Carteret County, North Carolina
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| − | [http://www.carteretcountygov.org/ Carteret County Courthouse]<br>Cateret Count Courthouse Square<br>Beaufort, NC 28516<br>Phone: 252-728-8474<br><br>Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death and land records<br>Clerk Superior Court has divorce, Probate and court records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Carteret County, North Carolina. Page 507 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> | + | {| width="100%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" |
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| + | | width="16.6%" align="center" | <center>1913</center> | ||
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| + | [http://www.carteretcountygov.org/ Carteret County Courthouse]<br>Cateret Count Courthouse Square<br>Beaufort, NC 28516<br>Phone: 252-728-8474<br><br>Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death and land records<br>Clerk Superior Court has divorce, Probate and court records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Carteret County, North Carolina. Page 507 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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North Carolina
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Carteret County Courthouse
Cateret Count Courthouse Square
Beaufort, NC 28516
Phone: 252-728-8474
Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, Probate and court records[1]
History
Parent County
1722--Carteret County was created in 1722 from Craven County. County seat: Beaufort [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
- Carteret County cemetery information - via NCGenWeb Archives
- Carteret County cemeteries - via Find-A-Grave.com
Census
- Carteret County census records - via the NCGenWeb Archives
For tips on accessing Carteret County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church Records
- Church records - via the NCGenWeb Archives
Baptist
- Hadnor's Creek aka Hadnot's Creek. Constituted 1789.[3]
- Newport River aka Newport and North River. Constituted 1778.[3]
Church of England
- St. John's Parish. Established 1742. Vestry minutes begin 1742.[4]
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Harker's Island
Court
- Court records - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
Directories
- Several NC state business directories are available online. Visit this list of directories, open the directory, and navigate to Cartetert County. Directories include information on area businesses and citizens.
Education
- Carteret County students at NC colleges – via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
Family Histories
- [Middleton] Brown, Leslie H. "John Middleton of Hampton, Va., and Onslow County, N.C.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):161-162. FHL 973 D25aga v. 55
Land
- Deeds of Carteret County - via the NCGenWeb Archives
Local Histories
Maps
- Carteret County Maps - almost 100 maps from the North Carolina State Library
Military
- Carteret County miltary records - check the "Military" section on the Carteret County NCGenWeb page
- Military records - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
Civil War
Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Carteret County.
- March 23-April 26, 1862 = Fort Macon[5]
- Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.
Civil War Confederate units
Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
- Carteret County newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county; via the Library of Congress
- North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s. Search for your Carteret County ancestors.
- Carteret County News Times - current newspaper in the county
Probate
- Alphabetical Index of Wills 1681-1888 - via Carteret County NCGenWeb
- Carteret County wills & estates - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
- Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Carteret County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
- 1745-1957 - Will Books A to H (1745-1957) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
- Carteret County Tax Lists - via the NCGenWeb Archives
Vital Records
Births
- North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state ; via FamilySearch
Marriages
- Carteret County Marriages - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
- North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - via FamilySearch; images included
- Carteret County marriages - are included in 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.
- Carteret County Marriages 1771-1868. Available to members. North Carolina Pioneers
- North Carolina Marriages to 1799, a database, available to members North Carolina Pioneers
Deaths
- Carteret County Obituaries - transcribed for the NCGenWeb
- Carteret County deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
- North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - via FamilySearch; images included
- North Carolina Deaths & Burials, 1898-1994 - via FamilySearch
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Harkers Island North Carolina Family History Center
- Morehead City North Carolina Family History Center
Web Sites
- Carteret County NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project.
Blog Posts
- Grandpa was a Whaler - post by Mark Green about the Chadwick family
- Family History Library Catalog
- North Carolina Pioneers North Carolina Pioneers
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Carteret County, North Carolina. Page 507 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lemuel Burkitt and Jesse Read, A Concise History of the Kehukee Baptist Association: From Its Original Rise Down to 1808 (1808), Chapter 16. Digital version at St Paul's Seminary website; George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:491-492, 2:561-562. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
- ↑ 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), 432. FHL Book 975.6 K2cr.
- ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 8 August, 2012)
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