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Cumberland 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	1754
County Seat	Fayetteville
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1754--Cumberland County was created 19 February 1754 from Bladen County.
County seat: Fayetteville ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bladen
• Harnett
• Hoke
• Moore
• Robeson
• Sampson

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Genealogy

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

• Locate publications about direct ancestors
• Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
• Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Bibliography

• [Jarman] German, John L. "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):87-94.
• [Lewis] Lewis, J.D. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Little River, S.C.: J.D. Lewis, 2002. FHL Book 929.273 L585Ljd; CD-ROM no. 1036

Land

• Cumberland County Register Of Deeds has scanned their deed index books (1754-1976) and land records (1754-1968) and placed them online. To begin your search click here.

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

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

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

-3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

-5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, North Carolina State Archives.  Search full text historical newspapers published in Fayetteville. 

Probate

• Index to Cumberland County Estate Records - A through L, M through Z - via the NCGenWeb Project
• Index to Estate Settlements - via the NCGenWeb Project

Taxation

• Cumberland County Tax Records - via the NCGenWeb Project

Vital Records

Yearbooks

• Fayetteville State University: 1947-2009

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Fayetteville North Carolina Family History Center

Townships and Cities

Web Sites

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

References

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