Guide to Research
Materials in the North Carolina Archives
COUNTY RECORDS
ALEXANDER COUNTY
Established in 1847 from Caldwell, Iredell and Wilkes counties.
Many court records
burned by Federal troops in 1865.
ORIGINAL RECORDS
BONDS
Bastardy Bonds and Records,
1865-1900; 2 Fibredex boxes.
Officials’ Bonds and
Records, 1855-1908; 2 Fibredex boxes.
COURT RECORDS
County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Appearance Docket, 1865-1868; Apprentice
Bonds, 1875-1878; 1 volume.
Execution Docket,
1861-1868; 1 volume.
State Docket, 1865-1868;
1 volume.
Superior Court Minutes, 1866-1900; 3
volumes.
Equity Minutes, 1866-1868; Record of Probate
of Deeds, 1866-1875; 1 volume.
Appearance Docket,
1866-1868; 1 volume.
Civil Action Papers,
1853-1927; 5 Fibredex boxes.
Civil Action Papers
Concerning Land, 1860-1952; 5 Fibredex boxes.
Criminal Action Papers,
1861-1909; 9 Fibredex boxes.
ELECTION RECORDS
Record of Elections,
1869-1926; 5 volumes.
ESTATES RECORDS
Record of Estates,
1861-1868; 1 volume.
Record of Accounts,
1869-1894; 2 volumes.
Appointment of Administrators, Executors,
Guardians and Masters, 1868-1914; 1 volume.
Estates Records, 1839,
1858-1939; 32 Fibredex boxes.
Guardians’ Records,
1866-1909; 2 Fibredex boxes.
LAND RECORDS
Deeds of Sale, 1848-1953; 8 Fibredex boxes.
Mortgage Deeds,
1872-1956; 2 Fibredex boxes.
Miscellaneous Deeds,
1850-1963; 1 Fibredex box.
Cross Index to Deeds, 1847-1928; 3 volumes.
Land Entries, 1847-1911; 1 volume, 1 Fibredex box.
Petitions for Partition
and Sale of Land, 1863-1942; 1 Fibredex box.
Miscellaneous Land
Records, 1833-1958; 2 Fibredex boxes.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
Marriage Bonds, 1861; 1 Fibredex box.
Divorce Records, 1867-1905; 1 Fibredex box.
MISCELLANEOUS
RECORDS
Minutes and Accounts,
Wardens of the Poor, 1847-1868; 1 volume.
Miscellaneous
Records, 1852-1957; 3 Fibredex boxes.
Records
of Assignees and Trustees, 1869-1910, 1941, 1945; 1 Fibredex
box.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Road
Records, 1863-1916; 1 Fibredex box.
Railroad
Records, 1869-1903; 1 Fibredex box.
WILLS
Wills,
1847-1949; 4 Fibredex boxes.
MICROFILM
RECORDS
BONDS
Apprentice Bonds,
1875-1878; 1 reel.
CORPORATIONS AND
PARTNERSHIPS
Record
of Incorporations, 1892-1968; 1 reel.
Record
of Partnerships, 1913-1970; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
Superior Court
Minutes,
1866-1956; 4 reels.
Equity Minutes,
1866-1868; 1 reel.
Cross Index to Civil
Judgments, 1867-1963; 1 reel.
Index
to Judgments, 1871-1948; 2 reels.
ELECTION RECORDS
Record
of Elections, 1928-1968; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
Record
of Estates, 1861-1868; 1 reel.
Record
of Accounts, 1869-1968; 6 reels.
Appointment
of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1868-1933; 2 reels.
Record
of Administrators, 1930-1968; 2 reels.
Record
of Executors, 1930-1970; 1 reel.
Record
of Guardians, 1929-1970; 1 reel.
Record
of Accounts of Indigent Children, 1913-1946; 1 reel.
Inheritance Tax
Records, 1923-1968; 1 reel.
Record
of Settlements, 1869-1968; 2 reels.
Index
to Administrators and Executors, 1906-1945; 1 reel.
Index
to Guardians, 1907-1914; 1 reel.
Index to Estates,
Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees, 1963-1968;
1 reel.
Index
to Estates and Wards, 1963-1968; 1 reel.
LAND RECORDS
Record
of Deeds, 1847-1955; 34 reels.
Index
to Deeds, Grantor, 1847-1954; 1 reel.
Index
to Deeds, Grantee, 1847-1968; 2 reels.
Land Entries,
1847-1941; 1 reel.
Record
of Resale of Land by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1921-1968; 1 reel.
MARRIAGE,
DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
Marriage Bonds,
1865-1868; 1 reel.
Marriage Licenses,
1868-1961; 11 reels.
Marriage Registers,
1867-1937; 1 reel.
Maiden
Names of Divorced Women, 1940-1968; 1 reel.
Index
to Births, 1913-1966; 1 reel.
Index
to Deaths, 1913-1960; 1 reel.
Index
to Delayed Births, various years; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION
RECORDS
Record
of Armed Forces Discharges, 1919-1970; 3 reels.
Index
to Armed Forces Discharges, 1969-1981; 1 reel.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Lunacy Dockets,
1907-1970; 1 reel.
Special Proceedings,
1870-1933; Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter
Sessions, 1865-1868;
1 reel.
Special
Proceedings, 1898-1960; 5 reels.
Index
to Special Proceedings, 1870-1981; 3 reels.
OFFICIALS, COUNTY
Minutes, Board of
County Commissioners, 1868-1942; 3 reels.
SCHOOL RECORDS
Minutes,
County Board of Education, 1921-1968; 1 reel.
TAX AND FISCAL
RECORDS
Tax Lists, 1915,
1935, 1965; 1 reel.
WILLS
Record
of Wills, 1865-1968; 2 reels.
Cross
Index to Wills, 1865-1967; 1 reel.
