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County Courthouse
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 [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
- Beaufort County, NC Records (Original & Microfilm)
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Bibles
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
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
Court
Land
Local Histories
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!)
Military
- Beaufort Co., NC Military Records (from Colonial Militia to Vietnam)
- Beaufort Co., NC Military Records at NCGenWeb Archives
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
- 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
Probate
- 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
Vital Records
- Beaufort Co., NC Obituaries
- Beaufort Co., NC Obituaries at NCGenWeb Archives
- Vital Records at NCGenWeb Archives
- Marriages at NCGenWeb Archives
Societies and Libraries
- Beaufort Co., NC Genealogical Society
- Beaufort Co., NC Addresses & Links
- North Carolina Genealogical Society
- National Genealogical Society
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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