GUIDE TO RESEARCH MATERIALS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA ARCHIVES  - COUNTY RECORDS 


HARNETT COUNTY 
Established in 1855 from Cumberland County. 
Courthouse fires of 1892 and 1894 destroyed 
court records and many of the land records. 

ORIGINAL RECORDS 
BONDS 
Officials' Bonds, 1893-1918; 1 volume. 

ELECTION RECORDS 
Record of Elections, 1896-1932; 4 volumes. 
Record of Released Polls, 1887-1927; 1 volume. 

ESTATES RECORDS 
Appointment of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1892-1908; 
1 volume. 
Record of Guardians, 1910-1927; 1 volume. 
Amounts Paid for Indigent Children, 1929-1948; 1 volume. 

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS 
Record of Official Reports, 1875-1906; 1 volume. 
Record of Settlement of County Accounts, 1891-1900; 1 volume. 
Miscellaneous Records, 1855; 1 manuscript box. 

TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS 
Tax List, 1915; 1 volume. 

MICROFILM RECORDS 
CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS 
Record of Corporations, 1901-1939; 1 reel. 

COURT RECORDS 
Superior Court 
Minutes, 1892-1956; 8 reels. 

ELECTION RECORDS 
Record of Elections, 1936-1966; 1 reel. 

ESTATES RECORDS 
Record of Accounts, 1884-1956; 5 reels. 
Record of Administrators, 1910-1959; 4 reels. 
Record of Guardians, 1927-1967; 1 reel. 
Trust Funds for Minors and Incompetents, 1943-1966; 2 reels. 
Record of Dowers, 1893-1938; 1 reel. 
Record of Widow's Year's Support, 1938-1967; 1 reel. 
Estates Not Exceeding $300, 1930-1966; Estates Not Exceeding $1,000, 
1966-1967; 1 reel. 
Inheritance Tax Records, 1947-1967; 1 reel. 
Record of Monies Paid to Courts, Administrators and Executors, 1922-1951; 
1 reel. 
Record of Inventories, 1908-1962; 2 reels. 
Record of Settlements, 1889-1957; 4 reels. 
Cross Index to Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1919-1954; 1 reel. 
Index to Estates, 1950-1967; 1 reel. 

LAND RECORDS 
Record of Deeds, 1877-1952; 109 reels. 
Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1855-1955; 5 reels. 
Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1855-1955; 6 reels. 
Record of Division and Partition of Land, 1898-1921; 1 reel. 
Record of Resale of Land by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1919-1957; 6 reels. 

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS 
Marriage Registers, 1892-1967; 1 reel. 
Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1936-1967; 1 reel. 
Index to Births, 1914-1974; 4 reels. 
Index to Deaths, 1924-1966; 1 reel. 
Index to Delayed Births, 1914-1973; 2 reels. 

MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS 
Record of Armed Forces Discharges, various years, 1946-1971; 4 reels. 
Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1916-1967; 1 reel. 

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS 
Orders and Decrees, 1892-1956; 11 reels. 
Special Proceedings Dockets, 1894-1952; 2 reels. 
Cross Index to Special Proceedings, 1892-1967; 1 reel. 
Reports of Receivers, 1922-1942; 1 reel. 

OFFICIALS, COUNTY 
Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1876-1943; 4 reels. 

SCHOOL RECORDS 
Minutes, County Board of Education, 1885-1931; 1 reel. 
Old Teachers' Register, 1857-1860; 1 reel. 

WILLS 
Record of Wills, 1885-1967; 6 reels. 
Index to Wills, 1883-1967; 1 reel.

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