New Hanover County, North Carolina
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| + | *December 7-27, 1864 = [http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/nc014.htm Fort Fisher]<ref>Heritage Preservation Services, [http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/nc014.htm Civil War Battle Summaries by State], (accessed 8 August, 2012)</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:13, 9 August 2012
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| County Seat | Wilmington | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina New Hanover County
County Courthouse
New Hanover County Courthouse
3rd & Princess St Rm 103
Wilmington, NC 28401-4090
Phone: 910-341-7125
Courthouse burned 1798, 1819, & 1840
1810 Census Missing
Reg of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records[1]
New Hanover created from Edgecombe 15 Nov 1777
Historical Facts
Parent County
1729--New Hanover was created from Craven County.
County seat: Wilmington [2]
Boundary Changes
Neighboring Counties
Record Loss
Courthouse fires have destroyed some records through the years.
Resources
Bible Records
Biography
- [Lewis] Lewis, J.D. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Little River, S.C.: J.D. Lewis, 2002. FHL Book 929.273 L585Ljd; CD-ROM no. 1036
Cemeteries
- New Hanover County Cemeteries lists public, church, private, and family cemteries with some links to Find A Grave and Google Maps. Good information on hard to read tombstones, cleaning tombstones, cleaning and restoring cemeteries, types of grave markers. North Carolina GenWeb.
- Pine Forest Cemetery is a historical African American burial ground dating back to 1860 and the final resting place of many notable citizens. It is located on 15 acres in the city of Wilmington at the north end of 16th Street and Rankin. The Wilmington Journal published an article (May 2012) on the history of the cemetery with contact information for donations towards the preservation and upkeep of the cemetery. Search known burials and contribute information at Find A Grave. Learn more about Pine Forest Cemetery from the Folk Art Society of America.
- Cemetery Census of New Hanover County North Carolina cemeteries lists interments for Federal Point Methodist, Greenlawn Memorial Park, and Oakdale cemeteries.
Census
For tips on accessing New Hanover County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Wilmington
Court Records
Emigration and Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
History
Land and Property
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from New Hanover County for European settlers included:[3]
- Atlantic Ocean
- King's Highway about 1704
- Secondary Coast Road late 1730s
- Fayetteville, Elizabethtown, and Wilmington Trail
- Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail
Military
Revolutionary War
Civil War
Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in New Hanover County.
- December 7-27, 1864 = Fort Fisher[4]
- Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.
Civil War Confederate units
Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
- -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- -2nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- -3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- -7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
- -8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
Naturalization and Citizenship
Newspapers
North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, North Carolina State Archives. Search full text historical newspapers published in Wilmington.
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate Records
- 1844–1943 – Bonds, Volumes 1–17, North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735–1970, New Hanover – FamilySearch
- 1682–1905 – Wills Index, North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735–1970, New Hanover – FamilySearch
- 1735–1943 – Wills Index, Volumes 1–2 North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735–1970, New Hanover – FamilySearch
- 1943–1961 – Wills Index, Volume 3 North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735–1970, New Hanover – FamilySearch
Minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Session Court 1738-42; 1759-1769 and General Index. (contains estates, inventories, wills, deeds proved, administrators appointed, orphans, etc.) North Carolina Pioneers ($)
Taxation
Vital Records
Search online public record databases of the New Hanover County Register of Deeds, including birth and death certificates, and marriage records.
Birth
Marriage
Divorce
Death
Repositories
Archives
Family History Centers
Family History Centers are also located in Shallotte, Jacksonville, Kinston, and Myrtle Beach.
Libraries
New Hanover County Public Libraries
Main Library and Law Library
201 Chestnut Street
Wilmington NC 28401
901-798-6301
Northeast Regional Library
1241 Military Cutoff Rd
Wilmington NC 28405
910-798-6371
Myrtle Grove Library
5155 South College Rd
Wilmington NC 28412
910-798-6391
Carolina Beach Library
300 Cape Fear Blvd
Carolina Beach NC 28428
910-798-6385
Museums
African American Heritage Museum of Wilmington
PO Box 968 Wilmington NC 28402
info@aahfwilmington.org
Cape Fear Museum of History and Science
814 Market Street
Wilmington NC 28401
Phone 910-798-4350
Fax 910-798-4382
Societies
Old New Hanover Genealogical Society ONHGS
PO Box 2536
Wilmington NC 28402-2536
E-mail: info@onhgs.org
ONHGS additional contact:
New Hanover COunty Public Library
North Carolina Room
201 Chestnut Steet
Wilmington NC 28402
901-798-6305
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- North Carolina Pioneers ($)
Places
Populated Places
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), New Hanover County, North Carolina. Page 512 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.
- ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 8 August, 2012)
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