Category: Pitt County Genealogy

True Stories from Colonial North Carolina

by Sara Whitford | Nov 2, 2022 | African American Ancestry, Articles, Carteret County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Dobbs County Genealogy, Early Colonial Records, Hyde County Genealogy, Indian Ancestry, Pitt County Genealogy | 4 |

I was recently asked by Wake County Public Libraries to give a virtual Zoom presentation on...

NC Tax Lists at NC Digital Collections

by Sara Whitford | Dec 18, 2021 | Articles, Beaufort County, Beaufort County Genealogy, Bertie County Genealogy, Carteret County Genealogy, Census Records, Chowan County Genealogy, Craven County, Craven County Genealogy, Dobbs County Genealogy, Duplin County Genealogy, Edgecombe County Genealogy, Hyde County Genealogy, Jones County, Lenoir County, Lenoir County Genealogy, Martin County Genealogy, Onslow County Genealogy, Pitt County, Pitt County Genealogy | 0 |

It’s always a good idea to look at original records yourself. More than once, I’ve...

Laughinghouse Mythology

by Becky Sumrell | Oct 30, 2020 | Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Chowan County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Early Colonial Records, Pitt County Genealogy | 0 |

It’s time for some myth-busting. There are a couple of persistent ones that surround this...

Is Harriet Morris a relative of Laban Morris?

by Sara Whitford | Jun 6, 2019 | Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Miscellaneous Records, Mysteries, Pitt County Genealogy, Wills & Estate Records | 3 |

(This article was originally published July 25, 2018. It was most recently updated June 6, 2019.)...

Joyner Family Bible Records & related material

by Sara Whitford | Apr 22, 2019 | Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Dobbs County Genealogy, Pitt County Genealogy | 2 |

I’m sure many of you Joyner researchers have already sorted this out, but I’m still...

Select items from the estate records of Amon Joyner of Pitt County

by Sara Whitford | Apr 20, 2019 | Articles, Craven County Genealogy, Mysteries, Pitt County Genealogy | 0 |

There were at least two Amon Joyner living contemporaneously in Craven and Pitt Counties. How they...

Will this help us find the mother of Laban Morris?

by Sara Whitford | Apr 17, 2019 | Articles, Mysteries, Pitt County Genealogy | 3 |

[su_note]UPDATE (5 May 2019) – Turned out it is NOT one of the Hemby girls as I had wondered...

Formation of Pitt County, North Carolina

by Sara Whitford | Jan 30, 2019 | Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Edgecombe County Genealogy, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest, Hyde County Genealogy, Martin County Genealogy, Pamlico County Genealogy, Pitt County Genealogy, Tyrell County Genealogy | 0 |

Pitt County was formed after Beaufort and Craven Counties, but the establishment of its border...

Formation of Craven County, North Carolina

by Sara Whitford | Jan 28, 2019 | Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Edgecombe County Genealogy, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest, Hyde County Genealogy, Martin County Genealogy, Pamlico County Genealogy, Pitt County Genealogy | 0 |

Read the descriptions below for Craven County’s shifting borders and see if it helps some...

Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina

by Sara Whitford | Jan 27, 2019 | Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Edgecombe County Genealogy, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest, Hyde County Genealogy, Martin County Genealogy, Pamlico County Genealogy, Pitt County Genealogy | 0 |

The Formation of North Carolina Counties, 1663-1943 by David Leroy Corbitt is available for free...

Family Tree Fact Check: Richard Furney Gaskins & Saphronia “Fanny” Venters

by Sara Whitford | Jul 1, 2018 | Articles, Craven County Genealogy, Family Tree Fact Check, Mysteries, Pitt County Genealogy | 1 |

This new series will attempt to correct records, one family branch at a time, that have mushroomed...

Select Craven County Griffin Items (Court minutes, deeds, wills, etc.)

by Sara Whitford | Jul 1, 2018 | Articles, Craven County Genealogy, Deeds, Grants and Patents, Miscellaneous Records, Pitt County Genealogy, Tyrell County Genealogy, Wills & Estate Records | 1 |

I do descend from the GRIFFIN family of Pitt County, though I’ll admit I haven’t spent...

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