Tyrrell County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Tyrrell County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Sir John Tyrrell to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called "Carolina".

County Courthouse
Tyrrell County Courthouse 403 Main Street PO box 417 Columbia NC 27925 Phone: 252-796-2901 Tyrrell County Website Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 marriage records 1862 and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce records, probate records from 1730 and court records from 1900

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:

History Timeline
County seat history - Courthouse on Kendricks Cree (1751); Home of Bejamin Spruill (1774-1776); Courthouse on Scuppernog River (1777-1799); and present Columbia.

Bible Records

 * Bible Records at North Carolina Digital Archives - index and image
 * Tyrrell County, North Carolina, Family Bibles at NCGenWeb

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
 * Morratuck Creek. Constituted 1791.
 * Scuppernong River. Established by 1784.
 * South Lancaster. Constituted 1793.

Church of England List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * St. Andrew's Parish aka South Shore Parish. Established 1729.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1736-1926 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1866-1925 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1868-1959 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1900-1941 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1918-1960 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1925-1929 (*); Clerk of Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — 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. Tyrrell County, North Carolina : Tyrrell 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
 * 1877-1920 Non-White Marriage Licenses of Tyrrell County, North Carolina 1877-1920 at USGenWeb

Funeral Homes

 * Bryan Funeral Service in Columbia.

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

Maps and Gazetteers

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

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 - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - 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 and 1901 1885 and 1901 Confederate Pension Applications at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1885-1953 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

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)
 * 1735-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1738-1968 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1739-1871 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1744-1836 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter SessionsE at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1744-1961 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1750-1960 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1750-1961 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1750-1961 Tyrrell County North Carolina list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills.
 * 1756-1806 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1758-1775 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1790 Pre-1790 Tyrrell County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online
 * 1802-1837 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1859-1924 (*); Superior Court and County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1865-1868 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1889 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1959 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1960 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1960 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1905-1961 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1907-1939 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1932-1956 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

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.

Tax Records

 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1755 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 1, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1755 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1755 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1784 - Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1784 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1784 - Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1784 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1786 - Tax Lists, Tyrrell County, 1786 (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 - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964 at FamilySearch - 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 - 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
 * 1851-1960 - Tyrrell County Marriage Index 1851-1960 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1877-1920 White Marriage Licenses of Tyrrell County, North Carolina 1877-1920 at USGenWeb
 * Marriage Bonds for Tyrrell County, North Carolina at USGenWeb

Death

 * 1913-1935 Death Records of Tyrrell County, North Carolina Books 1-4 at USGenWeb
 * 1898-1994 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930 at FamilySearch - 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 - 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
 * Greenville North Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Nags Head North Carolina FamilySearch Center
 * Washington North Carolina FamilySearch Center


 * Currituck Library - an affiliate library

Societies
Tyrrell County Genealogical and Historical Society PO Box 686 Columbia, NC 27825-0686 Phone: 252-796-2361 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.