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[http://www.co.nash.nc.us/ Nash County Courthouse]<br>Rm 104 P O Box 104<br>Nashville, NC 27856<br>Phone:252-459-9836<br><br>Reg of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 and marriage records from 1872<br>Clerk Superio Court has divorce and court records 1876<br>oldest will in Dept of Archives Raleigh NC<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Moore County, North Carolina. Page 511 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>  
 
[http://www.co.nash.nc.us/ Nash County Courthouse]<br>Rm 104 P O Box 104<br>Nashville, NC 27856<br>Phone:252-459-9836<br><br>Reg of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 and marriage records from 1872<br>Clerk Superio Court has divorce and court records 1876<br>oldest will in Dept of Archives Raleigh NC<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Moore County, North Carolina. Page 511 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>  
  
 
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Nash County was formed in 1777 from the western part of Edgecombe County. It was named for American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Nash (1742-1777) of Hillsborough, who had been mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown that year while fighting under General George Washington. Nashville, the County seat, was settled in 1780 and chartered in 1815. After the Revolutionary War, the County settled down to a pace that made it one of the State's leading farm areas. Since the Civil War, it has been known primarily as a leading agricultural County, but it has experienced steady industrial growth since that time.<br>
  
 
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*['''Pridgen'''] Digital version at {{FSbook|68199}} Pridgen family of Sapony Creek, Nash County, North Carolina&nbsp;: some descendants of William Pridgen, d. ca. 1762, Vol. II - full-text freely available via Brigham Young University.&nbsp;
 
*['''Pridgen'''] Digital version at {{FSbook|68199}} Pridgen family of Sapony Creek, Nash County, North Carolina&nbsp;: some descendants of William Pridgen, d. ca. 1762, Vol. II - full-text freely available via Brigham Young University.&nbsp;
  
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/nashdeeds.htm Nash County deeds] -- via NCGenWeb Archives  
 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/nashdeeds.htm Nash County deeds] -- via NCGenWeb Archives  
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Contents

County Courthouse

Beginning Dates for Nash County, North Carolina Government Records
Birth
Marriage
Death
Census
Deeds
Wills
1913
1777
1913
1790
1777
1776

Nash County Courthouse
Rm 104 P O Box 104
Nashville, NC 27856
Phone:252-459-9836

Reg of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 and marriage records from 1872
Clerk Superio Court has divorce and court records 1876
oldest will in Dept of Archives Raleigh NC[1]

History

Nash County was formed in 1777 from the western part of Edgecombe County. It was named for American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Nash (1742-1777) of Hillsborough, who had been mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown that year while fighting under General George Washington. Nashville, the County seat, was settled in 1780 and chartered in 1815. After the Revolutionary War, the County settled down to a pace that made it one of the State's leading farm areas. Since the Civil War, it has been known primarily as a leading agricultural County, but it has experienced steady industrial growth since that time.

Parent County

1777--Nash County was created from Edgecombe County.
County seat: Nashville [2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

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African-Americans

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church Records

Baptist
  • Falls of Tar. Constituted 1757.[3]
  • Poplar Spring. Constituted 1793.[3]
Presbyterian

Court

Directories

  • Several NC state business directories are available online.  Visit this list of directories, open the directory, and navigate to Nash County.  Directories include information on area businesses and citizens. 

Education

Family Histories

Bibliography

  • [Boddie] Leary, Helen F.M. "The Two William Boddies of North Carolina," The American Genealogist, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan. 1991):16-29; Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr. 1991):106-110; Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul. 1991):148-153. Available at FHL.
  • [Pridgen] Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online Pridgen family of Sapony Creek, Nash County, North Carolina : some descendants of William Pridgen, d. ca. 1762, Vol. II - full-text freely available via Brigham Young University. 

Land 

The first land grants in the area date from 1743.

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

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

-2nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
-7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit their website for more information.

Births
Marriages
  • North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - via FamilySearch; images included
  • Nash County marriages - are included in Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searcheable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
Deaths

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Moore County, North Carolina. Page 511 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).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:488; 2:566. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990; "Falls of the Tar Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.
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