Category: African American Ancestry

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...

Update on the William S. Morris family of New Bern

by Sara Whitford | Jan 13, 2019 | African American Ancestry, Articles, Craven County Genealogy, Special Categories, Wills & Estate Records | 0 |

Nearly five years ago I published a post for a will I had stumbled upon for a William S. MORRIS of...

Did you know all of these new records were at FamilySearch? I’ve got all of the links right here!

by Sara Whitford | Jan 1, 2019 | African American Ancestry, Apprenticeship Records, Articles, Bastardy Bonds, Deeds, Grants and Patents, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest, Marriage Records, Research Databases, Special Categories, Wills & Estate Records | 0 |

FamilySearch has been steadily putting a ton of North Carolina records on their site that...

John Holmes sells wife’s interest in slaves to Church Chapman (1833)

by Sara Whitford | May 2, 2017 | African American Ancestry, Articles, Beaufort County Genealogy, Craven County Genealogy, Deeds, Grants and Patents, Miscellaneous Records | 0 |

Below I have transcribed a deed from my 4th great-grandfather John HOLMES to Church CHAPMAN of...

Will of Willoughby MOORE – Beaufort County (Feb 1824)

by Sara Whitford | Feb 8, 2017 | African American Ancestry, Articles, Wills & Estate Records | 0 |

The following is from Beaufort Orphans — 1808-1828. Willoughby Moore and this particular Moore...

Researching Apprentice Records

by Sara Whitford | Nov 10, 2014 | African American Ancestry, Apprenticeship Records, Articles, Craven County Genealogy, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest | 2 |

When researching one’s genealogy, an often neglected resource is a county’s apprenticeship bonds....

William S. Morris of New Bern’s will provides instructions to emancipate “my negro woman and three mulatto children”

by Sara Whitford | Apr 8, 2014 | African American Ancestry, Articles, Wills & Estate Records | 2 |

Before offering the transcription of this will, first it seems appropriate to provide some context. In 1808 the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves became effective. Even before that, however, North Carolina never played as...

Indians and mixed-race people named in court records of Carteret County

by Sara Whitford | Apr 1, 2014 | African American Ancestry, Indian Ancestry, Miscellaneous Records | 0 |

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...

North Carolina Slave Narratives

by Sara Whitford | Feb 17, 2014 | African American Ancestry, Articles, Genealogy Basics and Items of General Interest | 0 |

Between 1936 and 1937, the Works Progress Administration conducted a series of interviews with men...

Free People of Color – by County – 1790 Federal Census

by Sara Whitford | May 8, 2010 | African American Ancestry, Census Records, Indian Ancestry | 0 |

I originally compiled and published this list at CoastalCarolinaIndians.com for the purpose of helping people with their Indian ancestry research. The entries below have been taken from transcriptions of the 1790 Federal Census...

Apprentice Bonds for Free People of Color in Craven County, North Carolina (1769-1820)

by Sara Whitford | Nov 8, 2008 | African American Ancestry, Apprenticeship Records, Articles, Indian Ancestry | 0 |

I originally published this list at CoastalCarolinaIndians.com due to the fact that Indians were...

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