Beaufort County Genealogy

Beaufort County Bastardy Bonds

Beaufort County Bastardy Bonds

If you're not already a member of Beaufort County Genealogical Society, you might want to be. When you're a member, you receive their genealogy journal, Pamteco Tracings. There have been some real gems in that publication over the years. This post features just one of...

Formation of Pitt County, North Carolina

Formation of Pitt County, North Carolina

Pitt County was formed after Beaufort and Craven Counties, but the establishment of its border wasn't a one-time thing. Below, you can read about the formation of Pitt County, North Carolina from David Leroy Corbitt's book, The Formation of North Carolina Counties,...

Formation of Craven County, North Carolina

Formation of Craven County, North Carolina

Read the descriptions below for Craven County's shifting borders and see if it helps some pieces start falling into place with some of your ancestors who seem to appear and vanish from this and neighboring counties inexplicably in the mid-to-late 1700s and into the...

Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina

Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina

The Formation of North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 by David Leroy Corbitt is available for free at Archive.org, but for convenience's sake, over the next few days I'm going to post the sections on the formation of Beaufort County (including Bath County), Craven, and...

The John Holmes – George Fisher Connection

The John Holmes – George Fisher Connection

Was John HOLMES of Beaufort County the son of George FISHER of Craven County? If not, what was their relationship? I'm not sure, but I'm collecting evidence and I welcome any ideas or suggestions you might have! John and Esther HOLMES are my fifth-great grandparents,...

Research Hodge Podge – Part 1

Research Hodge Podge – Part 1

I've been researching a bunch of different things lately and I'm trying to compartmentalize them into a handful of posts that might be helpful (and easily accessible) in the future. This will be the first in a series of random items for random families I've spent time...