Cumberland County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Cumberland County Courthouse 117 Dick Street Room 114 Fayetteville, NC 28301-5725 Phone: 910-678-7775 Register of Deeds has birth marriage, death and burial records Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1930 probate records from 1850 rec from 1900 Register of Deeds PO Box 2039 Fayetteville, NC 28302-2039 Telephone: 910-678-7775 Fax: 910-323-1456 Website Clerk of Superior Court PO Box 363 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Telephone: (910) 475-3000

Parent County
1754--Cumberland County was created 19 February 1754 from Bladen County. County seat: Fayetteville

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties



 * Bladen
 * Harnett
 * Hoke
 * Moore
 * Robeson
 * Sampson

Baptist

 * Cape Fear. Constituted 1756.
 * Neal's Creek. Established by 1798.
 * Stony Creek. Constituted 1787.

Catholic

 * St. Patrick Church, Fayetteville, N.C. Consecrated 1829.

Church of England

 * St. David's Parish.

Presbyterian

 * Barbecue Church, near Olivia, N.C. Founded 1757. Now located in Harnett County.
 * MacPherson Church. Established early 1800s.
 * Old Bluff Church. Organized 1758.

Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Land

 * Cumberland County Register Of Deeds has scanned their deed index books (1754-1976) and land records (1754-1968) and placed them online. To begin your search click here.

Local Histories

 * Cumberland Co. School Records 1819-1975 - from FamilySearch-NC County Records Collections, includes images of records from various schools

Revolutionary War

 * 1779 - 1782 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War

 * 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, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
 * -3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry,usually known as the Bethel Regiment, Company F and Company H
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company A
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company B
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company C
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company D
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company E
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company F
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Local Defense Troops, Company G
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company D
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, Company C
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (63rd Regiment Volunteers), Company A
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company A
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company A
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain Neill McNeill's Company
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain W J Kelly's Company

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Cumberland 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 I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, North Carolina State Archives. Search full text historical newspapers published in Fayetteville.

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 ima

Online Indexes


 * Index to Cumberland County Estate Records - A through L, M through Z - via the NCGenWeb Project
 * Index to Estate Settlements - via the NCGenWeb Project

Online Records


 * Pre - 1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
 * 1766 - 1962 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

 * Cumberland County Tax Records - via the NCGenWeb Project

Birth

 * 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 $

Marriages

 * 1808 - 1937 - Cumberland County Marriage Index 1808-1937 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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

Yearbooks

 * Fayetteville State University: 1947-2009

Societies and Libraries
Cumberland County Genealogical Society PO Box 53299 Fayetteville, NC 28305 website

Family History Centers

 * Fayetteville North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Cumberland County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * NCGenWeb: Cumberland County - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project