Hertford County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Hertford County

Parent County
1754--Hertford County was created 12 December 1754 from Chowan, Bertie, and Northampton Counties. County seat: Winton

Record Loss
1830, 1862--Courthouse fires destroyed the majority of the county's records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bertie
 * Chowan
 * Gates
 * Northampton
 * Southampton County, Virginia

Court
The first court was held at Cotton's Ferry.

Local Histories

 * The colonial and state political history of Hertford County, N.C (1906) - by Benjamin Brodie Winborne; freely available at OpenLibrary

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Hertford County for European settlers included:


 * Atlantic Ocean
 * King's Highway about 1704
 * Secondary Coast Road late 1730s

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

Yearbooks

 * Chowan College: 1911-2006
 * Hertford County students at NC colleges - via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Web Sites

 * NCGenWeb: Hertford County - part of the USGenWeb Project