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Sources For The State of North Carolina
- The American Revolution in North Carolina, by J.D. Lewis, Link
- DAR Database, Link
- Formation of North Carolina Counties
- NCPedia
- North Carolina Land Grants, Link
- North Carolina Patriotic Graves Registery, NSSAR
- USGenWeb for North Carolina
- North Carolina Manuscript and Archive Systems, North Carolina State Archives, Search
- Henshaw, Seth B., The Carolina Quaker Experience, 1665-1985 (North Carolina Friends Hist. Soc., 1984)
- Saunders, William Laurence. The Colonial Records of North Carolina (P.M. Hale, Raleigh, 1886)
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North Carolina Counties |
Note: In the table below, counties that are bolded have sources listed.
Alamance | Alexander | Alleghany | Anson | Ashe | Avery | Beaufort | Bertie | Bladen | Brunswick |
Buncombe | Burke | Burke | Cabarrus | Caldwell | Camden | Carteret | Caswell | Catawba | Chatham |
Cherokee | Chowan | Clay | Cleveland | Columbus | Craven | Cumberland | Currituck | Dare | Davidson |
Davie | Dobbs | Duplin | Durham | Edgecombe | Forsyth | Franklin | Gaston | Gates | Graham |
Granville | Greene | Guilford | Halifax | Harnett | Haywood | Henderson | Hertford | Hoke | Hyde |
Iredell | Jackson | Johnston | Jones | Lee | Lenoir | Lincoln | Macon | Madison | Martin |
McDowell | Mecklenburg | Mitchell | Montgomery | Moore | Nash | New Hanover | Northampton | Onslow | Orange |
Pamlico | Pasquotank | Pender | Perquimans | Person | Pitt | Polk | Randolph | Richmond | Robeson |
Rockingham | Rowan | Rutherford | Sampson | Scotland | Stanly | Stokes | Surry | Swain | Transylvania |
Tyrrell | Union | Vance | Wake | Warren | Washington | Watauga | Wayne | Wilkes | Wilson |
Yadkin | Yancey | ![]() | Albemarle (1664-1689) | Clarendon (1664-1667) | Bath (1696-1739) | Tryon (1768-1779) | ![]() | Formation of Counties | ![]() |
Sources for North Carolina Counties
Alamance County
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Albemarle County
Alexander County
- Alexander County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- NCPEDIA: Alexander County
- Alexander County on US Genealogical Web Archives
- Alexander County, history by J.D. Lewis, Link
- Alexander County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Alexander County on FamilySearch.org
- Alexander County Churches
- Alexander County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Alexander County on Internet Archives
- Historical Sketches of Alexander County, N.C., Book was published in 1905 and authored by Rev. A.L. Crouse, Subtitled Friendship Lutheran, Hopewell Reformed, and Charity Baptist Churches and the Bowman & Fry Families
- Alexander County on NCGenWeb
- A History of Alexander County by William W. White, published in the Taylorsville Times in 1926 Link
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Alexander County, North Carolina
Alleghany County
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Anson County
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Ashe County
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Avery County
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Bath County
Beaufort County
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Bertie County
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Bladen County
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Brunswick County
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Buncombe County
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Burke County
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Caldwell County
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Camden County
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Carteret County
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Caswell County
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Catawba County
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Chatham County
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Cherokee County
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Chowan County
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Clarendon
Clay County
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Cleveland County
- Cleveland County Historical Association, The Heritage of Cleveland County: Volume I -1982, Hunter Publishing Company, Winston-Salem NC, 1982.
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Columbus County
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Craven County
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Cumberland County
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Currituck County
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Dare County
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Davidson County
- Davidson County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- Davidson County on NCPEDIA,
- Davidson County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Davidson County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Davidson County on FamilySearch.org
- Davidson County Churches
- Davidson County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Davidson County Public Library and eLibrary
- Davidson County Historical Museum
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, North Carolina
Davie County
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- Davie County on Wikipedia
- Davie County Website
- Davie County on NCPEDIA,
- Davie County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Davie County on FamilySearch.org
- Davie County Churches
- Davie County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Davie County on FamilySearch.com
- Davie County Public Library, Local History
- Davie County History
- Davie County Dossier, Genealogical Society
- Davie County Names on the War Memorial in Mocksville
- Davie County on Internet Archives
- Davie County on NCGenWeb
Books:
- History of Davie County in the forks of the Yadkin by James W. Wall for $25.00 + $3.00 shipping.
- Historic architecture of Davie County, North Carolina by Kirk Franklin Mohney for $25.00 + $3.00 shipping.
- Davie County Heritage book for $40 plus $5.00 shipping.
- Books on Davie County marriages, cemeteries, and census records, published by the Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society, are available for sale; see their site for prices. Call for pricing information: 336-753-6030.
- The Davie County Cemeteries book indices for Volume I and Volume II are online; you may search them.
- History of Davie County in the Forks of the Yadkin by James Wall
- Davie County: a Brief History by James Wall
- The Boone Families in Davie County by James Wall, Flossie Martin, and Howell Boone
- Historic Architecture of Davie County by Kirk Mohney
- Davie County Cemeteries, 2 volumes
- Davie County Marriages, 2 volumes
- Federal Census for Davie County 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Davie County Heritage book
- Images of America: Davie County and Images of America: Mocksville by Debra Dotson and Jane McAllister
- History of Davie County Schools by Marie Roth
- Davie County in WWI by Marie Roth
- Hughes Historical Map
- Lagle Land Grant Map
- Alderman 1887 Map of Davie County
- Merrell 1928 Map of Davie County
Duplin County
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Durham County
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Edgecombe County
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Forsyth County
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Franklin County
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Gaston County
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Gates County
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Graham County
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Granville County
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Greene County
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Guilford County
- Stockard, Sallie W., History of Guilford County, North Carolina. (Gaut-Ogden Co, Knoxville, Tenn, 1902.)
Halifax County
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Harnett County
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Harnett County
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Henderson County
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Henderson County
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Hoke County
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Hyde County
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Iredell County
- Iredell Piedmont County, by Homer M. Keever, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever. See Iredell, Piedmont County for more details.
- From Stirling to Sterling, the Bicentennial History of New Sterling Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, by Mildred Miller, Edited by Dr. Peggy Byers Gray and Robert Ernest Mize, published in 1987, published by The Delmar Company. Space:From Stirling to Sterling, the Bicentennial History of New Sterling Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
- Iredell County Genealogy Resources in Wikitree
- The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, ISBN 0-89459-087-1, 642 pages with index, See also Space:The Heritage of Iredell County
- The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II - 2000, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index, See also Space:The Heritage of Iredell County
- Iredell County on Wikipedia
- Iredell County Website
- Fourth Creek Congregation
- Iredell County on NCPedia
- Iredell County in North Carolina History Project, Link
- Iredell County Wills and NCGenWeb
- Iredell County on US Genealogical Web Archives
- Iredell County, history by J.D. Lewis, Link
- Iredell County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Early Settlers, Revolutionary War Veterans, Sheriffs
- Iredell County 1790 Census
- Iredell County on FamilySearch.org
- Iredell County Churches
- Iredell County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Iredell County Public Library Local History
- Linkpendium, Iredell County Biographies
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Iredell County, North Carolina
- SCHNEIDER, Lois M. P., C.G.R.S "Inventory of the Estate Papers of Iredell County, North Carolina, 1788-1915,"
- Iredell County, North Carolina Estate Files Link at North Carolina Genealogical Society, A-Z on FamilySearch
- Space:List of Taxable Property in Rowan County in 1778
See also Category:Iredell County, North Carolina, Genealogy Resources
Jackson County
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Johnston County
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Jones County
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Lee County
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Lenoir County
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Lincoln County
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McDowell County
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Macon County
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Madison County
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Martin County
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Mecklenburg County
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Mitchell County
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Montgomery County
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Moore County
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Nash County
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New Hanover County
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Northampton County
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Onslow County
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Orange County
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Pamlico County
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Pasquotank County
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Pender County
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Perquimans County
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Person County
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Pitt County
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Polk County
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Randolph County
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Richmond County
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Robeson County
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Rockingham County
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Rowan County
- Rowan County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- Genealogical Society of Rowan County
- Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room
- Historical sketch of Third Creek Church in Rowan County, published in 1892, by Ramsay, J. G. (James Graham); Fleming, John K. (John Kerr)
- Find A Grave for Rowan County
- NCPEDIA: Rowan County, Confederate Prison in Salisbury. Gold Hill Mine
- Rowan County, history by J.D. Lewis, Link
- Rowan County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Churches in Rowan County, 151
- A Colonial History of Rowan County, North Carolina, by Samuel Ervin, Jr., published by the University of North Carolina, 1917, Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Raleigh, North Carolina, Link to transcription
- Rumple, J.: History of Rowan County, Link
- See Also: *A History of Rowan County, North Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina, 1916)
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Rowan County, North Carolina
- Space:List of Taxable Property in Rowan County in 1778
See also Category:Rowan County, North Carolina, Genealogy Resources
Rutherford County
Sampson County
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Scotland County
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Stanly County
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Stokes County
All the following are available through FamilySearch Some have been indexed and are searchable, most are not and will need to be looked at the "old fashioned way"
- Stokes County, North Carolina, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions : transcript of court minutes 1813-1823 [1]
- Stokes County, North Carolina divorce records, ca. 1816-1941 [2]
- Probate records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1753-1971 ; indexes 1753-1965 [3] Individual online items are available further down the page as the online records don't appear to be complete.
- Deeds of Stokes County, 1788-1865 [4]
- Land entries, 1790-1795 [5]
- Record of deeds, 1788-1960 [6] with indexes
- Stokes County, North Carolina records of deeds, 1787-1797 [7] Volumes 1 & 2 (searchable text)
- Tax records (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1790-1945 [8]
- Coroners' inquests (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1805-1916 [9]
- Marriage bonds (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1790-1868 [10]
- Marriage licenses (Stokes County, North Carolina), 1839-1961 [11]
- North Carolina, Stokes County, marriage records, 1790-1995 [12]
Surry County
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Swain County
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Transylvania County
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Tyrrell County
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Tryon County
Union County
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Vance County
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Vance County
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Wake County
- Wake County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- NCPEDIA: WakeCounty
- Wake County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Wake County on FamilySearch.org
- Wake County Churches
- Wake County on Find a Grave Cemeteries
- Wake County on Internet Archives
- Wake County on NCGenWeb
- History of Wake County, Link, by Hope Summerel Chamberlain, 1922
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Wake County, North Carolina
Warren County
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Washington County
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Watauga County
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Wayne County
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Wilkes County
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Wilson County
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Yadkin County
- Yadkin County on Wikipedia
- County Website
- Genealogical Society of Yadkin County
- Yadkin County on FamilySearch.com
- Yadkin County Public Library, Link
- Find A Grave for Yadkin County
- NCPEDIA: Yadkin County
- Yadkin County Towns with Post Offices, by J.D. Lewis
- Churches in Yadkin County
- Wikipedia:National Register of Historic Places listings in Yadkin County, North Carolina
Yancey County
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