Bertie County, North Carolina

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Bertie County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1722
County Seat	Windsor
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Bertie County, North Carolina
108 W Dundee Street 
Windsor, NR 27983-1208
Phone:252-794-5300

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records,
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1869
& probate records from 1763^[1]

Bertie County was formed from Chowan 2 Aug 1722

History

Parent County

The county was formed as Bertie Precinct in 1722 from the part of Chowan Precinct of Albemarle County lying west of the Chowan River. It was named for James Bertie, his brother Henry Bertie, or perhaps both, each having been one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina.

In 1729 parts of Bertie Precinct, Chowan Precinct, Currituck Precinct, and Pasquotank Precinct of Albemarle County were combined to form Tyrrell Precinct. With the abolition of Albemarle County in 1739, all of its constituent precincts became separate counties. In 1741 parts of Bertie County became Edgecombe County and Northampton County. Finally, in 1759 parts of Bertie County, Chowan County, and Northampton County were combined to form Hertford County, and Bertie was reduced to its present size.

1722--Bertie County was created 2 August 1722 from Chowan County. County seat:  Windsor ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Chowan
• Halifax
• Hertford
• Martin
• Northampton
• Washington

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church Records

Baptist

• Cashie, near Windsor, N.C. Constituted 1771.^[3]
• Joshua Freeman's, near Wiccacon. Established by 1786.^[4]
• Sandy Run. Constituted 1773.^[5]
• Wiccacon on the Chowan River. Established by 1772.^[6]
• Wickicoan Creek. Established 1789.^[7]

Church of England

• Northwest Parish. Established by 1741.^[8]
• Society Parish. Established 1722.^[9]

Court

Family Histories

Bibliography

• [Boddie] Leary, Helen F.M. "The Two William Boddies of North Carolina," The American Genealogist, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan. 1991):16-29; Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr. 1991):106-110; Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul. 1991):148-153. Available at FHL.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Bertie County for European settlers included:^[10]

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

Military

Civil War

Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

-1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.

-5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

-11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Probate

• Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Bertie County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
• 1761-1961 - Will Books A to O (1761-1961) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

• Bertie County Estate Records   -indexed by Names
  

Obituaries

Taxation

Vital Records 

Marriages

• North Carolina Marriages to 1799, database  North Carolina Pioneers $$
• Bertie County Marriages 1774-1854 North Carolina Pioneers $$

Yearbooks

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

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• NCGenWeb: Bertie County - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
  
• Family History Library Catalog
• Bertie County at Our Family Tree
• North Carolina Pioneers North Carolina Pioneers $

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Bertie 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. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:485. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
4. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:488. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
5. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:475. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
6. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:485. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
7. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 2:561. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
8. ↑ Robert J. Cain, ed., The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1699-1741 (Raleigh, N.C.: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1999), 414. FHL Book 975.6 K2cr.
9. ↑ Robert J. Cain, ed., The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1699-1741 (Raleigh, N.C.: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1999), 501. FHL Book 975.6 K2cr.
10. ↑ 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.