North Carolina Colonial Records

Online Records

 * 1600-1959 - Land records, North Carolina and Tennessee; indexes - images only.
 * 1669-1759 - Colonial estate papers - images only.
 * 1679-1775 - North Carolina wills and court records - images only.
 * 1755-1774 - North Carolina court of claims of land records - images only.
 * 1764-1853 - Land grants, land entries and warrants and list of grants for various counties of North Carolina - images only.
 * 1769-1771 - List of warrants for various counties of North Carolina - images only.

History
The first European settlements in North Carolina were along the Albermarle Sound. The Concessions and Agreements of Albermarle Province were written in 1665 with the name being changed to North Carolina in 1691. The Carolina charter was declared null and void in 1706, and Carolinas were divided into two provinces, with governors, in 1712. North Carolina officially became a royal colony of Great Britain in 1729. North Carolina was one of the original 13 colonies of the United States.

Resources

 * The Governor, Council, and Assembly in Royal North Carolina by Charles S. Cooke. (Chapel Hill: North Carolina University, 1912).
 * Index to the Colonial and State Records of North Carolina, Covering Volumes I-XXV, Published under the Supervision of the Trustees of the Public Libraries, by Order of the General Assembly. 2 Vols. (1886. Reprint. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1993).
 * The Colonial Records of North Carolina, 1662-1790 by William Saunders. 30 Vols. (1886. Reprint. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot Publishing, 1993).
 * North Carolina Wills and Inventories Copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories in the Office of the Secretary of State by John Bryan Grimes. (Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1912).
 * North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900 by Thornton W. Mitchell. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965).
 * An Abstract of North Carolina Wills from about 1760 to about `800: Supplementing Grimes' Abstract of North Carolina Wills 1663 to 1760 by Fred A. Olds. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1965).
 * North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790 by Clarence E. Ratcliff. 2 Vols. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987-1989).
 * Early Records of North Carolina: From the Secretary of State Papers, 1677-1794 by Stephen E. Bradley. (Keysville, VA: The Author, 1992).
 * Province of North Carolina, 1663-1729, Abstracts of Land Patents by Margaret M. Hofmann. (Roanoke Rapids, NC: The Author, 1983).
 * Colony of North Carolina, Abstracts of Land Patents (1735-1775) by Margaret M. Hofmann. 2 Vols. (Roanoke Rapids, NC: The Author, 1982).
 * The Granville District of North Carolina, 1748-1763: Abstracts of Land Grants by Margaret M. Hofmann. (Weldon, NC: Roanoke News, 1986).
 * Deed Abstract of Tryon, Lincoln and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1769-1786: Tryon County Wills and Estates by Brent H. Holcomb. (Easley, SX: Southern Historical Press, 1977).
 * North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina by Brent H. Holcomb. (Clinton, SX: The Author, 1975).
 * Land Tenure in Proprietary North Carolina by Lawrence Morgan. (Chapel Hill, North Carolina University, 1912).
 * The Proprietors of Carolina by William Stevens Powell. (1963. Raleigh: Department of Archives and History, 1968).