Washington County, North Carolina
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== County Courthouse == | == County Courthouse == | ||
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==== Parent County ==== | ==== Parent County ==== | ||
| − | '''1799'''--Washington County was created from [[ | + | '''1799'''--Washington County was created from [[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell ]]County. '''County seat:''' Plymouth <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref> |
==== Boundary Changes ==== | ==== Boundary Changes ==== | ||
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*[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort]] | *[[Beaufort County, North Carolina|Beaufort]] | ||
*[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie]] | *[[Bertie County, North Carolina|Bertie]] | ||
| − | *[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan]]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1228237321953_105" | + | *[[Chowan County, North Carolina|Chowan]]<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1228237321953_105" /> |
*[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde]] | *[[Hyde County, North Carolina|Hyde]] | ||
| − | *[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin]] | + | *[[Martin County, North Carolina|Martin]] |
*[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell]] | *[[Tyrrell County, North Carolina|Tyrrell]] | ||
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==== Vital Records ==== | ==== Vital Records ==== | ||
| − | [http://patriot.net/~cpbarnes/WASHLIC.HTM Marriage Licenses of Washington County, North Carolina] 1851 - 1920. According to the information on the site no marriage licenses exist for Washington County until the year 1880. The source of all marriage records prior to that year is marriage registers. There are two marriage registers, one of several volumes that contains marriages from 1851 to the present. There is also a marriage register that records acknowledgements of Freedmen's marriages from 1866 to 1868 and "a record of colored marriages" from 8 March, 1867 to 6 June 1872. The Freedmen's Register records slave marriages legalized after the Civil War between 1866 and 1868. Some of these marriages occurred 40 years before the Civil War. The record tells how long each couple has cohabited. Can be searched by name of either male or female.<br> | + | [http://patriot.net/~cpbarnes/WASHLIC.HTM Marriage Licenses of Washington County, North Carolina] 1851 - 1920. According to the information on the site no marriage licenses exist for Washington County until the year 1880. The source of all marriage records prior to that year is marriage registers. There are two marriage registers, one of several volumes that contains marriages from 1851 to the present. There is also a marriage register that records acknowledgements of Freedmen's marriages from 1866 to 1868 and "a record of colored marriages" from 8 March, 1867 to 6 June 1872. The Freedmen's Register records slave marriages legalized after the Civil War between 1866 and 1868. Some of these marriages occurred 40 years before the Civil War. The record tells how long each couple has cohabited. Can be searched by name of either male or female.<br> |
== Societies and Libraries == | == Societies and Libraries == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Washington_County,_North_Carolina]] | [[Category:Washington_County,_North_Carolina]] | ||
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Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Washington County, now in Tennessee, was created from the District of Washington in 1777. North Carolina ceded her west territory to the Federal Government in 1789.
Parent County
1799--Washington County was created from Tyrrell County. County seat: Plymouth [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1862--Courthouse destroyed in Federal bombardment.
1869,1881--Fires have destroyed most of the court records and many of the land records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Marriage Licenses of Washington County, North Carolina 1851 - 1920. According to the information on the site no marriage licenses exist for Washington County until the year 1880. The source of all marriage records prior to that year is marriage registers. There are two marriage registers, one of several volumes that contains marriages from 1851 to the present. There is also a marriage register that records acknowledgements of Freedmen's marriages from 1866 to 1868 and "a record of colored marriages" from 8 March, 1867 to 6 June 1872. The Freedmen's Register records slave marriages legalized after the Civil War between 1866 and 1868. Some of these marriages occurred 40 years before the Civil War. The record tells how long each couple has cohabited. Can be searched by name of either male or female.
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.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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