Cumberland County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Cumberland County is located in the South-Central portion of North Carolina and its name was derived from the title of Prince William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, the son of King George II.

County Courthouse
Cumberland County Courthouse 117 Dick Street Room 114 Fayetteville, NC 28301-5725 Phone: 910-678-7775 Cumberland County Website Register of Deeds has birth marriage, death and burial records Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1930 probate records from 1850 rec from 1900

PO Box 363 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Telephone: (910) 475-3000

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:

The 1860 census required 111 pages to enumerate the population of Cumberland East, a now forgotten populated place with post office Fayetteville. As of June 2021 the place name Cumberland East has been submitted to the United States Geological Survey for addition to the Geographics Names Information System (GNIS) searchable database.

Biographies
- Family Historiesa list of holdings created by families using genealogical records and oral stories.

- People and Families: vertical file index by Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center

- African American lawmaker's from North Carolina are in this book: Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders During Reconstruction

Cemeteries

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

Church Records

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

Baptist


 * Cape Fear Constituted 1756.
 * Neal's Creek Established by 1798.
 * Stony Creek Constituted 1787.

Catholic


 * St. Patrick Church, Fayetteville, N.C. Consecrated 1829.

Church of England


 * St. David's Parish

Presbyterian

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Barbecue Church, near Olivia, N.C. Founded 1757. Now located in Harnett.
 * MacPherson Church Established early 1800s.
 * Old Bluff Church Organized 1758.
 * FamilySearch Places

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

Genealogies

 * Jarman German, John L. "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):87-94.
 * Lewis Lewis, J.D. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Little River, S.C.: J.D. Lewis, 2002.

Land and Property Records

 * Cumberland County Register Of Deeds has scanned their deed index books (1754-1976) and land records (1754-1968) and placed them online. To begin your search click here.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Revolutionary War 


 * 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


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
 * -3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry,usually known as the Bethel Regiment, Company F and Company H
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company A
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company B
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company C
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company D
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company E
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company F
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company G
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company D
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, Company C
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (63rd Regiment Volunteers), Company A
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company A
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company A
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain Neill McNeill's Company
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain W J Kelly's Company

Civil War Battles  The following Civil War battle was fought in Cumberland County:


 * March 16, 1865 Averasborough, also known as Taylor’s Hole Creek, Smithville, Smiths Ferry, or Black River


 * Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.

Freedmen's Records

Fayetteville - North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872

World War I 


 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 


 * 1940-1948 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers
North Carolina Newspapers by DigitalNC

Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center:

- Fayetteville—18th Century

- Fayetteville Miscellaneous Newspapers—1806-1894

- Fayetteville North Carolina Journal—May 1826 Nov 1838

- Fayetteville North Carolina—May 1826 to April 1861 and 1864 (non-inclusive)

- Fayetteville North Carolina Presbyterian—Jan 1858 to Dec 1898

- Fayetteville News—Sept 1865 to Aug 1868

- Fayetteville Eagle—Aug 1868 to May 1875

- Fayetteville Messenger—Oct 1887 to Dec 1888

- Fayetteville North Carolina Gazette—Jan 1874 to Jan 1880

- Fayetteville Index—Feb 1909 to Dec 1917

- Cape Fear News—Nov 1915 to Mar 1917

- Fayetteville Observer: August 22, 1816 to March 6, 1865, The Fayetteville Observer Offices and presses were destroyed by fire in March of 1865, a

casualty of the Civil War, and did not resume until 1883, February 8, 1883 to present

- Fayetteville Times: July 1, 1973 to August 31, 1990 (the Times merged with the Observer at this time)

Other Records
County Records


 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. (incomplete)

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

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 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)
 * 1760-1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1761-1895 - Loose Wills and Estates. North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * 1766-1962 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Cumberland County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online. Website tips.

Online Indexes


 * Index to Cumberland County Estate Records - A through L, M through Z - via the NCGenWeb Project
 * Index to Estate Settlements - via the NCGenWeb Project

School Records

 * Cumberland Co. School Records 1819-1975 - from FamilySearch-NC County Records Collections, includes images of records from various schools

Yearbooks 
 * Fayetteville State University: 1947-2009

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, Cumberland County, 1755 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1755 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1755 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1755 - 1755 Tax List, Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1767 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1767 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1767 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1767 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1767 - 1767 Tax List, Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1777-1793 - List of Taxables, 1777-1780, 1783, 1787 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1777 - 1777 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1778 - 1778 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1779 - 1779 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1780 - 1780 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1783 - 1783 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1815 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1816-1823 - Cumberland County List of Taxables 1816-1823 (images) online at FamilySearch: Part 1 and Part 2
 * 1816-1823 - List of Taxables, 1816-1823 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * Cumberland County Tax Records - via the NCGenWeb Project
 * Cumberland County, NC 1920 Tax Records - DigitalNC, Finding Ancestors in Cumberland County, NC 1920 Tax Records- Genealogy Just Ask

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
 * 1808-1937 - Cumberland County Marriage Index 1808-1937 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
 * 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 $

Yearbooks
- Local Yearbook Collection Indexby Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center

Family History Centers

 * Fayetteville North Carolina Family History Center

Libraries

 * Fayetteville North Carolina Family History Center

Societies

 * Cumberland County Genealogical Society PO Box 53299 Fayetteville, NC 28305 website

Websites

 * NCGenWeb: Cumberland County genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
 * – 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.