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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.
Facts
Founded	1722
County Seat	Windsor
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1722--Bertie County was created 2 August 1722 from Chowan County. County seat:  Windsor ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

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

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

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:^[2]

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

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Yearbooks

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

Societies and Libraries 

Web Sites

• NCGenWeb: Bertie County - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ 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.