Carteret County
North Carolina
Established 1722
Online Documents
(Unless otherwise noted, documents were abstracted by Joel S. Russell)
Vital Records
Alphabetical Index of Wills 1681-1888  [Originally abstracted by Rebecca W. Sanders]
Orphans found in Carteret County Minutes 1725-1802
Taxables for the year 1758
Index of 1790 Federal Census (SKS Publications)
1790 Federal Census [Contributed by John Frivance]
Index of 1800 Federal Census (SKS Publications)
Index of 1810 Federal Census (SKS Publications)
Taxables for the year 1816 (this appears to be Beaufort Precinct only)
Index of 1820 Federal Census (SKS Publications)
Land Valuations - 1820
Index of 1830 Federal Census (SKS Publications)
Land Valuations - 1835
Index of 1840 Federal Census (SKS Publications)
1850 Mortality Schedule [Contributed by Gwen Scott]
Davis Shore Cemeteries (Compiled by Margaret Rose Davis Gaskill and contributed by her sister Thelma D. Pittman)

Military Rolls
Spanish Attack on Beaufort, NC - 1747 (Militia Roll)
Capt. Jos. Fulford's Company, Col. Lovick's Regt. - undated*
Capt. Moses Houston's Company, Col. Lovick's Regt. - undated*
Capt. Wicker Davis's Company - 1771 (Militia Roll)
Commissioned Officers of Carteret County Militia - 1777
Carteret County Recruits - 1778
Commissioned Officers of Carteret County Militia - Jun 1779
Commissioned Officers of Carteret County Militia - Oct 1781
Robert's Carteret County Regiment of Militia, War of 1812 (undated)  [Contributed by Dr. Bob Lewis]
Capt. Jacob Henry's Company - Apr 1812(Militia Roll)  [Contributed by Dr. Bob Lewis]
Capt. James Steel's Company- July 1813 (Militia Roll)
Capt. Nathaniel Pinkham's Company - Aug 1814 (Militia Roll)  [Contributed by Dr. Bob Lewis]
"Old Topsail Rifles" - 1861
WWII Honor Roll of Dead & Missing for Carteret County, NC

*  These two lists are actually a single document which is undated.  I suspect these are the "Militia Returns 1754 - 1755:  Carteret Foot . . . Capt'n Joseph Fulford (and) Will: Fulford (under command of) Coll. Tho: Lovick."  (State Records, XXII, p. 307). Thanks to Dr. Bob Lewis for citing this reference

Letters
Letters from Samuel Leffers to his brother John Lefferts in Long Island, New York:  1800-1821
(From the Frank C. Salisbury Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection, East Carolina University.  Electronic copies provided by Mr. Doyle Leffers)
Letter from Nevill Russell to his brother William Russell: 1844

Items from The Colonial Records Project of the North Carolina Office of Archives and History
An Address to the Inhabitants of North Carolina by William Borden 1746
An Act to prevent the untimely destruction of Fish in Core Sound, Bogue Sound and the Straights in Carteret County from Act of the General Assemby of NC 1770.

Miscellaneous
Wife Sale
Enoch Fulford - Sale of Slaves, 1832

Maps
Early Map of Carteret County (Contributed by Steve Nelson)



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