North Carolina Genealogy

The county was formed in 1808 from parts of Bladen County and Brunswick County. It was named for Christopher Columbus. Source Wikipedia Columbus County NCGenweb site Southeastern North Carolina Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1086 Whiteville, NC 28472 Columbus County Historical Society P.O. Box 339 Whiteville, NC 28472 Fair Bluff Historical Society P.O. Box 285 Fair […]

The county was formed as Cleveland County in 1841 from parts of Lincoln County and Rutherford County. It was named for Benjamin Cleaveland, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, who took part in the Battle of King’s Mountain. The present spelling was adopted in 1887. Source Wikipedia Cleveland County NCGenweb site Broad River Genealogical […]

The county was formed in 1861 from the southeastern part of Cherokee County. It was named for Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. Source Wikipedia Clay County NCGenweb Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 2122 Asheville, […]

Chowan county was formed in 1670. Initially it was formed as a district within the Albemarle County. Shaftsbury Precinct was an early name of this area which supposedly covered the inhabitable areas west of the Chowan River. The county seat of Chowan County is Edenton. Edenton has been called “The South’s Prettiest Small Town” and […]

The county was formed in 1839 from the western part of Macon County. It was named for the Cherokee people, some of whom still live in the area. (The trail of Tears had begun in 1838 after the 1837 Treaty of New Echota). The Cherokee county seat of Murphy was named for Archibald Murphey a […]

The county was formed in 1771 from Orange County. It was named, like Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1758, for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who served as British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768 and opposed harsh colonial policies. In 1907 parts of Chatham County and Moore County were combined to form Lee County. The […]

The county was formed in 1842 from Lincoln County. It was named for the Catawba tribe of Native Americans, who once inhabited the area. Source Wikipedia Catawba County NCGenweb site Catawba County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 2406 Hickory, NC 28603 Catawba County Historical Association P.O. Box 73 Newton, NC 28658 [ad#canvas_on_demand_square] Catawba County Courthouse PO […]

The county was formed in 1777 from Orange County. It was named for Richard Caswell, Governor of North Carolina from 1776 to 1780. In 1791 the eastern half of Caswell County became Person County. Source Wikipedia Caswell County NCGenweb site Caswell County Historical Association, Inc. P.O. Box 278 Yanceyville, NC 27379 VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society […]

Carteret County was formed in 1722 from Craven County and was named for Sir John Carteret, Lord Granville and one of the Lord’s Proprietors. Carteret County NCGenweb Site Carteret County Historical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 481 Morehead City, NC 28557 Beaufort Historical Association P.O. Box 1709 Beaufort, NC 28516-1709 [ad#canvas_on_demand_square] Carteret County Courthouse Courthouse Square […]

The county was formed in 1777 from the northeastern part of Pasquotank County. It was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Lord Camden, who had opposed the Stamp Act. The county is the site of the southern terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal and was the location of the Battle of South Mills on April 19, […]