Chowan County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Chowan County

Parent County
1670--Chowan County was created in 1670 from Shaftesbury Precinct of Albemarle County. County seat: Edenton

Record Loss

 * Many court records said to have been destroyed by acting clerk of court.

Populated Places

 * History of some towns in Chowan Co., NC

Neighboring Counties

 * Bertie
 * Gates
 * Hertford
 * Perquimans
 * Washington

Bibles

 * Bush Bible
 * Noah White Bible

Biographies

 * Chowan Co., NC Index to Biographies
 * Biography of James Iredell, Sr.

Business Directories &amp; Year Books

 * 1872 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1903 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1904 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1905 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1910 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1911 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1912 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1913 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1914 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1915 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * 1916 Chowan Co., NC Business Directory
 * Index to Chowan Co., NC Year Books

Cemeteries

 * Chowan Co., NC Cemetery List
 * Selected Burial Information
 * Chowan Co., NC Tombstone Transcription Project
 * Chowan Co., NC Cemetery Survey
 * Chowan Co., NC Cemeteries on Find-A-Grave
 * Famous people buried in Chowan Co., NC

Census

 * 1787 Census for Chowan Co., NC
 * 1790 Census for Chowan Co., NC
 * Free Men Heads of Household for 1790, 1800, &amp; 1820

Church

 * St. Paul's Episcopal Church
 * St Paul's Episcopal Church Minutes - 1756

Court

 * Status of Courthouses in North Carolina

Ethnic

 * Harriett Jacobs, fugitive slave
 * North Carolina Indian Tribes
 * The Carolina Algonkians

Family Histories

 * [de Clugny] Coddington, John Insley. "The Marquis de Clugny at Edenton, North Carolina, 1795-1798," The American Genealogist, Vol. 42, No. 3 (Jul. 1966):144-148. ; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).

History

 * Early Names, Boundaries &amp; Reliigion
 * History of the Edenton Teapot
 * The Signers of the Resolution of the Edenton Tea Party
 * History of North Carolina's Parishes

Maps

 * NC State Map with clickable counties
 * Chowan Co., NC Township Map
 * Formation of NC in Maps
 * Albemarle County Map 1671-1684
 * 1730 Herman Moll Map
 * 1733 Edward Mosley Map
 * 1744 Map of Lord Carteret's Land Grant
 * 1775 Henry Mouzon, Jr. Map
 * 1808 Price-Strothers Map
 * Civil War Maps
 * 1895 NC State Map
 * 1936 Chowan Co., NC Map
 * 1998 Chowan Co., NC Map
 * Animated Atlas

Military

 * 1812 Chowan Co., NC Muster Roll
 * Third Battalion NC Light Artillery; Company B from Chowan Co., NC
 * Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards 1907-1933
 * WWII Honor List of Dead or Missing from Chowan Co., NC

Newspapers

 * Chronicling America (Chowan Co., NC)
 * NC Newspaper Digitization Project
 * UNC Southern Historical Collection

Organizations

 * Chowan Co., NC Official Government Website
 * Edenton Tea Party Chapter of the DAR

Vital Records

 * Chowan Co., NC Marriage Bonds 1741-1868
 * Chowan Co., NC Bastardy Bonds
 * Obtaining Vitals Records

Wills &amp; Estates

 * Chowan Co., NC Wills &amp; Estates

Societies and Libraries

 * Family Research Society of Eastern North Carolina
 * Eastern NC Digital Library for Chowan Co., NC

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Treasures of North Carolina at the NC Archives
 * Family History Library Catalog