County Deed Databases
Beaufort County (Index to real estate conveyances, 1696-1959; deeds & mortgages, 1700-1960 – FamilySearch); Also:
- Deeds proven in court, 1802-1805
- Deeds, mortgages and bills of sale, 1784, 1803-1807
- Entries and claims of land, 1882-1926, and register of claims, 1892-1900
- Land patent book, 1804-1805; land sold for taxes, 1876-1905
- Miscellaneous material : includes few marriage licenses and land records, etc., and land entries and land patents, 1778-1795
- North Carolina, Beaufort County, civil action papers, 1785-1910
- North Carolina, Beaufort County, land record
- Partitions and divisions, 1736-1878
- Patent records, grants, 1798-1816
- Record of sale and resale under mortgages and deeds of trust, 1915-1960
- Registration of titles and index, 1914-1959
Carteret County (Deeds, 1721-1931; index to deeds, 1720-1961 – Family Search); Also:
- Land entries, 1778-1823
- Land entry books, 1866-1958
- North Carolina warrants, surveys and related documents, ca. 1735-1957
- North Carolina, Carteret County, sherrif’s deeds, 1882-1888
- Record of resale of land by trustees and mortgagees, 1922-1961
Craven County (Index, Deeds, and Land Grants from 1739 – Craven County Register of Deeds); Also, FamilySearch has the following:
- Deeds & mortgages, 1708-1918; index to deeds & mortgages, 1708-1960
- Deeds and wills, 1744-1789; inventories, accounts of sales and deeds, inventories of estates, administrators’ accounts, Craven County, North Carolina
- Grants, surveys, and land entries 1716-1778 and 1809-1813
- Land divisions and plots, 1793-1868
- Land entries, 1770-1959
- Land grants, 1710-1835; deeds 1911-1938
- Land records, 1745-1759
- Patent records, 1738-1936
- Record of land sales, 1921-1925
Duplin County (Deeds, Land Grants, Maps, Marriage Records, Slave Records, Co-Habitation Records – Duplin County Register of Deeds); Also, FamilySearch has the following:
- Divisions of land, 1800-1860
- General index and record of committees to divide real estate, 1800-1960
- Index to plat books, 1784-1962; registration of titles, 1927-1960; plat books, 1784-1962
- Processioners’ certificates, 1859-1877; land entries, 1893-1941
- Record of deeds, 1754-1927; index to real estate conveyances, 1779-1962
- Record of mortgage resales, 1922-1931
Edgecombe County (Sign in as guest, then click on Online Index Books. That will let you search index for 1759-1920. – Edgecombe County Register of Deeds); Also, FamilySearch has the following:
- Deed records, 1732-1931; index to deeds, 1759-1920
- North Carolina, Bute and Edgecombe counties, land record
Johnston County (Index, Deeds, Co-Habitation records – Johnston County Register of Deeds); Also, FamilySearch has the following:
- Accounts of commissioners land sales, 1907-1962
- Deeds and land grants 1759-1936; index 1749-1939
- General index to plats, 1914-1962; plat books, 1914-1962
- Index to intestate land divisions and heirs’ land divisions, 1789-1925; land book division of estates, 1789-1960
- Land division, 1818-1914
- Land entries, 1778-1880
- Land entries, 1778-1926
- Record of dowers, 1902-1949; record of widow’s years support, 1902-1939
- Widows dowers and partitions of land, 1793-1817; will of Samuel Mitchener, 1836
Jones County (Deeds, 1779-1901; index, 1779-1959 – FamilySearch); Also:
Lenoir County (Limited, late offerings. Record of deeds and mortgages, 1880-1901; index to real estate conveyances, 1880-1966 – FamilySearch)
Martin County (Index, Deeds, and Land Grants from 1771. Please note, index books mention date range beginning with 1762, but county wasn’t formed until 1774. Martin County Register of Deeds); Also, FamilySearch has the following:
- Division of land and resale records, 1885-1963
- Land entries, plat books, homestead records, registration of titles, etc., 1886-1963
Onslow County (Index, Deeds and Land Grants from 1734. Onslow County Register of Deeds)
Pitt County (Old Index Books and Deeds dating back to 1762. Pitt County Register of Deeds); Also, FamilySearch has the following:
- Entry taker’s book, 1858-1941
- Record of sales by trustees and mortgagees, 1920-1938
- Land division records, 1858-1963
- Map books and index, 1911-1963
