County Records

County Records in the
North Carolina State Archives

Sources of Information on County Records

Container Lists of Selected County Records

Civil Actions

These box lists were created by Local Records staff and are available in either Word document or PDF format. Many of the lists are very long and may take a while to load. Those patrons using slower speed connections or older computers are advised to use the Word document version rather than the PDF version.

Divorces

These box lists were created by Local Records staff and are available in either Word document or PDF format. Many of the lists are very long and may take a while to load. Those patrons using slower speed connections or older computers are advised to use the Word document version rather than the PDF version.

Estates

These are the most current box lists created by Local Records staff and are available in either Word document or PDF format. Many of the lists are very long and may take a while to load. Those patrons using slower speed connections or older computers are advised to use the Word document version rather than the PDF version.

Lists - Last updated: August 24, 2000

Listings of estates papers that related to the settlement of a person's estate. These papers are filed first by county and then in folders arranged by name and date. These listings were compiled by volunteers and then proofed by staff members. At this time, the listings of names do not link to images of the actual documents.

Counties for which lists are available at this time include: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Bute, Cabarrus, Camden, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Columbus, Dare, Durham, Gaston, Graham, McDowell, Macon, Martin, Mitchell, Moore, Pamlico, Pender, Polk, Stanly, Transylvania, and Yancey.

Guardians

These box lists were created by Local Records staff and are available in either Word document or PDF format. Many of the lists are very long and may take a while to load. Those patrons using slower speed connections or older computers are advised to use the Word document version rather than the PDF version.

Marriage Licenses

These box lists were created by Local Records staff and are available in either Word document or PDF format. Many of the lists are very long and may take a while to load. Those patrons using slower speed connections or older computers are advised to use the Word document version rather than the PDF version.

Wills

These box lists were created by Local Records staff and are available in either Word document or PDF format. Many of the lists are very long and may take a while to load. Those patrons using slower speed connections or older computers are advised to use the Word document version rather than the PDF version.

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Buncombe County Wills

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Mecklenburg County Wills

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Last Modified: 08/19/2009

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