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Guide to Tyrrell County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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| Founded | 1729 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Columbia | ||||||||
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County Courthouse
Tyrrell County Courthouse
403 Main Street PO box 417
Columbia NC 27925
Phone: 252-796-2901
Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913
marriage records 1862 and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce records, probate records from 1730
and court records from 1900[1]
History
County seat history - Courthouse on Kendricks Cree (1751); Home of Bejamin Spruill (1774-1776); Courthouse on Scuppernog River (1777-1799); and present Columbia.
Parent County
1729--Tyrrell County was created from Bertie, Chowan, Currituck, and Pasquotank Counties.
County seat: Columbia [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Some of the early records are missing.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Tyrrell County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church Records
Baptist
- Morratuck Creek. Constituted 1791.[3]
- Scuppernong River. Established by 1784.[3]
- South Lancaster. Constituted 1793.[3]
Church of England
- St. Andrew's Parish aka South Shore Parish. Established 1729.[4]
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate Records
- Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Tyrrell County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
- 1744-1961 - Will Books 1 to 5 (1744-1961) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
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
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tyrrell County, North Carolina. Page 513 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:490; 2:569. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
- ↑ Robert J. Cain, ed., The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1699-1741 (Raleigh, N.C.: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1999), xxxiii. FHL Book 975.6 K2cr.
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