PERSON COUNTY

Established in 1791 (effective 1792) from Caswell County.

                                ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds and Records, 1801-1925; 1 volume, 1 Fibredex box.
	Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1793-1891; 1 Fibredex box.
	Constables' Bonds and Records, 1792-1854; 1 Fibredex box.
	Officials' Bonds and Records, 1792-1954; 2 volumes, 1 Fibredex box.
CENSUS RECORDS (County Copy)
	Census, 1880; 2 volumes.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1792-1868; 14 volumes.
		Rough Minutes and Dockets, 1803-1866; 1 Fibredex box.
		Execution Dockets, 1813-1825, 1838-1868; 5 volumes.
		Levy Dockets, 1795-1826, 1837; 2 volumes.
		State Dockets, 1792-1868; 4 volumes.
		Trial and Appearance Dockets, 1792-1814, 1824-1868; 5 volumes.
		Summons Docket (Writs Issued), 1793-1807; 1 volume.
		Witness Fee Docket, 1822-1853; 1 volume.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1807-1864, 1869-1909; 8 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1808-1854; 2 volumes.
		Equity Trial and Execution Docket, 1807-1853; 1 volume.
		Equity Trial and Appearance Docket, 1854-1868; 1 volume.
		Execution Dockets, 1808-1857; 3 volumes.
		State Dockets, 1808-1838, 1851-1868; 2 volumes.
		Trial and Appearance Dockets, 1807-1868; 3 volumes.
		Summons Docket, 1869-1870; 1 volume.
		Civil Action Papers, 1813-1939; 8 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Board of County Commissioners, 
			1871-1906; 1 Fibredex box.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1775-1948; 4 Fibredex boxes.
		Criminal Action Papers, 1815-1908; 1 Fibredex box.
LAND RECORDS
	Deeds, 1777-1918; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Deeds, 1774-1923; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Land Entry Book, 1873-1887, 1899; 1 volume.
	Petitions for Partition, 1838-1918; 1 Fibredex box.
	Petitions for Sale, 1856-1934; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Land Records, 1775-1940; 2 Fibredex boxes.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1908; 4 volumes.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1870-1882, 1889-1898; 2 volumes.
	Estates Records, 1775, 1776, 1784, 1791-1951; 78 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Records, 1792-1949; 6 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1810-1865; 4 volumes.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1870-1899; 1 volume.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1898; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1791-1868; 10 Fibredex boxes.
	Marriage Licenses, 1868-1899; 5 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Cohabitation, 1866; 1 volume.
	Divorce Records, 1821-1939; 3 Fibredex boxes.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Lists of Taxables, 1915, 1925; 3 volumes.
	List of Insolvents, 1892-1898; 1 volume.
	Schedule B Taxes, 1869-1883; 1 volume.
	Tax Records, 1792-1886; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Tax Receipt Book, 1871; 1 volume.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, Inventories, Sales of Estates and Taxables, 1792-1844;
		15 volumes.
	Wills, 1790-1943; 17 Fibredex boxes.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien Registration, 1927, 1940; 1 volume.
	County Accounts, 1881-1885; 2 volumes.
	Election Records, 1804-1918; 1 Fibredex box.
	List of Jurors, 1893-1915; 1 volume.
	Minutes, Board of Magistrates, 1880-1894; 1 volume.
	Record of Magistrates, 1893-1922; 1 volume.
	Record of Magistrates and Notaries Public, 1923-1945; 1 volume.
	Registry of Licenses to Trades, 1877-1901; 1 volume.
	Oaths of Allegiance, 1865; 4 pamphlets.
	Appointment of Road Overseers, 1823-1868; 2 volumes.
	Road Records, 1797-1888; 1 Fibredex box.
	Railroad Records, 1876-1921; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	School Records, 1832-1930; 1 Fibredex box.
	School Registers, 1887-1904; 8 volumes.
	Minutes, Wardens of the Poor, 1792-1868; 2 volumes.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1771-1954; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Powers of Attorney, 1785-1900; 1 Fibredex box.
	Tobacco and Snuff Manufacturer's Record, 1869-1871; 1 volume.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1842-1939; 3 Fibredex boxes.

                               MICROFILM RECORDS

CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
	Record of Corporations, 1895-1966; 1 reel.
	Partnership Records, 1913-1966; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1792-1868; 4 reels.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1821-1864, 1869-1966; 8 reels.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Record of Elections, 1906-1964; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1966; 7 reels.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1870-1966; 5 reels.
	Appointment of Executors, 1868-1894; Record of Executors, 1925-1966; 
		1 reel.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1810-1944; 1 reel.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1870-1899; 1 reel.
	Appointment of Guardians, 1899-1966; 1 reel.
	Clerk's Receiver Accounts, 1894-1903; 1 reel.
	Inheritance Tax Records, 1919-1961; 1 reel.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1966; 5 reels.
	Index to Estates, 1947-1966; 1 reel.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1789-1959; 56 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1790-1974; 6 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1790-1974; 4 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee: Trustees, 1900-1974; 2 reels.
	Entry Book, 1872-1899; 1 reel.
	Record of Resale of Land by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1920-1960; 1 reel.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1791-1868; 6 reels.
	Record of Marriage Certificates, 1851-1867; Marriage Registers, 1867-1966;
		1 reel.
	Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1938-1966; 1 reel.
	Index to Births, 1913-1979; 2 reels.
	Index to Deaths, 1913-1986; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1966; 3 reels.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Orders and Decrees, 1868-1962; 9 reels.
	Index to Special Proceedings, 1954-1966; 1 reel.
OFFICIALS, COUNTY
	Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1947; 3 reels.
SCHOOL RECORDS
	Minutes, Board of Superintendents of Common Schools, 1841-1864; Minutes,
		County Board of Education, 1872-1886, 1909-1953; 1 reel.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Tax Scrolls, 1876-1925; 4 reels.
WILLS
	Wills, Inventories, Sales of Estates and Taxables, 1792-1844; 7 reels.
	Record of Wills, 1847-1968; 5 reels.
	Original Wills, 1791-1900; 3 reels.
	Cross Index to Wills, 1792-1956; 1 reel.
	Index to Wills, Devisee, 1970-1986; 1 reel.



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