New Cemetery Added: Rufus McNair Cemetery
A new cemetery has been added to the Cemeteries page, the Rufus McNair Cemetery. This African-American cemetery is located on Reno Road and I personally have many relatives buried there, including my 3rd-great-grandparents Rufus Tannahill McNair (for whom the cemetery is named) and his wife, Mariah Wimberly McNair. The page can be found here.
New Biographies Page added
I’ve added a new section to the site today for Biographies that you can find here or use the drop down menu in the sidebar under Records/Data So far, I’ve added 4 biographies: William Stanely Davenport William Long Fagan Benjamin Foster Halsey Diamond Matthew Riddick I hope to add more soon. If you have biographical [...]
Index to Guardianship Records
The NC State Archives offers a number of useful lists of their collections. Among them is a list of Guardianship Records they hold for Washington County. I’ve linked the PDF file to the Wills & Estates page. Check the list out, perhaps there are surnames you’re researching.


