It's always a good idea to look at original records yourself. More than once, I've seen a transcription that gets a name wrong and seeing the original document winds up solving a mystery. If you haven't already seen them, there are plenty of tax list images over at NC...
Below is a transcription of names found on the 1779 Tax List. These original scans can be found here at the NC Digital Collections Site. I am not transcribing all of the property values, only the names. If you see a name that is of interest to you, just find the...
According to publicly-accessible family trees at Ancestry.com, a Craven County woman named Jemima MILLS, said to be a daughter of Nasby MILLS and Keziah HUNTER or Keziah WALLACE or Keziah Hunter WALLACE, was born about 1760, then married a Craven County man named...
I've been working on organizing my seemingly endless genealogy files lately, and came across images I had taken of microfilm (or microfiche?) at the Craven Regional Library back in 2011. Unfortunately, I didn't note the reels these came from, but I'm including the...
The following was printed in the February 2005 edition of Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly journal. It was abstracted and contributed to that publication by Roger Kammerer. This, and other issues of the journal, may be found at the Internet Archive. 1786 Swift Creek...
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, pp 407-436. Craven County Census of 1790 No Author Volume 26, Pages 407-436 -------------------- page 407 -------------------- CRAVEN COUNTY. County, City, Town, Parish, Hundred, Etc NAMES...
I am very grateful to R. Allen Humphrey for allowing me to post this here at East Carolina Roots.
I am very grateful to R. Allen Humphrey for allowing me to post this here at East Carolina Roots.
I am very grateful to R. Allen Humphrey for allowing me to post this here at East Carolina Roots.
I am very grateful to R. Allen Humphrey for allowing me to post this here at East Carolina Roots.
I am very grateful to R. Allen Humphrey for allowing me to post this here at East Carolina Roots.