Perquimans County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Perquimans County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for the Perquimans Indians of the area.

County Courthouse
Perquimans County Courthouse 128 N. Church Street Hertford, NC 27944 Phone: 252-404-5000 Perquimans County Website Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court 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
Perquimans was formed as early as 1668 as a precinct in Albemarle County. It was named in honor of an Indian tribe. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by Albemarle Sound and Chowan, Gates, and Pasquotank counties. The present area is 261 square miles.... Hertford, established in 1758 on the land of Jonathan Phelps, is the county seat. There is no description of the precinct when it was established. Gates was formed in 1779 from Chowan, Perquimans, and Hertford.


 * The History of Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)

Bible Records

 * Bible Records at North Carolina Digital Archives - index and image
 * Bible Records at Perquimans County NCGenWeb/USGenWeb Project
 * Bible Records and Family Papers at Perquimans County NCGenWeb

Biographies

 * Perquimans County, NC Surnames (NCGenWeb)

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images Also at: Ancestry ($)

Census Records

 * Perquimans County, NC Census &amp; Tax Records (NCGenWeb)

Church Records

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

Church of England
 * Berkeley Parish. Established by 1741.
 * Perquimans Parish. Established 1701.

Quakers List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Quakers in Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1861-1940 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Criminal actions; index and images. (incomplete); Also at: Ancestry ($)
 * Perquimans Precinct Court Records

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

Funeral Homes

 * Horton's Funeral Home and Cremations in Hertford
 * Miller & Van Essendelft, Funeral & Cremation Providers in Hertford
 * Stallings Funeral Homes in Hertford

Genealogies

 * Dail, Louise Jordan and Doris Jordan McGue. Ballahack Branches: Perquimans County, NC, circa 1897-2010. 2010. . Includes Baker, Dail, Elliott, Evans, Goodwin, Harrell, Haskett, Hollowell, Lane, Mansfield, Moore, Perry, Roberson, Rogerson, White and related families.


 * Albertson - Marrs, Betty J. Albertson. Albertson and Related Families. 1970s..
 * Bagley - Bagley, Ernest Griffen. The Bagley Family, 1066-1958. Raleigh, N.C.: E.G. Bagley, 1958. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Barclift - Burkart, Frances Lee. Three Hundred Years of Barclifts, 1690-1990. Cullman, Ala.: Gregath, 1991..
 * Blitchington - Bruister, Daysidel Day. Blitchington, Bright, Long, Norcom, Worley. Tutwiler, Miss.: D.D. Bruister, 1987..
 * Bogue - Saunders, Catherine and Carl R. Krigbaum. The Bogues of Scotland: To Samuel Watson Bogue and His Descendants. n.d..
 * Bogue - Wright, Cordelia E. Bogue. A family history and genealogy of William Bogue (Boge) and some descendants, 1689-1978, and allied families a family lineage compilation. Spiceland, Ind.: C.B. Wright, 1978..
 * Boyce - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Bundy - Bundy, V. Mayo. Meet Our Ancestors Bundy-Winslow-Culbreth-Autry. Greensboro, N.C.: V.M. Bundy, 1977..
 * Bundy - Bundy, V. Mayo. The Descendants of William and Elizabeth Bundy of Rhode Island and North Carolina. Charlotte, N.C.: Herb Eaton Historical Publications, [1986]..
 * Cartwright - Murphy, Lou Arden Andrews. Descendants of Peter Cartwright and his wife, Jane Morgan of Perquimans, Pasquotank &amp; Camden Counties, N.C. with allied families: Falkner, Redus &amp; Parsons. Estes Park, Colo.: L.A. Murphy, 1996..
 * Chappell - Gray, Beulah B. The Chappell Family. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Chappell - Gray, Beulah B. and Marie Arrington Davidson. Genealogical Charts of the Chappell Family of Pike County, Indiana. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Chappell - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Charles - The Charles Family of Perquimans Co., North Carolina. Microfilmed 1974:.
 * Cox - Cox, Henry Miller and John Cox. The Cox Family in America: A History and Genealogy of the Older Branches of the Family from the Appearance of Its First Representative in this Country in 1610. New York: H.M. Cox, 1912. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Durant - Andrea, Leonardo. Durant. Microfilmed 1975:.
 * Eivens - Oates, Addison Ford. Genealogy and History of the Oates Family. 2 vols. 1966. Digital versions at: FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2.
 * Eivens - Oates, John Martin. Roots, Seeds, and Other Things. 2 vols. N.C.: J.M. Oates, 1989, 1993.
 * Elliott - Elliott, Paul. The Elliott Family Record, 1660-1978. 1978..
 * Eure - Winslow, Raymond A. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Delwin Hayden Eure and Leona Mae Umphlett of Perquimans County, North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N.C.: Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina, 2010..
 * Evans - Evans, Ellen Goode et al. Early Families of Southeast Virginia and Northeast North Carolina. 1955..
 * Evans - Evans, Homer W. Evanses, Our Story: Descendants of Robert Evans ( -1758) of Perquimans County, North Carolina, Including the Testimony of the Author, Homer W. Evans, a High Priest. 1971..
 * Harrell - Smith, Hosea. Smith Family. 1844..
 * Harrell - Smith, Hosea. Record of My Family. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * Hosea - Smith, Hosea. Smith Family. 1844..
 * Hosea - Smith, Hosea. Record of My Family. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * Jacocks - Jacocks, William Picard. Descendants of Thomas Jacocks, Who Died in 1692 in Perquimans Precinct, North Carolina. Chapel Hill, N.C. W.P. Jacocks, 1957..
 * Jenkins - The Jenkins Line, 1642-1939. Microfilmed 1980:.
 * Jenkins - Perkins, Charles L. The Jenkins-Perkins Line, The First Twelve Generations, 1642-1993. Microfilmed 1994:.
 * Jessup - Evans, Homer W. Evanses, Our Story: Descendants of Robert Evans ( -1758) of Perquimans County, North Carolina, Including the Testimony of the Author, Homer W. Evans, a High Priest. 1971..
 * Jessup - Holder, Ruth Ann Shenberger. The Jessup - Jessop Family. 1982..
 * Jessup - Holder, Ruth Ann Shenberger. The Jessup - Jossop Family, 1651-1982. 1988..
 * Lamb - Lamb [ca. 1676-1960]. Microfilmed 1989:.
 * Lane - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Leigh - Fouts, Mary E. Baumgarte. The Leigh Family Records. Perkin, Ill.: Fouts, 1976..
 * McLendon - Allen, Melba Goff. The McLendons of America. Metairie, La.: M.G. Allen, 1983..
 * McLendon - McLendon, Lois Clouse. The McLendons of Carroll County, Georgia, and Related Families. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1989..
 * Mansfield - Dail, Louise Jordan and Doris Jordan McGue. Mansfields of Chowan and Perquimans Counties, North Carolina: and Allied Lines of Caruthers, Floyd and Williams. 2004..
 * Matthews - Winslow, Raymond A. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Delwin Hayden Eure and Leona Mae Umphlett of Perquimans County, North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N.C.: Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina, 2010..
 * Maudlin - Goddard, Marjorie M. Descendents of Ezekiel Maudlin (1) and Hannah Nicholson. Microfilmed 1982:.
 * Newby - Mills, Paul. Newby Family History. 1973. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Nicholson - Dennis, Mary Wright. Thomas Dennis and Some of His Descendants, ca. 1650-1979: Supplement I: Lucinda Dennis Nicholson Descendants. Microfilmed 1988:.
 * Oates - Oates, Addison Ford. Genealogy and History of the Oates Family. 2 vols. 1966. Digital versions at: FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 1, FamilySearch Digital Library-Vol. 2.
 * Oates - Oates, John Martin. Roots, Seeds, and Other Things. 2 vols. N.C.: J.M. Oates, 1989, 1993.
 * Pearson - Smith, Jonathan K.T. A Genealogical Memoir, Peter and Rachel Pearson of Nansemond County, Virginia. Jackson, Tenn.: J. Smith, 1993..
 * Perisho - Saunders, Catherine and Carl R. Krigbaum. The Bogues of Scotland: To Samuel Watson Bogue and His Descendants. n.d..
 * Perisho - Aldrich, Berniece Perisho. The Perisho/Parisho Family. 2 vols. Milwaukee: W. &amp; B. Aldrich, 1979-1988..
 * Perry - Allman, Wayne C. Pioneer Friends Preachers: The Story of Nathan and Mary Perry, Friends Ministers, Who Preached the Gospel of Christ to Frontier People in North Carolina, Kansas and Texas... Columbus, Ga.: Bretwood Christian Press, 1996..
 * Smith - Smith, Hosea. Smith Family. 1844..
 * Smith - Smith, Hosea. Record of My Family. Microfilmed 1973:.
 * Smith - Smith, Hosea. Letters of Hosea Smith and Other Pike County, Indiana, Data. Microfilmed 1986:.
 * Sutton - Oliver, Marjorie Elizabeth Sutton. The Suttons of England and North Carolina, U.S.A., 1620-1974: George Sutton, 1620-1669, With Some of His Descendants Down through Richard Walters Sutton, Sr., 1828-1920, His Thirteen Children and Their Families Including Pictures and Coat of Arms. La Grange, N.C.: M.E.S. Oliver, 1974. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Sutton - Bland, Doris Ellen Witter. Sutton, Sutton and More Suttons: A Study of the Ancestors and Descendants of Jonathan Sutton Who Came to Wayne County, Illinois in the Year 1853. Fairfield, Ill.: Bland Books, 1992..
 * White - White, Russell B. Descendants of Francis and Miriam White. Albuquerque, N.M.: R.B. White, 1979..
 * White - Willey, Eula Elizabeth White. Ancestors and descendants of J. Thomas White and Allie B. Lane of Perquimans County, North Carolina White, Cleare, Lane, Boyce, Chappell, Giffin, Jordan. Portsmouth, Va.: E.E.W. Willey, 1995?. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Willard - Willard: Family Records. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * Winslow - Winslow, Fred E. Winslow-Morris Genealogy. Salem, Ind.: F.E. Winslow, 1953..
 * Winslow - Winslow, Mrs. L. Melvin. Winslow Genealogy. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * Winslow - Hardin, Barbara Humphrey. Ancestors of Cyril George Humphrey and Elvina Isabelle Haskin. Microfilmed 1981:.
 * Wyatt - Wyatt, W. Carl. Families of Joseph and Isaac Wyatt (Brothers): Who were Sons of Zachariah ("Sacker") and Elizabeth (Ripley) Wyatt of Durant's Neck, Perquimans County, North Carolina ... 1950..

Land and Property Records

 * 1869-1941 Perquimans Co. Land Sales 1869-1941 (NC County Records Collections)
 * Perquimans County, NC Deeds (NCGenWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Perquimans County, NC in Maps (NCGenWeb)
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

 * Perquimans County, NC in the Military (NCGenWeb)

Revolutionary War 
 * 1778-1833 Delamar Transcripts of Revolutionary War Petitions at North Carolina Genealogical Society - index ($)
 * 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 and 1901 1885 and 1901 Confederate Pension Applications at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1885-1953  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company F
 * - 17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (1st Organization), Company I
 * - 17th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry (1st Organization), Company L

World War I 
 * 1914-1918 World War I Papers at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 
 * 1939-1945 World Ward II Papers at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

 * Perquimans County, NC in the News (USGenWeb Archives)
 * North Carolina Newspapers at DigitalNC

Obituaries

 * Perquimans County, NC Obituaries (NCGenWeb)

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


 * Miscellaneous records pertaining to Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)
 * Organizations &amp; addresses in Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1663-1789 Secretary of State Wills at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1663-1978 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1688-1738 (*); Precinct Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1711-1800 (*); Clerk of the Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 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)
 * 1736-1805 (*); Clerk of the Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1756-1806 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1761-1960  at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1762-1960 (*); Clerk of the Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1785-1805 Marriages. North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * 1790  Pre-1790 Perquimans County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills (North Carolina State Archives)
 * 1804-1960 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1827-1868 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Land sales; index and images. (incomplete); Also at: Ancestry ($)
 * 1855-1973 (*); Clerk of the Superior Court and Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Abstract of Wills of Perquimans County, N.C., The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register - v. 3, no. 3. 1903. By Hathaway, James Robert Bent. Edenton, North Carolina : Perquimans County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Archived Perquimans County, NC Wills &amp; Estates (USGenWeb Archives Project)

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

 * pre-1700, 1702, 1712, 1713, 1715, 1718/9, 1720, 1735, 1740, 1745, 1748, 1750, 1754, 1760, 1764, 1765, 1771, 1772, 1775, 1779, 1783, 1784, 1787, 1791, 1798, 1813 Tax Lists of Perquimans County, North Carolina online.
 * 1702, 1713, 1718/9, 1754 Perquimans County Tax Lists (1702, 1713, 1718/1719, 1754) Name Index online.
 * 1720 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1720 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1740 Johnson, William Perry. 1740 Perquimans Co., N.C. Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, n.d..
 * 1740 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1740 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1772 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1772 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1772 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1772 (images) at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1787 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1787 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry $
 * 1787 Tax Lists, Perquimans County, 1787 (images) at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Archived Vital Records (USGenWeb Archives)

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1913-1922  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1659-1739 Perquimans County Marriage Index 1659-1739 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 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
 * 1847-1960 Perquimans County Marriage Index 1847-1960 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1866 1866 Cohabitation Records for Perquimans County, NC (NCGenWeb)
 * 1882-1946 Perquimans County Marriage Index 1882-1946. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * Archived Marriages (USGenWeb Archives)

Death

 * 1659-1739 Perquimans County Death Index 1659-1739 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images  Also at:  MyHeritage ($)
 * 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

Divorce

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

Archives

 * Guide to Research in the NC Archives. List of original &amp; microfilmed county records. (USGenWeb Archives)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Societies

 * Family Research Society of Northeastern NC P.O. Box 1425 Elizabeth City, NC 27906-1425 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Perquimans Co., NC on NCGenWeb
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.