Wills and estate papers (New Bern District), 1779-1807

Format

Microfilm 35mm

Language

English

Publication Date

1993

Publisher

Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah

Place of Publication

Salt Lake City, Utah

Physical

on 5 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Notes

Microfilm of originals in the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Some pages faded and hard to read.

This record contains original materials sent in from the county.

New Bern District covered the following counties: Johnston, Wayne, Dobbs, Pitt, Craven, Jones, Carteret, Beaufort, and Hyde.

CRX wills are those records that have come to the Archives from other than the official sources. That is to say, CRX documents are county records that have left official government custody, whose provenance cannot be proved.

Secretary of State original wills: The Secretary of State was the official repository for wills and estates during the colonial times. In about 1760, it was ordered that wills would be filed with clerks of court, but some wills were filed with the Secretary of State until 1789. The wills listed under the above title is the collection of the exicting wills that were filed with the Secretary of State.

Estate papers: The Estates Records collection at the North Carolina State Archives consists of files of loose papers arranged alphabetically by county. The loose papers in each file include any documents used to settle the estate of a deceased person. The estate records can include: Administrators' bonds, Guardians' bonds, inventories, accounts of sales, annual accounts, allotments of years provisions, settlements, divisions, petitions of many sorts, and bills and receipts.

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Film/Digital Notes

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NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFormat
Estate records Abercrombie, David - Cornell, SamuelGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1905949 8151819
Estate records Cox, Longfield - Jones, FrancisGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906922 7640542
Estate records Jones, John - Schackleford, JamesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906923 7640543
Estate records Sheffield, Isom - Miscellaneous records (McIlwean, Richard)Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906924 7640544
Estate records Miscellaneous records (Pope, Elizabeth - Wynn, William)Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906925 Item 14087805
NoteLocationCollection/ShelfFilmImage Group Number (DGS)Format
Estate records Abercrombie, David - Cornell, SamuelGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1905949 8151819
Estate records Cox, Longfield - Jones, FrancisGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906922 7640542
Estate records Jones, John - Schackleford, JamesGranite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906923 7640543
Estate records Sheffield, Isom - Miscellaneous records (McIlwean, Richard)Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906924 7640544
Estate records Miscellaneous records (Pope, Elizabeth - Wynn, William)Granite Mountain Record VaultUnited States & Canada Film1906925 Item 14087805

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