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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Durham County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed on April 17, 1881, from parts of Orange County and Wake County, taking the name of its own county seat. Adjacent Counties Chatham County Orange County Wake County Person County Granville County Cities, Towns & Communities Bahama Bethesda Bra...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Vance County, North Carolina. Official Website The Occonacheans Native Americans were the first inhabitants of what became Vance County in 1881. The first white explorer of the region was John Lederer and his Native American guide in 1670. Originally part of colony of Virginia, King Charles of England redrew the colony lines in 166...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Granville County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed by English colonists in 1746 and was named for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, who as heir to one of the eight original Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, claimed one eighth of the land granted in the charter of 1665. The claim was established as...
Allen C. Perry Family Cemetery resides in Franklinton, Franklin County, North Carolina. This small cemetery has only twelve remaining stones; most of the stones are illegible. The oldest burials trace to the 1840s through the 1930s. Though this family burying ground is inactive, it is well maintained. "This cemetery is on the old Perry farm which, except for the cemetery, was sold in 1910. Alle...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Franklin County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1779 from the southern half of Bute County. It is named for Benjamin Franklin and is a part of the Research Triangle. Adjacent Counties Granville County Halifax County Nash County Vance County Wake County Warren County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Nash County, North Carolina. Official Website Nash County was formed in 1777 and was named for American Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Nash, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Germantown that year. Adjacent Counties Franklin County Wake County Halifax County Edgecombe County Wilson County Warren County
Go to Wilson Name study Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Wilson County, North Carolina. Official Website On February 13, 1855, the North Carolina General Assembly established Wilson County. It was named for Colonel Louis D. Wilson, U.S. Volunteers, who died of fever while on leave from the state senate during the Mexican–American War. Wilson Speedway held 12 NAS...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Halifax County, North Carolina. Official Website Originally the area was home to Tuscarora Indians and then it was settled in the early 18th century by English colonists migrating south from Virginia and also from New Jersey. According to Preservation North Carolina, “Halifax County, designated in 1759, is one of the oldest counti...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Northampton County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1741 and was named for James Compton, 5th Earl of Northampton. Adjacent Counties Hertford County Bertie County Halifax County Warren County Greensville County, Virginia Southampton County, Virginia
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Washington County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1799 and was named for George Washington. Adjacent Counties Chowan County Perquimans County Bertie County Martin County Beaufort County Hyde County Tyrell County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Tyrrell County, North Carolina. The county was created in 1729 as Tyrrell Precinct and gained county status in 1739. It was named for Sir John Tyrrell, one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. Adjacent Counties Perquimans County Pasquotank County Camden County Currituck County Dare County Hyde County Washington County
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hyde County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed December 3, 1705, as Wickham Precinct, one of three precincts within Bath County. The name "Wickham" was derived from the manor of "Temple Wycombe" in Buckinghamshire, England, the family home of John Archdale, Governor of North and South Carolina from 1695 to 1696....
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Dare County, North Carolina. Official Website The county is named after Virginia Dare, the first child born in the Americas to English parents, who was born in what is now Dare County. Adjacent Counties Hyde County Tyrrell County Currituck County Towns & Townships Atlantic Croatan Duck East Lake Hatteras Kill...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Currituck County, North Carolina. Official Website Currituck County was created in 1668 from Albemarle County, North Carolina and gained county status in 1739. The name is "traditionally said to be an Indian word for wild geese; Coratank." Currituck County is located in the Outer Banks (OBX) region. Adjacent Counties Norfolk Cou...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Camden County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1777 from the northeastern part of Pasquotank County. It was named for Charles Pratt, 1st Lord Camden, who had opposed the Stamp Act. The county is the site of the southern terminus of the Dismal Swamp Canal. It was the site of the Battle of South Mills on Apri...
Keaton Cemetery resides in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. This small cemetery began as a family cemetery for the Keatons; however, over subsequent years, other families sought burial here. These included the Corbett, Cox, Overman, and Palmer families. Burials at Keaton Cemetery began in the early 1790s and continued through the 1930s. This cemetery is no longer active. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was originally created as Pasquotank Precinct and gained county status in 1739. It was named after the Pasquotank Indians; the Indian word pásk-e'tan-ki means "where the current divides or forks." Adjacent Counties Camden County Gates County Perquimans County ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was originally created as Berkeley Precinct. It was renamed Perquimans Precinct around 1684 and gained county status in 1739. Perquimans, means "land of beautiful women" and was named by its earliest inhabitants, the Yeopim Indians, a branch of the family of Algonquians....
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Chowan County, North Carolina. Official Website Chowan was formed in 1670 as a precinct, originally called Shaftesbury, in Albemarle County. By 1685 it had been renamed for the Chowan Indian tribe, which lived in the northeastern part of the Carolina Colony. During the American Civil War, the Albemarle Artillery was recruited in 18...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Gates County, North Carolina. Official Website At the time of European contact, the Chowanoke were the largest tribe in North Carolina of the many in the Algonquian language family and it occupied most of the territory along the river. After suffering dramatic population decreases by the early 17th century due to infectious diseases...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Hertford County, North Carolina. Official Website Hertford County is home of the Meherrin Indian Tribe, descendants of indigenous people who had inhabited the region for many centuries. After decades of encroachment by English colonists, the Tribe moved south from Virginia, where they settled in 1706 on a reservation abandoned by th...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Bertie County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed as Bertie Precinct in 1722 from the part of Chowan Precinct of Albemarle County lying west of the Chowan River. It was named for James Bertie, his brother Henry Bertie, or perhaps both, each having been one of the Lords Proprietors of Carolina. In 1729 parts of B...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Martin County, North Carolina. Official Website Adjacent Counties Bertie County Washington County Halifax County Edgecombe County Pitt County Beaufort County Towns & Townships Bear Grass Cross Roads Everetts Goose Nest Griffins Hamilton Hassell Jamesville
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pitt County, North Carolina. Official Website The county was formed in 1760, though the legislative act that created it did not become effective until January 1, 1761. It was named for William Pitt the Elder, who was then Secretary of State for the Southern Department and Leader of the House of Commons. William Pitt was an English s...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Official Website Beaufort County was first called Pamptecough. The name was changed about 1712 to Beaufort, named for Henry Scudamore , 3rd Duke of Beaufort, who became one of Carolina's Lords Proprietor around 1709. Adjacent Counties Pitt County Martin County Washington County Hyde County