Hertford County, North Carolina
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| Founded | December 12, 1754 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Winton | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Hertford County
Contents |
County Courthouse
Hertford County Courthouse
King Street P O Box 36
Winton, NC 27986
Phone: 252-358-7850
Courthouse burned 1832 and 1862
Register of Deeds has birth and death records and burial records from 1913
marriage records from 1884 and land records from 1866
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1883
and probate records rec from 1869 [1]
History
Parent County
1754--Hertford County was created 12 December 1754 from Chowan, Bertie, and Northampton Counties.
County seat: Winton [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1830, 1862--Courthouse fires destroyed the majority of the county's records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Hertford County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church
Court
The first court was held at Cotton's Ferry.
Land
Local Histories
- The colonial and state political history of Hertford County, N.C (1906) - by Benjamin Brodie Winborne; freely available at OpenLibrary
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Hertford 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.
Newspapers
Probate
- Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Hertford County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
Taxation
Vital Records
Yearbooks
- Chowan College: 1911-2006
- Hertford County students at NC colleges - via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- NCGenWeb: Hertford County - part of the USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Hertford 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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