Nash County, North Carolina

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== Resources  ==
 
== Resources  ==
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==== African-Americans ====
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/african-americans/ Nash County African-American resources] - via NCGenWeb
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/african-americans/nash-county-slavery-petitions/ Nash County Slavery Petitions]
  
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
 
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/cemeteries/ Cemetery information at Nash County NCGenWeb]
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/nashcemeteries.htm Cemetery information at Nash County NCGenWeb Archives]
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*Find-A-Grave - [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=1714 Nash County cemeteries]
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==== Census ====
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/census/ Nash County census information] - via Nash County NCGenWeb
  
 
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==== Court  ====
 
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==== Directories ====
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*Several NC&nbsp;state business directories are available online. &nbsp;[http://ncgenweb.us/nc/bookshelf/directories/ Visit this list of directories], open the directory, and navigate to Cartetert County. &nbsp;Directories include information on area businesses and citizens.&nbsp;
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==== Education ====
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/african-americans/rosenwald-schools-in-nash-county-nc/ Rosenwald Schools in Nash County] (African-American)
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*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ybook/resultlist.php?county=nash&state=NC Nash County students at NC colleges] – via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
  
 
==== Family Histories  ====
 
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==== Land  ====
 
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/nashdeeds.htm Nash County deeds] -- via NCGenWeb Archives
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*[http://www.deeds.co.nash.nc.us/resolution/ Property records 1995 - present] - searchable database via the Nash County Register of Deeds
  
 
==== Local Histories  ====
 
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/town-histories/ Local histories of Nash county]
  
 
==== Maps  ====
 
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*[http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;displa,A,0;publis,A,0;collec,A,0;30;date,title,none,none,none&CISOBIB=mapid,A,1,N;collec,A,0,N;title,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20(4x5);mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;collec,mapid,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=spatia&CISOBOX1=Nash+County&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=collec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=title&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=/ncmaps Nash County maps] - via NC Maps collection of UNC-Chapel Hill
  
 
==== Military  ====
 
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/military/world-war-i/ WWI Rosters of Nash County men]
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/military/ Military information] - via Nash County NCGenWeb
  
 
==== Newspapers  ====
 
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*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/titles/places/north_carolina/Nash Nash County newspapers] -&nbsp;a listing of newspapers published in the county; via the Library of Congress
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*[http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/newspaper/index.html  North Carolina Newspaper Digitization&nbsp;Project] - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s.&nbsp; Search for your Nash County ancestors.
  
 
==== Probate  ====
 
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/wills/ Nash County residents wills] - via NCGenWeb
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/nashwills.htm Nash County wills &amp; estates] - via NCGenWeb Archives
  
 
==== Taxation  ====
 
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==== Vital Records  ====
 
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Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please [http://www.co.nash.nc.us/Departments/RegisterofDeeds.aspx visit their website] for more information.
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1726957&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964]- search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state ; via FamilySearch
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===== Marriages =====
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*[https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1675484&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979] - via FamilySearch; images included
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*[http://goo.gl/FsJlh Nash&nbsp;County marriages] - are included in Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searcheable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
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===== Deaths =====
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash/nashobits.htm Nash County obituaries] - via NCGenWeb Archives
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*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&county=nash Nash County deaths] -&nbsp;- list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s. <br>
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1609799&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930] - via FamilySearch; images included
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1675510&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Deaths &amp; Burials, 1898-1994] - via FamilySearch
  
 
== Societies and Libraries  ==
 
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== Web Sites  ==
 
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*[http://www.usgenweb.org/ USGenWeb Project.] May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 
 
*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/ Nash County, NCGenWeb Project]  
 
*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/nash/ Nash County, NCGenWeb Project]  
 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash.htm Nash County, USGenWeb Archives]  
 
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/nash.htm Nash County, USGenWeb Archives]  
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*[http://www.co.nash.nc.us/Departments/RegisterofDeeds.aspx Nash County Register of Deeds]
 
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Nash County, North Carolina
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Founded 1777
County Seat Nashville
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Contents

County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1777--Nash County was created from Edgecombe County.
County seat: Nashville [1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

African-Americans

Cemeteries

Census

Church

Court

Directories

  • Several NC state business directories are available online.  Visit this list of directories, open the directory, and navigate to Cartetert 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.

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

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

Web Sites

References

  1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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