PITT COUNTY

Established in 1760 (effective 1761) from Beaufort County.
Courthouse fire of 1857 destroyed most of the court records.

                                ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1858-1926; 2 Fibredex boxes.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1858-1868; 4 volumes.
		Execution Docket, 1858-1868; 1 volume.
		Trial Dockets, 1850-1868; 3 volumes.
		Bench Docket (Civil and Criminal), 1858-1863, 1866; 1 volume.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1858-1968; 50 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1858-1868; 1 volume.
		Execution Docket, 1858-1864, 1867; 1 volume.
		Judgment Dockets, 1860-1957; 40 volumes.
		State Docket, 1858-1863, 1866-1870; 1 volume.
		Trial Docket, 1858-1873; 1 volume.
		Civil Issues Dockets, 1869-1935; 5 volumes.
		Bench Docket (Civil and Criminal), 1858-1867; 1 volume.
		Index to Judgments - Civil Actions, 1857-1880; 2 volumes.
		Index to Civil Issues Docket, 1869-1927; 2 volumes.
		Index to Judgments - Defendants, 1900-1969; 8 volumes.
		Civil Action Papers, 1850-1907; 19 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1859-1921; 15 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Canals and Land Drainage, 1857-
			1902; 2 Fibredex boxes.
		Criminal Action Papers, 1771, 1857-1931; 31 Fibredex boxes.
	Inferior Court
		Minutes, 1877-1885; 1 volume.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1817-1818; 1 volume.
	Deeds, Deeds of Trust and Mortgage Deeds, 1763-1892; 1 Fibredex box.
	Entry Book, 1858-1941; 1 volume.
	Land Grant Books, 1779-1800; 2 volumes.
	Judgment Dockets, Tax Sales, 1930-1955; 5 volumes.
	Miscellaneous Land Records, 1778-1923; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Sales and Re-Sales, 1920-1968; 9 volumes.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1926; 6 volumes.
	Record of Administrators [Trustees], 1956-1968; 1 volume.
	Record of Dowers and Widows' Year's Support, 1858-1885; 1 volume.
	Estates Records, 1791, 1827-1947; 77 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Records, 1858-1919, 1923; 19 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1858-1916; 5 volumes.
	Inventories and Accounts of Sale, 1857-1872; 2 volumes.
	Record of Settlements, 1858-1923; 7 volumes.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1826-1833; 1 folder in Fibredex box.
	Marriage Registers, 1867-1875; 3 volumes.
	Record of Cohabitation, 1866; 1 volume.
	Divorce Records, 1861, 1866, 1870-1906; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Maiden Name of Divorced Women, 1942-1968; 1 volume.
WILLS
	Wills, 1805, 1808, 1817, 1836-1930, 1938; 18 Fibredex boxes.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien Registration, 1940; 1 volume.
	Record of Elections, 1896-1903; 1 volume.
	Coroners' Inquests, 1861-1960; 14 Fibredex boxes.
	Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1870-1916; 1 Fibredex box.
	Minutes, Board of Justices of the Peace, 1877-1894; 1 volume.
	Record of Lunacy, 1899-1968; 6 volumes.
	Record of Official Oaths, 1945-1968; 1 volume.
	Clerk's Minute Docket [Special Proceedings], 1946-1968; 4 volumes.
	Record of Pensions, 1920-1969; 1 volume.
	Railroad Records, 1893-1906; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1763-1924; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Records of Slaves and Free Persons of Color, 1858-1870; 1 Fibredex box.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1870-1925; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Appointment of Receivers, 1918-1968; 3 volumes.
CRX
	Will [Robert Williams], 1838; 1 folder.

                               MICROFILM RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1911-1926; 1 reel.
CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
	Record of Corporations, 1885-1948; 2 reels.
	Record of Limited Partnerships, 1943-1962; 1 reel.
	Index to Partnerships, 1915-1963; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1858-1868; 1 reel.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1858-1915; 10 reels.
		Minutes, Civil, 1915-1945; 7 reels.
		Minutes, Criminal, 1914-1941; 3 reels.
	Inferior Court
		Minutes, 1877-1885; 1 reel.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Record of Elections, 1878-1962; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1951; 6 reels.
	Appointment of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1868-1916; 1 reel.
	Record of Administrators, 1912-1950; 5 reels.
	Record of Executors, 1916-1963; 1 reel.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1896-1950; 3 reels.
	Record of Guardians' Qualifications, 1913-1950; 2 reels.
	Dowers and Widows' Year's Allowance, 1858-1946; 1 reel.
	Inheritance Tax Records, 1923-1963; 1 reel.
	Record of Settlements, 1868-1952; 7 reels.
	Index to Final Accounts and Administrators, 1868-1963; 2 reels.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1762-1946; 152 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1762-1952; 7 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1762-1962; 7 reels.
	Entry Takers' Book, 1858-1941; 1 reel.
	Land Divisions, 1858-1936; 2 reels.
	Map Book and Index, 1911-1963; 1 reel.
	Record of Sales by Trustees and Mortgagees, 1920-1938; 3 reels.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1826, 1829, 1833; 1 reel.
	Marriage Licenses, 1890-1961; 17 reels.
	Record of Marriages, 1851-1867; 1 reel.
	Marriage Registers, 1868-1961; 3 reels.
	Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1942-1963; 1 reel.
	Index to Births, 1913-1957; 2 reels.
	Index to Deaths, 1916-1961; 1 reel.
	Index to Delayed Births, various years; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1951; 9 reels.
	Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1963; 1 reel.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Inquisition of Lunacy, 1899-1947; 1 reel.
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1947, 1962-1963; 14 reels.
	Special Proceedings Dockets, 1872-1949; 4 reels.
	General Index to Civil Actions and Special Proceedings, 1869-1963; 6 reels.
OFFICIALS, COUNTY
	Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1963; 8 reels.
	Index to Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1936-1950; 1 reel.
SCHOOL RECORDS
	Minutes, County Board of Education, 1885-1956; 2 reels.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1858-1963; 5 reels.
	Index to Wills, Devisor, 1858-1968; 1 reel.



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