Currituck County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Currituck County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. Its name was taken from an Indian word meaning "land of the wild geese".

County Courthouse
Currituck County Courthouse Box 71 Currituck, NC 27929 Phone: 252-232-3297 Currituck County Website Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, death records Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records

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

 * Bible Records at North Carolina Digital Archives - index and images

Biographies

 * Various Currituck Co., NC family pages
 * Ballance Pierce, Alycon Trubey. "The Ballance Family of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1994):3-20; Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):105-114. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * Currituck Co., NC Photos &amp; Bios

Cemeteries

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

Census Records

 * Currituck Co., NC Census &amp; Tax

Church Records

 * 1700-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Currituck Co., NC Church Records

Baptist
 * Cowenjock. Constituted 1780.
 * Powel's Point. Constituted 1787.

Church of England List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Currituck Parish. Established by 1710.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1772-1845 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1781-1915 (*); Clerk of the Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1799-1868 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1821-1830 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1821-1830 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1830-1879 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1844-1888 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1855-1870 (*); Court of Equity at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1867-1930 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1915 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1918 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1872-1916 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Currituck Co., NC Bonds at NCGenWeb
 * Currituck County Court Records at NCGenWeb

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

 * Gallop Funeral Services, Inc. in Barco and Currituck.

Genealogies

 * Currituck Co., NC Surnames

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
 * Currituck Co., NC Deeds

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Currituck Co., NC in Maps
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Currituck Co., NC in the Military
 * 1666-1831 - Jones, Gordon C.: .Abstracts of land-grants, tax lists, orphans dockets, inventories and other records, Currituck and Dare counties, North Carolina, 1666-1831 Chesapeak, Virginia, G.C.Jones c1982) pages 91 FS Library Book 976.6132 P28

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


 * -8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (1st Organization), Company E
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops), Company G
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company B

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

Obituaries

 * Currituck Co., NC Newspapers &amp; Obituaries

Other Records
County Records
 * 1781-1915 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; random records; index and images. (incomplete); Also at: Ancestry ($)

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

Miscellaneous
 * Currituck Co., NC Misc. Items

Organizations &amp; Links
 * Organizations &amp; Useful Addresses

Queries
 * Currituck Co., NC Queries 1998-2010

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.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1756-1806 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1761-1960 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1761-1960 Currituck County North Carolina list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills. - Free
 * 1761-1960 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1772-1845 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1787-1914 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1790 Pre-1790 Currituck County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online. Website tips.
 * 1795-1960 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1827-1870 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1830-1856 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1830-1884 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1834-1928 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1835-1843 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1840-1927 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1856-1960 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1915 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1907 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1918 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1947 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Currituck Co., NC Wills and Estates (NCGenWeb Project)
 * Images of Wills and Estates, Vol. I, 1701-1792; Vol. 2, 1792-1810; Vol. 3, 1810-1834. North Carolina Pioneers ($)

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 - Tax Lists, Currituck County, 1715 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Currituck County, 1755 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Currituck County, 1755 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Currituck County, 1755 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1779 - Tax Lists, Currituck County, 1779 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1779 - Tax Lists, Currituck County, 1779 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Currituck Co., NC Vital Records(Births, Marriages &amp; Deaths)

Birth

 * 1800-2000 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1830-1871 Currituck Co., NC Bastardy Bonds 1830-1871 at USGenWeb
 * 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
 * 1867-1952 - Currituck County Marriage Books B and 2 Index 1867-1952 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

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
 * Nags Head North Carolina FamilySearch Center


 * Currituck Library - an affiliate library

Societies
Albemarle Genealogical Society 142 Waterlily Road PO Box 2931 Elizabeth City, NC 27906-2931 Website Currituck County Historical Society PO Box 44 Currituck, NC 27929

Websites

 * Currituck County NCGenWeb
 * 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.