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                                BEAUFORT COUNTY

                     Established in 1712 from Bath County.

                                 ORIGlNAL RECORDS

COURT RECORDS
     County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
          Minutes, 1856-1868 (not inclusive); l0 volunes. 
          Appearance Dockets, 1744-1745, 1828-1868; 4 volumes. 
          Execution Dockets, 1808-1868; 7 volumes.
          State Trial Dockets, 1846-1868; 2 volumes.
          Trial Dockets, 1794-1868; 13 volumes.
     Superior Court
          Minutes, 1817-1902; 9 volumes.
          Equity Minutes, 1807-1868; 3 volumes.
          Appearance Docket, 1811-1817; l volumes.
          Civil Issue Dockets, 1866, 1870, 187l, 1873-1885; 2 MS boxes
          Criminal Issue Dockets, 1870, 1873-l885; 2 MS boxes.
          Equity Account Book, 1859; 1 volumes.
          Equity Execution Docket, 1835-1868; 1volume.
          Equity Trial Docket, 1834-1868: l volume.
          Trial Docket, 1835-1845; 1 volume.
          Civil Action Papers, 1785-1915; 8 fibredex boxes.
          Civil Action Papers Concerning land, 1855-1938: 8 fibredex boxes.
     InferiorCourt
          Minutes, 1878-1886; 1 volume.

ELECTION RECORDS
     Record of.Elections, 1878-1922; 4 volumes.
     Registers of Voters: Registration Books; 1868, 1872-1898; 9 MS boxes.

ESTATES RECORDS 
     Records of Accounts, 1868-1911; 4 volmnes.
     Administrators' Records, 1897-1911; l volume.
     Assignees, Receivers, and Trustees Records, l869-1913; 2 fibredex boxes.
     Estates Records, 1808-1868; 13 volumes;: 1760-1949; 28 fibredex boxes.
     Guardians' Bonds, 1867-1925; 2 volumes.
     Guardians' Records; 1845-1870;1 volume; 1794-1918, 1948, 2 fibredex boxes.
     Partitions and Divisions, 1792-1909; l volume.
     Report on Devised Estates, 1908-1913; 2volumes.
     Record of settlements, 1869-1914; 2 volumes.

LAND RECORDS
     Record of Deeds, 1695-188l; 42 volumes.
     Index to Deeds, Grantor, 1701-1800; 1volume.
     Attachments, Executions, Liens, and Levies on Land, l791-1904; 2 fibredex boxes.
     Miscellaneous Land Records, 1750-1947; 2 fibredex boxes.
     Patent Records, 1798-1816; 1 volume.

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND VITAL STATISTICS
     Dlvorce Records, 1868-1902, 1923; 2 Fibredext boxes.

MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
     Record of Pensions, 1912-1931: 1 volume.

MLSCELLANEOUS RECORDS
     Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1869-1906; 2 fibredex boxes..
     Miscellaneous Records, 1755-1942: 1 fibredex box.

ROADS AND BRIDGES
     Road Records, 1843-1869; 1 Volume.
     Railroad Records, 1878-1903: 2 fibredex boxes.

TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
     Journals and Financial Records, 1850-1855; 1 volume.
     Lists of Taxables, 1850-1860, 1866; 3 volumes.
     Various Tax Records, 1832-18.52, 1878-1905; 1 MS box.
     Schedule B Tax Lists, 1897-1898; 1 volume.

                                MICROFILM RECORDS

COURT ROCORDS
     County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
          Minutes; 1785-1868 (not inclusive): 3 reels.
          Minutes, Appearance, Prosecution, and Trial Dockets, 1756-1761; Record of 
            Overseers, 1845-1868: 1 reel.
     Superior Court
          Minutes, 1837-1960: 17 reels.
          Equity Minutes; 1807-1868, l reel.
     Inferior Court
          Minutes, l878-1886; Magistrates' Minutes, 1875-1895; 1 reel.

ELECTION RECORDS
     Record of Elections, 1878-1960: 1 reel.

ESTATES RECORDS
     Record of Acounts, 1868-1960; 7 reels. 
     Administrators' Bonds, 1867-l898; 1 reel.
     Administrators' Records, 1897-1960; 7 reels.
     Cross Index to Administrators, 1897-1940; Appointments of Executors, 1868-1937; l reel.
     Appointments of Executors, 1937-1960: Cross Index to Executors, 1868--1940; Index to 
        Administrators, Guardians, and Executors, 1868-1960: l reel.
     Guardians' Bonds, 1845-1960; 3 reels.
     Inheritance Tax Records, 1920-1960; 1 reel.
     Orphans'Books, 1801-1873; Index to Orphans' Books, 1800-1868; 6 reels.
     Partitions and Divisions, l736-1878; Appointments of Receivers, 1908--1932; 1 reel.
     Record of Sale and Resale underr Mortgages and Deeds of Trust, 1915-1960; 5 reels.
     Record of Settlements, 1862-1960; 5 reels.

LAND RECORDS
     Record of Deeds, 1695-1903; 54 reels.
     Real Estate Conveyances, 1903-1960; 196 reels.
     Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantors and Grantees, 1696-1959; 22 reels.
     Deeds, Mortgages and Bills of Sale, 1784, 1803-1807; 1 reel.
     Land Entries and Land Patents, 1778-1795; 1 reel..
     Land Fntries and Claims, 1882-1926; Deeds Proved in Court, 1802-1805; 1 reel.
     Patent Book (Grants), 1798-1816; 1 reel.
     Registrations of Titles, 1914-1959; Index to Regislrations of Titles; 4 reels.

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND VITAL STATISTICS
     Marriage Registers, 1847-1960; 6 reels.
     Cohabitation Records, 1851-1868;Resumptions of Maiden Names, 1926--1960; l reel.
     Record of Delayed Births, various dates; 5 reels.

MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
     Armed Forces Discharges, 1917-1960 and Index to, 1922-1959; 4 ree1s.
     Record Of Pensions, 1912-1930; 1 reel.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
     Minutes, Wardens of the Poor, 1839-1868; 1 reel.
     Orders and Decrees, 1869-1960; 14 reels.
     Special Proceedings, 1874-1960; 3 reels.
     Cross Index to Special Proceedings, 1874-1960; 3 reels.

OFFICIALS, COUNTY
     Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1876-1937; 6 reels.

SCHOOL RECORDS
     Minutes, Board of Education, 1909-1957; 2 reels.

TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
     Tax Lists and Scrolls, 1779-1927 (not inclusive); 23 reels.

WILLS
     Record of Wills, 1729-1960; 7 reels.
     Cross Index to Wills, 1720-1960; 1 reel.



Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina State Archives - Section B: County Records; copyright 1979;
North Carolina Dept. of Culture Resources; Division of Archives and History; Archives and Records Section.

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