Duplin County, North Carolina Genealogy

 United States&#160; &#160; North Carolina&#160; &#160; Duplin County County Courthouse Duplin County&#160;Courthouse 118 Duplin Street Kenansville, NC 28349 Phone: 910-296-2108 Register of Deeds has birth and death records 1913 marriage records from 1749 maps &amp; land records from 1749 and&#160; business records from 1899 Clerk Superior Court has probate and court recordsHandybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Duplin County, North Carolina. Page 508 ;. History Duplin County was created in 1750 from the northern part of New Hanover County and is named for Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin, later 9th Earl of Kinnoull. The earliest immigrants were Welsh, who arrived in the 1700′s, and soon followed by German Palatines and the Swiss in the 1730′s and 1740′s. The Scotch-Irish arrived in 1736 with Henry McCulloch, a wealthy London merchant, to settle on a rich and fertile 71,160-acre land granted to him from the British Crown. The French Huguenots and English, who migrated from Virginia along with Scottish Highlanders who came from the upper Cape Fear region, also were among the earliest settlers to the area along with African-Americans. The early settlements were primarily along the river and larger creeks as these were the best means of transportation. Henry McCulloch established several settlements. One on the east bank of the Northeast Cape Fear River named Sarecta, became Duplin’s first incorporated town in 1787. Another settlement was established on the west side of the river on Goshen Swamp, and a third at a place referred to as Golden Grove, later to become the Town of Kenansville. (Source: Duplin County History). Parent County 1749--Duplin County was created 17 March 1749&#160;from New Hanover County. County seat: Kenansville The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002). Boundary Changes Record Loss Many court records are missing. Places/Localities Populated Places Neighboring Counties Jones</a> </li><li>Lenoir</a> </li><li>Onslow</a> </li><li>Pender</a> </li><li>Sampson</a> </li><li>Wayne</a> </li></ul> Resources African American The first U.S. Federal census enumerating freed slaves was taken in 1870. Their records have been published: <ul><li>Melton, Carol K.W. and Joseph W. Wescott III. 1870 Federal Census: The African American Population of Duplin County, North Carolina. Rose Hill, N.C.: Duplin County Historical Foundation, 2000. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li></ul> Cemeteries Census <span class="fck_mw_template"> Church Church of England St. Gabriel's Parish served Duplin County. Surviving records include Warden's Records of the Poor (1799-1817), which are kept at the North Carolina State Archives</a>. Microfilm copy:&#160;<span class="fck_mw_template">. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints LDS Ward and Branch Records <ul><li>Albertson </li></ul> Court Genealogy&#160; It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to: <ul><li>Locate publications about direct ancestors </li><li>Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family </li><li>Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills</a>, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors] </li></ul> General Bibliography <ul><li>[Alderman] Stone, Spessard. Lineage of John Carlton. [Wauchula, Fla.?]: S. Stone, 1991. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Bradley] Clegg, Reed L. Richard Bradley and Descendants: Lives and Times of Richard, Thomas, Henry, Samuel Carroll, James Harvey Bradley Families. Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Clegg Publishers, [1999?]. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Broadhurst] Wooten, David Robert. We All Become Forefathers: Genealogies of the Wooten, Boykin, Whitaker and Broadhurst Families. 1993. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Bullard] Bullard, Spencer Ardell. William and Nathan Bullard Family: History and Genealogy. Lakewood, Colo.: S.A. Bullard, 2004. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Carlton] Morris, Scott. Liberty Worth Fighting For: The Sacrifice of a South Georgia Wiregrass Family in the War Between the States. [Sale City, Ga.]: S. Morris, 1990. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Carlton] Stone, Spessard. Lineage of John Carlton. [Wauchula, Fla.?]: S. Stone, 1991. <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; 1998 edition: <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Churchill] Churchill, Levis Allen and Dorothy Churchill Moye Sumrell. Churchill/Churchwell, Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt Counties, North Carolina. Greenville, N.C.: L.A. Churchill, 1993. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Churchwell] See Churchill. </li><li>[Clark] Crook, Billie Louise and Simeon English Clark. Our Clark Family: Or Texas Clarks. Austin, Texas: B.L. Clark, 1957. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Dickson] Carr, James Ozborn. The Dickson Letters. Wilmington, N.C.: n.p., 1933. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Flowers] Hendrix, Mary Louise Flowers. Flowers Kith and Kin:&#160;A Record of the Descendants of Thomas Flowers through Henry and Nancy Adams Flowers. Jackson, Miss.: Hendrix, 1943. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Fowler] Hollis, Jane Cook. Immigrated to Tennessee: Chronicles of a Fowler Family. Memphis, Tenn.: J.C. Hollis, 1991. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Grady] Grady, Benjamin, Louis Carr Hendry and Henry A. Grady. John Grady (1710-1787) of Dobbs and Duplin, with Some of His Descendants. Wilson, N.C.: P.D. Gold Publishing, 1930. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Gulley] John, Paul. John Gulley Genealogy, a Planter in Alabama and Arkansas and His Descendants: Also the Families of Bizzell, Godley, Ligon, Mendenhall, Purifoy and Others of England and Colonial America. Houston, Texas: P. John, 1991. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Hutchison] Hutchison: Family Records. MSS. Microfilmed 1974. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Lanier] Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier: A Genealogy of the Family Who Came to Virginia and Their French Ancestors in London. Washington, D.C.: Goetz Printing Company, 1965. Digital version at World Vital Records</a> ($). </li><li>[Lanier] Morris, Scott. Liberty Worth Fighting For: The Sacrifice of a South Georgia Wiregrass Family in the War Between the States. [Sale City, Ga.]: S. Morris, 1990. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[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. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[McCallop] Headley, Katy McCaleb. MacKillop (McCaleb) Clan of Scotland and the United States. 2 vols. Chillicothe, Mo.: E.P. Ellsberry, [1964]. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[McCanne] McCanne, Elizabeth C. A Brief Autobiography. Typescript. Microfilmed 1994. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Merritt] Merritt, Edward and Leora Hiatt McEachern. The Merritts of Sampson and Duplin Counties, North Carolina. Typescript, 1968. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Middleton] Brown, Leslie H. "John Middleton of Hampton, Va., and Onslow County, N.C.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):161-162. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Parrish] Lytton, Eugene R. Josiah Parrish, 1771-1846, Migrated to Alachua County, Florida 1823, Volunteer Soldier in the War of 1812. Typescript. Microfilmed 2001. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Powell] Andrea, Leonardo. Powell. MSS., 1962, Photocopy, Polk County Historical Library, Bartow, Fla. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Sheffield] Hussey, Ray Walter. Descendants of John Hussey and Barbara Sheffield. Kernville, Calif.: R.W. Hussey, 1986. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Sloan] Sloan, Stanley E. ''John Sloan, ca. 1783-ca. 1863: Descendants &amp; Allied Families''. Tucson, Ariz.: S. Sloan, 1988. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Sloan] Bryant, Catherine M. The Dixon Sloan Family of Colquitt County, Ga.: Includes Families of Laura Sloan Pelham, W. P. Sloan, Amanda Sloan Webb, Oscar N. Sloan, Ella Sloan Bryant. n.p.: C. Bryant, 1988. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Smith] Draughon, Eleanor Daphine Smith. Descendants of Elijah Smith of Duplin County, North Carolina. Durham, N.C.: E.D.S. Smith, 1971. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Sullivan] Pringle, Elizabeth Muir. Sullivans of Duplin County, North Carolina. 2 vols. Ogden,&#160;Utah: E.M.&#160;Pringle, 2007. <span class="fck_mw_template"> ; digital version at Family History Archives</a>. </li><li>[Wade] Rosser, John C. Some Descendants of Joseph and Mary Wade of Duplin County, North Carolina. Godwin, N.C.: J. Rosser, 1992. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Ward] Ward, James Mayfield. The Noble Family of Ward. n.p.: J.M. Ward, 1975. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Watkins] Watkins, William Bismarck. The Watkins Family of North Carolina: Particularly Enumerating Those Descendants of Levin Watkins of Duplin County, N.C., Who Emigrated to Alabama and Mississippi Early in the Nineteenth Century.&#160;Jackson, Tenn.: McCowat-Mercer, [1915]. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Wells] Wells, James W. Descendants of Jacob Wells of Duplin County, North Carolina. Benton, Ark.: n.p., 1973. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Wilkins] Murphy, Nathan W. Early Families of Muhlenburg County, Kentucky: Vincent, Wright, McElwain, Wilkins and Jarvis. Hanson, Ky.: David W. Murphy &amp; Associates, 1999. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li>[Williamson] Wise, Bel. Williamson Relatives. Typescript, 1977. <span class="fck_mw_template"> </li></ul> Land The Duplin County Register of Deeds Office</a> has a complete record of all property conveyances dating back to 1750 when the county was founded. All of the indexes to Duplin County property records from 1784 thru the present are available for searching both at the Register of Deeds Office and also remotely via their internet website: rod.duplincounty.org</a>. Additionally, all of the property records books have been scanned and are available for viewing and downloading with the exception of books 20, 22, 33, 43, 106, 249, 276, and 318. These books are however available at the Register of Deeds Office. A number of land records have been transcribed and are available at the following sites: <ul><li>NCGenWeb Deeds Database</a>- perform a Search of the deeds </li><li>Duplin County Deeds at NCGenWeb Archives</a> </li><li>The Family History Library Catalog lists some <span class="fck_mw_template"> in <span class="fck_mw_template">. (In the Catalog, click on the link to a title to see details.) Some of the books – and others – may be on Google Books</a>, on WorldCat</a>, or available at public libraries. </li></ul> Local Histories Maps Military Civil War Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc. <dl><dd>-3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry</a> </dd></dl> Newspapers <ul><li><a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/titles/places/north_carolina/Duplin/">Duplin County newspapers</a> - a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library. </li><li><a href="http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?county=duplin">Duplin County residents in the newspaper</a> - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database from the NCGenWeb project. </li><li><a href="http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/newspaper/index.html">North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project</a> - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s. Search for your Duplin County ancestors to see if they were mentioned. </li></ul> Probate The Duplin County Clerk Office is located in the city of Kenansville. The North Carolina Constitution mandates that there be a Clerk of Superior Court for each county. The clerk is elected for a period of 4 years. The responsibilities of the Clerk are numerous and varied. As the judge of probate the Duplin County Clerk handles probate of wills and the administration of estates of decedents, minors and incompetents. <a href="http://www.nccourts.org/County/Duplin/Directory.asp">Duplin County Clerk</a> 112 Duplin St., Kenansville, NC 28349 Phone: (910) 275-7000

A number of Wills and Estate Records have been transcribed and are available at the following sites: <ul><li><a href="http://ncgenweb.us/nc/duplin/records/wills/will-of-francis-williams-1854">Francis Williams, 1854</a> </li><li><a href="http://ncgenweb.us/nc/duplin/records/wills/will-of-margaret-williams-1861">Margaret Williams, 1861</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplinwills.htm">Wills &amp; Estates from the NCGenWeb Archives</a> </li></ul> Taxation Vital Records You may search Duplin County public birth, death, marriage and property records in the <a href="http://www.duplincountync.com/rod/genealogical.html">Office of the Register of Deeds</a> free of charge. No appointment is necessary. The office is located in Room# 106 of the Duplin County Courthouse Annex at 118 Duplin Street; Kenansville, North Carolina 28349. Births <ul><li><a href="http://rod.duplincounty.org/index.ntk?s=WZaQoVqQT3n64NYF4NYFINIFBV5CkQYP%7CJHBsoqFudZQM%7CbPA%7C@6d0@@">Duplin County Births</a>, 1913&#160;- present -- search all birth records online at the Duplin County Register of Deeds website; includes more than 2,000 delayed birth certficates </li><li><a href="https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1726957&amp;hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D">North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964</a> - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch. </li></ul> Marriages <ul><li><a href="http://rod.duplincounty.org/index.ntk?s=h3aQmZKMbJqLlAWF4NYF4N2J4JIHsV1A5tKEpI1ChRYSO75Kkt4H@@Ks">Duplin County Marriages</a>, 1867 - present&#160;- search all Duplin County marriage records on the Register of Deeds website. </li><li><a href="http://rod.duplincounty.org/index.ntk?s=Xx4OV7KOoxJAXMYF4NYF4FZF3p2Ss@nFi3IBpUHP5dbKmV3Qil2@BEC@">African-American cohabitation records</a> - search at the Register of Deeds website </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplinmarriages.htm">Duplin County Marriages</a> - misc. marriages added to the NCGenWeb Archives </li><li><a href="http://goo.gl/FsJlh">Duplin County marriages</a> - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website. </li></ul> Deaths <ul><li><a href="http://rod.duplincounty.org/index.ntk?s=YJKMoVqQT3n64NYF4NYFINIFBV5CkQYP%7CJHBsoqFudZQM%7CbPA%7CkdE1@@">Duplin County Death Certificates, 1913- present</a> - search all Duplin County death records on the Register of Deeds website&#160; </li><li><a href="http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&amp;county=duplin">Duplin County deaths</a> - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s. </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/duplinobits.htm">Duplin County Obituaries</a> - misc. obits added to the NCGenWeb Archives </li></ul> Yearbooks <ul><li><a href="http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ybook/resultlist.php?county=duplin&amp;state=NC">Duplin County students at North Carolina colleges</a> - a list alphabetized by surname from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index </li></ul> Societies and Libraries&#160; <ul><li>Duplin County Historical Society Historical Society/Commission L. H. Sikes President PO Box 220 Rose Hill, NC 28458-0220 </li></ul> Family History Centers <ul><li><a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">Introduction to LDS Family History Centers</a> </li></ul> Web Sites <ul><li><a href="http://www.ncgenweb.us/duplin">Duplin County, NCGenWeb</a> - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project </li><li><span class="fck_mw_template"> </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin.htm">Duplin County, NCGenWeb Archives</a> </li></ul> References <span class="fck_mw_references" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="references" /><span class="fck_mw_template">

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