State-Wide, NC - Bibliographic Checklist - NC Families Bibliographic Checklist of NC Reference Works for Family Research NORTH CAROLINA REFERENCE WORKS FOR FAMILY RESEARCH A BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECKLIST OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS FOR RESEARCHERS ON NORTH CAROLINA FAMILIES Earl P. Bell, Compiler and Editor* email address: earl.bell3@gmail.com This bibliography provides a checklist of the books and pamphlets that individuals researching their families in North Carolina might wish to survey. The publications included are mostly a part of the outstanding collection of books on North Carolina history found in the libraries at The University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. If a book is located in another library an indication of that fact appears in the citation. If no other library is identified in a citation, the book is a part of The University of Chicago’s collection. The University of Chicago is a private university whose library collection is exclusively for the use of its students and faculty. It does not view itself as a place for genealogist to come and work. This bibliography possesses a focus on the older publications for the colony and the state of North Carolina, many published during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Not included, except in a few important cases, are the abstracts of primary colony, county and state records by professional genealogists or the county histories. The web site of the State Library of North Carolina [http://go.dcr.state.nc.us/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First] provides a comprehensive lists of county histories and a respectable collection of the books of abstracts of county, colony and state records. . Several public libraries in North Carolina contain the work of professional genealogists who privately publish and sell abstracts of country records including: land grants and deeds of property; wills and estate papers; birth, marriage and death records; court minutes and cemetery records. Again, most of the books and pamphlets cited in this bibliography pertain to the older, primary and secondary sources of colony as well as state records. In fact, many of the most useful books cited are multivolume reference works. Also, the bibliography lists the journals and magazines, in the University of Chicago collection, that focused on North Carolina genealogy. At the end of this bibliography researchers will find a list of the books and pamphlets provided at the web pages for North Carolina and African Americans by Chicago’s premier genealogical library, The Newberry Library. I dedicate this bibliography to my three favorite history teachers in college: Harley Jolley [American History] at Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC (1956-1958), Forrest Clonts [English History] and Lowell Tillett [Russian History] at Wake Forest College (now University), Winston-Salem, NC (1958 – 1960). BIBLIOGRAPHY Ashe, Samuel A. (Samuel A'Court), (1840-1938). HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Greensboro, NC: C.L. VanNoppen, 1908-1925]. 2 volumes. ________________, Stephen B. Weeks, Charles L. Van Noppen, editors, BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT. [Greensboro, N.C., C. L. Van Noppen, 1905-17]. 8 volumes. _________________ and General Edward McCrady, editors, CYCLOPEDIA OF EMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE CAROLINAS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, with a brief historical introduction on South Carolina by General Edward McCrady, and on North Carolina by Samuel A. Ashe. [Madison, Wis., Brant & Fuller, 1892]. 2 volumes. ________________, DAVID PATON, ARCHITECT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE CAPITOL. AN ADDRESS BY SAMUEL A. ASHE, ESQ., delivered in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol at Raleigh, March 12, 1909, upon the presentation of the portrait of David Paton to the state. [Raleigh, NC: E. M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers, 1909]. 19 pp. Boyd, William K. and J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton ...A SYLLABUS OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY, 1584-1876. [Durham, N.C., The Seeman Printery, 1913]. 101 pp. ________________, HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. [New York : Lewis Publishing Co., 1919]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Volume 1. THE COLONIAL AND REVOLUTIONARY PERIODS, 1584-1783 / by R. D. W. Connor -- Volume 2. THE FEDERAL PERIOD, 1783-1860 / by William K. Boyd -- Volume 3. NORTH CAROLINA SINCE 1860 / by James G. de R. Hamilton -- Volumes 4-6. North Carolina biography / by special staff of writers. 6 volumes. Bennett, D. K. CHRONOLOGY OF NORTH CAROLINA...FROM THE YEAR 1584 TO PRESENT TIME... [New York : J. M. Edney, 1858]. 143pp. Boykin, James H., (1914 - 2004). NORTH CAROLINA IN 1861. {New York, Bookman Associates, 1961]. 271pp. Bradley, Stephen E., EARLY RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA : (FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE PAPERS) [S.E. Bradley, c1992-present]. 11 volumes. [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN]. Brooks, Philip. THE NORTH CAROLINA ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1815 ... [microform]. [Raleigh, NC: Printed at the Minerva Press, 1814]. 36 pp. ___________, THE NORTH CAROLINA ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1817 ... [Salisbury, N.C. : s.n., 1816?]. 34 pp. Broughton, Carrie L. (1879-1957). compiler, MARRIAGE AND DEATH NOTICES IN RALEIGH REGISTER AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE GAZETTE, 1826-1845. [Raleigh. NC: North Carolina State Library. 1946]. 402 pp. Butler, Lindley S. and Alan D. Watson, editors, THE NORTH CAROLINA EXPERIENCE : AN INTERPRETIVE AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1984]. 467 pp. Cain, Robert J., THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN NORTH CAROLINA : DOCUMENTS, 1742-1763. [Raleigh, NC: Office of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 2007]. 643 pp. Clarke, Desmond. ARTHUR DOBBS, ESQUIRE, 1689-1765; SURVEYOR-GENERAL OF IRELAND, PROSPECTOR AND GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA. [London : Bodley Head, c1958]. 232 pp. Clark, Walter, (1846-1924). THE PAPERS OF WALTER CLARK. edited by Aubrey Lee Brooks and Hugh Talmage Lefler. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1948-1950]. 2 volumes. ______________, editor, HISTORIES OF THE SEVERAL REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS FROM NORTH CAROLINA, IN THE GREAT WAR 1861-'65. Written by members of the respective commands. Published. by the State of North Carolina. [Raleigh, E. M. Uzzell, Printer, 1901]. 5 volumes. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (part fold.) plans. 24 cm. (outstanding on the history of North Carolina regiments and battalions, including detailed descriptions of their maneuvering and fighting, during the war). ___________, CENTENNIAL OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA [ELECTRONIC RESOURCE] : RESPONSE TO ADDRESSES, 4 January, 1919. [North Carolina: s.n., 1919]. 16 pp. ; Making of Modern Law Series. _____________, THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Published under the supervision of the Trustees of the Public Libraries, by order of the General Assembly... [Goldsboro, NC: Nash Brothers, printers, 1886- 1914]. 30 volumes. 2 fold. maps (v.11, 18) fold. tab. (v.10). [Indispensable for family research in North Carolina] [see William Saunders]. (Excellent index). Volumes 11 – 26. North Carolina. THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA / Published under the supervision of the Trustees of the Public Libraries, by order of the General Assembly...[Goldsboro, NC: Nash Brothers, printers, 1886- 1914]. 30 volumes. : 2 fold. maps (v.11, 18) fold. tab. (v.10). NOTES: Title varies, v.1-10: THE COLONIAL RECORDS...collected and ed. by William L. Saunders; v.11-26: THE STATE RECORDS...collected and ed. by Walter Clark; v.27-30: Index to the colonial and state records of North Carolina, covering volumes I-XXV. IMPRINT VARIES. Vols. 27-28 lettered XXVIII-XXIX (original lettering on v.27 covered by label with correct number) "Roster of the Continental Line from North Carolina, 1783": v. 16, p. [1002]-1197. Other rosters and lists of revolutionary soldiers in the collection are noted in the Index, v.4 (Historical review, p.95-96) CONTENTS: THE COLONIAL RECORDS: Volumes I. 1662-1712. II. 1713-1728. III. 1728- 1734. IV. 1734-1752. V. 1752-1759. VI. 1759-1765. VII. 1765-1768. VIII. 1769-1771. IX. 1771-1775. X. 1775-1776. collected and edited by William L. Saunders. THE STATE RECORDS: Volumes XI. 1776[-1777] and supplement, 1730-1776. XII. 1777-1778. XIII. 1778-1779. XIV. 1779-1780. XV. 1780-1781. XVI. 1782-1783. XVII. 1781-1785. XVIII. 1786, with supplement, 1779. XIX. 1782-1784, with supplement, 1771-1782. XX. 1785-1788. XXI. 1788-1790. XXII. Miscellaneous. XXIII. Laws, 1715-1776. XXIV. Laws, 1777-1788. XXV. Laws, 1789-1790, and supplement, omitted laws, 1669-1783; with index to vol. XXII, XXIV and XXV [prepared by Steven B. Weeks]. XXVI. Census, 1790. Names of Heads of Families. Volumes 27-30. INDEX: I. A- E. II. F-L. III. M-R. IV. S-Z. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE COLONIAL AND STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA by Stephen B. Weeks. Clark, Walter, “The Raising, Organization and Equipment of North Carolina Troops During the Civil War,” THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET. Vol. XIX (July-October, 1919), Numbers 1 and 2, pages 55 to 65. Clay, James W., Douglas M. Orr, Jr., Alfred W. Stuart, editors, foreword by James E. Holshouser, Jr. NORTH CAROLINA ATLAS : PORTRAIT OF A CHANGING SOUTHERN STATE [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1975]. 331 pp. : ill., maps (some col.). Clonts, Forrest W. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION IN COLONIAL NORTH CAROLINA. Pamphlet. originally in THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW [January, 1926] [in the University of North Carolina Libraries, Chapel Hill] . Connor, R.D.W. (Robert Digges Wimberly), (1878 – 1950), ANTE-BELLUM BUILDERS OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Greensboro, N.C. : North Carolina College for Women, 1923]. no. 3. 151 pp. ; 23 cm. Studies in North Carolina History Series. [antebellum period, 1790 – 1861]. Connor, R. D. W., compiler, ADDRESSES AT THE UNVEILING OF THE MEMORIAL TO THE NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN OF THE CONFEDERACY [MICROFORM] : PRESENTED TO THE STATE BY THE LATE ASHLEY HORNE.[(Raleigh, N.C. : Edwards & Broughton Print. Co., 1914]. 26pp. published by North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and History. Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission Series; bulletin no. 16. The Gerritsen Collection of Women's History ; no. 2081. _______________ and Clarence Poe, THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF CHARLES BRANTLEY AYCOCK. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & Co., 1912. 369 pp. : ill. ; 20 cm. [Charles Brantley Aycock’s father and my great, great grandfather Timothy Aycock were brothers.} _______________, HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Chicago : New York : Lewis Publishing Co., 1919]. 6 volumes. ill. _______________, NORTH CAROLINA, REBUILDING AN ANCIENT COMMONWEALTH, 1584-1925 [Chicago : American Historical Society, 1929. 4 volumes. : ill., maps. _______________, IMPROVEMENT IN RURAL SCHOOL HOUSES AND GROUNDS, 1900- 1906. [Raleigh : Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction of North Carolina, 1907] 19pp.. : illustrated. _______________, REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Greensboro, NC: North Carolina State Normal & Industrial College. Historical publications ; no. 2. The College, 1916]. 125 pp. ; 23 cm. _______________, RACE ELEMENTS IN THE WHITE POPULATION OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Greensboro, N.C.: North Carolina State Normal and Industrial College ; no. 1. The College, 1920]. 115 pp. ; 23 cm. Historical publications North Carolina State Normal & Industrial College ; no. 1. Coon, Charles L. (1868-1927). NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS AND ACADEMIES, 1790-1840; A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. [Raleigh,NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, State Printers, 1915. 846 pp. Corbitt, David L., THE FORMATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES, 1663- 1943. [Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State Dept. of Archives and History.Raleigh, 1950]. 323pp. reprinted 1969. (excellent: I have a copy] _____________, HANDBOOK OF COUNTY RECORDS DEPOSITED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION. A REPORT. [Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., State Printers, 1925]. 45 pp. compiled by David L. Corbitt for the North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and History. Crabtree, Beth G. and Ruth C. Langston, editors, NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW: FIFTY YEAR INDEX, 1924 – 1973. [Raleigh, NC: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1984]. 534pp. [see the NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW] ________________, HANDBOOK OF COUNTY RECORDS DEPOSITED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION. A REPORT [Raleigh, NC: Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., State Printers, 1925]. 45 pp. map. 23 cm. Publications of the North Carolina Historical Commission Series. Bulletin no. 32. NC State Dept. of Archives and History. Brief Sketches, by Beth G. Crabtree ... NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNORS, 1585-1958; [Raleigh, N.C. State Dept. of Archives and History, 1958]. 137 pp. Creecy, R. B. (Richard Benbury) (1813-1908). GRANDFATHER'S TALES OF NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. [Raleigh, Edwards & Broughton, Printers, 1901]. 301 pp. Crow, Jeffrey J. and Flora J. Hatley, editors, BLACK AMERICANS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE SOUTH. [Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c1984]. 200pp. Crow, Jeffrey J., THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN REVOLUTIONARY NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1977]. 121 pp. illustrated. North Carolina Bicentennial Pamphlet Series #16. ________________, A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh : N. C. Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1992]. 237 pp. : illustrated. _________________, Paul D. Escott, and Charles L. Flynn, Jr. RACE, CLASS, AND POLITICS IN SOUTHERN HISTORY : ESSAYS IN HONOR OF ROBERT F. DURDEN [Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University Press, c1989]. 297pp : maps. ____________________and Larry E. Tise, editors, WRITING NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. [Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c1979]. 247 pp. Daniels, Jonathan, (1902-1981) TAR HEELS; A PORTRAIT OF NORTH CAROLINA, [New York, Dodd, Mead, 1941]. 347pp. Sovereign States Series. DeLorme Mapping Company. NORTH CAROLINA ATLAS & GAZETTER. [FREEPORT, IL: DeLORME, C1992]. 88 P. COL. ILL., MAPS. den Boer, Gordon, compiler, John H. Long, editor, ATLAS OF HISTORICAL COUNTY BOUNDARIES. NORTH CAROLINA. [New York : Charles Scribner's Sons ; London : Simon & Schuster Prentice Hall International, c1998]. 434pp. Federal Writers' Project (N.C.). NORTH CAROLINA, A GUIDE TO THE OLD NORTH STATE, compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration for the State of North Carolina. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1939]. 601 p. (Sponsored by North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development). American guide series. illus. (inc. maps) fold. map (in pocket). Fox, William F. (William Freeman), [1840-1909]. REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 : A TREATISE ON THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF THE MORTUARY LOSSES IN THE UNION REGIMENTS, WITH FULL AND EXHAUSTIVE STATISTICS COMPILED FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS ON FILE IN THE STATE MILITARY BUREAUS AND AT WASHINGTON. [Albany, N.Y. : Albany Publishing Company, 1889]. 595 pp. Franklin, John Hope, (1915- ). THE FREE NEGRO IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1790- 1860. [New York : W. W. Norton, 1971, c1943]. 271pp. [John Franklin told me that he was the first black scholar to work in the North Carolina Archives when he was a graduate student at Harvard in 1938. Also, I taught his son at The Lab School] GAZETTE (Raleigh, N.C. : 1890). THE GAZETTE [microform]. [Raleigh, N.C.: John H. Williamson Weekly, Oct. 24, 1891. Biweekly, Description based on: Apr. 17, 1897. Issues for 1893-1897 filmed with Bulletin (Louisville, Ky.) and numerous other titles. Issues for 1897-1898 filmed with Wide-Awake (Birmingham, Ala.) and numerous other titles. Microfilm. 1893-1896:[Gaps] Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Negro newspapers on microfilm ; reel 2, title 18 ; reel 4, title 43). Organ of the North Carolina Industrial Association. NEGRO NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM ; reel 2, title 18 ; reel 4, title 43. Grimes, J. Bryan. ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS. [Raleigh, NC: E. M. Uzzell, 1910]. 670 pp. [compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of the secretary of state by, secretary of state. (published under authority of the trustees of the public libraries). _______________. NORTH CAROLINA WILLS AND INVENTORIES COPIED FROM ORIGINAL AND RECORDED WILLS AND INVENTORIES IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY J. BRYAN GRIMES, SECRETARY OF STATE. [Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Printers, 1912. 587 pp. (published under the authority of the Trustees of the public libraries). Hamilton, Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac (1878-1961). RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH CAROLINA. [New York : Columbia University, 1914]. 683 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. [updated by: Eric Anderson, RACE & POLITICS IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE BLACK SECOND. 1872-1901. Baton Rouge, LA: LSU Press 1978] 372pp.; also, see Wm. McKee Evans. BALLOTS & FENCE RAILS, RECONSTRUCTION ON THE LOWER CAPE FEAR. [Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1995]. (1967 edition: Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1967] 314 pp). Harris, Bernice Kelly (1894- 1977). FOLK PLAYS OF EASTERN CAROLINA. [Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina press [c1940]. 294 p. (description: xix front., plates. 21 cm. (by Bernice Kelly Harris; edited, with an introduction by Frederick H. Koch, illustrated with photographs by Charles Farrell). The Carolina Playmakers Series; F. H. Koch, editor. Heinegg, Paul. FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA : INCLUDING THE FAMILY HISTORIES OF MORE THAN 80% OF THOSE COUNTED AS "ALL OTHER FREE PERSONS" IN THE 1790 AND 1800 CENSUS. [Baltimore, Md. : Clearfield, 1997]. 825 pp. Henderson, Archibald (1877-1963). NORTH CAROLINA, THE OLD NORTH STATE AND THE NEW. [Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1941]. 5 volumes. Hinshaw, William Wade. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY. [Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1936] Historical Records Survey of North Carolina. GUIDE TO DEPOSITORIES OF MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh, The North Carolina Historical Commission, 1940]. 18 pp. Hobbs, Samuel Huntington, (1895-1969). NORTH CAROLINA; AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROFILE. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press [1958]. 380 pp. Hotten, John Camden, (1832-1873), editor, OUR EARLY EMIGRANT ANCESTORS : THE ORIGINAL LISTS OF PERSONS OF QUALITY; EMIGRANTS, RELIGIOUS EXILES; POLITICAL REBELS; SERVING MEN SOLD FOR A TERM OF YEARS; APPRENTICES; CHILDREN STOLEN; MAIDENS PRESSED; AND OTHERS WHO WENT FROM GREAT BRITAIN TO THE AMERICAN PLANTATIONS, 1600-1700. WITH THEIR AGES, THE LOCALITIES WHERE THEY FORMERLY LIVED IN THE MOTHER COUNTRY, THE NAMES OF THE SHIPS IN WHICH THEY EMBARKED, AND OTHER INTERESTING PARTICULARS. FROM MSS. PRESERVED IN THE STATE PAPER DEPARTMENT OF HER MAJESTY'S PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, ENGLAND. [London : Chatto and Windus, 1874. New York: J.W. Bouton, 1874. New York, J. W. Bouton, 1880. New York: G. A. Baker, 1931. and Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968]. 580 pp. [five of the six editions in the University of Chicago Library]. THE JAMES SPRUNT STUDIES IN HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press. 1902 - 2000] 63 volumes. Johnson, William Perry, (1918- ). INDEX TO NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, 1663-1900. 1963. 4 volumes [in the Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, NC] Jolley, Harley E., THAT MAGNIFICENT ARMY OF YOUTH AND PEACE : THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1933-1942. [Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Office of Archives and History, c2007]. 167 p. (my freshman United States history teacher at Mars Hill College, 1956-57) [in the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN]. Kars, Marjoleine. BREAKING LOOSE TOGETHER : THE REGULATOR REBELLION IN PRE-REVOLUTIONARY NORTH CAROLINA. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002]. 286 pp. Koch, Frederick Henry, (1877-1944), editor, CAROLINA FOLK-PLAYS. [New York, H. Holt and company, 1922]. (xxix, p., 2 l., 3-160 p. illus. (music) plates. 20 cm.). edited, with an introduction on folk-play making, by Frederick H. Koch ... Illustrated from photographs of the original productions of the plays. Koch, Frederick Henry (1877-1944), editor, CAROLINA FOLK COMEDIES. [New York, Los Angeles, S. French, 1931]. 311 pp. front., illus. (incl. music) plates. 20 cm. (edited with an introduction by Frederick H. Koch ... and a foreword by Archibald Henderson);. illustrated from photographs of the original productions of the play. Koonts, Russell S., NORTH CAROLINA PETITIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL PARDON, 1865-1868 [Friends of the Archives, Inc., c1996]. 76 pp. [in the Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN] Leary, Helen F. M.. and Maurice R. Stirewalt, editors, NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH : GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY. [Raleigh : North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1980], 2d Edition 1996 (629pp.) 633 p. : ill., facsims., maps [in the State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh] _________________, PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY: A MANUAL FOR RESEARCHERS, WRITERS, EDITORS, LECTURERS, AND LIBRARIANS, 2000) (cited at Ms. Leary’s website). Lee, Enoch Lawrence. INDIAN WARS IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1663-1763. [Raleigh, N.C., Carolina Charter Tercentenary Commission, 1963]. 94 pp. Lefler, Hugh Talmage, (1901-1981) and William S. Powell, COLONIAL NORTH CAROLINA; A HISTORY. [New York, Scribner [1973]. 318pp. History of the American Colonies Series. Lefler, Hugh Talmage and Albert Ray Newsome. NORTH CAROLINA, THE HISTORY OF A SOUTHERN STATE, [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press. 1963] 756 pp. maps. 25 cm. Also, a copy of the 1954 first edition. 676 pp. maps; also, a copy of the 1973 3rd edition. 807pp. Lefler, Hugh Talmage, editor, NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY, TOLD BY CONTEMPORARIES. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, c1934]. 454 pp. Lemay, T.J., editor. NORTH CAROLINA FARMER. [Raleigh, N.C., 1846- 1849]. published monthly. illustrations. Volumes 2 – 4. Lonsdale, Richard E., ATLAS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Director and Chief Cartographer: Richard E. Lonsdale; Assistants: John B. Cole [and others]. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1967]. 158 pp. illus., col. maps. 24 x 32 cm. McCain, Paul Moffatt, (1920- ). THE COUNTY COURT IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 1750. [Durham, N. C. : Duke University Press, 1954]. 163 pp. map, 23 cm. [simply excellent, indispensable for understanding governance and the courts in colonial North Carolina. In fact, the country courts were the primary institution, at the local level, administering life, in colonial North Carolina] Mills, Gary B., SOUTHERN LOYALISTS IN THE CIVIL WAR : THE SOUTHERN CLAIMS COMMISSION. [Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Co., c1994]. 666pp. Manarin, Louis H., compiler, NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, 1861-1865; A ROSTER (Regimental histories, Militia, Artillery, Cavalry, Infantry). {Raleigh, N.C., State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966- ) (Vol. 1- 3, by L.H. Manarin; v. 4- by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr.; Unit Histories by L.H. Manarin). Vol. 9-published by: Division of Archives and History. 9 Volumes. THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET, GREAT EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. [Raleigh: Capital Printing Company, 1901-26]. Date/Volume: volumes 1- 23, no. 1/4; May 1901-Jan./Oct. 1926. illus., plates, ports. Frequency: Quarterly, July, 1905- , Monthly, May 1901-April 1905. Notes: Editors: May 1901-Apr. 1903, Martha H. Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Haywood;--May 1903- Mary H. Hinton, Mrs. E.E. Moffitt. Issued by the NC Society of the Daughters of the Revolution. North Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA, RECORDS OF APPELLATE COURTS, 1684- 1818. [microform] [Washington, DC: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1949]. 13 reels. North Carolina. Admiralty Court. NORTH CAROLINA, ADMIRALTY COURT RECORDS, 1697- 1754. [microform]. [Washington, DC: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1949]. 2 reels. North Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA, RECORDS OF APPELLATE COURTS, FILE PAPERS, 1690- 1754. [microform]. [Washington, DC] : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1949]. 1 reel. NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER. [Edenton, N. C., 1900-03]. 3 volumes. 8 volumes. [JOURNAL] THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW. Raleigh, N.C., North Carolina Historical Commission, 1924- ]. Quarterly. [JOURNAL] Excellent articles on the social, political and economic conditions for people living in North Carolina from the first settlements to the present. Crabtree, Beth Gilbert and Ruth Clow Langston, editors, THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW: FIFTY-YEAR INDEX, 1924-1973. [Raleigh : Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1984]. 534 pp. North Carolina. INDEX TO THE COLONIAL AND STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA : COVERING VOLUMES 1-XXV ; PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. [Raleigh, NC: Observer Printing House, 1904-1914]. 4 volumes. [in the Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN] NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HISTORICAL PAPERS. [Henderson, NC: North Carolina Baptist Historical Society, 1896-1900]. Date/Volume: v. 1-3; Oct. 1896-Jan. 1900. 3 volumes. in 1. plates, ports. North Carolina. Bureau of Statistics and Agriculture. NORTH CAROLINA: ITS RESOURCES AND PROGRESS; ITS BEAUTY, HEALTHFULNESS AND FERTILITY; AND ITS ATTRACTIONS AND ADVANTAGES AS A HOME FOR IMMIGRANTS. Compiled by the Board of Immigration, Statistics and Agriculture. [Raleigh, Josiah Turner, Public Printer and Binder, 1875]. 99 pp. tables. North Carolina. Division of Archives and History. Archives and Records. GUIDE TO RESEARCH MATERIALS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES : STATE AGENCY RECORDS. [Raleigh, NC: NC Division of Archives and History, 1995. 855 pp. [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN] North Carolina. Division of Archives and History. Archives and Records. GUIDE TO RESEARCH MATERIALS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES : SECTION B, COUNTY RECORDS. [Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, Archives and Records Section, 1982. 267 pp., [2] leaves of plates (indispensable) [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN] [I have a copy]. North Carolina. NC State Dept. of Archives and History. GUIDE TO CIVIL WAR RECORDS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES. 1966. 128 pp. [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN]. North Carolina. LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE TITLES OF SUCH STATUTES AND PARTS OF STATUTES OF GREAT BRITAIN AS ARE IN FORCE IN SAID STATE; TOGETHER WITH THE SECOND CHARTER GRANTED BY CHARLES II. TO THE PROPRIETORS OF CAROLINA; THE GREAT DEED OF GRANT FROM THE LORDS PROPRIETORS; THE GRANT FROM GEORGE II. TO JOHN LORD GRANVILLE; THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CONVENTION THAT FORMED THE SAME; THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE AMENDMENTS; AND THE TREATY OF PEACE OF 1783; WITH MARGINAL NOTES AND REFERENCES. REVISED, under the authority of the General assembly, by Hen. Potter, J. L. Taylor & Bart. Yancey, esq's. and published according to an act of the legislature of 1819, under the superintendence of Henry Potter. [Raleigh : J. Gales, 1821]. 2 volumes. North Carolina. LAWS OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. REVISED, under the authority of the General assembly, by Hen. Potter, J. L. Taylor & Bart. Yancey, esq's. and published according to an act of the legislature of 1819, under the superintendence of Henry Potter. [Raleigh,NC: J. Gales, 1821]. 2 volumes. Complied statutes : 1819) North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. HAND-BOOK OF NORTH CAROLINA, with illustrations and map. State Board of Agriculture. [Raleigh, Presses of Edwards & Boughton, 1893]. 333 pp. (front., illus., pl., fold. map. 24 cm) [Excellent for coverage of late nineteenth century North Carolina, with photographs and sketches]. North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. HAND BOOK OF NORTH CAROLINA, EMBRACING HISTORICAL AND PHYSIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE STATE, WITH STATISTICAL AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATING TO ITS INDUSTRIES, RESOURCES AND POLITICAL CONDITION. [Raleigh, Raleigh News Steam Book and Job Print, 1879]. 291 pp. (incl. tables. fold. tab. 23 cm.) by L. L. Polk, Commissioner. North Carolina. State Dept. of Archives and History. PUBLICATIONS. [Raleigh, 1907- ]. 39pp. North Carolina. THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA. Published under the supervision of the Trustees of the Public Libraries, by order of the General Assembly... [Goldsboro, NC: Nash Brothers, Printers, 1886-1914]. 30 volumes. North Carolina Land Company. A STATISTICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL COUNTIES OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. [Raleigh, NC: Nichols & Gorman, Printers, 1869]. [electronic resource] Making of America Series. The News and Observer. THE NORTH CAROLINA REVIEW. LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SECTION, THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. Raleigh, 1909-13. 5 volumes in 1eather. Merrens, H. Roy (Harry Roy). COLONIAL NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; A STUDY IN HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1964]. 293 pp. maps, charts. 24 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p. [266]-288. [Eds. Note: Simply excellent and indispensable if you are writing a complete history of your family] Michie, A. Hewson, editor, THE NORTH CAROLINA CODE OF 1935, ALL THE GENERAL LAWS TO AND INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF 1935. Complete annotations under the editorial supervision of A. Hewson Michie, assisted by Beirne Stedman. [Charlottesville, Va. : The Michie Company, 1935]. 3 p. l., 3019 pp. Olds, Fred A. AN ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS FROM ABOUT 1760 TO ABOUT 1800. SUPPLEMENTING GRIMES' ABSTRACT OF NORTH CAROLINA WILLS, 1663 TO 1760. Prepared from the originals and other data [Oxford, N.C., Priv. print. by "The Orphan's Friend," 1925]. 326pp. _____________, “The Parishes in North Carolina,” THE NORTH CAROLINA BOOKLET. [July – October, 1921. January-April, 1922]. Volume XXI, Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4]: 81 – 89. Orr, Douglas M. THE NORTH CAROLINA ATLAS : PORTRAIT FOR A NEW CENTURY. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c2000. 461pp. [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, NC] Powell, William S., (1919 - ) DICTIONARY OF NORTH CAROLINA BIOGRAPHY. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1979- 1996]. 6 volumes. ______________________________, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2006. 1314 pp. William S. Powell, editor ; Jay Mazzocchi, associate editor. maps ; 29 cm. ______________________________, NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY HISTORIES; A BIBLIOGRAPHY. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Library, 1958]. p.27. University of North Carolina. Library Studies Series, no. 1. ______________________________, THE NORTH CAROLINA GAZETTEER, [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1968] 561 p. maps. 27 cm. [indispensable for place location in North Carolina, I have a copy] _____________________________, NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH FOUR CENTURIES. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1989]. 652 p. : illustrated. [an excellent one volume history of the colony and state]. ______________________________, NORTH CAROLINA : A BICENTENNIAL HISTORY [New York : Norton, c1977]. 221pp. The States and the Nation Series. _____________________________, NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY HISTORIES; A BIBLIOGRAPHY. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Library, 1958]. University of North Carolina. Library Studies Series, no. 1. 27pp. Parker, Mattie Erma Edwards, editor, NORTH CAROLINA HIGHER-COURT RECORDS. Raleigh, N.C., State Dept. of Archives and History, 1968- ]. Colonial records of North Carolina. 2d Series, 6 volumes. Rankin, Hugh F. THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTAL LINE IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. [Raleigh: North Carolina State University Graphics], 1977. 82 pp. [condensation of his NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTALS] ___________, THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTINENTALS. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1971] 428 pp. Raper, Charles Lee (1870 – 1957). NORTH CAROLINA, A STUDY IN ENGLISH COLONIAL GOVERNMENT, [New York ; London : Macmillan, 1904]. 260 p. ; 22 cm. Library of American Civilization Series. Call #: NF 973 LAC 13266). Also found. Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, 1970. 1 microfiche ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of American Civilization ; LAC 13266). ____________________, NORTH CAROLINA, A ROYAL PROVINCE 1729-1775; THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATURE. [Chapel Hill, N.C., University Press, 1901]. 71 pp. 2 l. Ray, Worth S. (Worth Stickley) (b. 1877 ). compiler and editor, RAY'S INDEX AND DIGEST TO HATHAWAY'S NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, WITH GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND ANNOTATIONS. [Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1956]. 192pp. Ready, Milton (1938- ). THE TAR HEEL STATE : A HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2005]. 404 pp. Saunders, William L., editor, THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh: State of North Carolina, 1886-1890] 30 volumes [see Walter Clark] (excellent index). Volumes 1 – 10. Society of North Carolina Archivists. ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORIES IN NORTH CAROLINA: A DIRECTORY. [Raleigh, NC: Society of North Carolina Archivists, 1982]. Steelman, Joseph F., editor, OF TAR HEEL TOWNS, SHIPBUILDERS, RECONSTRUCTIONISTS, AND ALLIANCEMEN : PAPERS IN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. [Greenville, NC: East Carolina University Publications, Dept. of History, 1981]. 126 pp. East Carolina University publications in history Series. Contents: “The Development of Town Government in Colonial North Carolina / Donald R. Lennon – “The Shipbuilding Industry in Washington, North Carolina” / William N. Still – “John C. Barnett, Freedmen's Bureau Agent in North Carolina” / Charles L. Price – “Leonidas LaFayette Polk, North Carolina alliancemen, and some conflicts of agrarian leadership, 1887-1892” / Lala Carr Steelman. Silliman, Alexander B. THE NORTH CAROLINA ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR 1803 ... [microform]. [Wilmington, NC: Printed by A. Hall, 1802?]. 50 pp. North Carolina. THE STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA / Published under the supervision of the Trustees of the Public Libraries, by order of the General Assembly...[Goldsboro, N.C. : Nash Brothers, printers, 1886-1914]. 30 volumes. : 2 fold. maps (v.11, 18) fold. tab. (v.10).. NOTES: Title varies, v.1-10: THE COLONIAL RECORDS...collected and ed. by William L. Saunders; v.11-26: THE STATE RECORDS...collected and ed. by Walter Clark; v.27-30: Index to the colonial and state records of North Carolina, covering volumes I-XXV. IMPRINT VARIES. Vols. 27-28 lettered XXVIII-XXIX (original lettering on v.27 covered by label with correct number) "Roster of the Continental Line from North Carolina, 1783": v. 16, p. [1002]-1197. Other rosters and lists of revolutionary soldiers in the collection are noted in the Index, v.4 (Historical review, p.95-96) Contents: THE COLONIAL RECORDS: Volumes I. 1662-1712. II. 1713-1728. III. 1728- 1734. IV. 1734-1752. V. 1752-1759. VI. 1759-1765. VII. 1765-1768. VIII. 1769-1771. IX. 1771-1775. X. 1775-1776. compiled and edited by William L. Saunders. THE STATE RECORDS: Volumes XI. 1776[-1777] and supplement, 1730-1776. XII. 1777-1778. XIII. 1778-1779. XIV. 1779-1780. XV. 1780-1781. XVI. 1782-1783. XVII. 1781-1785. XVIII. 1786, with supplement, 1779. XIX. 1782-1784, with supplement, 1771-1782. XX. 1785-1788. XXI. 1788-1790. XXII. Miscellaneous. XXIII. Laws, 1715-1776. XXIV. Laws, 1777-1788. XXV. Laws, 1789-1790, and supplement, omitted laws, 1669-1783; with index to vol. XXII, XXIV and XXV [prepared by S.B. Weeks]. XXVI. Census, 1790. Names of heads of families. v.27-30. Index: I. A-E. II. F-L. III. M-R. IV. S-Z. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE COLONIAL AND STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA / by Stephen B. Weeks. The Society of North Carolina Archivists. ARCHIVAL AND MANUSCRIPT REPOSITORIES IN NORTH CAROLINA : A DIRECTORY. [Raleigh, N.C. : The Society, 1987]. compiled by The Society of North Carolina Archivists. 109 pp. (a later edition was published in 1993). Spencer, Cornelia Phillips (1825-1908). FIRST STEPS IN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY. Rev. ed. [New York : American Book Company, c1888]. 272pp. Spindel, Donna. INTRODUCTORY GUIDE TO INDIAN-RELATED RECORDS, TO 1876, IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES. [Raleigh, NC: NC Division of Archives and History, Dept. of Cultural Resources, 1977. 33 pp. [in the Allen County Public Library, Ft Wayne, IN]. Stevenson, George, (1936- ). NORTH CAROLINA LOCAL HISTORY : A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. [Raleigh : North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, c1984]. 209 pp. Thompson, Ann Jones. NORTH CAROLINA CONFEDERATE LETTERS 1861-1865. [Broad River Genealogical Society, 2004]. 2 volumes in 1 : [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN] Thompson, Catherine E., A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO WOMEN-RELATED RECORDS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES. [Raleigh, N.C. : Division of Archives and History, 1977]. 77 pp U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. MAGNETIC SURVEY OF NORTH CAROLINA, VALUES OF MAGNETIC DECLINATION AT COUNTY SEATS FROM 1750 TO 1910 [microform]. Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1901. 12 p. Coast and Geodetic Survey Bull. No. 41. Bulletin (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey) ; no. 41. Yearns, W. Buck (Wilfred Buck), (1918- ). THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. [Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1960]. 293pp. __________________, editor, THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNORS. [Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, c1985]. 295 pp. Walser, Richard Gaither, (1908- ), editor, THE NORTH CAROLINA MISCELLANY. Drawings by Paul Gray. [Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, 1962]. 275 p. illustrated. Warner, Ezra J. and W. Buck Yearns. BIOGRAPHICAL REGISTER OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS. [Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c1975]. 319 pp, [5] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Watson, Alan D., (1942- ) AN INDEX TO NORTH CAROLINA NEWSPAPERS, 1784-1789. [Raleigh, NC: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, c1992]. 68 pp. ________________________, MONEY AND MONETARY PROBLEMS IN EARLY NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh : North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1980]. 60 pp. _________________ and Lindley S. Butler, editors, THE NORTH CAROLINA EXPERIENCE : AN INTERPRETIVE AND DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. [Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1984]. 467 pp. illustrated. _____________________, SOCIETY IN COLONIAL NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh : North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1996]. 147 pp. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. [excellent for discovering how your family lived during the colonial period, 1607 – 1763] Also, he has written several county histories including Bertie, Onslow, Perquimans, and Edgecombe [all found in The University of Chicago Library] plus two histories of the city of Wilmington, historically and in 1861; also, numerous articles on the social life of the colony and state, especially in THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL REVIEW. _____________________, compiler and editor, SOCIETY IN EARLY NORTH CAROLINA : A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. [Raleigh : Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources, 2000]. 359 pp. Weaver, Charles Clinton (1875-1946). INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA PREVIOUS TO 1860. [Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, 1903]. 94 pp. Weeks, Stephen B. (1865 – 1918). A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HISTORICAL LITERATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Cambridge, Mass., Library of Harvard University, 1895]. 79 pp. 25 cm. Harvard University. Library. Bibliographical contributions, no. 48. ___________________. CHURCH AND STATE IN NORTH CAROLINA. [Baltimore,MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1893]. 65 pp. 24 cm. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series 11, no. 5-6. ___________________. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE COLONIAL AND STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh, NC: E.M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers, 1914]. 169 pp. 29 cm. ___________________, LIBRARIES AND LITERATURE IN NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A complement and supplement to "The Press of North Carolina in the Eighteenth Century," by Stephen B. Weeks ... p. 169- 267. ___________________, THE HISTORY OF NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN THE SOUTH. Boston,MA: Ginn & Co., 1894]. 703pp. ___________________, THE PRESS OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. With biographical sketches of printers, an account of the manufacture of paper, and a bibliography of the issues. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1891]. 80 pp. ___________________, THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT IN THE PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1892]. 68 pp. ___________________, A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORTH CAROLINA. LIST OF BOOKS FOR SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES AND AMATEURS. [Raleigh, North Carolina Library Commission, 1913]. 23 pp. 16 x 9 cm. ___________________, SOUTHERN QUAKERS AND SLAVERY: A STUDY IN INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY [Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1896]. 400 pp. fold. map. 24 cm. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science Series. Extra vol. XV. ____________________, THE WEEKS COLLECTION OF CAROLINIANA. [Raleigh, E.M. Uzzell & Co., Printers, 1907]. 31 pp.. WEEKLY STANDARD. [Raleigh, N.C. : William W. Holden, 1858- ]. Vol. 24, no. 46 (Nov. 17, 1858)- Ceased in 1865. WEEKLY NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD (Raleigh, N.C. : 1850). Continued by: WEEKLY NORTH-CAROLINA STANDARD (Raleigh, N.C. : 1866). Notes: Suspended from Mar. 2-30 and Apr. 13-May 11, 1864. Available on microfilm from N.C. Dept. of Archives and History. Other edition: SEMI-WEEKLY STANDARD (Raleigh, N.C.). DAILY STANDARD (Raleigh, N.C. : 1865) Apr. 17-Oct. 4, 1865, DAILY NORTH-CAROLINA STANDARD, Oct. 5, 1865-Mar. 16, 1866. Wheeler, John H. (1806 – 1882). HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF NORTH CAROLINA : FROM 1584 TO 1851, COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL RECORDS, OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS AND TRADITIONAL STATEMENTS ; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF HER DISTINGUISHED STATEMEN, JURISTS, LAWYERS, SOLDIERS, DIVINES, ETC., [Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo and Co., 1851]. 2 volumes. ________________, REMINISCENCES AND MEMOIRS OF NORTH CAROLINA AND EMINENT NORTH CAROLINIANS. [Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1966]. 478 pp (Reprint of the 1884 edition). _________________, SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF RICHARD DOBBS SPAIGHT OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Baltimore, W.K. Boyle, printer, 1880]. 29pp. Weeks, Stephen B., (1865-1918). HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE COLONIAL AND STATE RECORDS OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Raleigh, N.C., E.M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers, 1914]. 169 pp. Williamson, Hugh (1735-1819). THE HISTORY OF NORTH CAROLINA. [Philadelphia : Thomas Dobson, 1812]. 2 volumes. Wilson, William Albert, 1861-1951. NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR : A MEMOIR OF FAMILY, COMMUNITY, AND CIVIL WAR IN APPALACHIAN NORTH CAROLINA. [Boone, NC: Center for Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University, c2007. 180 pp. [in Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, IN] Wilson, W. S., compiler and editor, NORTH CAROLINA BLUE BOOK. [Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1918]. 306 pp. Mr. Wilson was the legislative reference librarian for the North Carolina Legislative Reference Library. ************************ THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FOR GENEAOLOGICAL RESEARCH In the Chicago area, the most important, single library for such research is The Newberry Library. A full description of their collection and services can be found at: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/collections.html NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGY AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, CHICAGO, IL at: http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/nocarolina.html GUIDES GUIDE TO RESEARCH MATERIALS IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES. SECTION B: COUNTY RECORDS. 9th revised edition [now in the 11th Edition, 2008]. Raleigh, N.C.: N.C. Division of Archives and History, c1979. [This indispensable reference work provides a list of original as well as microfilmed county records, held in North Carolina Archives, for all one hundred counties.] Call #: oCD3424.N67 (2nd floor open shelf). Leary, Helen F.M. NORTH CAROLINA RESEARCH: GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY. 2nd ed. Raleigh, N.C.: N.C. Genealogical Society, 1996. [also, Helen Leary is a contributing author to PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGY: A MANUAL FOR RESEARCHERS, WRITERS, EDITORS, LECTURERS, AND LIBRARIANS, 2000) which, I do not believe is in the Newberry Library] Call #: oF253.N67 (2nd floor open shelf). SOURCE MATERIALS AND LOCAL HISTORIES Search both the computer and card catalogs for local histories, vital records, probate, etc. under the name of the county as a subject heading. The Newberry's holdings for several North Carolina counties are strong. For many counties you will find most, if not all, of the Newberry's holdings listed only in the computer catalog. The researcher is also invited to consult the Mormon CD- ROM set Family Search in the genealogy reference area. Among other things, Family Search includes the International Genealogical Index, which contains extracts from original records filmed by the Mormons. Also consult the Family History Library Catalog for microfilmed records which can be ordered from Salt Lake City through the Newberry. The following titles may also be of interest: AN INDEX TO MARRIAGE BONDS FILED IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES. Call #: Microfiche 296. Covers years 1741-1868. Mitchell, Thornton W. NORTH CAROLINA WILLS: A TESTATOR INDEX, 1665- 1900. Corrected and revised edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1992. Call #: oF253.M575 (2nd floor open shelf). In most cases one can proceed from a citation in this work to a request for photocopies of the original records in the North Carolina State Archives. In many instances, the Newberry will hold published abstracts for such records as well, for which consult the computer catalog under the name of the county. MILITARY ROSTER OF SOLDIERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Durham, N.C.: N.C. Daughters of the American Revolution, 1932. Call #: oE263.N8D17 (2nd floor open shelf). MUSTER ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE WAR OF 1812 DETACHED FROM THE MILITIA OF NORTH CAROLINA. Originally published 1851. (Reprint) Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1976. Call #: oE359.5.N7N7 (2nd floor open shelf). Clark, Walter, editor. HISTORIES OF THE SEVERAL REGIMENTS AND BATTALIONS FROM NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GREAT WAR 1861-'65. (Reprint) Wendell, N.C.: Broadfoot, 1982. Call #: oE573.4.C59 1982. No rosters. Regimental histories and officers only. Manarin, Louis H. and Jordan, Weymouth T. (Jr.). NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS 1861-1865: A ROSTER. Raleigh, N.C.: Dept. of Archives and History, 1966-. Call #: oE573.3.M3 (2nd floor open shelf). Multi-volume series. Indexing in each volume. CENSUS Microfilm census holdings complete 1790-1850 and for 1870. 1860 slave schedules complete, though holdings for general population schedules are minimal. Printed indexes for 1790-1850 and 1870. CD-ROM index for 1860. No holdings past 1870. [in the Chicago Metro area the best place to research census records [on microfilm] is the Federal Archives located on Pulaski Avenue, adjoining the Ford City Shopping Center in city of Chicago. Of course, you can order and research the extensive collection of North Carolina records held in LDS Library in Salt Lake City at the several LDS libraries in the Chicago region. In the Midwest, for the highly motivated researcher, a must trip is one that allows you to spend a couple of days researching in the Allen County Public Library in Ft. Wayne, IN. Their North Carolina collection is very impressive. Check their website.] PERIODICALS NORTH CAROLINA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY JOURNAL. 1975 (Vol.1) to date. Call #: oF251.N67 (2nd floor open shelf). SPECIAL TOPIC: QUAKER RESEARCH Hinshaw, William Wade. ENCYCLPEDIA OF AMERICAN QUAKER GENEALOGY. Ann Arbor, 1936. Call #: oE184.F89E5 (2nd floor open shelf). Volume 1 contains record abstracts for 24 N.C. monthly meetings. SPECIAL TOPIC: AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH In addition to consulting titles found in the computer catalog under subject headings for counties of interest, the following may also be helpful. Reaves. Bill. NORTH CAROLINA FREEDMAN'S SAVINGS & TRUST COMPANY RECORDS. Raleigh: North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1992. Call #: oF253.N64 (2nd floor open shelf). Transcriptions of signature registers for New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington. Extremely important. Thackery, David T. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY. Chicago: Newberry, 1993. Call #: oE185.96 .T44. White, Barnetta McGhee. SOMEBODY KNOWS MY NAME: MARRIAGES OF FREED PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. Athens, Ga.: Iberian, 1995. Call #: oE185.96 .W53. ******************************** REFERENCE SOURCES ON AFRICAN AMERICANS AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES Abajian, James de T. BLACKS IN SELECTED NEWSPAPERS, CENSUSES AND OTHER SOURCES: AN INDEX TO NAMES AND SUBJECTS. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1977. Call Number: Ref E 185.96 .A2. AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIC PLACES. Washington, DC: Preservation Press, 1994. Call Number: Ref E 185 .A2534 1994. AFRICAN AMERICANS ON THE WESTERN FRONTIER. Niwot, CO: University of Colorado Press, 1998. Call Number: Ayer E 185.925 .A58 1998. BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA: AN HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Pub., 1993. Call Number: Ref E 185.86 .B542 1993. BLACK WOMEN IN AMERICA. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2005. Call Number: Ref E 185.86 .B542 2005. Chicago Public Library. THE CHICAGO AFRO-AMERICAN UNION ANALYTIC CATALOG: AN INDEX TO MATERIALS OF THE AFRO-AMERICAN IN THE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIES OF CHICAGO, Housed in the Vivian G. Harsh Collection of Afro- American History and Literature at the George Cleveland Hall Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1972. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .N39 C47. ———. THE DICTIONARY CATALOG OF THE VIVIAN G. HARSH COLLECTION OF AFRO- AMERICAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE, the Chicago Public Library. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1978. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .N39 C48 1978. Notes: These collections are now in the Carter Woodson Branch of the Chicago Public Library. Daniel, Walter C. BLACK JOURNALS OF THE UNITED STATES. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982. Call Number: Ref PN 4882.5 .D36 I98. Davis, Nathaniel. AFRO-AMERICAN REFERENCE: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED RESOURCES. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985. Call Number: Z 1361 .N39 D37 1985. DICTIONARY OF AFRO-AMERICAN SLAVERY. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. Call Number: Ref E 441 .D53 1988. Dumond, Dwight Lowell. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANTI-SLAVERY IN AMERICA. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1961. Call Number: Ref Z 1249 .S6 D8. EARLY BLACK BIBLIOGRAPHIES, 1863-1918. New York: Garland, 1982. Call Number: Z 1361 .N39 E25 1982. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY. New York: Macmillan Library Reference, 1996. Call Number: Ref E 185 .E54 1996. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE. New York: Routledge, 2004. Call Number: Ref NX 512.3 .A35 E53 2004. ETHNIC CHICAGO: A MULTICULTURAL PORTRAIT. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 1995. Call Number: Ref F 548.9 .A1 E85 1995. Fisk University. Library. DICTIONARY CATALOG OF THE NEGRO COLLECTION OF THE FISK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Nashville, Tennessee. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1974. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .N39 F57 1974. Hardaway, Roger D. A NARRATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FRONTIER: BLACKS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST, 1535-1912. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1995. Call Number: Ayer Z 1361 .N39 H35 1995. HARVARD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN ETHNIC GROUPS. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1980. Call Number: Ref E 184 .A1 H35. THE HARVARD GUIDE TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. Call Number: Ref E 185 .H326 2001. INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY OF BLACK COMPOSERS. Chicago; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999. Call Number: Ref ML 105 .I5 1999. Logan, Rayford Whittingham. DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NEGRO BIOGRAPHY. New York: W.W. Norton, 1982. Call Number: Ref E 185.96 .L6 1982. Miller, Elizabeth W. THE NEGRO IN AMERICA: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .N39 M5 1970. Miller, Wayne Charles. A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR THE STUDY OF AMERICAN MINOrities. New York: New York University Press, 1976. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .E4 M529. MINORITIES IN AMERICA: THE ANNUAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1985-1986. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .E4 M53. Notes: Provides an update for charles Miller's bibliography listed above. THE NEGRO ALMANAC: A REFERENCE WORK ON THE AFRICAN AMERICAN. Detroit: Gale Research, 1989. Call Number: Ref E 185 .N385 1989. Nuñez, Benjamin. DICTIONARY OF AFRO-LATIN AMERICAN CIVILIZATION. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1980. Call Number: Ayer F 1408.3 .N86. Simpson, Jack. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN FAMILY HISTORY AT THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY. CHICAGO: The Newberry Library, 2005. Call Number: Ref E 185.96 .T44 2005. Notes: Shelved in Ready Reference. Smith, Dwight LaVern ed. AFRO-AMERICAN HISTORY: A BIBLIOGRAPHY. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1974-1981. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .N39 S56. Southern, Eileen. AFRICAN-AMERICAN TRADITIONS IN SONG, SERMON, TALE AND DANCE, 1600'S-1920: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LITERATURE, COLLECTIONS, AND ARTWORKS. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990. Call Number: Ref Z 5956 .A47 S68 1990. Work, Monroe Nathan. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NEGRO IN AFRICA AND AMERICa. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1928. Call Number: Ref Z 1361 .N39 W8. Email at: reference@newberry.org *************************** BOOKS OF ABSTRACTS A substantial list of books privately published by professional genealogists including abstracts of bonds, census, county court, tax, wills, marriages, land, military, tax, cemetery and church records, for many North Carolina counties, by Margaret M. Hofmann, Stephen Bradley, William Bennett can be found at: http://www.margaretmhofmann.com. Minimally, this list of abstracts for sale provides family researchers with a checklist of what is available for the various counties in which they might be interested. ************************** AFRICAN AMERICAN GENEALOGY AFRIGENEAS: AFRICAN ANCESTORED GENEALOGY at: http://www.afrigeneas.com/ AfriGeneas Adds African American Marriages Database at: http://www.afrigeneas.com/marriages/ [Search the Marriage Records Database Enter one name per search. Do a wildcard ("%") search if unsure of spelling. For example, to search McMillan or McMillian or McMillon, etc, enter "mcmill%" or "mcmill%n". To search for Smith/Smithe/Smyth/Smythe enter "sm%th". Try it!] African American Museums Added to List of Links Article by Don Scott in the AfriGeneas Library at: http://www.afrigeneas.com/library/ AfriGeneas Adds African American History Forum at: http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-history/ Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation Publishes Most Comprehensive Answers to Date on Genetic Origins of Native Americans World Vital Records Reaches 1 Billion Names Story of Freed Slaves Veers into Author's Family History BLACK CONFEDERATE PENSION RECORDS Black Confederate Pension Records: A controversial resource for African American researchers By Doris J. Posey Special to the Epoch Times from: THE EPOCH TIMES. Feb 01, 2008 at: http://en.epochtimes.com/news/8-2-1/65036.html Landowner: James Porter served in the Confederate Army, bought land, and collected a pension into the 20th century. His great-granddaughter found his pension records. Courtesy of Doris J. Posey Landowner: James Porter served in the Confederate Army, bought land, and collected a pension into the 20th century. His great-granddaughter found his pension records. Courtesy of Doris J. Posey ATLANTA—Census records give African-American researchers valuable family information. Only free citizens were named on the Federal Censuses prior to 1870. Slaves were listed by sex and gender only. They were counted under the names of their owners on the Slave Schedules of 1850 and 1860. Since African-Americans were first listed by name on the 1870 census, the period of the Civil War (1861-1865) is crucial for researching African-Americans who had been slaves. One group of records has not been given a lot of attention but is very valuable to a genealogist. They are the Confederate Pension Records. Many of the Confederate States of America (CSA) passed laws offering pensions to indigent Confederate veterans. African-Americans were not eligible to apply for the Confederate Pensions until much later than white veterans; some became eligible for pensions as late as 1923. Excellent Clues To complicate learning about African-Americans during this period, many slaves changed their surnames after Emancipation in 1863. The CSA required slave owners to "loan" slaves to help defend the Confederacy, building breastworks and bridges, driving wagons, entertaining the soldiers, cooking for the troops and other "menial" tasks. The Confederate Pension files hold the names of the slaves and the names of any Confederate the slave was sent to serve. Often the surname of the slave and his "master" were different. This gives an excellent clue to the researcher as to the surname of the possible slave owner. The Union Army fought against the Confederate Army. Because of slavery, African-American researchers identify more easily with the Union Army; therefore, searches for Civil War ancestors are often focused on the Union troops. Black men performed many duties for the South during the war. They earned pensions for serving as teamsters, shoemakers, breastworks builders, drummers, nurses, laborers, servants, and musicians. The most common roles were body servant and cook. There are also pension applications for "private soldier." At least three of these were filed in South Carolina by African-Americans. Edwin P. Ford of Georgetown, S. C., was a cook and drummer with Company A, 21st Regiment, Frederick Ford of Georgetown County, S. C. was a wagon driver and cook, and James Dawkins of Union, S. C. was a shoemaker. This information is from sworn and witnessed statements on pension applications. Applications were recorded for Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Six Months Before a Ban Widows also received pensions. In Appendix A of South Carolina's African American Pensioners 1923-1925 by Alexia Jones Helsley, there is an account of Nina L. Brown who applied for a pension as the widow of S. Sebastian Brown. They married in June 1879, just six months before a South Carolina law would have made their marriage illegal. She received the pension as his widow. James Porter's 1924 application in Union, S. C. shows he served under "J.F. Bailey and others." He was a cook. James Porter (1845-1930,) was approved for a pension in 1924. He bought 79 1?2 acres of land in Union County in 1881. Did his service for the Confederacy help give him the opportunity to purchase land? Since the soldiers for the Confederate States were paid by the states, the records originated at the State Treasurer's office. The State issued checks to the County Treasurer who disbursed the checks annually. Most African-American pensioners made their mark ("X") when accepting the checks. James Porter's check was $7.00 in 1923 and $9.00 when he received his last check in 1930. For researchers, the painful idea that some Blacks were "loyal" to the Confederacy may be a reason not to venture into these records. Did African-Americans fight in the war? The question stirs a controversy about African-American CSA pensioners. The answer is in the Confederate Pension Records. Valuable Records Were these African-American Confederate's lives any less important because they were slaves who served in the Confederacy? Should we ignore their service and the valuable records related to their service? Our understanding of the slaves' dilemma in this War Between the States comes over 130 years after that war ended. Recently, an African-American researcher said, "I don't have any relatives that were Confederates." The question is "How do you know?" The Confederate Pension Records for African-Americans are worth a closer look. Doris J. Posey is from Spartanburg, S. C. She is the great- granddaughter of James Porter. She is one of the organizers and Charter President (2000) of the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. (AAHGS). Posey gives talks and leads workshops on genealogy. The African American National Biography Shines Light on Famous and Overlooked Black Historical Figures at: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~aanb/ ***************************************** RECOMMENDED COUNTY RECORD ABSTRACTS IN THE STATE LIBRARY OF NORTH CAROLINA Margaret M. Hofmann’s Abstracts in the Collection at the State Library of North Carolina: http://go.dcr.state.nc.us/cgibin/Pwebrecon.cgi?ti=1,0&Search%5FArg=Hofm an&SL=None&Search%5FCode=NAME%5F&CNT=10&PID=EOTVaKWWv1uOQyVKgmcbJFlya&S EQ=20080325094636&SID=3 Hofmann, Margaret M. ABSTRACTS: GRANVILLE GRANTEES, HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC REGISTRY. 1967. _________________, ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS, EDGECOMBE PRECINCT, EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1732 THROUH 1758; AS FOUND IN HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC REGISTRY DEED BOOKS 1-2-3-4-5-6. 1969 _________________, ABSTRACTS OF DEEDS, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1741-1759, PUBLIC REGISTRY DEED BOOK ONE AND DEED BOOK TWO. 1968. __________________, CHOWAN PRECINCT, NORTH CAROLINA, 1696-1723 : GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF DEED . 1972. ___________________, COLONY OF NORTH CAROLINA: ABSTRACTS OF LAND PATENTS . 1982 ___________________, GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF WILLS, 1758 THROUGH 1824, HALIFAX COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. 1970. __________________. GRANVILLE DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1748-1763 : ABSTRACTS OF LAND GRANTS. 1986 __________________. NORTH CAROLINA ABSTRACTS OF STATE GRANTS. 1998 __________________. NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1759-1808 : GENEALOGICAL ABSTRACTS OF WILLS . 1975. _________________, PROVINCE OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1663-1729, ABSTRACTS OF LAND PATENTS. 1979. A comprehensive lists of Margaret Hofmann’s abstracts can be found at: http://www.margaretmhofmann.com/ ABSTRACTS BY JOSEPH WATSON [most of the books of abstracts by Joseph Watson are found in the Braswell Memorial Library, 727 North Grace Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 252-442-1951]. Watson, Joseph W., compiler, ABSTRACTS OF EARLY DEEDS OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA [Rocky Mount, N.C.] 1966. 2 volumes. ______________, ABSTRACTS OF EARLY DEEDS OF EDGECOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA: 1772-1788, Volume 2. [Spartanburg, SC : The Reprint Company, 1996, 1967]. 365 pp. "This volume is a reprint of a 1967 edition." _____________, ABSTRACTS OF EARLY DEEDS OF NASH COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA : BOOKS 1-6. [Fort Worth, TX : Arrow Print. Co., c1966]. 299 pp. _____________, ABSTRACTS OF EARLY DEEDS OF WAKE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, 1785-1802. ]Rocky Mount, NC : J.W. Watson, 1978]. Includes index. ************************************ *Earl P. Bell, Jr. - Born: Roanoke Rapids, Halifax County (1938); Reared: Aulander, Bertie County (1939 – 1956); Educated: Mars Hill (1956-58); Wake Forest (1958 – 1961), Stanford (1967), University of Chicago (1967 – 72); Profession: History Teacher – Kecoughtan High School, Hampton, Virginia (1963 – 1967) and The Laboratory Schools, The University of Chicago (1967 -2008); my families are, historically speaking, concentrated in Nash, Wayne, Wilson, Edgecombe, Dobbs, Duplin, Johnston and Bertie Counties, North Carolina (counties listed are in the order of importance). My North Carolina families are: Bell, Proctor, Harper, Jones, Aycock, Evans, Trevathan, Vaugh(a)n, Williams, Dillard, Boon, Worrell, Handley, Batchelor, Bardin[en], Dickinson, Manning, Pridgen, Atkinson, Edwards, Griffin, Ham(m), Reddin(g) and Newsome. ______________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Earl P. Bell - earl.bell3@gmail.com ______________________________________________________________________