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| Founded | 1870 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Manteo | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Dare County
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County Courthouse
Dare County Courthouse
400 Budleigh Street
P O Box 70
Manteo, NC 27954
Phone: 252-473-3438
Registrar of Deed has birth and death records from 1913
marriage records from 1870 and land records
Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1870[1]
Dare County was from Currituck, Tyrell, Hyde County
History
Parent County
1870--Dare County was created 3 February 1870 from Currituck, Tyrrell, and Hyde Counties.
County seat: Manteo [2]
Neighboring Counties
Resources
African American
- Roanoke Island Freedman's Colony - website dedicated to camp on the island of refugee slaves just after the Civil War. Site includes history, documents, lists of slaves who lived on the island and more.
Bibles
Biographies
Cemeteries
- Dare Co., NC Cemeteries (some with tombstone photos)
- Cemetery Census for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
- Access Genealogy for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
- Find-A-Grave for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
- USGenWeb Archives for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Dare County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Court
Family Pages
Maps
Military
- Dare Co., NC Military Records (from Colonial Militia to Vietnam)
War of 1812
- Jones, Gordon C.: .Abstracts of land-grants, tax lists, orphans dockets, inventories and other records, : Currituck and Dare counties, North Carolina, 1666-1831 Chesapeak, Virginia, G.C.Jones c1982) pages 91 FHL Book 976.6132 P28
Civil War
Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battles were fought in Dare County.
- August 28-29, 1861 = Hatteras Inlet Batteries, also known as Forts Clark and Hatteras[3]
- February 7-8, 1862 = Roanoke Island, also known as Fort Huger[4]
- Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.
Civil War Confederate units
Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Miscellaneous
- Misc. Dare Co., NC Records
- The Lost Colony articles
- Dare Co., NC Penny Postcards at NCGenWeb Archives
- Medical Directory for Avon, NC at NCGenWeb Archives
Newspapers
Photographs
Vital Records
- Dare Co., NC Births at NCGenWeb Archives
- Dare Co., NC Marriages at NCGenWeb Archives
- Dare Co., Obits
- Dare Co., NC Obituaries at NCGenWeb Archives
Wills & Estates
- 1870-1946 - Will Books 1 to 2 (1870-1946) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Societies and Libraries
Dare Co., NC Organizations & Links
Family History Centers
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
- Dare County NCGenWeb
- USGenWeb Archives-Dare County
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dade County, North Carolina. Page 508 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 9 August, 2012)
- ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 9 August, 2012)
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