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Harnett County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 7, 1855
County Seat	Lillington
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Harnett County Courthouse
729 S Main Street P O Box 279
Lillington, NC 27546
Phone: 910-893-7540

Register of deeds has birth, marriage and land land rec
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1920
records from 1855-1920 were destroyed in a fire^[1]

History

Parent County

1855--Harnett County was created 7 February 1855 from Cumberland County.
County seat: Lillington ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1892, 1894--Courthouse fires destroyed court records and many of the land records.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Chatham
• Cumberland
• Johnston
• Lee
• Moore
• Sampson
• Wake

Resources

Cemeteries

• Harnett Cemeteries Database - online database from the Harnett public library.  Change "database type" to "Obituary."  Includes approximately 20 years of burial information, including some obituaries.
• Harnett County Cemteries - NCGenWeb
• Harnett County Cemteries - NCGenWeb Archives
• Find-A-Grave: Harnett County Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Harnett County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

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

-1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• Search Birth, Marriage & Death certificates at the Harnett County Register of Deeds website. Uncertified copies can be ordered for a fee (see website for details). 

Yearbooks

• Campbell University: 1912-2009
• Harnett county students at North Carolina colleges - a list from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• NCGenWeb: Harnett County - part of the USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Harnett County, North Carolina. Page 509 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).