The following is re-posted with permission from Coastal Carolina Indian Center. From Deeds of Bertie County 1772-1785, Abstracted by Stephen Bradley, Jr. – typed from copy for this website by Sara Whitford (Entries below can be found on page 31 of aforementioned book.) 296-(314) Articles of agreement between WHITMELL TUFDICK, WILLIAM ROBERTS, WILLIAM CAIN, WILLIAM … [Read more...] about Some Bertie County deeds relating to Tuscarora reservation lands
Indian Ancestry
Indians and mixed-race people named in court records of Carteret County
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 been reposted here with permission. (I've worked with Coastal Carolina Indian Center since it was founded … [Read more...] about Indians and mixed-race people named in court records of Carteret County
Free People of Color – by County – 1790 Federal Census
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 for several eastern North Carolina counties. The notes in the right column correlate to the 1790 county/family names to the left. In the cases of … [Read more...] about Free People of Color – by County – 1790 Federal Census
Apprentice Bonds for Free People of Color in Craven County, North Carolina (1769-1820)
I originally published this list at CoastalCarolinaIndians.com due to the fact that Indians were often listed in census records as "Other Free." Anyone listed as "other free" or "free person of color" could be black, Indian, or any combination of other-than-white ethnicities, including mixed race with white. The entries below have been taken from transcriptions of the … [Read more...] about Apprentice Bonds for Free People of Color in Craven County, North Carolina (1769-1820)
