North Carolina, USA, the Tar Heel State
Colony founded 1653; Statehood, 1789; First Us census 1790; Capital City, Raleigh
Some family names associated with North Carolina:
- Abraham Alford 1787 Franklin, NC – 1855 AL
- Edwin Barksdale Alford 1792 in NC – 1878 MS
- Isaac Alford b 1748 in Butte Co, NC
- Jacob Alford b 1761 in Butte Co, NC – d 1824 LA
- John Alford b c 1747 in Butte Co, NC
- Julius Alford 1717 VA – 1771 in Butte Co, NC
- Needham J Alford 1789 NC – 1869 TX
- Edward Brown 1730 – 1797 in Jones Co, NC
- Hardy Brown c 1771 – c 1799 Jones, NC
- John Watson Brumfield Craven Co, NC
- Richard Dillon 1745 VA - 1833 MS; lived in NC
- Theophilous Dillon b 1796 in Bertie Co, NC
- Willis D Dillon b 1787 in Bertie Co, NC
- William S Kelly & Mary Dyrham; m 1776 NC
- Humphrey Lawrence c 1726 – 1772 Bertie, NC
- Peter P Lawrence b c 1780 Bertie NC – 1852 Edgecombe, NC
- Joanna (Dillon) Smith b 1778 Bertie Co, NC – d c 1821
Websites for North Carolina research:
- Access Genealogy - Free Data & Links for North Carolina
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
- Craven County Genealogical Society of North Carolina
- Cyndi’s List for North Carolina
- The Edgecomb County Genealogy Society
- Franklin County Library of North Carolina
- Heritage Genealogical Society [Jones, Greene, Lenoir counties]
- Heritage Place [focus on eastern NC]
- Military Organizations in Colonial North Carolina
- North Carolina Family Reocrds Online
- North Carolina Genealogical Society
- North Carolina Genealogy Project
- North Carolina Office of Archives & History
- North Carolina Online Historical Newspapers
- Old New Hanover Genealogical Society
- State Archives of North Carolina
- State Library of North Carolina
Books for NC Research:
- Aiken, Nancy Bryan. Minutes of the Jones County North Carolina Court of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1826 – 1841. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2002. 975.621
- Clemens, William Montgomery. North and South Carolina Marriage Records. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 2002.
- Gwynn, Zae Hargett. Abstracts of The records of Jones County North Carolina 1779 – 1868. I. Memphis, TN: Zae Hargett Gwynn and Henry Norburne Gwynn. 975.621
- Kammerer, Roger E. Onslow Register records of Onslow & Jones County Citizens and Related Families. II. 1988.975.62
- Mobley, Joe A., ed. The Way We Lived in North Carolina. The University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
- Whitley, Caroline B. North Carolina Headrights: A List of Names, 1663 – 1744. Raleigh, North Carolina: Office of Archives and History, NC Dept of Cultural Resources, 2008.
