Cumberland County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Cumberland County is located in the South-Central portion of North Carolina and its name was derived from the title of Prince William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, the son of King George II.

County Courthouse
Cumberland County Courthouse 117 Dick Street Room 114 Fayetteville, NC 28301-5725 Phone: 910-678-7775 Cumberland County Website 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

PO Box 363 Fayetteville, NC 28302 Telephone: (910) 475-3000

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:

The 1860 census required 111 pages to enumerate the population of Cumberland East, a now forgotten populated place with post office Fayetteville. As of June 2021 the place name Cumberland East has been submitted to the United States Geological Survey for addition to the Geographics Names Information System (GNIS) searchable database.

Bible Records

 * Bible Records at North Carolina Digital Archives - index and images
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * Cumberland County, NC Bible Records at NCGenWeb

Biographies
- Family Historiesa list of holdings created by families using genealogical records and oral stories.

- People and Families: vertical file index by Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center

Cemeteries

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

Church Records

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

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

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Barbecue Church, near Olivia, N.C. Founded 1757. Now located in Harnett.
 * MacPherson Church Established early 1800s.
 * Old Bluff Church Organized 1758.
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1755-1868 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1758-1965 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1788-1916 (*); State Archives at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1806-1868 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1824-1868 (*); Court of Equity at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1844-1860 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1867-1942 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1945 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1962 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Abstracts of the Minutes of Cumberland County NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1823-1824. 2009. By Gibbons, Carolyn N. Fayette, NC : Gibbons, Carolyn N. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Criminal Court, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 21. 2006. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Habeas Corpus Petitions for Exemption from Military Service-- 1863-1865, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 21. 2006. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Jurors for Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 21. 2006. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * List of Jurors, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 19. 2004. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * List of Justices-- March 1827, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 20. 2005. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Miscellaneous Records, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 19. 2004. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Miscellaneous Records, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 20. 2005. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Petition for Restoration to Forfeited Rights, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 21. 2006. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Petition for the Erection of a Gate, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 20. 2005. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Petition from Pitt and Beaufort Counties for a Road, 1783, PCGQ v.13 ; Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly. 2006. By Pitt County Genealogical Association. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North CarolinaE. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Petition of the Merchants of Fayette for Tobacco Warehouse-- 1839, Cumberland Chronicles (North Carolina), Vol. 21. 2006. By Cumberland County Genealogical Society. Cumberland County, North Carolina : Cumberland County, North Carolina. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

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

 * Jarman German, John L. "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):87-94.
 * 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.

Land and Property Records

 * 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.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
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.org - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch.org - 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
 * 1885 and 1901 1885 and 1901 Confederate Pension Applications at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and 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 Battles  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.

Freedmen's Records

Fayetteville - North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872

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
North Carolina Newspapers by DigitalNC

Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center:

- Fayetteville—18th Century

- Fayetteville Miscellaneous Newspapers—1806-1894

- Fayetteville North Carolina Journal—May 1826 Nov 1838

- Fayetteville North Carolina—May 1826 to April 1861 and 1864 (non-inclusive)

- Fayetteville North Carolina Presbyterian—Jan 1858 to Dec 1898

- Fayetteville News—Sept 1865 to Aug 1868

- Fayetteville Eagle—Aug 1868 to May 1875

- Fayetteville Messenger—Oct 1887 to Dec 1888

- Fayetteville North Carolina Gazette—Jan 1874 to Jan 1880

- Fayetteville Index—Feb 1909 to Dec 1917

- Cape Fear News—Nov 1915 to Mar 1917

- Fayetteville Observer: August 22, 1816 to March 6, 1865, The Fayetteville Observer Offices and presses were destroyed by fire in March of 1865, a

casualty of the Civil War, and did not resume until 1883, February 8, 1883 to present

- Fayetteville Times: July 1, 1973 to August 31, 1990 (the Times merged with the Observer at this time)

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

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1663-1789 Secretary of State Wills at North Carolina Digital Collections - index and images
 * 1663-1978 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1663-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1720-1960  at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1735-1970 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1757-1869 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1761-1895 Loose Wills and Estates. North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * 1761-1942 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions and Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1766-1962 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1790 Pre-1790 Cumberland County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online. Website tips.
 * 1796-1962 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1808-1962 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1818-1860 (*); County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1825-1956 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1830-1956 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1962 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1962 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1869-1916 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1916-1962 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1921-1962 (*); Department of Revenue at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * (*); Department of Revenue at FamilySearch Catalog — images

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

School Records

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

Yearbooks 
 * Fayetteville State University: 1947-2009

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

 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1755 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1755 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1755 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1755 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1755 - 1755 Tax List, Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1767 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1767 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1767 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1767 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1767 - 1767 Tax List, Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1777-1793 - List of Taxables, 1777-1780, 1783, 1787 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1777 - 1777 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1778 - 1778 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1779 - 1779 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1780 - 1780 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1783 - 1783 Tax List (incomplete), Cumberland County, NC (images) online at Histories: The Wallaces of Moore County, NC
 * 1815 - Tax Lists, Cumberland County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1816-1823 - Cumberland County List of Taxables 1816-1823 (images) online at FamilySearch: Part 1 and Part 2
 * 1816-1823 - List of Taxables, 1816-1823 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * Cumberland County Tax Records - via the NCGenWeb Project
 * Cumberland County, NC 1920 Tax Records - DigitalNC, Finding Ancestors in Cumberland County, NC 1920 Tax Records- Genealogy Just Ask

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Birth

 * 1800-2000 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964 at FamilySearch.org - 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.org - 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
 * 1808-1937 - Cumberland County Marriage Index 1808-1937 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

Death

 * 1898-1994 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930 at FamilySearch.org - 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.org - 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 $

Yearbooks
- Local Yearbook Collection Indexby Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center

Family History Centers

 * Fayetteville North Carolina Family History Center

Societies
Cumberland County Genealogical Society PO Box 53299 Fayetteville, NC 28305-3299 Email: [mailto:ccgsnc1754@gmail.com ccgsnc1754@gmail.com] Website Facebook

Websites

 * NCGenWeb: Cumberland County genealogy resources; part of the 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.