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CAMDEN COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
RESEARCH GUIDE


Pasquotank-Camden Library
205 East Main St.
Elizabeth City, NC 27909

Virginia Dare Building
106 S. McMorrine St. Suite 6 (ground floor)
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
This is the library of the Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina. It contains many useful census, wills, cemetery records, family records, published family histories, and more. Anyone wishing to research in these counties, needs to begin here. The library hours are; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 10:00 to 3:00. A Librarian will be on hand to show you around and answer any questions. The phone number there is (919)333-1640. It is open to the public.

 

117 North 343
Camden, NC 27921
919-331-4871

fire in Civil War, some records lost, many missing

The courthouse is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am until 5:00 pm except for major holidays.  Always call before visiting to confirm it will be open when you plan to visit.  Photocopying services are available.  Cost is $1.00 for the first page and $0.25 for additional pages.  Parking is available on the side of and in back of the Courthouse.  The Courthouse does not answer queries through the mail.Records Available

bonds of apprentices 1871-86
bonds of bastardy 1871-79
court dockets 1807-1912, 1920-60
court minutes 1807-1925
court records 1802-1929
deeds 1777-1927
estate accounts 1866-1918
estate administrators 1853-1916
estate records 1790-1929
estate settlements 1862-1960
estate widows' dowers 1894-1918
guardian 1800-1925
land miscellaneous 1807-1925
land processions 1874-1904
marriages 1848-1960
miscellaneous 1786-1928
naturalizations 1786-1928
roads 1879-1903, 1917-31
schools 1861-77
tax 1782, 1790-95, 1815, 1848-1918
wills 1777-1970

 

CENSUS

1800 - regular
1810 - regular
1820 - regular, industrial
1830 - regular
1840 - regular, Revolutionary War pension
1850 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality, slaveholder
1860 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality, slaveholder
1870 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality
1880 - regular, agriculture, industrial, mortality
1890 - Union Civil War veterans
1900 - regular
1910 - regular
1920 - regular

COUNTY HISTORY

Three Hundred Years Along the Pasquotank: A Biographical History of Camden County
by J. F. Pugh, The Author, Old Trap, NC 1957

 

SOCIETIES

Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina

 


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