CUMBERLAND COUNTY

Established in 1754 from Bladen County.

                              ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds and Records, 1812-1909; 1 volume, 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1760-1910; 1 volume, 1 Fibredex box.
	Constables' Bonds, 1779-1883, 1920; 1 Fibredex box.
	Officials' Bonds, 1777-1954; 2 Fibredex boxes.
CENSUS RECORDS (County Copy)
	Census, 1840; 1 volume.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1755-1868; 44 volumes.
		Appeal Dockets, 1791-1834, 1857-1868; 5 volumes.
		Appearance Dockets, 1789-1868; 7 volumes.
		Execution Dockets, 1785-1868; 14 volumes.
		Judgment Docket, 1823-1825; 1 volume.
		Levy Dockets, 1821-1835; 2 volumes.
		Recognizance Docket, 1789-1806; 1 volume.
		State Dockets, 1784-1860; 4 volumes.
		Trial, Appearance and Reference Dockets, 1774-1787; 2 volumes.
		Trial Dockets, 1788-1868; 11 volumes.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1806-1818, 1831-1966; 55 volumes.
		Criminal Minute Docket, 1961-1966; 4 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1830-1868; 3 volumes.
		Equity Enrolling Docket, 1845-1867; 1 volume.
		Equity Execution Docket, 1862-1868; 1 volume.
		Equity Trial Dockets, 1840-1868; 2 volumes.
		Equity Costs Docket, 1827-1855; 1 volume.
		Appearance Docket, 1853-1869; 1 volume.
		Argument Docket, 1807-1816; 1 volume.
		Execution Dockets, 1818-1868; 6 volumes.
		Judgment Dockets, 1869-1878, 1893-1961; 26 volumes.
		State Dockets, 1816-1847; 3 volumes.
		Criminal Dockets, 1869-1900, 1927-1966; 17 volumes.
		Trial Docket, 1830-1846; 1 volume.
		Index Civil Judgments - Plaintiffs, 1889-1921; 2 volumes.
		Index to Notice and Claim of Lien, 1939-1957; 1 volume.
		Lien Docket Welfare, 1951-1966; 3 volumes.
		Divorce Minute Docket, 1960-1966; 3 volumes.
		Index to Criminal Actions, 1927-1966; 2 volumes.
		Civil Action Papers, 1759-1914; 4 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1857-1945; 2 Fibredex boxes.
		Criminal Action Papers, 1772-1927; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Circuit Criminal Court/Eastern District Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1897-1901; 1 volume.
	Recorder's Court
		Minute Book, 1937-1966; 18 volumes.
LAND RECORDS
	Deeds, 1787-1956; 20 Fibredex boxes.
	Deeds of Trust, 1837, 1852, 1903-1956; 1 Fibredex box.
	Mortgage Deeds, 1894-1947; 1 Fibredex box.
	Index to Deeds, 1752-1856; 2 volumes.
	Miscellaneous Land Records, 1784-1955; 1 Fibredex box.
	Chattel Mortgages, 1899-1901; 1 volume.
	Tax Foreclosure Docket, 1941-1944; 1 volume.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Estates, 1825-1868; 6 volumes.
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1900; 3 volumes.
	Accounts and Inventories, 1901-1966; 30 volumes.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1869-1906; 4 volumes.
	Appointment of Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Masters, 1868-
		1906; 1 volume.
	Record of Administrators, 1906-1956; 14 volumes.
	Appointments Administrators Guardians Executors Trustees, 1956-1966; 
		12 volumes.
	Division of Estates, 1818-1860; 1 volume.
	Estates Records, 1758-1930; 79 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Records, 1795-1916; 10 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Guardians, 1906-1956; 5 volumes.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1830-1868; 3 volumes.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1869-1906; 3 volumes.
	Inheritance Tax Record, 1921-1967; 4 volumes.
	Record of Settlements (Final Accounts), 1869-1950; 7 volumes.
	Clerk's Account Book, 1898-1908, 1916-1926; 2 volumes.
	Estates Not Exceeding $300, 1930-1956; 1 volume.
	Estates -  Non Qualified, 1956-1968; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1800-1868; 15 Fibredex boxes.
	Marriage Licenses, 1868-1906, 1908; 17 Fibredex boxes.
	Marriage Registers, 1851-1941; 8 volumes.
	Disinterment/Reinterment Permits, 1953-1981; 1 Fibredex box.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Lists of Taxables, 1777-1884; 7 volumes.
	Poll Tax Register, 1902-1904; 1 volume.
WILLS
	Wills, 1757-1967; 58 Fibredex boxes.
	Cross Index to Wills, 1796-1933; 1 volume.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien Registration, 1927-1942; 1 volume.
	Applications for Naturalization, 1894-1904; 1 volume.
	County Trustee Accounts, 1845-1855; 1 volume.
	Record of Claims Allowed, 1797-1836; 1 volume.
	Record of Elections, 1900-1921; 3 volumes.
	Election Records, 1793-1925; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Coroners' Inquests, 1791-1909; 1 Fibredex box.
	Oaths, 1936-1966; 1 volume. 
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1966; 46 volumes.
	Record of Pensions, 1915-1926; 1 volume.
	Road Dockets, 1825-1855; 2 volumes.
	Account Book, Cumberland Agricultural Society, 1823-1825; 1 volume.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1758-1965; 7 Fibredex boxes.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1839-1926; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Assignments, 1894-1912; 1 volume.
CRX
	Equity Trial Dockets, 1801-1840; 2 volumes.
	Trial Dockets, 1788-1804, 1810-1818; 2 volumes.
	Execution Docket, 1808-1818; 1 volume.
	Warrants Returned Docket, 1808-1821; 1 volume.
	List of Taxables, 1816-1823; 1 volume.
	Record of Pensions, 1898-1914; 1 volume.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1826-1915; 1 Fibredex box and 10 folders.
	Tax Lists, 1804; 1 folder.
	Plat, no date; 1 folder.
	Deed, 1869-1896; 1 folder.
	Clerk's Fee Docket, 1879-1904; 1 volume.
	Criminal Action Papers, 1822, 1840-1879; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Receivers, 1910-1916; 1 Fibredex box.
	
                             MICROFILM RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1873-1894; 1 reel.
	Bastardy Bonds, 1867-1883; 1 reel.
CENSUS RECORDS (County Copy)
	Census, 1840, 1850; 1 reel.
CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
	Record of Incorporations, 1898-1923; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1755-1868; 9 reels.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1867-1947, 1952-1955; 15 reels.
		Equity Minutes, 1830-1868; 1 reel.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Record of Elections, 1906-1960; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Estates, 1825-1868; 3 reels.
	Record of Division of Estates, 1808-1860; 1 reel.
	Accounts and Inventories, 1868-1962; 10 reels.
	Appointment of Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees,
		1956-1962; 3 reels.
	Index to Appointment of Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees,
		1849-1962; 1 reel.
	Record of Administrators, 1906-1956; 7 reels.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1820-1862; 2 reels.
	Record of Guardians, 1906-1956; 2 reels.
	Inheritance Tax Records, 1921-1962; 1 reel.
	Record of Estates not Exceeding $300, 1930-1956; 1 reel.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1962; 5 reels.
	Index to Estates, 1949-1962; 1 reel.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1754-1947; 176 reels.
	Index to Deeds, Grantor, 1754-1942; 7 reels.
	Index to Deeds, Grantee, 1754-1942; 7 reels.
	Record of Grants, 1897-1926; 1 reel.
	Index to Record of Grants, 1774-1927; 1 reel.
	Record of Surveys and Plats, 1904-1910; 1 reel.
	Plat Books, 1911-1950, 1957-1962; 2 reels.
	Index to Plats, 1905-1973; 1 reel.
	Land Sales by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1921-1962; 5 reels.
	Index to Land Sales by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1956-1962; 1 reel.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1803-1868; 5 reels.
	Marriage Bond Abstracts, 1808-1868; 1 reel.
	Marriage Licenses, 1868-1961; 19 reels.
	Marriage Registers, 1851-1962; 9 reels.
	Index to Births, 1913-1962; 4 reels.
	Index to Deaths, 1913-1962; 3 reels.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1919-1973; 10 reels.
	Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1919-1973; 1 reel.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1959; 10 reels.
	Index to Special Proceedings and Orders and Decrees, Plaintiff, 1869-1962;
		2 reels.
	Index to Special Proceedings and Orders and Decrees, Defendant, 1869-1962;
		2 reels.
OFFICIALS, COUNTY
	Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1924; 2 reels.
	Index to Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1871-1940; 1 reel.
SCHOOL RECORDS
	Minutes, County Board of Education, 1885-1962; 1 reel.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Lists of Taxables, 1771-1783, 1816-1823, 1837-1849, 1857-1884; 5 reels.
	Tax Levies on Land, 1833-1835; 1 reel.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1761-1962; 7 reels.
	Index to Wills, 1796-1962; 1 reel.