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 access the tax list at the North Carolina Digital Collections site, click … [Read more...] about 1775 Pitt County Tax List (Index with original images)
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Have you checked the 1840 Pensioners Census for your Revolutionary War ancestors?
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 that the 1840 Federal Census has a second page behind the listing of all of … [Read more...] about Have you checked the 1840 Pensioners Census for your Revolutionary War ancestors?
1789 Beaufort County Tax List
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 are in alphabetical order by last name and many … [Read more...] about 1789 Beaufort County Tax List
The strange tale of the Craven County woman who gave birth AND signed a deed in Pitt County in the years after her 1816 death
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 not give a date. A variety … [Read more...] about The strange tale of the Craven County woman who gave birth AND signed a deed in Pitt County in the years after her 1816 death
Craven County School Census – 12th District – Heads of Household & Children (1840?)
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. Based on the fact that I also … [Read more...] about Craven County School Census – 12th District – Heads of Household & Children (1840?)
