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Nash County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1777
County Seat	Nashville
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County Courthouse

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

Parent County

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

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Edgecombe
• Franklin
• Halifax
• Johnston
• Wake
• Warren
• Wilson

Resources

African-Americans

• Nash County African-American resources - via NCGenWeb
• Nash County Slavery Petitions

Cemeteries

• Cemetery information at Nash County NCGenWeb
• Cemetery information at Nash County NCGenWeb Archives
• Find-A-Grave - Nash County cemeteries
• BillionGraves.com listings - Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville

Census

• Nash County census information - via Nash County NCGenWeb

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

Church

• Historical sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Rocky Mount, North Carolina - via the Eastern NC Digital Library
  

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

• Wesleyan College Yearbooks: 1962-2009 - freely available via the NC Digitization Center
• Rosenwald Schools in Nash County (African-American)
• Nash County students at NC colleges – via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

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] 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

• Nash County deeds -- via NCGenWeb Archives
• Property records 1995 - present - searchable database via the Nash County Register of Deeds

Local Histories

• Local histories of Nash county
• Rocky Mount Mills : carded cotton yarns, Rocky Mount, N.C. - via the Eastern NC Digital Library
• Rocky Mount Mills, a case history of industrial development, 1818-1943 - via the Eastern NC Digital Library 

Maps

• Nash County maps - via NC Maps collection of UNC-Chapel Hill

Military

• WWI Rosters of Nash County men
• Military information - via Nash County NCGenWeb

Civil War

• Roster of Nash County Confederate soldiers - via the Eastern NC Digital Library

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

-2nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

-7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

• Nash County newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county; via the Library of Congress
• North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s.  Search for your Nash County ancestors.

Probate

• Nash County residents wills - via NCGenWeb
• Nash County wills & estates - via NCGenWeb Archives

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

• North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964- search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state ; via FamilySearch

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

• Nash County obituaries - via NCGenWeb Archives
• Nash County deaths - - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
  
• North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - via FamilySearch; images included
• North Carolina Deaths & Burials, 1898-1994 - via FamilySearch
  
  

Societies and Libraries

• Edgecombe County Library
• Braswell Memorial Library

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Nash County, NCGenWeb Project
• Nash County, USGenWeb Archives
• Nash County Register of Deeds
• Family History Library Catalog

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).