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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...

1779 Craven County Tax List

by Sara Whitford | Dec 17, 2021 | Articles, Census Records, Craven County, Craven County Genealogy | 2 |

Below is a transcription of names found on the 1779 Tax List. These original scans can be found...

1775 Pitt County Tax List (Index with original images)

by Sara Whitford | Jan 15, 2019 | Articles, Census Records, Pitt County, Research Databases | 1 |

I’ve been meaning to get around to making an index and posting the images from the 1775 Pitt...

Have you checked the 1840 Pensioners Census for your Revolutionary War ancestors?

by Sara Whitford | Jan 11, 2019 | Articles, Census Records, Military Records | 1 |

I got an email from a fellow researcher of a common family from eastern North Carolina in which...

1789 Beaufort County Tax List

by Sara Whitford | May 6, 2017 | Articles, Beaufort County, Beaufort County Genealogy, Census Records, Miscellaneous Records, Research Databases | 2 |

Below I have transcribed the entire Beaufort County tax listing for 1789, including various rural...

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

by Sara Whitford | Jan 16, 2017 | Articles, Craven County, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest, Marriage Records, Miscellaneous Records, Mysteries | 3 |

According to publicly-accessible family trees at Ancestry.com, a Craven County woman named Jemima...

Craven County School Census – 12th District – Heads of Household & Children (1840?)

by Sara Whitford | May 8, 2014 | Craven County | 0 |

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...

Many early North Carolina families are named on the Moseley Map (1733). Is one of them yours?

by Sara Whitford | May 8, 2014 | Articles, Census Records, Early Colonial Records, Miscellaneous Records, Reference | 46 |

How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? If they were here prior to the War of...

1870 Federal Census – North Carolina Counties (Completely free to access and download!)

by Sara Whitford | Apr 22, 2014 | Census Records | 0 |

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,...

1786 Swift Creek Tax List

by Sara Whitford | Apr 13, 2014 | Census Records, Craven County | 3 |

The following was printed in the February 2005 edition of Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly journal. It was abstracted and contributed to that publication by Roger Kammerer. This, and other issues of the journal, may be found...