Gates County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Gates County

Parent County
1778--Gates County was created 14 April 1778 from Chowan, Hertford, and Perquimans Counties. County seat: Gatesville

Neighboring Counties

 * Camden
 * Chowan
 * Hertford
 * Pasquotank
 * Perquimans
 * Southampton County, Virginia
 * Suffolk, Virginia

Family Histories

 * [Southall] Warner, Seth. "Descendants of the Reverend Daniel Southall of Eastern North Carolina," The Genealogist, Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2007):175-190; Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 2008):107-127; Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall 2008):221-240.

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


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

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.