Currituck County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

1820 Census Missing Court house burned 1842 Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, death records Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records Register of Deeds 153 Caratoke Hwy., Suite 600 Currituck, NC 27929 Telephone: 252-232-3297 Fax: 252-232-3906 Website  Clerk of Superior Court PO Box 175 Currituck, NC 27929 Telephone: (252) 232-6200

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

For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

 * 1842 Fire burned courthouse


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

Neighboring Counties

 * Camden
 * Chesapeake (Independent City) (VA)
 * Dare
 * Virginia Beach (Independent City) (VA)

Bibles

 * Currituck Co., NC Bibles

Bonds

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

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch — index and images

Census and Tax Records

 * Currituck Co., NC Census &amp; Tax

Church Records

 * Currituck Co., NC Church Records

Baptist

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

Church of England

 * Currituck Parish. Established by 1710.

County Records

 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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
 * 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 FHL Book 976.6132 P28

Revolutionary War

 * 1779 - 1782 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885 - 1953 - at FamilySearch — 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

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1660 - 1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1663 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1665 - 1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1735 - 1970 - at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1760 - 1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry.com — index and ima
 * Pre - 1790 - Pre-1790  Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
 * 1761 - 1960 - Currituck County North Carolina list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills. - Free
 * 1761 - 1960 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Currituck Co., NC Wills &amp; Estates (NCGenWeb Project)
 * Images of Wills and Estates, Vol. I, 1701-1792; Vol. 2, 1792-1810; Vol. 3, 1810-1834. North Carolina Pioneers ($)

Queries

 * Currituck Co., NC Queries 1998-2010

Surnames

 * Currituck Co., NC Surnames

Taxation

 * 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

 * Currituck Co., NC Vital Records (Births, Marriages &amp; Deaths)

Births

 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1871 - Currituck Co., NC Bastardy Bonds 1830-1871 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1866 - 1964 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Death

 * 1898 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1906 - 1930 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1908 - 2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1909 - 1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1931 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

 * 1926 - 1975 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriages

 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1867 - 1952 - Currituck County Marriage Books B and 2 Index 1867-1952 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1979 -  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1763 - 1868 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Albemarle Genealogical Society 142 Waterlily Road Coinjock, NC 27923 Website

Websites

 * Currituck County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * Currituck County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.