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Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1705
County Seat	Washington
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Beaufort County Courthouse
112 W 2nd Street
Washington, NC 27889
252-946-2323

Register of Deeds has marriage and land records
Clerk Superior Court has probate Records^[1]

Beaufort was formed from Bath 3 Dec 1705

History

Parent County

1705--Beaufort County was first called Pamptecough Precinct when it was formed 3 December 1705 from Bath County; the name was changed to Beaufort about 1712.  Bath County was abolished in 1739.  County seat: Washington ^[2]

• History of Beaufort Co., NC
• Beaufort County - Two Centuries of it's History

• Formation of Beaufort County, NC

Record Loss

• Beaufort County, NC Records (Original & Microfilm)

Places/Localities

Neighboring Counties

• Craven
• Hyde
• Martin
• Pamlico
• Pitt
• Washington

Resources

Bibles

• Beaufort Co., NC Bibles
• Beaufort Co., NC Bible Records at NCGenWeb Archives

Biographies

• Beaufort Co., NC Biographies
• Biographies of Beaufort Co., NC at NCGenWeb Archives

Cemeteries

• Askew-Bowen Cemetery - Long Acre
• Baynor Town Cemetery - Long Acre
• Campbell's Creek Community Cemetery - Aurora
• Cicero Candy Cemetery - Washington
• Clay Hill Cemetery - Edward
• Davis Cemetery - Pungo
• Hart Family Cemetery (African-American) - Edward
• Henry G. Lewis Cemetery - Blounts Creek
• Long Acre Chapel Church Cemetery - Long Acre
• Mixon Cemetery - Aurora
• Oakdale Cemetery - Washington
• Pamlico Memorial Gardens - Washington
• Rogers Cemetery - Washington
• Yeatesville Cemetery - Yeatesville (by Sandy Carawan)
• Access Genealogy for Beaufort County Cemeteries
• Cemetery Census for Beaufort County Cemeteries
• Find-A-Grave for Beaufort County Cemeteries
• USGenWeb Archives for Beaufort County Cemeteries

Census & Tax

• Beaufort Co., NC Census & Tax Records
• Beaufort Co., NC Census Records at NCGenWeb Archives

For tips on accessing Beaufort County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Church

• Free Church on Chocowinity
• Church Minutes, Beaufort Co., NC, 1858
• The Kehukee Baptist Association, 1765 to 1885 (History of the Church of God)
• Beaufort Co., NC Subscribers List for 1834
• Churches of Beaufort Co., NC
• Churches at NCGenWeb Archives

Church of England

• St. Thomas's Parish, Bath, N.C. Built 1734.^[3]

Court

• Beaufort Co., NC Court Records
• Court Records at NCGenWeb Archives

Ethnic

• NC-US Colored Troops Project
• Native Americans of Beaufort Co., NC

Land

• Beaufort Co., NC Deeds & Land Grants
• Land Records at NCGenWeb Archives

Local Histories

• Durham's Creek, NC
• History at NCGenWeb Archives
• Early history of Washington Park : 1839-1925 (1950) - book by Lida B. Small; freely available online
• A History of colonial Bath (1955) - book by Herbert Richard Paschal; freely available online
• Saint Peters Parish, Washington, North Carolina : a record of the century, 1822-1922 (1922) - book by Edmund Harding Hoyt; freely available online
• Washington and the Pamlico (1976) - book by Ursula Loy; freely available online
  

Maps

• 1590 White - de Bry Map of Coastal North Carolina
• 1630 Map of the Southeast [Mercator] (by Johannes Cloppenburg)
• 1696 Carte General de la Caroline (Hargrett Library, Univ. of Georgia)
• 1709 Map by John Lawson (from Francis L. Hawks)
• 1733 A New and Correct Map of North Carolina (by Edward Moseley)
• 1770 John Collet Map
• 1775 A Map of North and South Carolina by Henry Mouzon (Library of Congress)
• c1779 Plan of the Town of Washington comprised of the original 60 lots (read owners names)
• 1808 Price-Strothers Map
• 1833 A New Map of the State of North Carolina (by MacRae-Brazier)
• 1840 Bath Creek Survey
• 1862 Civil War Map of North Carolina (from Harper's Weekly)
• 1882 Kerr-Cain Map of North Carolina
• 1895 Map of Beaufort Co., NC (from Rand-McNally's Atlas)
• 2006 State Travel Map of Beaufort Co., NC (NC Dept. of Transportation)
• Beaufort Co., NC - Earth from Space (NASA-Johnson Space Center)
• North Carolina County Maps (from 1664-1965) (from Footnote.com)
• Beaufort County, NC Townships, 1930 Census (by Larry Flowers)
• Beaufort County, NC Map (showing major towns)
• Animated Atlas (From the beginning of the 13 states to present--Excellent history lesson!)

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Beaufort County for European settlers included:^[4]

• Atlantic Ocean
• King's Highway about 1704
• Secondary Coast Road late 1730s

Military

• Beaufort Co., NC Military Records (from Colonial Militia to Vietnam)
• Beaufort Co., NC Military Records at NCGenWeb Archives

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Beaufort County.

• March 30-April 20, 1863 = Washington^[5]

Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.

Civil War Confederate units

Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

-3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

-4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Miscellaneous

• Masonic Records of Beaufort Co., NC
• Historical Markers of Beaufort Co., NC
• Penny Postcards of Beaufort Co., NC at NCGenWeb Archives
• Hurricanes of North Carolina
• Blackbeard

Newspapers, Letters & Journals

• Brief Abstracts From The American Recorder, 1815-1825 from Betsy Ross
• Beaufort County news from miscellaneous newspapers
• Beaufort Co., NC Newspapers at NCGenWeb Archives
• Beaufort Co., NC Letters at NCGenWeb Archives
• Pamteco Tracings Table of Contents (Journal of the Beaufort County Genealogical Society)

Photographs

• Beaufort Co., NC Photographs

Probate

• Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Beaufort County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.

• 1720-1960 - Will Books A to F and 1 to 8 (1720-1960) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

• Beaufort Co., NC Wills
• Beaufort Co., NC Estates
• Beaufort Co., NC CRX Estates
• J. Bryan Grimes Wills & Inventories
• Beaufort Co., NC Wills & Estates at NCGenWeb Archives

Schools

• Beaufort Co., NC Schools
• Beaufort Co., NC School Yearbooks

Vital Records

Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please contact them for more information. 

Births

• North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state ; via FamilySearch

Marriages

• Marriages at NCGenWeb Archives
• North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - via FamilySearch; images included
• Beaufort County marriages - are included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searcheable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.

Deaths

• Beaufort Co., NC Obituaries
• Beaufort Co., NC Obituaries at NCGenWeb Archives
• Vital Records at NCGenWeb Archives
  
• Beaurfort County deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
• North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - freely available images of death certificates; via FamilySearch
• North Carolina Deaths & Burials, 1898-1994 - via FamilySearch

Yearbooks

• Beaufort County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Societies and Libraries

• Beaufort Co., NC Genealogical Society
• Beaufort Co., NC Addresses & Links
• North Carolina Genealogical Society
• National Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• NCGenWeb: Beaufort County - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
• Beaufort County at Our Family Tree
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Beaufort County, North Carolina p. 506. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Lawrence Foushee London and Sarah McCulloh Lemmon, The Episcopal Church in North Carolina, 1701-1959 (Raleigh, N.C.: The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, 1987), 20. FHL Book 975.6 K2e.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
5. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 9 August, 2012)