MECKLENBURG COUNTY

Established in 1762 (effective 1763) from Anson County.

                                ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1871-1920; 2 volumes.
	Officials' Bonds and Records, 1779-1954; 2 Fibredex boxes.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1774-1868; 12 volumes.
		Appeal Docket, 1810-1822; 1 volume.
		Appearance Dockets, 1824-1867; 5 volumes.
		Execution Dockets, 1774-1861; 19 volumes.
		Levy Docket, 1827-1830; 1 volume.
		State Dockets, 1828-1868; 3 volumes.
		Trial, Appearance and Reference Dockets, 1774-1810; 2 volumes and 
			1 pamphlet.
		Trial Dockets, 1810-1866; 7 volumes.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1811-1885; 8 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1822-1852, 1859-1869; 2 volumes.
		Equity Trial Dockets, 1846-1868; 2 volumes.
		Appearance Docket, 1811-1838; 1 volume.
		Execution Dockets, 1811-1836, 1846-1854; 4 volumes.
		Receipt Docket, 1825-1828; 1 volume.
		Recognizance Docket, 1825-1852; 1 volume.
		Trial, Appearance and Reference Docket, 1807-1810; 1 volume.
		Trial Dockets, 1811-1843; 2 volumes.
		Civil Action Papers, 1784-1959, 1966; 146 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1784-1959, 1961, 1965;
			64 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Occupational Licensing Boards, 1922-
			1953; 2 Fibredex boxes.
		Criminal Action Papers, 1778-1875, 1914, 1935, 1961; 1 Fibredex box.
	Inferior Court
		Minutes, 1877-1885; 2 volumes.
	Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1885-1890; 1 volume.
	Circuit Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1898; 1 volume.
	Eastern District Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1899-1901; 1 volume.
LAND RECORDS
	Deeds of Sale and Miscellaneous Deeds, 1772-1938; 1 Fibredex box.
	Ejectments, 1793-1954, 1977; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Land Entries, 1778-1855; 2 volumes.
	Land Grants and Deeds, 1789-1845; 1 volume.
	Land Sold for Taxes, 1893, 1896, 1931-1950; 1 Fibredex box.
	Record of Probate of Deeds, 1858-1868; 1 volume.
	Attachments, Executions and Liens on Land, 1855-1968; 17 Fibredex boxes.
	Land Condemnations, 1892-1968; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Foreclosures of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust, 1870-1955; 
		25 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Land Records, 1767-1953; 2 Fibredex boxes.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1785-1966; 83 volumes.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1870-1911; 8 volumes.
	Appointment of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1906-1928; 1 volume.
	Record of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1911-1914; 1 volume.
	Record of Executors, 1958-1967; 6 volumes.
	Estates Records, 1762-1957; 282 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Guardians, 1914-1967; 18 volumes.
	Record of Guardians [Veterans], 1961-1967; 1 volume.
	Guardians' Records, 1779-1955; 11 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1870-1911; 5 volumes.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1904; 3 volumes.
	Record of Probate (Estates), 1868-1907; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1783-1868; 13 Fibredex boxes.
	Marriage Register, 1868-1884; 1 volume.
	Divorce Records, 1846-1969; 322 Fibredex boxes.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	List of Taxables, 1797-1824; 1 volume.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1761-1854; 9 volumes.
	Wills, 1749-1918; 25 Fibredex boxes.
	Cross Index to Wills, 1763-1929; 2 volumes.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien, Naturalization and Citizenship Records, 1822, 1886-1927; 
		1 Fibredex box.
	Alien Registrations, 1927-1942; 2 volumes.
	Partnership Records, 1871-1955; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	County Accounts, 1868-1884; 2 volumes.
	Record of Elections, 1924-1932; 1 volume.
	Insolvents and Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1787-1919;
		1 Fibredex box.
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1902; 8 volumes.
	Special Proceedings Docket, 1869-1962; 9 volumes.
	Index to Special Proceedings Docket, 1924-1940; 1 volume.
	Road, Bridge and Ferry Records, 1783-1921; 1 Fibredex box.
	Railroad Records, 1856-1955; 33 Fibredex boxes.
	School Records, 1798, 1863-1955; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Child Custody and Support Records, 1866-1956, 1964, 1975; 
		3 Fibredex boxes.
	Commissions to Hold Court, 1886-1937, 1951; 1 Fibredex box.
	Promissory Notes and Personal Accounts, 1758-1897; 1 Fibredex box.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1759-1959; 5 Fibredex boxes.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1847-1958; 55 Fibredex boxes.
CRX
	Civil Action Papers, 1843-1861; 7 folders.
	Election Returns, 1964; 1 folder.
	Deed of Sale, 1797, 1833, 1835; 2 folders.

                               MICROFILM RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1871-1920; 1 reel.
	Officials' Bonds, 1889-1930; 1 reel.
CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
	Record of Corporations, 1884-1947; 12 reels.
	Record of Partnerships, 1913-1937; 1 reel.
	Record of Limited Partnerships, 1942-1965; 1 reel.
	Index to Partnerships and Assumed Names, 1913-1971; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1774-1857; 5 reels.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1811-1901; 6 reels.
		Minutes, Civil, 1901-1952; 32 reels.
		Minutes, Criminal, 1901-1946; 7 reels.
		Equity Minutes, 1822-1852, 1859-1869; 2 reels.
		Index to Judgments, Plaintiff, 1909-1956; 3 reels.
		Index to Judgments, Defendant, 1909-1956; 4 reels.
	Inferior Court
		Minutes, 1877-1885; 1 reel.
	Circuit Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1898; 1 reel.
	Criminal Court/Eastern District Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1885-1901; 1 reel.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Minutes, Board of Elections, 1936-1956; 1 reel.
	Record of Elections, 1908-1932; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1785-1965; 38 reels.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1870-1911; 2 reels.
	Record of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1911-1928; 1 reel.
	Record of Administrators, 1912-1955; 19 reels.
	Record of Executors and Guardians, 1868-1964; 6 reels.
	Record of Guardians, 1914-1963; 8 reels.
	Record of Guardians of World War Veterans, 1930-1961; 1 reel.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1870-1911; 1 reel.
	Inheritance Tax Records, 1919-1964; 5 reels.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1965; 19 reels.
	Index to Estates, 1765-1965; 9 reels.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Real Estate Conveyances, 1763-1959; 773 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1763-1955; 48 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1763-1955; 41 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee: Firms and Corporations, 1919-
		1936, 1948-1955; 3 reels.
	Land Entries, 1778-1855, 1870-1937; 2 reels.
	Land Grants, 1789-1848; 1 reel.
	Plats, 1892, 1907-1951; 4 reels.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1783-1868; 4 reels.
	Marriage Licenses, 1851-1962; 47 reels.
	Record of Marriages, Black, 1850-1867; Record of Cohabitation, 1866-1867;
		1 reel.
	Marriage Registers, 1850-1960; 3 reels.
	Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1965; 1 reel.
	Index to Births, 1913-1947; 4 reels.
	Index to Deaths, 1909-1947; 2 reels.
	Index to Delayed Births, various years; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1977; 23 reels.
	Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1976; 1 reel.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Record of Officials' Reports, 1875-1887; 1 reel.
	Record of Lunacy, 1899-1953; 5 reels.
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1960; 27 reels.
	Special Proceedings, 1869-1965; 6 reels.
	Index to Special Proceedings and Orders and Decrees, Plaintiff, 1896-1968;
		3 reels.
	Index to Special Proceedings and Orders and Decrees, Defendant, 1896-1968;
		2 reels.
OFFICIALS, COUNTY
	Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1956; 10 reels.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	List of Taxables, 1797-1824; 1 reel.
	Tax Scrolls, 1915; 1 reel.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1763-1965; 25 reels.
	Index to Wills, Devisor, 1763-1968; 2 reels.
	Index to Wills, Devisee, 1763-1968; 2 reels.