"North Carolina County History, Information and Records"
Research in North Carolina county records can begin with the microfilmed
North Carolina material at a central collection, such as the North
Carolina State Archives, Allen County Public Library, the FHL, or other
repositories with the North Carolina Core Collection. However, county seats
still may hold additional material, including original deed and will books.
When counties were formed in North Carolina, many county clerks copied
appropriate records from the parent county. In other cases, records
pertaining to the land and families of the new county were transferred
wholesale. Most counties therefore have some records that pre-date the
formation of the county. The register of deeds at the county seat holds land
and vital records, the clerk of the superior court holds probate records and
court records if they have not been transferred to the state archives in
Raleigh. Land records may include deeds, grants, plats, and other miscellaneous
items. Probate records include not only wills, but also loose estates records,
most of which have not been microfilmed. Court records may include apprentice
bonds, bastardy bonds, and officials' or constables' bonds in addition to
dockets, fee and account books, and court minutes and orders. The beginning
dates do not imply that all records are extant since some of North Carolina's
county records have been lost due to fire and other causes.
(Source: Ancestry's Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources )
PERQUIMANS County Records on Microfilm
Bonds
Apprentice Bonds, 1852-1890; 1 reel
Court Records
County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Minutes, 1688-1706, 1735-1868; 6 reels
CRX, 1782-1784; 077.30025
Superior Court
Minutes, 1807-1915; 077.90007-9
Land Records
Record of Deeds, 1681-1901; 077.40001-40025
Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1681-1940;
077.49501-3
Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1681-1940; 077.49507-9
Land Entries, 1838-1876; 1 reel
Plat Books, 1808-1947; 1 reel
Record of Town lot Sales, 1759-1824; 1 reel
Estates Records
Record of Accounts, 1864-1920; 077.50001-2
Guardians' Accounts, 1808-1865; 2 reels
Guardians and Administrators' Accounts, 1809-1837; 1 reel
Orphans' Docket, 1806-1820, 1864-1870; 1 reel
Divisions of Estates, 1841-1861; 1 reel
Inventories and Accounts of Sale, 1804-1864; 3 reels
Record of Settlements, 1796-1904; 077.50026
Marriage, Divorce and Vital Statistics
Marriage Registers, 1852-1940; 077.60006
Record of Marriages by Freedmen, 1866-1867; 1 reel
Births, Marriages, Deaths and Flesh Marks, 1659-1820; 1 reel Officials, Co.
Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1902; 1 reel
Tax and Fiscal Records
Tax Book, 1866; 1 reel Wills
Record of Wills, 1711-1908; 077.80001-4
Wills, 1711-1800; 2 reels
Index to Wills, 1761-1966; 1 reel Records,
Warden of Poor, 1878-1934; 077.90014 Minutes,
Board of Education, 1872-1960; 077.94001
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