Sampson County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Sampson County is located in the Southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Colonel John Sampson, a member of the North Carolina House of Commons.

County Courthouse
Sampson County Courthouse 435 Rowan Road PO Box 256 Clinton, NC 28328-4700 Phone: 919-592-8026 Sampson County Website Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

History Timeline

 * History of Sampson Co (NCGenWeb)

Bible Records

 * Bible of William Wesley Bordeaux (NCGenWeb)

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * 1790 1790 Census Index, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * 1800 1800 Census Index, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * 1830 1830 Census Index, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * 1840 1840 Census Index, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * 1870 1870 Census by Township, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Church Records

 * 1700-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Baptist
 * Beaver Dam. Established by 1789.
 * Black River. Established by 1758.
 * Cowhairy. Established by 1808.
 * Great Cohara aka Rowan. Established 1759.
 * Mingo. Established by 1808.
 * Seven Miles. Established by 1808.
 * Wells Chapel. Minute book 2 (1793-1808) available online.

Presbyterian List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Black River, near Ivanhoe, N.C. Organized 1740.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * Miscellaneous Records: Administrators Sale, Court Minutes, Patents, Trials, Voters. Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1862-1870   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1872   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

Genealogies

 * Families of Sampson Co, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * Family Surnames, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * [Lewis] Lewis, J.D. My Neck of the Woods: The Lewis Families of Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina. Little River, S.C.: J.D. Lewis, 2002.

Land and Property Records

 * Sampson County Deeds, 1783-present. Register of Deeds has scanned in all county deeds and made them available online. An index is available.
 * Deeds and Land Records, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Township Map for Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * Maps of Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Military Records at Sampson County. Includes records for the American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War, World War II and Vietnam. (NCGenWeb)

Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 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 - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company A
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (63rd Regiment Volunteers), Company C
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain William H Bryan's Company

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

 * North Carolina Newspapers at DigitalNC

Obituaries

 * Obituaries at Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Other Records
County Records
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. (incomplete)

Voter Registration
 * 1868-1898 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * Photographs relating to Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1720-1960 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1735-1970  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1821-1860 Images of Wills & Estates 1821-1860 North Carolina Pioneers $
 * 1782-1965  at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * Pre-1790 Pre-1790 Sampson County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills (North Carolina State Archives)
 * Estates, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
 * Wills, Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1784 Tax Lists, Sampson County, 1784 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry $
 * 1784 Tax Lists, Sampson County, 1784 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1815 Tax Lists, Sampson County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1880-1965 Sampson County Birth Index 1880-1965. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1913-1922  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1762-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1763-1868  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Individual Marriages at Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Death

 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Executions at Sampson County (NCGenWeb)

Divorce

 * 1926-1975  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Societies

 * Sampson County Historical Society 2336 Horine Road PO Box 1084 Clinton, NC 28328 Phone: 910-564-6471 Website

Websites

 * Sampson County (NCGenWeb)
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