Researching the Family Trees of Eastern North Carolina.
1790 - Federal Census - North Carolina Counties
1840 - Federal Census - North Carolina Counties
1850 - Federal Census - North Carolina Counties
1860 - Federal Census - North Carolina Counties
1870 - Federal Census - North Carolina Counties
School Census Lists
Early Tax Lists
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 least here’s this one. If you’d like to […]
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 a lot of people might not know […]
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 click here to visit the NCDCR website. Hint: These […]
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 Gideon PETTIT. Some trees record this happened sometime around 1812, while others do […]
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 images at the bottom of this page, along with a transcription immediately below. […]
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), who was Surveyor General of North Carolina from […]
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 1122 – Anson and Ashe Counties Volume Reel 1123 – Beaufort and […]
