HYDE COUNTY

Established in 1705 as Wickham Precinct of Bath County.
Name changed to Hyde in 1712.

                                ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds and Records, 1771-1911; 1 volume, 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1740-1907; 1 volume, 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Officials' Bonds, 1755-1910; 1 volume, 3 Fibredex boxes.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1736-1737, 1744-1868; 19 volumes, 1 manuscript box.
		Appearance, Reference (Trial), Crown (State) and Execution Dockets,
			1744-1797; 4 volumes, 1 manuscript box.
		Appearance and Trial Dockets, 1790-1820; 3 volumes, 
			1 manuscript box.
		Appearance Dockets, 1820-1868; 4 volumes.
		Execution Dockets, 1765-1861; 6 volumes.
		State Docket, 1807-1868; 1 volume (see also Appearance and Trial
			Dockets)
		Trial Dockets, 1818-1868; 9 volumes, 1 manuscript box.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1807-1942; 12 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1808-1868; 1 volume.
		Equity Enrolling Docket, 1808-1852; 1 volume.
		Equity Execution Docket, 1808-1868; 1 volume.
		Equity Trial Dockets, 1816-1868; 2 volumes.
		Appearance Docket, 1822-1860; 1 volume.
		Execution Dockets, 1808-1875; 4 volumes.
		Judgment Dockets, 1867-1968; 15 volumes.
		State Dockets, 1813-1859; 3 volumes.
		Criminal Docket, 1869-1903; 1 volume.
		Trial and Appearance Docket, 1807-1822; 1 volume.
		Trial Dockets, 1822-1869; 3 volumes.
		Tax Judgment Dockets, 1929-1968; 5 volumes.
		Index to Judgments, 1867-1968; 4 volumes.
		Index to Judgments [Tax Foreclosures], 1929-1953; 1 volume.
		Civil Action Papers, 1736-1914; 7 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1791-1914; 6 Fibredex boxes.
		Criminal Action Papers, 1741-1909; 4 Fibredex boxes.
		Executions, 1737-1898, 1909; 11 Fibredex boxes.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1736-1840; 9 volumes.
	Deeds and Miscellaneous Deeds, 1759-1927; 1 Fibredex box.
	Cross Index to Deeds, 1736-1840; 1 volume.
	Ejectments, 1786-1887; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Land Entries, 1778-1795; 1 volume.
	Land Grants, 1779-1857; 2 volumes.
	Land Sales for Taxes, 1837, 1851, 1870-1920; 1 Fibredex box.
	Foreclosures, 1842-1934; 1 Fibredex box.
	Petitions for Partition and Sale of Land, 1757, 1801-1916; 1 Fibredex box.
	Miscellaneous Land Records, 1758-1916, 1933, 1952; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Sale and Resale of Land, 1918-1967; 2 volumes.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Estates, 1837-1868; 3 volumes.
	Record of Accounts, 1869-1905; 3 volumes.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1868-1919; 3 volumes.
	Estates Records, 1735-1933, 1944; 82 Fibredex boxes.
	Cross Index to Guardians, 1869-1959; 1 volume.
	Record of Guardians, 1962-1968; 1 volume.
	Guardians' Records, 1744-1925, 1946, 1951; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1884-1919; 1 volume.
	Record of Funds for Indigent Orphans and Non-Residents, 1935-1966; 1 volume.
	Accounts of Trust Funds and Funds of Indigent Children, 1918-1926; 1 volume.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1905; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1742-1868; 1 Fibredex box.
	Marriage Register, 1868-1873; 1 volume.
	Cohabitation Records, 1866; 1 volume.
	Divorce Records, 1829-1914; 2 Fibredex boxes.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Lists of Taxables, 1837-1868, 1910; 5 volumes, 1 manuscript box.
	Merchants' Returns of Purchases, 1883-1903; 1 Fibredex box.
	Tax Records, 1740-1936; 1 Fibredex box.
	Receipts from Oyster License Tax, 1895-1904; 1 volume.
WILLS
	Record of Wills and Estates, 1755-1818; 9 volumes.
	Wills, 1760-1908; 9 Fibredex boxes.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien Registration, 1940; 1 volume.
	Minutes (Rough), Board of County Commissioners, 1878-1885; 1 volume.
	Minutes, Board of Superintendents of Common Schools, 1841-1861; 
		1 volume.
	Minutes, County Board of Education, 1880-1885; 1 volume.
	County Accounts and Claims, 1853-1873; 1 volume.
	County Accounts, 1746-1926; 1 Fibredex box.
	County Claims, 1752-1928, 1933; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Elections, 1878-1970; 6 volumes.
	Election Records, 1755, 1800-1844, 1920; 1 Fibredex box.
	Insolvent Debtors and Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1795-
		1916; 1 Fibredex box.
	Jury Lists and Records, 1742-1918; 1 Fibredex box.
	Records of Justices of the Peace, 1760-1917; 1 Fibredex box.
	Registry of Licenses to Trades, 1881-1903; 1 volume.
	Record of Lunacy, 1899-1968; 2 volumes.
	Special Proceedings Summons Docket, 1883-1938; 1 volume.
	Orders and Decrees, 1923-1935; 1 volume.
	Road Docket, 1855-1879, 1923; 1 volume.
	Road Records, 1742-1928, 1935; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Bridge Records, 1748-1928; 1 Fibredex box.
	Railroad Records, 1901-1923; 1 Fibredex box.
	Minutes, Wardens of the Poor, 1837-1868; 1 volume.
	Records of Paupers, 1763, 1769, 1849-1935; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Canal and Drainage Records, 1792-1935; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Minutes, Franklin Society, 1861; 1 volume.
	Lake Landing Township Minutes, 1869-1877; 1 volume.
	Licenses to Catch Oysters, 1895-1902; 2 volumes.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1735-1952; 5 Fibredex boxes.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1841-1926; 1 Fibredex box.
CRX
	Civil Action Paper, 1814; 1 folder.

                               MICROFILM RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1868-1912; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1736-1815, 1820-1868; 5 reels.
		Appearance, Crown, Reference and Execution Dockets, 1744-1761; 
			1 reel.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1869-1921; 3 reels.
		Equity Minutes, 1808-1868; 1 reel.
		Equity Enrolling Docket, 1808-1852; 1 reel.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Record of Elections, 1880-1956; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Estates, 1845-1868; 2 reels.
	Record of Accounts, 1869-1921; 3 reels.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1869-1919; 1 reel.
	Appointment of Executors, 1868-1919; 1 reel.
	Cross Index to Administrators and Executors, 1870-1960; 1 reel.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1849-1860; 1 reel.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1884-1919; 1 reel.
	Guardians' Settlements, 1837-1845; 1 reel.
	Cross Index to Guardians, 1870-1960; 1 reel.
	Record of Settlements, 1856-1905; 1 reel.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1736-1918; 34 reels.
	Record of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust, 1882-1915; 6 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1736-1937; 4 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1736-1937; 4 reels.
	Entry Takers' Book, 1891-1892; 1 reel.
	Grant Book, 1782-1787; 1 reel.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868; 2 reels.
	Marriage Registers, 1855-1975; 1 reel.
	Index to Vital Statistics, 1877-1958; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1917-1987; 3 reels.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1941; 1 reel.
	Special Proceedings, 1885-1968; 8 reels.
Cross Index to Special Proceedings, 1859-1960; 1 reel.
	Minutes, Wardens of the Poor, 1837-1868; 1 reel.
ROADFS AND BRIDGES
	Road Overseers' Book, 1858-1879; 1 reel.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Lists of Taxables, 1837-1868; 2 reels.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1764-1968; 7 reels.
	Record of Wills, Inventories and Sales of Estates, 1756-1762, 1765-1802; 
		3 reels.
	Cross Index to Wills, 1764-1970; 1 reel.



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