Bertie County, North Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Bertie County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Bertie County is located in the northeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for James and Henry Bertie, to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called "Carolina".

County Courthouse
Bertie County Courthouse 108 W Dundee Street Windsor, NC 27983-1208 Phone:252-794-5300 Bertie County Website Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records, Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1869 &amp; probate records from 1763

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Bertie County Bible Records at North Carolina USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Bible Records at North Carolina Digital Archives - index and images

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images Also at: Ancestry ($)

Church Records

 * 1700-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Baptist
 * Cashie, near Windsor, N.C. Constituted 1771. Minutes vol. 1 (1791-1832) online.
 * Joshua Freeman's, near Wiccacon. Established by 1786.
 * Sandy Run. Constituted 1773.
 * Wiccacon on the Chowan River. Established by 1772.
 * Wickicoan Creek. Established 1789.

Church of England List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Northwest Parish. Established by 1741.
 * Society Parish. Established 1722.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1723-1914 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1737-1905 (*); County Court and Court of Common Pleas at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1858-1910 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1868-1911 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1927 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1875-1877 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Affidavits Relating to Loyalists and Tories During the Revolution : [Copies from Originals in the Court House at Edenton, North Carolina], The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register - v. 2, no. 2 (Apr. 1901). 1901. By Hathaway, James Robert Ben. Bertie County, North Carolina : Bertie County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Miscellaneous Items : (From Court Records of Bertie County at Windsor, N.C.), The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register - v. 3, no. 3 (July 1903). 1903. By Hathaway, James Robert Ben. Bertie County, North Carolina : Bertie County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1862-1870   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1872   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

Funeral Homes

 * Cherry's Funeral Home and Chapels in Windsor.
 * Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service in Aulander.

Genealogies
Bibliography


 * Boddie Leary, Helen F.M. "The Two William Boddies of North Carolina," The American Genealogist, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan. 1991):16-29; Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr. 1991):106-110; Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul. 1991):148-153. Available at.

Land and Property Records
Online Land Indexes and Records
 * North Carolina Land Grants at NC Historical Records Online - index, requires free account to view images
 * 1751-1757 North Caroline Pioneers Images of Land Grants ($)
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

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


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

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1778-1833 Delamar Transcripts of Revolutionary War Petitions at North Carolina Genealogical Society - index ($)
 * 1779-1782 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War 


 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch.org  - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1885-1953 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1885 and 1901 1885 and 1901 Confederate Pension Applications at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
 * -5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company H
 * - 3rd Battalion, North Carolina Light Artillery, Company E
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops), Company D
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops), Company F
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops), Company I
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company F

World War I 
 * 1914-1918 World War I Papers at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 
 * 1939-1945 World Ward II Papers at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1940-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

 * North Carolina Newspapers at DigitalNC

Other Records
Voter Registration
 * 1868-1898 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1663-1789 Secretary of State Wills at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1663-1978 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1663-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1720-1960 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1728-1961 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1735-1970 at FamilySearch.org  - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1753-1844 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1756-1806 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1761-1961 (*); Superior Court and County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1761-1961 - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1762-1769 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1790 Pre-1790 Bertie County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online. Website tips.
 * Bertie County Estate Records-indexed by Names
 * 1797-1816 North Caroline Pioneers Images of Wills ($)
 * 1848-1931 (*); Superior Court and County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1853-1868 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * The Bertie Index for Courthouse Records of Bertie County, North Carolina, 1720-1875 : Deeds, land Divisions, Grants, Abstracts of Wills and Marriage Bonds, Maps, Illustrations. 1966. By Dunstan, Edythe Smith. Dunstan, Edythe Smith. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register - v. 2, no. 3 (July 1901), Abstract of Bertie County Wills : 1758-1799. 1901. By Hathaway, James Robert Bent. Edenton, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Records of Estates, Bertie County, North Carolina; V. 02. 1993. By Gammon, David Bryant. Raleigh, North Carolina : Gammon, David Bryant. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

School Records
Yearbooks 
 * Bertie County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1715-1716 - Bertie County NC Corn Tax List-1715-1716 (transcripts) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1752 - Bertie County NC Tax List 1752 Partial (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1755 - Bertie County NC Tax List 1755 Partial (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1755-1756 - Bertie County NC 1755-1756 Insolvents Taxes (transcripts) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1756 - Bertie County NC 1756 Delinquent Taxes (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1757 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1757 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1757 - Bertie County NC Tax List-1757 (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives and Addendum online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1757 - 1757 Bertie County, North Carolina Tax List FS Library Book 975.6 A1 no. 252
 * 1759 - Bertie County NC Tax List 1759 (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1760 - Bertie County NC 1760 Taxes (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1761 - Tax List, 1761, Bertie County (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1761 - Tax List, 1761, Bertie County (index) online at FamilySearch
 * 1761 - Bertie County NC Tax List 1761 William Vann enumerator (transcript) online at FamilySearch
 * 1762 - Bertie County NC Tax List 1762 Partial (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1762-1762 Bertie County Taxables List taken by Thomas Pugh (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1767 - Bertie County NC Tax 1767 Insolvents Tax (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1768 - Bertie County NC Tax 1768 Insolvents Tax (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1769 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1769 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1769 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1769 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1771 - Bertie County NC Tax List 1771 Partial (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1774 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1774 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1774 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1774 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1781 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1781 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1798 - Bertie County NC Tax List-1798 Partial (transcript) online at USGenWeb Archives
 * 1815 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1816 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1816 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1830, 1834, 1835, 1836 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1830, 1834, 1835, 1836 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1847, 1849, 1853 - Tax Lists, Bertie County, 1847, 1849, 1853 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Birth

 * 1800-2000 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1913-1922 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at Findmypast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1762-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1763-1868 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1774-1854 Bertie County Marriages 1774-1854 North Carolina Pioneers $
 * 1851-1968 Bertie County Marriage Index 1851-1968 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.
 * Pre-1799 North Carolina Marriages to 1799, databaseNorth Carolina Pioneers $

Death

 * 1898-1994 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection;index and images   Also at:  MyHeritage ($)
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Divorce

 * 1926-1975 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

FamilySearch Centers

 * Edenton North Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Elizabeth City North Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Rocky Mount North Carolina FamilySearch Center


 * Braswell Memorial Public Library - an affiliate library

Websites

 * NCGenWeb: Bertie County genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Bertie County at Our Family Tree
 * North Carolina Pioneers North Carolina Pioneers $
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