Pitt County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Person County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Revolutionary War General Thomas Person.

County Courthouse
Person County Courthouse 105 South Main Street Roxboro, NC 27573 Phone: 336-503-5200 Person County Website Register's office has copies of birth, marriage and death records as well as land records.

Person County, North Carolina Record Dates
Guide to Perquimans County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Perquimans County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for the Perquimans Indians of the area.

County Courthouse
Perquimans County Courthouse 128 N. Church Street Hertford, NC 27944 Phone: 252-404-5000 Perquimans County Website Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.

History Timeline
Perquimans was formed as early as 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 Albemarle Sound and Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank counties. The present area is 261 square miles.... Hertford, established in 1758 on the land of Jonathan Phelps, is the county seat. There is no description of the precinct when it was established. Gates was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Perquimans, and Hertford.


 * The History of Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)

Bible Records

 * Perquimans County, NC Bibles (NCGenWeb)

Biographies

 * Perquimans County, NC Surnames (NCGenWeb)

Census Records

 * Perquimans County, NC Census &amp; Tax Records (NCGenWeb)

Church Records
Church of England
 * Berkeley Parish. Established by 1741.
 * Perquimans Parish. Established 1701.

Quakers
 * Quakers in Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)

Court Records

 * 1868-1936Perquimans Co. Criminal Action Papers 1868-1936 (NC County Records Collections)
 * Perquimans Precinct Court Records

Genealogies

 * Dail, Louise Jordan and Doris Jordan McGue. Ballahack Branches: Perquimans County, NC, circa 1897-2010. 2010. . Includes Baker, Dail, Elliott, Evans, Goodwin, Harrell, Haskett, Hollowell, Lane, Mansfield, Moore, Perry, Roberson, Rogerson, White and related families.


 * Albertson - Marrs, Betty J. Albertson. Albertson and Related Families. 1970s..
 * Bagley - Bagley, Ernest Griffen. The Bagley Family, 1066-1958. Raleigh, N.C.: E.G. Bagley, 1958. Digital version at
 * Barclift - Burkart, Frances Lee. Three Hundred Years of Barclifts, 1690-1990. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath, 1991..
 * Blitchington - Bruister, Daysidel Day. Blitchington, Bright, Long, Norcom, Worley. Tutwiler, Miss.: D.D. Bruister, 1987..
 * Bogue - Saunders, Catherine and Carl R. Krigbaum. The Bogues of Scotland: To Samuel Watson Bogue and His Descendants. n.d..
 * Bogue - Wright, Cordelia E. Bogue. A family history and genealogy of William Bogue (Boge) and some descendants, 1689-1978, and allied families a family lineage compilation. Spiceland, Ind.: C.B. Wright, 1978..
 * Boyce - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at
 * Bundy - Bundy, V. Mayo. Meet Our Ancestors Bundy-Winslow-Culbreth-Autry. Greensboro, N.C.: V.M. Bundy, 1977..
 * Bundy - Bundy, V. Mayo. The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Bundy of Rhode Island and North Carolina. Charlotte, N.C.: Herb Eaton Historical Publications, [1986]..
 * Cartwright - Murphy, Lou Arden Andrews. Descendants of Peter Cartwright and his wife, Jane Morgan of Perquimans, Pasquotank &amp; Camden Counties, N.C. with allied families: Falkner, Redus &amp; Parsons. Estes Park, Colo.: L.A. Murphy, 1996..
 * Chappell - Gray, Beulah B. The Chappell Family. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Chappell - Gray, Beulah B. and Marie Arrington Davidson. Genealogical Charts of the Chappell Family of Pike County, Indiana. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Chappell - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at.
 * Charles - The Charles Family of Perquimans Co., North Carolina. Microfilmed 1974:.
 * Cox - Cox, Henry Miller and John Cox. The Cox Family in America: A History and Genealogy of the Older Branches of the Family from the Appearance of Its First Representative in this Country in 1610. New York: H.M. Cox, 1912. Digital version at
 * Durant - Andrea, Leonardo. Durant. Microfilmed 1975:.
 * Eivens - Oates, Addison Ford. Genealogy and History of the Oates Family. 2 vols. 1966. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  - both free.
 * Eivens - Oates, John Martin. Roots, Seeds, and Other Things. 2 vols. N.C.: J.M. Oates, 1989, 1993. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |
 * Elliott - Elliott, Paul. The Elliott Family Record, 1660-1978. 1978..
 * Eure - Winslow, Raymond A. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Delwin Hayden Eure and Leona Mae Umphlett of Perquimans County, North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N.C.: Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina, 2010..
 * Evans - Evans, Ellen Goode et al. Early Families of Southeast Virginia and Northeast North Carolina. 1955..
 * Evans - Evans, Homer W. Evanses, Our Story: Descendants of Robert Evans ( -1758) of Perquimans County, North Carolina, Including the Testimony of the Author, Homer W. Evans, a High Priest. 1971..
 * Harrell - Smith, Hosea. Smith Family. 1844..
 * Harrell - Smith, Hosea. Record of My Family. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * Hosea - Smith, Hosea. Smith Family. 1844..
 * Hosea - Smith, Hosea. Record of My Family. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * Jacocks - Jacocks, William Picard. Descendants of Thomas Jacocks, Who Died in 1692 in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N.C. W.P. Jacocks, 1957..
 * Jenkins - The Jenkins Line, 1642-1939. Microfilmed 1980:.
 * Jenkins - Perkins, Charles L. The Jenkins-Perkins Line, The First Twelve Generations, 1642-1993. Microfilmed 1994:.
 * Jessup - Evans, Homer W. Evanses, Our Story: Descendants of Robert Evans ( -1758) of Perquimans County, North Carolina, Including the Testimony of the Author, Homer W. Evans, a High Priest. 1971..
 * Jessup - Holder, Ruth Ann Shenberger. The Jessup - Jessop Family. 1982..
 * Jessup - Holder, Ruth Ann Shenberger. The Jessup - Jossop Family, 1651-1982. 1988..
 * Lamb - Lamb [ca. 1676-1960]. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * Lane - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at
 * Leigh - Fouts, Mary E. Baumgarte. The Leigh Family Records. Perkin, Ill.: Fouts, 1976..
 * McLendon - Allen, Melba Goff. The McLendons of America. Metairie, La.: M.G. Allen, 1983..
 * McLendon - McLendon, Lois Clouse. The McLendons of Carroll County, Georgia, and Related Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989..
 * Mansfield - Dail, Louise Jordan and Doris Jordan McGue. Mansfields of Chowan and Perquimans Counties, North Carolina: and Allied Lines of Caruthers, Floyd and Williams. 2004..
 * Matthews - Winslow, Raymond A. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Delwin Hayden Eure and Leona Mae Umphlett of Perquimans County, North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N.C.: Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina, 2010..
 * Maudlin - Goddard, Marjorie M. Descendents of Ezekiel Maudlin (1) and Hannah Nicholson. Microfilmed 1982:.
 * Newby - Mills, Paul. Newby Family History. 1973. Digital version at
 * Nicholson - Dennis, Mary Wright. Thomas Dennis and Some of His Descendants, ca. 1650-1979: Supplement I: Lucinda Dennis Nicholson Descendants. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * Oates - Oates, Addison Ford. Genealogy and History of the Oates Family. 2 vols. 1966. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |  - both free.
 * Oates - Oates, John Martin. Roots, Seeds, and Other Things. 2 vols. N.C.: J.M. Oates, 1989, 1993. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online: |
 * Pearson - Smith, Jonathan K.T. A Genealogical Memoir, Peter and Rachel Pearson of Nansemond County, Virginia. Jackson, Tenn.: J. Smith, 1993..
 * Perisho - Saunders, Catherine and Carl R. Krigbaum. The Bogues of Scotland: To Samuel Watson Bogue and His Descendants. n.d..
 * Perisho - Aldrich, Berniece Perisho. The Perisho/Parisho Family. 2 vols. Milwaukee: W. &amp; B. Aldrich, 1979-1988..
 * Perry - Allman, Wayne C. Pioneer Friends Preachers: The Story of Nathan and Mary Perry, Friends Ministers, Who Preached the Gospel of Christ to Frontier People in North Carolina, Kansas and Texas... Columbus, Ga.: Bretwood Christian Press, 1996..
 * Smith - Smith, Hosea. Smith Family. 1844..
 * Smith - Smith, Hosea. Record of My Family. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * Smith - Smith, Hosea. Letters of Hosea Smith and Other Pike County, Indiana, Data. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Sutton - Oliver, Marjorie Elizabeth Sutton. The Suttons of England and North Carolina, U.S.A., 1620-1974: George Sutton, 1620-1669, With Some of His Descendants Down through Richard Walters Sutton, Sr., 1828-1920, His Thirteen Children and Their Families Including Pictures and Coat of Arms. La Grange, N.C.: M.E.S. Oliver, 1974. Digital version at
 * Sutton - Bland, Doris Ellen Witter. Sutton, Sutton and More Suttons: A Study of the Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Sutton Who Came to Wayne County, Illinois in the Year 1853. Fairfield, Ill.: Bland Books, 1992..
 * White - White, Russell B. Descendants of Francis and Miriam White. Albuquerque, N.M.: R.B. White, 1979..
 * White - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at
 * Willard - Willard: Family Records. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * Winslow - Winslow, Fred E. Winslow-Morris Genealogy. Salem, Ind.: F.E. Winslow, 1953..
 * Winslow - Winslow, Mrs. L. Melvin. Winslow Genealogy. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * Winslow - Hardin, Barbara Humphrey. Ancestors of Cyril George Humphrey and Elvina Isabelle Haskin. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * Wyatt - Wyatt, W. Carl. Families of Joseph and Isaac Wyatt (Brothers): Who were Sons of Zachariah ("Sacker") and Elizabeth (Ripley) Wyatt of Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina ... 1950..

Land and Property Records

 * 1869-1941 Perquimans Co. Land Sales 1869-1941 (NC County Records Collections)
 * Perquimans County, NC Deeds (NCGenWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Perquimans County, NC in Maps (NCGenWeb)

Military Records

 * Perquimans County, NC in the Military (NCGenWeb)

Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 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


 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company F
 * - 17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (1st Organization), Company I
 * - 17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (1st Organization), Company L

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch

Newspapers

 * Perquimans County, NC in the News (USGenWeb Archives)

Obituaries

 * Perquimans County, NC Obituaries (NCGenWeb)

Other Records

 * Miscellaneous records pertaining to Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)
 * Organizations &amp; addresses in Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1735-1970  at FamilySearch
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1761-1960  at FamilySearch
 * 1785-1805 Marriages. North Carolina Pioneers $
 * Pre-1790  Pre-1790 Perquimans County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills (North Carolina State Archives)
 * Archived Perquimans County, NC Wills &amp; Estates (USGenWeb Archives Project)

Tax Records

 * 1720 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1720 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1740 Johnson, William Perry. 1740 Perquimans Co., N.C. Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, n.d..
 * 1740 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1740 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1772 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1772 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1772 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1772 (images) at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1787 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1787 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1787 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1787 (images) at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records

 * Archived Vital Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1659-1739 Perquimans County Marriage Index 1659-1739 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979  at FamilySearch
 * 1762-1979  at FamilySearch
 * 1763-1868  at FamilySearch
 * 1847-1960 Perquimans County Marriage Index 1847-1960 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1866 1866 Cohabitation Records for Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)
 * 1882-1946 Perquimans County Marriage Index 1882-1946. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * Archived Marriages (USGenWeb Archives)

Death

 * 1659-1739 Perquimans County Death Index 1659-1739 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994  at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1926-1975  at FamilySearch
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Archives

 * Guide to Research in the NC Archives. List of original &amp; microfilmed county records. (USGenWeb Archives)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Societies

 * Family Research Society of Northeastern NC PO Box 1425 Elizabeth City, NC 27906-1425 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Perquimans Co., NC on NCGenWeb
 * – 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.

History Timeline
Person county was formed in 1791 from Caswell. The act was to become effective February 1, 1792. In 1792 the eastern four districts of Caswell County became Person County. In 1792 Pittman's was mentioned in an act as the place where the courthouse was to be established. In 1793 Roxboro was established as the courthouse and is now the county seat. The present area of the county is 390.87 square miles and the 1990 population was 30,180. General Thomas Person was a Revolutionary Patriot, a member of the Council of Safety and a trustee of the University of North Carolina. He gave a large sum of money to the University, and a building was erected in his honor, which is called Person Hall.

Church Records
Baptist
 * Flat River. Constituted 1777.
 * Head of Mayo Creek. Constituted 1793.
 * South Hico River Lower Church. Constituted 1793.
 * South Hico River Upper Church. Constituted 1792.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African American
 * Redford, Dorothy Spruill. As Long as You Call My Name, I Live: Somerset Place Slave Burial Register, 1785-1865.FHL 975.6165 V3r
 * Redford, Dorothy Spruill and Michael D'orso. Somerset Homecoming: Recovering a Lost Heritage. New York, New York Doubleday, c 1988. FHL 929.273 L732r
 * Redford, Dorothy Spruill. Somerset's Slave Community: an Antebellum Genealogical Study. Portsmouth, Va.: D. S. Redford, 9C. 1986

Land and Property Records

 * Person County Register of Deeds searchable database.

Local Histories

 * Reminiscences A sketch and letters descriptive of life in Person County in former days
 * Resources: Books: listings of Person County books at NCGenWeb.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Person County Maps Page

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch

Civil War 


 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 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


 * - U.S. Colored Troops-Person County - list of soldiers from Person Co.
 * - 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain George F Fisher's Company
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain R S Davie's Company

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch

Newspapers

 * List of Person County Newspapers, current and past
 * Library of Congress: Chronicling America
 * State Library: North Carolina Newspapers

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1735-1970  at FamilySearch
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1792-1966  at FamilySearch
 * Transcribed Wills &amp; Estates

Tax Records

 * 1792 1792 - Nash District
 * 1793 1793 - Nash District
 * 1794 1794 - Nash District
 * 1797 1797 - Nash District
 * 1798 1798 - Nash District
 * 1800 1800 - Nash District

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979  at FamilySearch
 * 1762-1979  at FamilySearch
 * 1763-1868  at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994  at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1926-1975  at FamilySearch
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Libraries

 * Person County Library 319 S. Main Street Roxboro, NC Phone: 336-597-7881 Website Includes a local history room, large amount of genealogy information
 * UNC-Chapel Hill Library 208 Raleigh Street, CB#3916 UNC Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Ref Phone: 919-962-1151 Circ Phone: 919-962-1053 Website

Societies

 * Person County Historical Society PO Box 887 Roxboro, NC 27573 Phone: 336-597-3134 Email: [mailto:Pchs@esinc.net pchs@esinc.net]
 * Caswell County Historical Association Website
 * Piedmont Genealogical Society PO Box 2272 Danville, VA 24541 Website

Websites

 * Person County NCGenWeb - many genealogy resources for Person County
 * 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.