Bladen County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Bladen County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named after Martin Bladen, English commissioner of trade and plantations.

County Courthouse
Bladen County Courthouse Courthouse Drive PO Box 247 Elizabethtown, NC 28337 Bladen County Website Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1914, marriage records from 1893 and land records from 1734. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1893 and probate records from 1734.

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:

Cemeteries

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

Church Records

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

Baptist
 * Bladen. Established 1756.
 * White Marsh. Established about 1765. Later located in Columbus.

Church of England List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * St. Martin's Parish. Established by 1741.
 * FamilySearch Places

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

 * 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.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
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


 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery, Company H
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery, Company I
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery,
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery, 2nd Company K
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company H
 * - 3rd Regiment, North Carolina State Troops, Company H
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain David Callihan's Company
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain Neill McNeill'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

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

Probate Records

 * North Carolina Probate Records tips

Online Probate Indexes and 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 $
 * 1766-1961  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * Pre-1790 Pre-1790 Bladen County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills (North Carolina State Archives)
 * Images of Wills & Estates 1731-1771; 1766-1833; 1864-1895. North Carolina Pioneers $

School Records
Yearbooks 
 * Bladen County students at NC colleges. Yearbook Index. (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

 * 1763 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1763 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry $
 * 1763 1763 Bladen County, North Carolina Tax List (Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, n.d.) online at FamilySearch
 * 1763 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1763 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1763 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1763 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1781 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1781 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry $
 * 1781 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1781 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1784 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1784 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry $
 * 1784 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1784 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1784 1784 Tax List, Bladen County, North Carolina (transcript) online at FamilySearch
 * 1788 Tax Lists, Bladen County, 1788 (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
 * 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
 * 1888-1961 Bladen County Marriage Index 1888-1961 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

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

Divorce

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

Societies

 * Bladen County Historical Society PO Box 848 Elizabethtown, NC, 28337 Website
 * Old New Hanover Genealogical Society PO Box 2536 Wilmington, NC 28402-2536 Website
 * Mother County Genealogical Society 818 South Main Street Bladenboro, NC 28320 Phone: 910-863-4707 Website

Websites

 * NCGenWeb: Bladen County genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * – 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.