Hertford County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Hertford County

County Courthouse
Hertford County Courthouse King Street P O Box 36 Winton, NC 27986 Phone: 252-358-7850

Courthouse burned 1832 and 1862 Register of Deeds has birth and death records and burial records from 1913 marriage records from 1884 and land records from 1866 Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1883 and probate records rec from 1869

Parent County
1754--Hertford County was created 12 December 1754 from Chowan, Bertie, and Northampton Counties. County seat: Winton

Record Loss
1830, 1862--Courthouse fires destroyed the majority of the county's records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bertie
 * Chowan
 * Gates
 * Northampton
 * Southampton County, Virginia

Baptist

 * Mr. Arthur Cotten's. Established by 1782.
 * Old Meherrin, Murfreesboro, N.C. Established 1735.

Church of England

 * St. John's Chapel. Established by 1782.

Court
The first court was held at Cotton's Ferry.

Local Histories

 * The colonial and state political history of Hertford County, N.C (1906) - by Benjamin Brodie Winborne; freely available at OpenLibrary

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Hertford County for European settlers included:


 * Atlantic Ocean
 * King's Highway about 1704
 * Secondary Coast Road late 1730s

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Probate

 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.


 * 1830-1963 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Yearbooks

 * Chowan College: 1911-2006
 * Hertford County students at NC colleges - via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * NCGenWeb: Hertford County - part of the USGenWeb Project