Bibliography
The following resources may be helpful with your research in Wake county.
Cemeteries
- Historical Records Survey. Pre-1914 Cemetery Inscriptions, Wake County. FHL Microfilm 882940 Item 9 [view film details]
Churches
- Grill, C. Franklin. Early Methodist Meeting Houses in Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Conference Commission on Archives and History, 1979. [Find in a Library]
General History
- Chamberlain, Hope Summerell. History of Wake County, North Carolina, With Sketches of Those Who Have Most Influenced Its Development. Raleigh, N. C.: Edwards & Broughton printing company, 1922. [Available full-text online]
- Vickers, James. Raleigh, City of Oaks: An Illustrated History. Woodland Hills, Calif: Windsor Publications, 1982. [View the index]
Land Records
- Pruitt, Albert Bruce. Index to Land Entries, Beaufort Co, NC (1778-1795), Johnston Co, NC (1778-1805), Wake Co, NC (1778-1846), and Land Warrants, Johnston Co, NC (1737-1763). North Carolina: A.B. Pruitt], 1993. [Find in a library]
People/Families
- Allen, James M. The Clifton Family of Franklin & Wake Counties, North Carolina: A Genealogical Inquiry. Rocky Mount, N.C. (3324 Sunset Ave., Apt. A6, Rocky Mount 27804): James M. Allen, Jr, 2005. [Find in a Library]
- Haywood, Marshall De Lancey. Joel Lane, Pioneer and Patriot; A Biographical Sketch, Including Notes About the Lane Family, and the Colonial and Revolutionary History of Wake County, North Carolina. Raleigh, N.C.: A. Williams & Co, 1925. [Available full-text online]
Vital Records
- Bridges, Myrtle N. News Items & Death Notices in Weekly Standard, a Newspaper Printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1859-1864. Angier, NC: M.N. Bridges, 2003. [Index Available Free Online or Find in a Library]
Wills
- Wynne, Frances Holloway. Abstract of Record of Wills, Inventories, Settlements of Estates, 1771-1802, Wake County, North Carolina. [Fairfax, Va.]: F.H. Wynne, 1985. [View index online & Find in a Library]
