Warren County, North CarolinaEdit This Page
From FamilySearch Wiki
 |
This North Carolina-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List. |
| Warren County, North Carolina | |||||||||
| Map | |||||||||
 Location in the state of North Carolina | |||||||||
 Location of North Carolina in the U.S. | |||||||||
| Facts | |||||||||
| Founded | 1779 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Seat | Warrenton | ||||||||
| Courthouse | |||||||||
| |||||||||
United States 
North Carolina Warren County
Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Warren and Franklin Counties were formed in 1779 from Bute County which had been established in 1764. For several years the inhabitants of Bute had longed for a division of the county because of the hardships to fulfill civil duties from the remote parts of the very large county. On 26 April 1777 Mr. Benjamin Seawell introduced a petition in the North Carolina General Assembly from the several inhabitants of Bute for a division of the County. For some reason the division was not made. Two years later, in 1779, Mr. Edward Jones introduced another petition 'for the division. A bill was slated and enacted into law on 20 January 1779:
.... That from and after the passing of this Act the County of Buts shall be divided into two distinct Counties by a direct line from the Granville line to Halifax or Nash County line as the case may be, leaving in each part or division an equal quantity of Acres as near as can be ascertained ... and all that part or division which lies North of said line and adjacent to Virginia shall be a distinct County by the name of Warren, and all that part or division that lies South of said line shall be a distinct County by the name of Franklin;.. (SRNC, XXIV, 227)
On 29 January 1779 the General Assembly meeting at Halifax appointed the Commissioners for dividing Bute County. Julius Nichols, John Faulcon, William Duke, John Norwood, and Matthew Thomas were to be responsible for measuring the bounds of Bute County, running the dividing line, and choosing sites near the center of each county whore courthouses and public buildings were to be built. Later in 1779 two other acts of Assembly established Warrenton and Louisburg as County Seats of Warren and Franklin Counties respectively,
In 1786 Warren County annexed more territory, a part of Granville County:
.... Beginning at the point where the line of division between Warren and Granville Counties shall touch the line of division between this State and the State of Virginia, and running thence west along the said line to Nutbush Creek, thence up said creek as it meanders to the mouth of Anderson's Swamp, thence up the said swamp to the fork, thence up the south fork of the said swamp to Stark's mill, thence 'by a line to be run due south until it shall touch the aforesaid line of division between Warren and Granville, be, and the same is hereby annexed to and shall remain a part of the County of Warren .... (SRNC, XXIV, 866)
Warren County remains today the same except for a western part which was cut off to form a part of Vance County when it was formed in 1881.
Bute Co. was formed from Granville Co. in 1764 and abolished in 1779 when it was divided into Warren Co. and Franklin Co. The courthouse of Bute Co. was located at a place called "Buffalo Rice Path" on land owned by Jethro Sumner about 6 miles southeast of present Warrenton, North Carolina. Most of the records of Bute County are still located in Warren Co. though some may be found in Franklin Co.
Parent County
1779--Warren County was created from Bute County. Bute County was abolished in 1779.
County seat: Warrenton [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Some records are missing, reason unknown.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
- Warren County-Cemetery Census
- Find-A-Grave-Warren County
- Burchett Chapel Cemetery
- Fitts Family Cemetery
- Fork Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery
- Greater Lovely Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
- Harris Cemetery
- Jones Family Cemetery
- Little Zion Baptist Church Cemetery
- Locust Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Odell Baptist Church Cemetery
- Olive Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Plummer Cemetery
- Reedy Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sarepta Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery
- Shocco Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sledge Cemetery
- Spring Green Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
- St. Paul Baptist Church Cemetery
- St. Stephen Baptist Church Cemetery
- Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
- Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- White Rock Baptist Church Cemetery
Church
Court
Warren County Courthouse
109 S. Main Street
Warrenton, NC 27589
(252) 257-3261
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Web Sites
- USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Warren County NCGenWeb
- Warren County USGenWeb Archives
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
Need additional research help? Contact our research help specialists.
Need wiki, indexing, or website help? Contact our product teams.
Did you find this article helpful?
You're invited to explain your rating on the discussion page (you must be signed in).
New to the Research Wiki?
In the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.
Learn More