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Guide to Gates County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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| Founded | April 14, 1778 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Gatesville | ||||||||
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County Courthouse
Gates County Courthouse
P O Box 345
Gatesville NC 27938
Phone: 252-357-0850
Reg of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and Court records from 1780[1]
History
Gates County was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Hertford, and Perquimans counties. It was named in honor of General Horatio Gates, who commanded the American Army at the Battle of Saratoga. Gates County is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan and Hertford counties, and the state of Virginia. The present land area is 340.67 square miles. The act establishing the county provided that commissioners be appointed to select a site centrally located for the erection of a courthouse, etc., and to have the building erected. In 1781, an act was passed to levy an additional tax for the completion of the public buildings. The Legislature of 1830-1831 passed an act which said that the place now known as Gates Court House, in the county of Gates, shall in the future be known and described by the name of Gatesville. Gatesville is the county seat.
Gates County was a part of an area originally called "Albemarle", named for George, Duke of Albemarle. Later, what is now Gates County was split into three separate entities: Hertford, Chowan, and Perquimans counties. Most of the land within the present boundaries was considered to be Nansemond County, VA, until 1728, when William Byrd had surveyed the "dividing line" between Virginia and North Carolina.
Parent County
1778--Gates County was created 14 April 1778 from Chowan, Hertford, and Perquimans Counties.
County seat: Gatesville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Gates County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church
Court
Family Histories
- [Southall] Warner, Seth. "Descendants of the Reverend Daniel Southall of Eastern North Carolina," The Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2007):175-190; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 2008):107-127; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall 2008):221-240.
Land
Gates County Register of Deeds
202 Court Street
P.O. Box 471
Gatesville, NC 27938
Phone: (252) 357-2411
Gates County Register of Deeds office contains records concerning real estate recordings, including Deeds and Deeds of Trust. Copies of survey maps are recorded in the Register of Deeds office. Also recorded in this office are Marriage, Birth & Death Records, as well as Military Discharge Records. Discharge records 50 years of age or older are available for public view. More recent discharge recordings are only available for the Veterans' needs.
Local Histories
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Gates County for European settlers included:[3]
- 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.
War of 1812
Muster Rolls 7th Company from Gates County - on Archives.org
Newspapers
Probate
- Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Gates County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
- 1762-1964 - Will Books 1 to 7 (1762-1964) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Marriages
- Gates County Marriages 1783-1877 North Carolina Pioneers - fees applicable
- North Carolina Marriages to 1799, a database North Carolina Pioneers - fees applicable
- Gates County, NC Archives
- North Carolina County Marriages 1762-1979 - FamilySearch, includes images
- North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979 - FamilySearch, abstracts from most of the NC Counties
Societies and Libraries
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
- Gates County NCGenWeb
- Gates County USGenWeb Archives
- North Carolina Pioneers North Carolina Pioneers $
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Gates County, North Carolina. Page 509 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ 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.
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