Deeds provide information on land transactions in the county. The following resources may be helpful for your research.
- 1785 – 1802 — Watson, Joseph W. Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, 1785-1802. Rocky Mount, N.C.: Watson, 1978 – [Find this book in a library]
- 1885 – present — search deeds at the website of the Wake County Register of Deeds
- Misc. deeds – submitted to the Wake County NCGenWeb Archives