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Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina Archives
County Records
FORSYTH COUNTY
Established in 1849 from Stokes County.
ORIGINAL RECORDS
BONDS
Apprentice Bonds, 1875-1891; 1 volume.
Apprentice Bonds, 1850-1916; Bastardy Bonds, 1849-1917; Officials’ Bonds,
1877; 1 Fibredex box.
COURT RECORDS
County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Minutes, 1849-1868; 3 volumes.
Superior Court
Minutes, 1848-1941; 61 volumes.
Equity Minutes, 1849-1868; 1 volume.
Civil Judgment Dockets, 1869-1877; 2 volumes.
State Docket, 1849-1872; 1 volume.
Clerk’s Minute Dockets, 1926-1947; 4 volumes.
Civil Action Papers, 1851-1930; 16 Fibredex boxes.
Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1849-1930; 5 Fibredex boxes.
Inferior Court
Minutes, 1878-1885; 1 volume.
Judgment Docket, 1878-1885; 1 volume.
Western District Criminal Court
Minutes, 1899-1901; 1 volume.
Forsyth County Court
Clerk’s Minute Dockets, 1931-1933, 1938-1940; 2 volumes.
ELECTION RECORDS
Record of Elections, 1898-1900, 1908-1924; 3 volumes.
Permanent Registration of Voters, 1902-1908; 1 volume.
ESTATES RECORDS
Record of Accounts, 1868-1926; 16 volumes.
Estates Records, 1845-1956; 419 Fibredex boxes.
Inventories of Estates, 1849-1868; 4 volumes.
Index to Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1849-1940; 4 volumes.
Cross Index to Administrators and Executors, 1868-1929; 1 volume.
Cross Index to Guardians, 1868-1929; 1 volume.
LAND RECORDS
Cross Index to Deeds, 1849-1907; 5 volumes.
Tax Suit Judgment Dockets, 1936-1945; 3 volumes.
Street Assessment Judgment Docket, 1936-1939; 1 volume.
Land Records, 1876-1947; 15 Fibredex boxes.
Processioners’ Record, 1884-1886; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
Marriage Bonds, 1850-1859; 1 Fibredex box.
Divorce Records, 1871-1929; 2 Fibredex boxes.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
Salem Militia Record Book, 1831-1861; 1 volume.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Alien Registration, 1927-1940; 1 volume.
Record of Declaration of Intent, 1908-1919; 1 volume.
Petitions for Naturalization, 1891-1921; 1 volume.
County Claims, 1849-1878; 1 volume.
Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1877-1943; 4 Fibredex boxes.
Record of Justices of the Peace, 1883-1924; 1 volume.
Lunacy Records, 1852-1949; 4 Fibredex boxes.
Special Proceedings, 1903-1942; 1 Fibredex box.
Miscellaneous Records, 1849-1954; 6 Fibredex boxes.
Petitions to Change Name, 1891-1949; 2 Fibredex boxes.
Record of Notaries Public, 1924-1936; 1 volume.
Stokes County Records (includes civil actions, estates), 1808-1848;
1 Fibredex box.
Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1858-1930; 6 Fibredex boxes.
ROADS AND BRIDGES
Road Docket, 1850-1879; 1 volume.
Minutes, Board of Road Supervisors, 1907-1912; 1 volume.
Railroad Records, 1870-1930; 2 Fibredex boxes.
SCHOOL RECORDS
Minutes, Board of Superintendents of Common Schools, 1851-1854;
1 volume.
WILLS
Wills, 1840-1900; 7 Fibredex boxes.
Cross Index to Wills, 1857-1929; 2 volumes.
MICROFILM RECORDS
BONDS
Apprentice Bonds, 1875-1920; 2 reels.
Bastardy Bonds, 1874-1879; 1 reel.
CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
Record of Corporations, 1884-1957; 7 reels.
Index to Corporations, 1884-1969; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
Minutes, 1849-1868; 2 reels.
Superior Court
Minutes, 1849-1932; 26 reels.
Equity Minutes, 1849-1868; 1 reel.
Index to Civil Actions, Plaintiff, 1849-1949; 1 reel.
Index to Civil Actions, Defendant, 1849-1949; 2 reels.
Forsyth County Court
Minutes, 1915-1931; 5 reels.
ELECTION RECORDS
Record of Elections, 1878-1952; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
Record of Accounts, 1868-1932; 12 reels.
Administrators’ Bonds, 1882-1893; 1 reel.
Bonds of Administrators, Surviving Partners and Collectors, 1936-1950;
9 reels.
Appointment of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1899-1936; 4 reels.
Record of Administrators, 1893-1952; 7 reels.
Reports of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1902-1914, 1932-1935;
7 reels.
Inventories and Accounts of Fiduciaries, 1935-1949; 20 reels.
Appointment of Executors, 1868-1928; 2 reels.
Guardians’ Bonds, 1875-1903, 1910-1946; 9 reels.
Appointment of Guardians and Guardians’ Oath Book, 1903-1910; 1 reel.
Record of Guardians, 1946-1953; 2 reels.
Record of Widows’ Year’s Allowances, 1934-1939; 1 reel.
Inheritance Tax Records, 1923-1949; 2 reels.
Inventories of Estates, 1849-1868; 2 reels.
Record of Final Settlements, 1868-1934; 8 reels.
Record of Receivers for Estates, 1912-1930; 1 reel.
Record of Trustees Under Wills, 1933-1949; 1 reel.
Index to Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees, 1849-1968;
5 reels.
Index to Accounts in Trust, 1924-1969; 1 reel.
LAND RECORDS
Record of Deeds, 1849-1957; 316 reels.
Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1849-1956; 18 reels.
Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1849-1956; 18 reels.
Land Title Guaranty Proceeding Docket, 1914-1927; 1 reel.
Record of Processioners, 1884-1886; 1 reel.
Federal Tax Lien Index, 1932-1966; 1 reel.
Record of Foreclosure Sales, 1932-1935; 1 reel.
Record of Sales by Mortgagees, Trustees and Executors, 1917-1949; 6 reels.
Index to Sales by Trustee, Commissioner and Owner, 1917-1968; 1 reel.
Index to Sales by Trustee and Commissioner, 1917-1968; 1 reel.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
Marriage Bonds and Licenses, 1849-1869; 3 reels.
Marriage Licenses, 1870-1967; 78 reels.
Marriage License Index, 1849-1965; 6 reels.
Cohabitation Certificates, 1866; 1 reel.
Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1969; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1917-1972; 33 reels.
Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1917-1969; 1 reel.
Militia Records, 1831-1861; 1 reel.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
Record of Lunacy, 1899-1960; 4 reels.
Index to Persons Adjudged Mentally Disordered, 1899-1968; 1 reel.
Clerk’s Minute Dockets, 1931-1940; 1 reel.
Orders and Decrees, 1869-1952; 24 reels.
Special Proceedings, 1879-1935; 4 reels.
Index to Special Proceedings, Plaintiff, 1849-1953; 1 reel.
Index to Special Proceedings, Defendant, 1849-1953; 1 reel.
Cross Index to Special Proceedings, 1849-1953; 1 reel.
Record of Assignments, 1894-1948; 2 reels.
Appointment of Receivers, 1910-1940; 1 reel.
Inventories and Accounts of Receivers, 1930-1949; 1 reel.
Index to Receiverships and Assignments, 1956-1960; 1 reel.
Miscellaneous Index, 1849-1968; 2 reels.
SCHOOL RECORDS
Minutes, Board of Graded Schools, Town of Winston, 1883-1890; 1 reel.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
Tax Scrolls, 1945-1955; 10 reels.
WILLS
Record of Wills, 1842-1953; 15 reels.
Index to Wills, Devisor, 1849-1969; 1 reel.
Index to Wills, Devisee, 1849-1969; 2 reels.
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