Currituck County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Currituck County

County Courthouse
Currituck County Courthouse Box 71 Currituck, NC 27929 Phone: 252-232-3297

1820 Census Missing Court house burned 1842 Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, death records Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records

History
Currituck was formed in 1668 as a precinct in Albemarle County. It was named in honor of an Indian tribe. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Albemarle Sound, Camden County, and the state of Virginia. The present area is 273 square miles and the population is 6,709. Currituck Court House, mentioned as early as 1755, is the county seat.

Parent County
1670--Currituck County was created in 1670 from Albemarle County. County seat: Currituck

Boundary Changes

 * Formation of Currituck Co., NC

Record Loss

 * Guide to Research at the North Carolina Archives [list of original &amp; microfilm records]

Neighboring County

 * Camden
 * Chesapeake, Virginia
 * Dare
 * Virginia Beach, Virginia

Bibles

 * Currituck Co., NC Bibles

Bonds

 * Currituck Co., NC Bonds [Administrators, Bastardy, Constables, &amp; Guardian]

Cemeteries

 * Currituck Co., NC Cemeteries

Census and Tax Records

 * Currituck Co., NC Census &amp; Tax

Church Records

 * Currituck Co., NC Church Records

Church of England
There was a parish in Currituck County by 1710.

Court

 * Currituck Co., NC Court Records

Families

 * 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 ($)..

History

 * Currituck Co., NC area history

Land

 * Currituck Co., NC Deeds

Maps

 * Currituck Co., NC in Maps

Military

 * Currituck Co., NC in the Military

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 FHL Book 976.6132 P28

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


 * -8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Miscellaneous

 * Currituck Co., NC Misc. Items

Newspapers &amp; Obituaries

 * Currituck Co., NC Newspapers &amp; Obituaries

Organizations &amp; Links

 * Organizations &amp; Useful Addresses

Photographs &amp; Biographies

 * Currituck Co., NC Photos &amp; Bios

Queries

 * Currituck Co., NC Queries 1998-2010

Surnames

 * Currituck Co., NC Surnames

Vital Records

 * Currituck Co., NC Vital Records [Births, Marriages &amp; Deaths]

Wills &amp; Estates

 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
 * 1761-1960 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Currituck Co., NC Wills &amp; Estates (NCGenWeb Project)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.