It's always a good idea to look at original records yourself. More than once, I've seen a transcription that gets a name wrong and seeing the original document winds up solving a mystery. If you haven't already seen them, there are plenty of tax list images over at NC...
Below is a transcription of names found on the 1779 Tax List. These original scans can be found here at the NC Digital Collections Site. I am not transcribing all of the property values, only the names. If you see a name that is of interest to you, just find the...
I've been meaning to get around to making an index and posting the images from the 1775 Pitt County Tax List (and other tax lists) ever since the State Library of North Carolina Digital Collections published the documents to their site. It'll be slow going, but at...
I got an email from a fellow researcher of a common family from eastern North Carolina in which this person was wondering if there was an 1840 Revolutionary War pensioners census for one eastern NC county like there was for another nearby county. It dawned on me that...
Below I have transcribed the entire Beaufort County tax listing for 1789, including various rural districts, the town of Washington, and the town of Bath. If you would like to see all of the original images of this and many other early North Carolina tax lists, please...
According to publicly-accessible family trees at Ancestry.com, a Craven County woman named Jemima MILLS, said to be a daughter of Nasby MILLS and Keziah HUNTER or Keziah WALLACE or Keziah Hunter WALLACE, was born about 1760, then married a Craven County man named...
I've been working on organizing my seemingly endless genealogy files lately, and came across images I had taken of microfilm (or microfiche?) at the Craven Regional Library back in 2011. Unfortunately, I didn't note the reels these came from, but I'm including the...
How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? If they were here prior to the War of Independence, then it might be worthwhile to check the Moseley Map for their names, or at least their surnames. The Moseley Map was created in 1733 by Edward Moseley (1682-1749),...
The following are links to North Carolina counties for the 1870 Federal Census. Thanks to the Internet Archive, these are free to access online, and you can also download them as PDF files. Volume Reel 1121 - Alamance, Alexander, and Alleghany Counties Volume Reel...
The following was printed in the February 2005 edition of Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly journal. It was abstracted and contributed to that publication by Roger Kammerer. This, and other issues of the journal, may be found at the Internet Archive. 1786 Swift Creek...
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, Pages 481-500. Dobbs County Census of 1790 No Author Volume 26, Pages 481-500 DOBBS COUNTY. County, City, Town, Parish, Hundred, Etc. NAMES OF HEADS OF FAMILIES Free white males of...
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, Pages 904-926. Pitt County Census of 1790 No Author Volume 26, Pages 904-926 -------------------- page 904 -------------------- PITT COUNTY. County, City, Town, Parish, Hundred, Etc. NAMES...