PITT COUNTY Established in 1760 (effective 1761) from Beaufort County. Courthouse fire of 1857 destroyed most of the court records. ORIGINAL RECORDS BONDS Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1858-1926; 2 Fibredex boxes. COURT RECORDS County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes, 1858-1868; 4 volumes. Execution Docket, 1858-1868; 1 volume. Trial Dockets, 1850-1868; 3 volumes. Bench Docket (Civil and Criminal), 1858-1863, 1866; 1 volume. Superior Court Minutes, 1858-1968; 50 volumes. Equity Minutes, 1858-1868; 1 volume. Execution Docket, 1858-1864, 1867; 1 volume. Judgment Dockets, 1860-1957; 40 volumes. State Docket, 1858-1863, 1866-1870; 1 volume. Trial Docket, 1858-1873; 1 volume. Civil Issues Dockets, 1869-1935; 5 volumes. Bench Docket (Civil and Criminal), 1858-1867; 1 volume. Index to Judgments - Civil Actions, 1857-1880; 2 volumes. Index to Civil Issues Docket, 1869-1927; 2 volumes. Index to Judgments - Defendants, 1900-1969; 8 volumes. Civil Action Papers, 1850-1907; 19 Fibredex boxes. Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1859-1921; 15 Fibredex boxes. Civil Action Papers Concerning Canals and Land Drainage, 1857- 1902; 2 Fibredex boxes. Criminal Action Papers, 1771, 1857-1931; 31 Fibredex boxes. Inferior Court Minutes, 1877-1885; 1 volume. LAND RECORDS Record of Deeds, 1817-1818; 1 volume. Deeds, Deeds of Trust and Mortgage Deeds, 1763-1892; 1 Fibredex box. Entry Book, 1858-1941; 1 volume. Land Grant Books, 1779-1800; 2 volumes. Judgment Dockets, Tax Sales, 1930-1955; 5 volumes. Miscellaneous Land Records, 1778-1923; 2 Fibredex boxes. Record of Sales and Re-Sales, 1920-1968; 9 volumes. ESTATES RECORDS Record of Accounts, 1868-1926; 6 volumes. Record of Administrators [Trustees], 1956-1968; 1 volume. Record of Dowers and Widows' Year's Support, 1858-1885; 1 volume. Estates Records, 1791, 1827-1947; 77 Fibredex boxes. Guardians' Records, 1858-1919, 1923; 19 Fibredex boxes. Guardians' Accounts, 1858-1916; 5 volumes. Inventories and Accounts of Sale, 1857-1872; 2 volumes. Record of Settlements, 1858-1923; 7 volumes. MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Bonds, 1826-1833; 1 folder in Fibredex box. Marriage Registers, 1867-1875; 3 volumes. Record of Cohabitation, 1866; 1 volume. Divorce Records, 1861, 1866, 1870-1906; 4 Fibredex boxes. Maiden Name of Divorced Women, 1942-1968; 1 volume. WILLS Wills, 1805, 1808, 1817, 1836-1930, 1938; 18 Fibredex boxes. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Alien Registration, 1940; 1 volume. Record of Elections, 1896-1903; 1 volume. Coroners' Inquests, 1861-1960; 14 Fibredex boxes. Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1870-1916; 1 Fibredex box. Minutes, Board of Justices of the Peace, 1877-1894; 1 volume. Record of Lunacy, 1899-1968; 6 volumes. Record of Official Oaths, 1945-1968; 1 volume. Clerk's Minute Docket [Special Proceedings], 1946-1968; 4 volumes. Record of Pensions, 1920-1969; 1 volume. Railroad Records, 1893-1906; 2 Fibredex boxes. Miscellaneous Records, 1763-1924; 3 Fibredex boxes. Records of Slaves and Free Persons of Color, 1858-1870; 1 Fibredex box. Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1870-1925; 2 Fibredex boxes. Appointment of Receivers, 1918-1968; 3 volumes. CRX Will [Robert Williams], 1838; 1 folder. MICROFILM RECORDS BONDS Apprentice Bonds, 1911-1926; 1 reel. CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS Record of Corporations, 1885-1948; 2 reels. Record of Limited Partnerships, 1943-1962; 1 reel. Index to Partnerships, 1915-1963; 1 reel. COURT RECORDS County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes, 1858-1868; 1 reel. Superior Court Minutes, 1858-1915; 10 reels. Minutes, Civil, 1915-1945; 7 reels. Minutes, Criminal, 1914-1941; 3 reels. Inferior Court Minutes, 1877-1885; 1 reel. ELECTION RECORDS Record of Elections, 1878-1962; 1 reel. ESTATES RECORDS Record of Accounts, 1868-1951; 6 reels. Appointment of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1868-1916; 1 reel. Record of Administrators, 1912-1950; 5 reels. Record of Executors, 1916-1963; 1 reel. Guardians' Accounts, 1896-1950; 3 reels. Record of Guardians' Qualifications, 1913-1950; 2 reels. Dowers and Widows' Year's Allowance, 1858-1946; 1 reel. Inheritance Tax Records, 1923-1963; 1 reel. Record of Settlements, 1868-1952; 7 reels. Index to Final Accounts and Administrators, 1868-1963; 2 reels. LAND RECORDS Record of Deeds, 1762-1946; 152 reels. Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1762-1952; 7 reels. Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1762-1962; 7 reels. Entry Takers' Book, 1858-1941; 1 reel. Land Divisions, 1858-1936; 2 reels. Map Book and Index, 1911-1963; 1 reel. Record of Sales by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1920-1938; 3 reels. MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS Marriage Bonds, 1826, 1829, 1833; 1 reel. Marriage Licenses, 1890-1961; 17 reels. Record of Marriages, 1851-1867; 1 reel. Marriage Registers, 1868-1961; 3 reels. Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1942-1963; 1 reel. Index to Births, 1913-1957; 2 reels. Index to Deaths, 1916-1961; 1 reel. Index to Delayed Births, various years; 1 reel. MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1951; 9 reels. Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1963; 1 reel. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS Inquisition of Lunacy, 1899-1947; 1 reel. Orders and Decrees, 1869-1947, 1962-1963; 14 reels. Special Proceedings Dockets, 1872-1949; 4 reels. General Index to Civil Actions and Special Proceedings, 1869-1963; 6 reels. OFFICIALS, COUNTY Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1963; 8 reels. Index to Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1936-1950; 1 reel. SCHOOL RECORDS Minutes, County Board of Education, 1885-1956; 2 reels. WILLS Record of Wills, 1858-1963; 5 reels. Index to Wills, Devisor, 1858-1968; 1 reel. |