I was recently asked by Wake County Public Libraries to give a virtual Zoom presentation on fascinating but little known facts about colonial North Carolina history. In this presentation, I talked about the Lost Colony, the Tuscarora War and how it led directly to the...
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...
There were, demonstrably, two William Brights living within, what was then, Craven County during the mid 1700s. Look at the Petition to Change the Seat of Government of 1733. Among the signatories of this document were William Brite and William Bright. So, how do we...
I'm sure many of you Joyner researchers have already sorted this out, but I'm still trying to make sense of who's who. I'm going to start posting information about the Joyner family of Pitt County, primarily focusing on items spanning the colonial era to the...
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...
A growing list of Eastern North Carolina counties now have their deeds and other records online. From now on links to all of the following Register of Deeds databases can be found via the Research Databases link in the top menu of this site. Interestingly,...
Albemarle County: 1729-32. James Tuder paid quit rents to his majesty the king, 29 Sep 1729 to Mar 1732, for 100 acres of land (N. C. Colonial Records, book 22, Pg 243). The land was in Chowan. See Bertie County where James bought land. Anson: Formed 1750...
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 is a list of men whose guns "were taken into the King’s Service for the Use of the Dobbs Detachment [against the Regulators] and ... not returned to the Owners." This can be found in the Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume 22, pp 413-414. Visit...
If you've been following this site for very long, then you know that one of the biggest brick walls for this researcher has been determining the parents of my earliest Craven County Morris ancestor, Laban, who was born about 1781, married Caroline "Kitty" Williams in...
Revolutionary War Service (From The American Revolution in North Carolina at Carolana.com) Henby, DennisDobbs County Regiment2/27/1776, a known Private under Capt. Benjamin Sheppard and Col. Abraham Sheppard.Moore's Creek Bridge. Henby, JosephNew Bern District...