Harnett County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Harnett County Courthouse 729 S Main Street P O Box 279 Lillington, NC 27546 Phone: 910-893-7540

Register of deeds has birth, marriage and land land rec Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1920 records from 1855-1920 were destroyed in a fire

Register of Deeds 305 W. Cornelius Harnett Blvd, Set 200 Lillington, NC 27546 Phone: 910-893-7540 Fax: 910-814-3841 Website

Clerk Superior Court 301 W Cornelius Harnett Suite 100 Lillington, NC 27546 Work Phone: (910) 814-4646

Parent County
1855--Harnett County was created 7 February 1855 from Cumberland County. County seat: Lillington

Boundary Changes
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
1892, 1894--Courthouse fires destroyed court records and many of the land records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chatham
 * Cumberland
 * Johnston
 * Lee
 * Moore
 * Sampson
 * Wake

Cemeteries

 * Harnett Cemeteries Database - online database from the Harnett public library. Change "database type" to "Obituary."  Includes approximately 20 years of burial information, including some obituaries.
 * Harnett County Cemteries - NCGenWeb
 * Harnett County Cemteries - NCGenWeb Archives
 * Find-A-Grave: Harnett County Cemeteries

Presbyterian

 * Barbecue, near Olivia, N.C. Founded 1757. Previously located in Cumberland County.

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 — images


 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery, Company B
 * - 15th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, formerly the 5th Volunteers, Company F
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 41st Regiment Volunteers - 3rd Cavalry, Company D
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company A
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain Isaac William's Company
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain Neill McNeill's Company

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Harnett 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.

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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 images

Vital Records

 * Search Birth, Marriage &amp; Death certificates at the Harnett County Register of Deeds website. Uncertified copies can be ordered for a fee (see website for details).

Births

 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 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

 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage

 * 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
 * 1892 - 1967 - Harnett County Marriage Index 1892-1967 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Yearbooks

 * Campbell University: 1912-2009
 * Harnett county students at North Carolina colleges - a list from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Societies and Libraries
Harnett County Genealogical Society PO Box 219 Buies Creek NC 27506-0219 Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Harnett County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * NCGenWeb: Harnett County - part of the USGenWeb Project