Publications Available at the North Carolina State Archives
County Records
Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina
State Archives: County Records
Softbound. $18.00. The new
revised guide contains a list of the records for each North Carolina county
housed in the State Archives as of 2009. It describes more than 13,000 bound volumes, 22,000 boxes of loose records, and 24,000 reels of microfilm. Included for the first time are the C.R.X. records—county records that came to the State Archives from a source other than an official county custodian. To order a copy online, visit the NC Historical Publications Shop.
An Index to Marriage Bonds Filed in the
North Carolina State Archives
Microfiche. $100.00. North Carolina marriage bonds (1741-1868) were statements of intent for couples
who planned to wed. On file in the North Carolina State Archives are 170,000 marriage bonds. These
bonds were abstracted in the 1930s by workers on a National Youth Administration project, alphabetized
by workers on the Historical Records Survey project of the Works Progress Administration, and
typed by the Genealogical Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints. The
information from the county abstract volumes has been combined and arranged in two statewide
indexes--one by groom's surname and one by bride's surname. These indexes appear on eighty-eight
microfiche.
Name Index to North Carolina Land Records
Microfiche. $5.00 per fiche. Land Grants that were issued by North Carolina for land within the
boundaries of the state have been microfilmed and are available for purchase. The name index was
compiled from a database and contains not only the name the grant was issued to, but also any
assignees to the grant, chainbearers, surveyors, and sometimes neighbors. The fiche is
available for a particular county. The county and the price for the microfiche are listed separately
here.
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State Records
Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina State Archives: State Agency Records
Softbound. $30.00. Contains information relating to all the state government records which have been
appraised as permanently valuable and transferred to the North Carolina State Archives. Included are
descriptions of these records and agency histories based on the laws which established each
governmental entity's responsibilities. The record descriptions are arranged by agency and by record
group, based on the functions of that agency, and then divided where possible into separate series,
which are files consisting of similar records. This guide is intended to make the records of North
Carolina state government more understandable and more accessible to the researcher.
N. C. Supreme Court Case Index, 1909-1929
Microfiche. $45.00. An index containing 24,189 entries relating to the
plaintiffs and defendants in Supreme Court cases dating from 1909 to 1929.
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Military Records
Index of Revolutionary War Army Accounts
Microfiche. $30.00. In the Revolutionary War system of state bookkeeping, volumes called account
books were created. Record of the issue of vouchers and certificates was entered in these volumes,
as was a record of their return when the pay vouchers and certificates were surrendered to the state
treasurer. There are twenty-seven account books available to researchers. This index is an
alphabetical compilation of all entries. It cites the book, page, and folio reference where needed.
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Tennessee Records
Name Index to Tennessee Land Records
Microfiche. $20.00. In order to fulfill a recruiting promise made by the state to soldiers enlisting
in the regular army (Continental Line) during the Revolutionary War, North Carolina set aside a large
tract of land in what subsequently became Davidson and Sumner Counties, Tennessee. After the war,
and until as late as 1841, North Carolina issued more than 6,500 warrants for grants of bounty lands;
until 1797 the grants were made by North Carolina, but after 1800, the grants were made by Tennessee.
The grants that were issued by North Carolina have been microfilmed and are available for purchase.
The name index was compiled from a database and contains not only the name the grant was issued to,
but also any assignees to the grant, chainbearers, surveyors, and sometimes neighbors.
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Ordering Information
Send a check or money order, payable to the Department of Cultural
Resources, to:
Public Services Branch
4614 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, N.C. 27699-4614
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Last Modified: 01/04/2010
