Kent County, Delaware Genealogy


 * This article is about a county in state of Delaware. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation)

United States Delaware  Kent County

County Courthouse
Kent County Courthouse 414 Federal Street Dover, De 19901 Phone: 302-744-2347

Clerk of Peace has marriage records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records. Recorder of Deeds has land records from 1680. Register of Wills has probate records.

http://www.co.kent.de.us/] Kent County Levy Court Administrative Complex 555 Bay Road Dover, DE 19901

History

 * Renamed from St. Johns County, 17 December 1682.
 * Interesting note - Kent County is one of few counties bordering another county with same same across state line, Kent County, Maryland

Parent County
Kent County was created 8 August 1673 from St. Jones County.

Neighboring Counties
New Castle | Sussex | Maryland counties: Caroline | Kent | Queen Anne's

Populated Places
Cities:

Towns:

Communities:

Hundreds: More information can be found at Delaware Hundreds.

Military:


 * Dover Air Force Base

Gazetteers

 * USGS GNIS

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Delaware, Kent County on page 126.]

Probate
Index and Images

Kent County, Delaware Probate records, 1680-1800 on line at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4020 original data: Valinger, Leon de, com/ Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800.


 * DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1944. (Family History Library .) Facsimile reproduction of the original (Family History Library .)
 * Indexes to probate records 1801-1833, in three volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer (Lewes,Del.: Delmarva Roots, 2002.)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dover Delaware Family History Center

Web Sites

 * The Kent County DEGenWeb Project, an member of The DEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kent County
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kent County. (Backup site)
 * Family History Library catalog for Kent County
 * Kent County, Delaware Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)