men Commanded By Capt Miles Gale, Taken The 25th of Nov., 1754" includes "Francis Foye".

Montford Point Federal Cemetery located off Highway 24 East, Jacksonville, Onslow County, NC.
Site location for removal of graves from lands confiscated by Federal government to build Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, ca. 1940.
 

NAME	DOB	DOD
Foy & Humphrey Graveyard
61. Foy, Jos. F. s/o E. E. & M. Foy	01-08-1872	08-26-1888
63. Foy, Enoch E.	03-22-1851	07-31-1896
659. Lewis, infant No. 24 Foy Graveyard
663. Foy, Eunice d/o ? & ? Foy	01-23-1916	02-27-191?
664. Foy, Lorenza Gilbert s/o Van & Bettie Foy	05-15-1922	08-05-1923
665. Foy, Van h/o Bettie Foy	01-19-1882	03-24-1935
826. Foy, Jasper K. s/o C. A. & Gurtie Foy	10-26-1913	07-01-1914
827. Foy, George Lowil, s/o C.A. & Gurtie Foy	12-21-1919	12-15-1920
828. Foy, Nellie Marie
829. Foy, Rollin B. s/o L. J. & Laura Foy	02-15-1920	04-27-1922
872. Foy, Capers F. h/o Ada Dixon Foy	10-07-1889	05-20-1924
873. Foy, Leslie s/o J. E. & Ellen Foy PVT CO H 119th INF KIA Bellicourt France	03-07-1896	09-29-1918
874. Foy, Jasper E. h/o Ellen Foy	08-16-1859	04-13-1928
875. Foy, Willie E. s/o E. H. & K. L. Foy	11-11-1906	10-06-1922
876. Foy, Mary E. d/o E. H. & K. L. Foy	06-21-1903	08-29-1904
877. Foy, Ruth E. d/o E. H. & K. L. Foy	10-08-1913	09-29-1918
919. Foy, inf s/o J. E. & H. E. Foy	11-19-1883	11-22-1885

Partially catalogued January 30, 1999, by Deborah Edmunds and Beverly Cole.
Completed March 20, 1999, by Deborah Edmunds, Kay Jordan Toler, and Beverly Cole.

State Records [North Carolina?] page 380
[A description of the road from New Bern to Wilmington]

Distance	Miles
From Newburn to Collier's (a tolerable house)	8
From Colliers to Trenton (I am not well acquainted -with this Stage)	12
Note Within about three miles of Trenton lives One Clifton, who has a very small, indifferent house; but usually keeps good provender for horses.
From Trenton to Shines (one of the best)	9
From Shines to Mrs. Williams' (indifferent)	7
From Mrs. Williams' to at what they call the Chapel (indifferent)	4
From the Chapel to Foy's (but tolerable)	~13
From Foy's to Sage's (a good stage)	19
From Sage's to Jennett's (indifferent)	~11
From Jennett's to Wilmington	17

Filed in Rockingham County, NC, Probate Court, 1876

In the name of God Amen -
I, Benjamin F. Foy being of sound mind and memory, and considering the uncertainty of life do made and ordain this as my last will and Testament.
To With
1st     After my decease I wish all my just debts to be paid.
2nd     In view of the present prospect of an heir, I give my entire estate real and personal except such as may be assigned hereafter to my wife and child.     I further desire if the child shall die or if my wife shall marry again, in either case, I desire the estate to be divided, one half to go to the heir's of my brothers and sisters the other half to my wife during her natural life and if she dies without bodily heirs, then in that case to the bodily heirs of my brothers and sisters.
3rd     I give and bequests to Irene McGehee the watch and chain owned by my first wife.
4th     I give to William A Payne my medical library, shop furniture and saddle horse.
5th     I give to B. F. McGehee One Hundred Dollars in money.
6th     I give the horse which James Foy has now in possession to his wife and children.
7th     I give all claims which I hold against W. H. Foy to his wife and children except the -most (??) of about Twelve Hundred Dollars.
8th     If the present prospect of an heir should be realized and if the child should live to be twenty one years of age, then I wish the estate to be divided equally between the mother and the child.
9th     I further desire that Thomas H. Robertson shall remain in the place where he is now as long as he may wish to do so at the same rates as heretofore.
10th     I further desire that all claims I may hold against Milton Stamps at the time of my decease may be canceled.
11th     I further desire that my executors shall have a stone a iron fence placed around the graves of my Father and Mother, my first wife and myself, and that they shall have stones with suitable inscriptions at the head of each.
12th     I further desire that Mrs. Payne shall have Five hundred dollars in the division of my property over and above my brothers.
13th     I hereby appoint Thomas Payne and my wife my executors.

Colonial Records page 625
… "Resolved, That the following persons be appointed Captains, Lieutenants and Ensigns to the Edenton, Newbern, Halifax and Wilmington Brigades of Militia, now in actual service under Command of Brigadier General Ashe at Cape Fear:" …
Page 626
… "For the Wilmington Brigade" … "No. 2 - For Onslow County - Ephraim Battle, Captain; James Foy, Lieutenant; William Shaw, Ensign." …

State Records [North Carolina] pages 787-789
Contains a confusing deposition of one James Lee taken Oct 31, 1832.
Among other things James Lee says that he was in the battle of Moore's Creek Bridge apparently under the command of Captain James Foy. Unfortunately it is a very bad copy.

Rev. War Field Returns for Onslow Co NC lists a Lieut. James Foy

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
 

REGIMENT	CO	NAME	ENLISTED	NOTES
1st NC	D	Private John Foy	Raleigh, NC
1st NC	H	Private Marion C. Foy	Clyde, NC
2nd NC	A	Private Andrew Foy	Kinston, NC	Deserted Aug. 9, 1898 At Tybee, Georgia

A few NC Foy Graves

COUNTY	CEMETARY	NAME	DOB	DOD	NOTE
Cleveland	Sunset	Foy, Kathleen	Oct 11, 1911	Aug 19, 1979
Onslow	Parker-Mills Family	Foy, Mary C.	Jul 25, 1852	Oct 22, 1910	w/o Zebulon B. Foy
Jones	Taberbacle Methodist Church	Foy, Carrie C.	1877	1939	[Minnie Foy joined this church Sep 5, 1927. Not known if there is a connection.]
Jones	Taberbacle Methodist Church	Foy, Willie A.	1875	1940
Polk	Mill Spring Baptist	Foy, Dennis James	Sep 4, 1959	May 15, 1984
Polk	Mill Spring Baptist	Foy, Donald Ray	Mar 7, 1954	Mar 12, 1954
Polk	Mill Spring Baptist	Foy, Infant	Aug 8, 1942		s/o Harley & Nellie
Polk	Mill Spring Baptist	Foy, Nellie D.	Jan 22, 1900	Dec 22, 1988	married Nov 24, 1918
Polk	Mill Spring Baptist	Foy, J. Harley	Oct 27, 1896	Sep 30, 1983
Polk	Mill Spring Baptist	Dobbins, Vera Foy	Dec 15, 1930	Jul 30, 1993
Polk	Silver Creek Baptist	Foy, Martha Caroline Newman	Jan 24, 1876	Jun 7, 1940
Polk	Silver Creek Baptist	Foy, John	May 7, 1872	Aug 29, 1954
Polk	Silver Creek Baptist	Foy, Columbus	Oct 27, 1908	Jul 5, 1909	s/o John & Martha
Polk	Silver Creek Baptist	Foy, James	Sep 19, 1870	Dec 8, 1950
Polk	Silver Creek Baptist	Foy, M. Mollie Newman	Feb 6, 1868	Mar 12, 1951
Polk	Silver Creek Baptist	Rollins, Etha Foy	May 15, 1900	Dec 3, 1983

State Records [must be North Carolina, see next entry] page 1058
10th Regiment

Heading	Entry
Name and Rank	Foy, Patrick, pt.
Companies
Dates of Commissions and Enlistments	29 Jan '77
Periods of Service	3 y. W
Occurances	Corpl Nov., 1778 Pt. January, 1779

[Looks like ol' Patrick got busted back from Corporal]

State Records page 210
ABSTRACT - The Army Accounts of the North Carolina Line.

Heading	Entry
Name and Rank	Patrick Foy, Corpl
Amount L s. d.	202.17.6
By Whom Received	Thomas Armstrong
Remarks

State Records page 729
Roll of Captain John Summers' Company of the First North Carolina Battalion, Commanded by Colonel Thomas Clark.
September 8th, 1778

Heading	Entry
No.	68
Names.	Patrick Foy
Enlisted	Jun 27th, '77
War.
Years.	3
Remarks

John Summers, Captn.
Lieut. James Crunen
Robt. Hayes. 2nd Lieut., Acting Ensign.
(Book of Army Returns, No. 27, P. 28.)

Chrysler pace cars at Indy
History of Chrysler Corporation cars selected to pace the Indianapolis 500:

YEAR	CAR	DRIVER
1926	Imperial E-80 Roadster	Louis Chevrolet
1933	Custom Imperial Convertible	Byron Foy
1941	Newport Phaeton Prototype	Toby Couture
1951	New Yorker Convertible	Dave Wallace
1954	Royal 500 Convertible	Willaim Newburg
1956	DeSoto Fireflite Convertible	L.I. Woolson
1963	Crysler 300	Sam Hanks
1965	Sport Fury Convertible	P.N. Buckminster
1971	Challenger Convertible	Eldon Palmer
1987	LeBaron Convertible	Carroll Shelby
1991	Viper prototype	Carroll Shelby
1996	Viper GTS	Robert Lutz

See letter from Byron to his parents.

I got some of these from an internet site my wife found but, alas, I can not say which one. The rest came from notes taken while at the State Archives or some library.

Some marriage records from North Carolina
 

COUNTY	GROOM	BRIDE	DATE(s)	BONDSMAN WITNESS	NOTES
	Foy, Pleasant N.	Mary K. Pleasant	Jun 14, 1861	Richard Miner	Record No. 084-01-079 Bond No. 119596
Davidson	Cranford, David	Mary Foy Age 25	Jan 24, 1877 Jan 25, 1877		Both from Davidson Co.
Davidson	Foy, Dansey	Mary E Wagoner	Dec 1, 1866		Both from Davidson Co.
Davidson	Foy, York	Susan Yokley	Jul 2, 1865		Both from Davidson Co.
Jones	Andrews, Benjamin Age 22	Catherine C.Moore Age 26	Dec 4, 1895	W.C.Moore A. Andrews F.Foy	Place: Pollocksville
Jones	Andrews, J.C. Age 39	Lena Foy Age 23	Aug 23, 1900	J.E. Erving J.B. Hawkins	Place: Trenton
Jones	Arthur, Major A. Age 38	Pennie Simmons Age 19	Sep 17, 1901	Frank Whitty Cyrus Hadnot Wade H. Foy	Place: Oliver's
Jones	Ashford, Lee Age 37	Hattie Foy Age 27		Lucatta Foy Hattie Foy E.G. Willie	Place : Beaver Creek
Jones	Foscue, John E.	Caroline Foy	Oct 14, 1840	Rev. Mr. Colson Jones	Marriage Notice New Bern Spectator; New Bern, Oct. 17, 1840. Bride is Dau. of Enoch Foy. all of Jones Co.
Jones	Southern, Thomas Simpson	Elizabeth Foy	Nov 12, 1836
Rockingham	Foy, Pleasant	Martha W. Bason	Mar 28, 1838
Rockingham	Webster, George W.	Elizabeth Foy	Oct 27, 1842

Some marriage records from Virginia
 

Groom		Bride		Marriage Date	Virginia County
Given Name	Surname	Given name	Surname
GEORGE	MILLER	MARY C.	FOY	Jun 25, 1822	Madison
JAMES	ABRELL	MARY	FOY	Dec 26, 1822	Frederick
JOHN	FOY	NANCY	DAY	Jul 8, 1834	Page
PATRICK	FOY	SARAH	SAGATHY	Nov 24, 1798	Berkeley
SAMUEL	FOY	ELIZABETH	URT	Jun 1, 1839	Shenandoah

Some stray notes on a J H Foy of North Carolina in the middle to later 1800's:

The April 27, 1859, edition of the Williamston Mercury shows J.H. Foy and A. S. Williams, as Editors and Proprietors. Martin County?

Excerpt from obituary of John W. Scarborough found at Heritage Place, Lenoir County Community College, Kinston, North Carolina - Vertical File Davis #04261-41:
"Jno. W. Scarborough … remains were taken to La Grange, NC and interred in the cemetery of the Baptist Church of that place on Thursday, April 18th, 1874, after funeral services by Jas H. Foy."

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