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Guide to '''Duplin County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history''', birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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|organized=  March 17, 1749
|county seat= Kenansville
|parent county= [[New Hanover County, North Carolina Genealogy|New Hanover]]<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), North Carolina.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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|county1= [[Jones County, North Carolina Genealogy|Jones]]
|county2= [[Lenoir County, North Carolina Genealogy|Lenoir]]
|county3= [[Onslow County, North Carolina Genealogy|Onslow]]
|county4= [[Pender County, North Carolina Genealogy|Pender]]
|county5= [[Sampson County, North Carolina Genealogy|Sampson]]
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== County Information ==

=== Description ===
Duplin County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Thomas Hay, Lord Duplin, a member of the English Board of Trade and Plantations.<ref>https://www.ncpedia.org/geography/Duplin</ref>

=== County Courthouse ===
{{NC Courthouse Intro|Duplin}}
'''Duplin County North Carolina'''<br>118 Duplin Street<br> Kenansville, NC 28349<br>Phone: 910-296-2108<br>[https://www.duplincountync.com/ Duplin County Website]<br><br>Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1749, maps and land records from 1749, and business records from 1899.<br>Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), North Carolina.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> 

=== Duplin County, North Carolina Record Dates  ===
{{NC Record Dates Intro|Duplin}}
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| bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" |  <center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records'''<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Duplin County, North Carolina. Page 506-514 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 505-509.</ref></center>
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1913
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1749
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1913
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1784
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1749
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1759
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1784
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| colspan="7"| <center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1913. General compliance by 1920.</center>
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=== Record Loss ===
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=== Boundary Changes ===
{{NC Boundary Changes Intro|Duplin}}
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*'''1749'''  Duplin County was created 17 March 1749 from [[New Hanover County, North Carolina Genealogy|New Hanover]] County.
*'''County seat:''' Kenansville<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), North Carolina.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>
For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, [http://www.mapofus.org/northcarolina/ "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps"] (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

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=== Populated Places ===

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://northcarolina.hometownlocator.com/nc/duplin/ HomeTown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Duplin County, North Carolina," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina#Communities, accessed 13 February 2020.</ref> 

{{Populated places
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beulaville,_North_Carolina Beulaville]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calypso,_North_Carolina Calypso]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faison,_North_Carolina Faison]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenevers,_North_Carolina Greenevers]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrells,_North_Carolina Harrells]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenansville,_North_Carolina Kenansville]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnolia,_North_Carolina Magnolia]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olive,_North_Carolina Mount Olive]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Hill,_North_Carolina Rose Hill]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachey,_North_Carolina Teachey]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace,_North_Carolina Wallace]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw,_North_Carolina Warsaw]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinquapin,_North_Carolina Chinquapin]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountaintown,_North_Carolina Fountaintown]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallsville,_North_Carolina Hallsville]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kornegay,_North_Carolina Kornegay]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphey,_North_Carolina Murphey]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasley,_North_Carolina Pasley]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potters_Hill,_North_Carolina Potters Hill]
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*Albertson
*Cypress Creek
*Faison
*Glisson
*Island Creek
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*Kenansville
*Limestone
*Magnolia
*Rockfish
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*Rose Hill
*Smith
*Warsaw
*Wolfscrape
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=== History Timeline ===
{{NC Historical Timeline Intro|Duplin}}

Duplin County was created in 1750 from the northern part of New Hanover County and is named for Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, later 9th Earl of Kinnoull. The earliest immigrants were Welsh, who arrived in the 1700′s, and soon followed by German Palatines and the Swiss in the 1730′s and 1740′s. The Scotch-Irish arrived in 1736 with Henry McCulloch, a wealthy London merchant, to settle on a rich and fertile 71,160-acre land granted to him from the British Crown. The French Huguenots and English, who migrated from Virginia along with Scottish Highlanders who came from the upper Cape Fear region, also were among the earliest settlers to the area along with African-Americans. The early settlements were primarily along the river and larger creeks as these were the best means of transportation. Henry McCulloch established several settlements. One on the east bank of the Northeast Cape Fear River named Sarecta, became Duplin’s first incorporated town in 1787. Another settlement was established on the west side of the river on Goshen Swamp, and a third at a place referred to as Golden Grove, later to become the Town of Kenansville. (Source: Duplin County History).

== Resources ==
{{NC Resources Intro|Duplin}}

=== Bible Records ===
{{NC Bible Intro|Duplin}}

=== Biographies  ===
{{NC Biographies Intro|Duplin}}

=== Business, Commerce, and Occupations ===
{{NC Business Records Intro|Duplin}}

=== Cemeteries ===
{{NC Cemeteries Intro|Duplin}}

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| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>'''Cemeteries of Duplin County, North Carolina''' online and in print</center>
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial Findagrave.com]
* [http://ncgenweb.us/nc/duplin/records/cemeteries NCGenWeb]
* [http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplincemeteries.htm NCGenWeb Archives]
* [http://usgwtombstones.org/northcarolina/duplin.html Tombstone Project]
* [http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/dupl/index.htm North Carolina Cemeteries]
* [https://billiongraves.com/search# Billion Graves]
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print''' ([[The Value of Cemetery Records in Print |Often more complete]])</center>
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* {{FHL|342878|subject-id|disp=Family History Library}}
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Duplin+North+Carolina&qt=notfound_page&search=Search WorldCat]
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
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* [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/North-Carolina/Duplin-County?id=county_1681 Findagrave.com]
* [https://billiongraves.com/search/cemetery Billion Graves]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=393056&reqParentsLabel=Duplin%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
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| colspan="2" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black"| <center>See '''[[North Carolina Cemeteries]]''' for more information</center>
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*{{RecordSearch|3015313|North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

=== Census Records ===
{{Historical populations
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|footnote = Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplin_County,_North_Carolina#Demographics "Wikipedia.org".]
|1790 |5663
|1800 |6796  
|1810 |7863  
|1820 |9744  
|1830 |11291  
|1840 |11182 
|1850 |13514  
|1860 |15784  
|1870 |15542  
|1880 |18773
|1890 |18690
|1900 |22405
|1910 |25442 
|1920 |30223 
|1930 |35103 
|1940 |39739 
|1950 |41074
|1960 |40270
|1970 |38015  
|1980 |40952  
|1990 |39995  
|2000 |49063
|2010 |58505
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{{NC Census Intro|Duplin}}

=== Church Records ===
{{NC Church Intro|Duplin}}
*'''1700-1970''' - {{RecordSearch|2790262|North Carolina, Church Records, 1700-1970}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

'''''Baptist'''''<br>
*'''Bear Marsh''' Constituted 1763.<ref name="bap">George Washington Paschal, ''History of North Carolina Baptists,'' 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:491; 2:564. {{FHL|561274|item|disp=FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990}}.</ref><ref name="keh">Lemuel Burkitt and Jesse Read, ''A Concise History of the Kehukee Baptist Association: From Its Original Rise Down to 1808'' (1808), Chapter 16. Digital version at [https://archive.org/details/concisehistoryof00bigg archive.org].</ref>
*'''Bear Swamp''' Constituted 1791.<ref name="bap" />
*'''Bull Tail''' aka '''Wells Chapel,''' Wallace, N.C. Established 1756. Official [http://www.wellschapel.com/ website].<ref name="bap" /><ref>"Wells Chapel Baptist Church," ''North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,'' http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.</ref>
*'''Great Cohara''' Constituted 1759.<ref name="mat">Morgan Edwards, ''Materials Towards a History of the Baptists in the Provinces of Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia'' (1772), 141. Digitized by [http://digitalcollections.clemson.edu SCDL Collections]</ref>
*'''Muddy Creek''' Constituted 1792.<ref name="keh" />
*'''Naughungo''' Established by 1808.<ref name="keh" />

'''''Church of England'''''<br>
*'''St. Gabriel's Parish''' Established 1749.<ref>Donna Sherron, "North Carolina Parishes," accessed 12 October 2012. Digital version at [http://chowan.lostsoulsgenealogy.com/ncparishes.htm Lost Souls Genealogy]</ref>

:Surviving records include Warden's Records of the Poor (1799-1817), which are kept at the [[North Carolina State Archives|North Carolina State Archives]]. Microfilm copy: {{FHL|328049|item|disp=FHL Film 19974}}.

'''''The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'''''<br>
Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

*Albertson

'''''Presbyterian'''''<br>
Scots-Irish immigrants established Presbyterian churches in colonial Duplin County.

*'''Grove Church''' Founded about 1737.<ref>"Grove Church," ''North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,'' http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.</ref>
*'''Rockfish Church''' Organized about 1756.<ref>"Rockfish Church," ''North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program,'' http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.</ref>
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'''List of Churches and Church Parishes'''
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=393056&reqParentsLabel=Duplin%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=3&reqTypeLabel=Churches%20and%20Church%20Parishes FamilySearch Places]''' <br>

=== Court Records ===
{{NC Court Intro|Duplin}}

=== Directories ===
{{NC Directories Intro|Duplin}}

=== Emigration and Immigration  ===
{{NC Emigration Intro|Duplin}}

=== Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups ===
{{NC Ethnic Groups Intro|Duplin}}

'''''African Americans '''''<br>
*'''1862-1870'''  {{RecordSearch|1803698|North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870}}  at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1863-1872'''  {{RecordSearch|2143119|North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872}}  at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only
*Melton, Carol K.W. and Joseph W. Wescott III. ''1870 Federal Census: The African American Population of Duplin County, North Carolina''. Rose Hill, N.C.: Duplin County Historical Foundation, 2000. {{FHL|1054601|item|disp=FHL Book 975.6382 X28m 1870}}. Published records of the first U.S. Federal census enumerating freed slaves taken in 1870.
*[http://www.duplinrod.com Duplin Register of Deeds], African-American cohabitation records

=== Funeral Homes  ===
{{NC Funeral Homes Intro|Duplin}}

=== Genealogies  ===
{{NC Genealogies Intro|Duplin}}

*'''Alderman''' - Stone, Spessard. ''Lineage of John Carlton''. [Wauchula, Fla.?]: S. Stone, 1991. {{FHL|471091|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C197s}}
*'''Bradley''' - Clegg, Reed L. ''Richard Bradley and Descendants: Lives and Times of Richard, Thomas, Henry, Samuel Carroll, James Harvey Bradley Families''. Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Clegg Publishers, (1999?). {{FHL|825827|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B728c}}
*'''Broadhurst''' - Wooten, David Robert. ''We All Become Forefathers: Genealogies of the Wooten, Boykin, Whitaker and Broadhurst Families''. 1993. {{FHL|669194|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W889wdr}}
*'''Bullard''' - Bullard, Spencer Ardell. ''William and Nathan Bullard Family: History and Genealogy''. Lakewood, Colo.: S.A. Bullard, 2004. {{FHL|1178047|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 B872bs}}
*'''Carlton''' - Morris, Scott. ''Liberty Worth Fighting For: The Sacrifice of a South Georgia Wiregrass Family in the War Between the States''. Sale City, Ga.: S. Morris, 1990. {{FHL|625728|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 L272m}}
*'''Carlton''' - Stone, Spessard. ''Lineage of John Carlton''. [Wauchula, Fla.?]: S. Stone, 1991. {{FHL|471091|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C197s}}; 1998 edition: {{FHL|725218|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C197s 1998}}
*'''Churchill''' - Churchill, Levis Allen and Dorothy Churchill Moye Sumrell. ''Churchill/Churchwell, Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt Counties, North Carolina''. Greenville, N.C.: L.A. Churchill, 1993. {{FHL|674657|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C473cL}}
*'''Churchwell''' - ''See Churchill''.
*'''Clark''' Crook, Billie Louise and Simeon English Clark. ''Our Clark Family: Or Texas Clarks''. Austin, Texas: B.L. Clark, 1957. {{FHL|573341|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 C547co}}
*'''Dickson''' - Carr, James Ozborn. ''The Dickson Letters''. Wilmington, N.C.: n.p., 1933. {{FHL|86895|item|disp=FHL Book 921.73 D561a 1933}}
*'''Flowers''' - Hendrix, Mary Louise Flowers. ''Flowers Kith and Kin: A Record of the Descendants of Thomas Flowers through Henry and Nancy Adams Flowers''. Jackson, Miss.: Hendrix, 1943. {{FHL|262403|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 F669h}}
*'''Fowler''' - Hollis, Jane Cook. ''Immigrated to Tennessee: Chronicles of a Fowler Family''. Memphis, Tenn.: J.C. Hollis, 1991. {{FHL|448828|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 F829i}}
*'''Grady''' - Grady, Benjamin, Louis Carr Hendry and Henry A. Grady. ''John Grady (1710-1787) of Dobbs and Duplin, with Some of His Descendants''. Wilson, N.C.: P.D. Gold Publishing, 1930. {{FHL|424180|item|disp=FHL Film 1321187 Item 8}}
*'''Gulley''' - John, Paul. ''John Gulley Genealogy, a Planter in Alabama and Arkansas and His Descendants: Also the Families of Bizzell, Godley, Ligon, Mendenhall, Purifoy and Others of England and Colonial America''. Houston, Texas: P. John, 1991. {{FHL|530375|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 G951j}}
*'''Hutchison''' - ''Hutchison: Family Records''. MSS. Microfilmed 1974. {{FHL|304923|item|disp=FHL Film 288187}}
*'''Lanier''' Ingersoll, Louise. ''Lanier: A Genealogy of the Family Who Came to Virginia and Their French Ancestors in London''. Washington, D.C.: Goetz Printing Company, 1965. Digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdl29_lanier World Vital Records] ($).
*'''Lanier''' - Morris, Scott. ''Liberty Worth Fighting For: The Sacrifice of a South Georgia Wiregrass Family in the War Between the States''. Sale City, Ga.: S. Morris, 1990. {{FHL|625728|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 L272m}}
*'''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|1046741|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 L585Ljd; CD-ROM no. 1036}}
*'''McCallop''' - Headley, Katy McCaleb. ''MacKillop (McCaleb) Clan of Scotland and the United States''. 2 vols. Chillicothe, Mo.: E.P. Ellsberry, 1964. {{FHL|50504|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 M124h}}
*'''McCanne''' - McCanne, Elizabeth C. ''A Brief Autobiography''. Typescript. Microfilmed 1994. {{FHL|672097|item|disp=FHL Film 1698051 Item 47}}
*'''Merritt''' - Merritt, Edward and Leora Hiatt McEachern. ''The Merritts of Sampson and Duplin Counties, North Carolina''. Typescript, 1968. {{FHL|306707|item|disp=FHL Film 874721 Item 4}}
*'''Middleton''' - Brown, Leslie H. "John Middleton of Hampton, Va., and Onslow County, N.C.," ''The American Genealogist'', Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):161-162. {{FHL|973 D25aga v. 55}}
*'''Parrish''' - Lytton, Eugene R. ''Josiah Parrish, 1771-1846, Migrated to Alachua County, Florida 1823, Volunteer Soldier in the War of 1812''. Typescript. Microfilmed 2001. {{FHL|662152|item|disp=FHL Film 1425373 Item 20}}
*'''Powell''' - Andrea, Leonardo. ''Powell'' MSS., 1962, Photocopy, Polk County Historical Library, Bartow, Fla. {{FHL|696853|item|disp=FHL Film 978080 Item 2}}
*'''Sheffield''' - Hussey, Ray Walter. ''Descendants of John Hussey and Barbara Sheffield''. Kernville, Calif.: R.W. Hussey, 1986. {{FHL|691806|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 H965hu}}
*'''Sloan''' - Sloan, Stanley E. ''John Sloan, ca. 1783-ca. 1863: Descendants &amp; Allied Families''. Tucson, Ariz.: S. Sloan, 1988. {{FHL|616690|item|disp=FHL Film 1685453 Item 1}}
*'''Sloan''' - Bryant, Catherine M. ''The Dixon Sloan Family of Colquitt County, Ga.: Includes Families of Laura Sloan Pelham, W. P. Sloan, Amanda Sloan Webb, Oscar N. Sloan, Ella Sloan Bryant''. n.p.: C. Bryant, 1988. {{FHL|616475|item|disp=FHL Book 1685453 Item 1}}
*'''Smith''' - Draughon, Eleanor Daphine Smith. ''Descendants of Elijah Smith of Duplin County, North Carolina''. Durham, N.C.: E.D.S. Smith, 1971. {{FHL|5195|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 Sm55d}}
*'''Sullivan''' - Pringle, Elizabeth Muir. ''Sullivans of Duplin County, North Carolina''. 2 vols. Ogden, Utah: E.M. Pringle, 2007. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/322803-sullivans-of-duplin-county-north-carolina?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library]; {{FHL|1420821|item|disp=FHL Books 929.273 Su53p v. 1, v. 2; CD-ROM no. 4367}}.
*'''Wade''' - Rosser, John C. ''Some Descendants of Joseph and Mary Wade of Duplin County, North Carolina'' Godwin, N.C.: J. Rosser, 1992. {{FHL|642351|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W119rj}}
*'''Ward''' - Ward, James Mayfield. ''The Noble Family of Ward''. n.p.: J.M. Ward, 1975. {{FHL|778554|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 W21wj}}
*'''Watkins''' - Watkins, William Bismarck. ''The Watkins Family of North Carolina: Particularly Enumerating Those Descendants of Levin Watkins of Duplin County, N.C., Who Emigrated to Alabama and Mississippi Early in the Nineteenth Century''. Jackson, Tenn.: McCowat-Mercer, [1915]. {{FHL|4588|item|disp=FHL Film 1321283 Item 9}}
*'''Wells''' - Wells, James W. ''Descendants of Jacob Wells of Duplin County, North Carolina''. Benton, Ark.: n.p., 1973. {{FHL|403510|item|disp=FHL Film 1318198 Item 7}}
*'''Wilkins''' - Murphy, Nathan W. ''Early Families of Muhlenburg County, Kentucky: Vincent, Wright, McElwain, Wilkins and Jarvis'' Hanson, Ky.: David W. Murphy &amp; Associates, 1999. {{FHL|967613|item|disp=FHL Book 929.273 V743m}}
*'''Williamson''' - Wise, Bel. ''Williamson Relatives''. Typescript, 1977. {{FHL|369435|item|disp=FHL Film 1697644 Item 38}}

=== Guardianship ===
{{NC Guardianship Intro|Duplin}}

=== Land and Property Records ===
{{NC Land Intro|Duplin}}

The [http://www.duplincountync.com/rod/genealogical.html Duplin County Register of Deeds Office] has a complete record of all property conveyances dating back to 1750 when the county was founded. All of the indexes to Duplin County property records from 1784 thru the present are available for searching both at the Register of Deeds Office and also remotely via their internet website: [http://rod.duplincounty.org/ rod.duplincounty.org]. Additionally, all of the property records books have been scanned and are available for viewing and downloading with the exception of books 20, 22, 33, 43, 106, 249, 276, and 318. These books are however available at the Register of Deeds Office.

A number of land records have been transcribed and are available at the following sites:

*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchnc.htm NCGenWeb Deeds Database]- perform a Search of the deeds
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplindeeds.htm Duplin County Deeds at NCGenWeb Archives]
*The FamilySearch Catalog lists some {{FHL|North Carolina, Duplin - Land and property|subject|disp=land records}} in Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy. (In the Catalog, click on the link to a title to see details.) Some of the books – and others – may be on [http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Google Books], on [[Worldcat Online Catalog|WorldCat]], or available at public libraries.

=== Local Histories ===
{{NC Histories Intro|Duplin}}

=== Maps and Gazetteers ===
{{NC Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{NC Duplin County|200px}}}}
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=393056&reqParentsLabel=Duplin%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=8&reqTypeLabel=Cities%20and%20Towns FamilySearch Places]:Cities and Towns- [[FamilySearch Places|How to Use FS Places]]

=== Migration ===
{{NC Migration Intro|Duplin}}

=== Military Records ===
{{NC Military Intro|Duplin}}

'''''Revolutionary War '''''<br>
*'''1779-1782'''  {{RecordSearch|1498361|North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers 1779-1782}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

'''''Civil War '''''<br>
*'''1861-1865'''  {{RecordSearch|1932376|North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1861-1865'''  {{RecordSearch|1932416|North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1861-1865'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2322 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865] at [http://ancestry.com Ancestry]
*'''1861-1865'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2344 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry]
*'''1885-1953'''  {{RecordSearch|1911763|North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Confederate Soldier's and Widow's Pension Applications - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images


{{NC Civil War Regiments|Duplin}}<br>
:- [[3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry|3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry]]
:- [[12th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry|12th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry]], 1st Company C
:- [[1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry|1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry]], Company I
:- [[2nd Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves|2nd Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves]], Company A
:- [[3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry|3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry]], Company B
:- [[3rd Regiment, North Carolina State Troops|3rd Regiment, North Carolina State Troops]], Company B
:- [[8th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)|8th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry (Partisan Rangers)]], 5th Company
:- [[8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserve|8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves]], Captain Henry Broadhurst's Company

'''''World War I '''''<br>
*'''1917-1919'''  {{RecordSearch|2568864|North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, World War I Service Cards,1917-1919 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

'''''World War II '''''<br>
*'''1940-1948'''  {{RecordSearch|2053639|North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

=== Naturalization and Citizenship ===
{{NC Naturalization Intro|Duplin}}

=== Newspapers ===
{{NC Newspapers Intro|Duplin}}

*'''1799-1893'''  [http://goo.gl/FsJlh Duplin County marriages]. May be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&county=duplin Duplin County deaths]. List of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/titles/places/north_carolina/Duplin/ Duplin County newspapers]. Listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them. (Library of Congress). If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?county=duplin Duplin County residents in the newspaper]. Name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database from the NCGenWeb project.
*[http://exhibits.archives.ncdcr.gov/newspaper/index.html North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project]. Full-text papers from 1752-1890s. Search for your Duplin County ancestors to see if they were mentioned.

=== Obituaries ===
{{NC Obituaries Intro|Duplin}}

*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplinobits.htm Duplin County Obituaries] (USGenWeb Archives)

=== Other Records ===
{{NC Other Records Intro|Duplin}}

'''''County Records'''''<br>
*'''1833-1970''' {{RecordSearch|1916185|North Carolina, County Records, 1833-1970}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, County Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images. (incomplete) 

'''''Voter Registration'''''
*'''1868-1898''' - {{RecordSearch|3326982|North Carolina, Voter Registration Records, 1868-1898}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Voter Registers and Certificates of Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

=== Periodicals ===
{{NC Periodicals Intro|Duplin}}

=== Probate Records ===
{{NC Probate Intro|Duplin}}

*[[North Carolina Probate Records|North Carolina Probate Records tips]].

''Online Probate Records''<br>
*'''1660-1790'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4197 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
*'''1663-1979'''  {{RecordSearch|1911121|North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Estate Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1665-1998'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9061 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
*'''1720-1960'''  {{RecordSearch|1867501|Will Books A to F and 1 to 8 (1720-1960)|access=browse}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch.org] - [[North Carolina Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only (by County)
*'''1735-1970'''  {{RecordSearch|1867501|North Carolina Probate Records 1735-1970}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch]- [[North Carolina Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only (by County) 
*'''1760-1800'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3945 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
*'''1760-1962'''  {{RecordSearch|1867501|Will Books A to 13 (1760-1962)|access=browse}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch.org] - [[North Carolina Probate Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images only (by County)
*'''Pre-1790'''   [http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov/BasicSearch.aspx Pre-1790 Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills] (North Carolina State Archives) 
* Images of Wills and Estates, Book A, 1760-1848  [https://northcarolinapioneers.com North Carolina Pioneers] $
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplinwills.htm Wills &amp; Estates from the NCGenWeb Archives]<br>

=== School Records ===
{{NC Schools Intro|Duplin}}

'''''Yearbooks '''''<br>
*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ybook/resultlist.php?county=duplin&state=NC Duplin County students at North Carolina colleges]. Yearbook Index. (NCGenWeb)

===Social Security Records===
*'''1935-2014''' {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[United States Social Security Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to use this collection]]; index. ''Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/ Ancestry], [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/social-security-death-index findmypast], [https://www.fold3.com/title/830/ Fold3], [https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/ssdi/all GenealogyBank], [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10002/us-social-security-death-index-ssdi?s=270606331 MyHeritage], and [https://stevemorse.org/ssdi/ssdi.html Steve Morse].'' [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Click here for more information]].
*'''1936-2007''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry ($)] — index, [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Applications and Claims Index|click here for more information]].

=== Tax Records ===
{{NC Tax Intro|Duplin}}

*'''1783'''  Tax Lists, Duplin County, 1783 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49054 Ancestry $]
*'''1783-1817'''  Tax Lists, 1783-1817 (images) at [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-P97B-K?i=152&cat=359566 FamilySearch]
*'''1786-1838''' (gaps) Tax Lists, 1786-1788, 1811-1813, 1816-1818, 1834, 1838 (images) at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/008152185?cat=344840 FamilySearch]
*'''1811-1817'''  Tax Lists, 1811-1817, Duplin County, North Carolina (images) at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007856626?cat=347534 FamilySearch]
*'''1815'''  Tax Lists, Duplin County, 1815 (images) at [http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll33/id/3462 North Carolina Digital Collections]

=== Vital Records ===
{{NC Vital Intro|Duplin}}
*'''1800-2000''' - {{RecordSearch|2848682|North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

==== Birth ====
{{NC Birth Intro|Duplin}}

*'''1800-2000'''   {{RecordSearch|1949336|North Carolina Birth Index 1800-2000}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Birth Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*'''1866-1964'''   {{RecordSearch|1675484|North Carolina Births and Christenings 1866-1964}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*'''1913-1922'''   {{RecordSearch|3477667|North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1913-Present''' [http://www.duplinrod.com Duplin County Births], 1913-present. Search all birth records online; includes more than 2,000 delayed birth certificates.

==== Marriage ====
{{NC Marriage Intro|Duplin}}

*'''1741-2004'''  [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=north%20carolina%2cnc North Carolina, United States Marriages] at [http://findmypast.com/ FindMyPast]
*'''1741-2004'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8909 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
*'''1759-1979'''  {{RecordSearch|1675514|North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index
*'''1762-1979'''  {{RecordSearch|1726957|North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1763-1868'''  {{RecordSearch|2524877|North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, Civil Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1867-1961'''  Duplin County Marriage Index 1867-1961 in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at FamilySearch.<ref>Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at [[Media:Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf|https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/4/4d/Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf]].</ref>
*'''1867-Present'''  [http://www.duplinrod.com Register of Deeds], Duplin County Marriages, 1867-present
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplinmarriages.htm Duplin County Marriages] (USGenWeb Archives)

==== Death ====
{{NC Death Intro|Duplin}}

*'''1898-1994'''  {{RecordSearch|1675510|North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1906-1930'''  {{RecordSearch|1609799|North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]];index and images
*'''1908-2004'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8908 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
*'''1909-1975'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1121 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
*'''1913-Present'''  [http://www.duplinrod.com Register of Deeds] Duplin County Death Certificates, 1913-present
*'''1931-1994'''  {{RecordSearch|1584959|North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images

==== Divorce ====
{{NC Divorce Intro|Duplin}}

*'''1926-1975'''  {{RecordSearch|2848500|North Carolina, County Divorce Records, 1926-1975}} at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[North Carolina, County Divorce Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index and images
*'''1958-2004'''  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1115 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004] at [http://home.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $

== Research Facilities ==
{{NC Research Facilities Intro|Duplin}}

=== Archives ===
{{NC Archives Intro|Duplin}}

=== Family History Centers ===
{{Family History Centers Intro}}

=== Libraries ===
{{NC Libraries Intro|Duplin}}

=== Museums ===
{{NC Museums Intro|Duplin}}

== Societies ==
{{NC Societies Intro|Duplin}}

*'''Duplin County Historical Society'''<br>PO Box 220 <br>Rose Hill, NC 28458-0220

== Websites ==
{{NC Websites Intro|Duplin}}

*[http://www.ncgenweb.us/duplin Duplin County, NCGenWeb] genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin.htm Duplin County, NCGenWeb Archives]
*{{FHL Place IDNum|191019|North%20Carolina|Duplin}} – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use [https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records] to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
== Research Guides ==
{{NC Research Guides Intro|Duplin}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Duplin County, North Carolina]][[Category:North Carolina Counties]]