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...
I began collecting data about my fifth great-grandfather Jeremiah Heath around 20 years ago. Sadly, I did not do a great job of documenting my sources for where I obtained data, but still, I have so much about him in my notes that I think I should post it here and...
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...
Depending on where you live in the world, or more accurately, where your ancestors lived in the world, you might find there are other sites of greater use to you, but here in eastern North Carolina, where my family has lived for about 300 years, I find these sites...
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),...
Below is an audio interview of my great-grandparents, Ira Edgar and Mary Susan (Wetherington) Whitford, that was recorded by Mr. Hyatt Kugler Cayton in about June 1962. The audio quality makes the recording a challenge to understand, but listening more than once...
The following is from Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly, Aug 2012, p. 10. It includes several Pitt County names. Found in the Acts of the North Carolina General Assembly, 1782; Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, by Walter Clark, 1899; Volume 16, Pages...
I had never even heard of Goodspeed's Histories until Roger Kammerer of Pitt County Family Researchers told me about them. He said they were like the Pitt County Chronicles books for the 1800s. The publications can be a great resource for finding little biographies on...
Turner Nelson was hired by several Swift Creek (modern day Vanceboro vicinity) residents to teach their children, "Reading writing and Arithmetic" for a period of six months for the amount of $6 tuition "per schollar." It appears Mr. Nelson only stayed in Swift Creek...
The following are much like the Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, however, these are British records. They are relating specifically to people, places and events from the Crown's perspective during the early colonial era. Documents Relating to the Settling...
If you are researching your ancestry, and know that one of your forebears was one of North Carolina's earliest citizens, you should visit CoastalCarolinaIndians.com for the vast number of research resources available. The following item appeared on that site and has...
The following are some abstracts of BROOKS family deeds from Hyde County, North Carolina. From Record of Deeds A, 1736-1762, abstracted and Indexed by Allen Wilkinson Hart Norris. 180 (339-252) William Brooks to Thos Lowther 20 pounds cm VA 80 acres on Indian Ridge in...