UPDATE: 1/9/2025 - Since this page was originally published, the NCDR site has changed all of its links. I'm updating them as I'm able, but if any of the links below don't work, please just go to the main category page here...
Craven County
1779 Craven County Tax List
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...
The strange tale of the Craven County woman who gave birth AND signed a deed in Pitt County in the years after her 1816 death
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...
Craven County School Census – 12th District – Heads of Household & Children (1840?)
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...
1786 Swift Creek Tax List
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...
1790 – Craven County Census
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...
1845 Craven County School Census
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1841 Craven County School Census
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1860 Craven County Census
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1850 Craven County Census
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1840 Craven County Census
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