MOORE COUNTY RECORDS IN NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES:

Established in 1784 from Cumberland County.

Courthouse fire of 1889 destroyed most land records and many court records.

ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS

Apprentice Bonds, 1890-1903; 1 volume.

COURT RECORDS

County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Minutes, 1784-1858; 7 volumes.

Appearance Docket, 1841-1854; 1 volume.

Execution Dockets, 1818-1867; 6 volumes.

Trial and Appearance Dockets, 1798-1841; 3 volumes.

Trial Docket, 1841-1845; 1 volume.

Index to Trial Docket, 1785-1868; 1 volume.

Superior Court

Minutes, 1869-1873; 1 volume.

Equity Trial Docket, 1850-1868; 1 volume.

Appearance Dockets, 1835-1869; 2 volumes.

Execution Dockets, 1834-1881; 4 volumes.

Recognizance Docket, 1836-1844, 1849; 1 volume.

State Docket, 1834-1851; 1 volume.

Civil Action Papers, 1829-1915; Criminal Action Papers, 1883-1916;

12 Fibredex boxes.

Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1874-1924; 16 Fibredex boxes.

ELECTION RECORDS

Record of Elections, 1878-1932; 4 volumes.

ESTATES RECORDS

Record of Estates, 1820-1862; 6 volumes.

Administrators’ Bonds, 1864-1922; 4 volumes.

Record of Dowers, 1889-1921; 1 volume.

Record of Widows’ Year’s Support, 1889-1968; 2 volumes.

Estates Records, 1828-1921; 19 Fibredex boxes.

Guardians’ Records, 1847, 1870-1912; 1 Fibredex box.

Guardians’ Accounts, 1834-1857, 1889-1931; 3 volumes.

Guardians’ Bonds, 1889-1929; 2 volumes.

LAND RECORDS

Deeds, 1797-1923; 1 Fibredex box.

Mortgage Deeds and Deeds of Trust, 1834-1926; 1 Fibredex box.

Ejectments, 1881-1913; 1 Fibredex box.

Attachments, Executions, Liens and Levies on Land, 1869-1915;

1 Fibredex box.

Miscellaneous Land Records, 1798-1926; 2 Fibredex boxes.

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MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS

Divorce Records, 1887-1915; 2 Fibredex boxes.

MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS

List of Applications for Pensions, 1885-1888; 1 manuscript box.

Record of Pensions, 1890-1919; 2 volumes.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

Record of Naturalization, 1887-1917; 1 volume.

County Accounts, 1796-1841; 1 volume.

Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1864-1924; 4 Fibredex boxes.

Mining Records, 1882-1913; 1 Fibredex box.

Miscellaneous Records, 1784-1935; 5 Fibredex boxes.

Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1869-1933; 4 Fibredex boxes.

ROADS AND BRIDGES

Appointment of Road Overseers, 1875-1895; 1 volume.

Railroad Records, 1889-1915; 3 Fibredex boxes.

TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS

Tax List, 1852-1860; 1 volume.

WILLS

Wills, 1831, 1859-1921; 3 Fibredex boxes.

MICROFILM RECORDS

CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Record of Corporations, 1889-1944; 2 reels.

Partnership Records, 1913-1965; 1 reel.

COURT RECORDS

County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Minutes, 1784-1858; 3 reels.

Superior Court

Minutes, 1835-1956; 18 reels.

Index to Minutes, Plaintiff, 1786-1953; 2 reels.

Index to Minutes, Defendant, 1786-1953; 4 reels.

Criminal Judgment Docket, 1887-1896; 1 reel.

ELECTION RECORDS

Record of Elections, 1934-1964; 1 reel.

ESTATES RECORDS

Record of Estates, 1820-1831, 1837-1851, 1856-1861; 1 reel.

Record of Accounts, 1868-1965; 6 reels.

Administrators’ Bonds, 1880-1897, 1923-1963; 5 reels.

Appointment of Executors, 1868-1902; 1 reel.

Record of Guardians, 1834-1857; 1 reel.

Guardians’ Accounts, 1888-1965; 3 reels.

Guardians’ Bonds, 1890-1909; 1 reel.

Appointment of Guardians, 1932-1968; 2 reels.

Record of Accounts for Indigent Orphans, 1909-1959; 1 reel.

Record of Dowers and Widows’ Year’s Support, 1889-1964; 1 reel.

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Estates Not Exceeding $300, 1950-1965; 1 reel.

Inheritance Tax Records, 1923-1966; 1 reel.

Record of Settlements, 1869-1965; 6 reels.

Index to Administrators and Executors, 1787-1819, 1898-1916; 1 reel.

Index to Guardians, 1889-1915; 1 reel.

Index to Final Accounts: Administrators, 1868-1965; 1 reel.

Index to Final Accounts: Guardians, 1868-1965; 1 reel.

LAND RECORDS

Record of Deeds, 1889-1961; 124 reels.

Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1889-1966; 10 reels.

Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1889-1966; 10 reels.

Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor and Grantee: Banks and Trustees,

1940-1966; 1 reel.

Entry Book, 1889-1958; 1 reel.

Record of Grants, 1787-1965; 2 reels.

Map Books, 1902-1965; Index to Maps, 1907-1965; 3 reels.

Record of Sales and Resales of Land, 1930-1966; 3 reels.

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS

Marriage Licenses, 1889-1961; 10 reels.

Marriage Record, 1851-1867; 1 reel.

Marriage Registers, 1889-1965; 2 reels.

Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1939-1963; 1 reel.

Index to Births, 1913-1964; 2 reels.

Index to Deaths, 1913-1964; 1 reel.

Index to Delayed Births, 1879-1956; 1 reel.

MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS

Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1965; 4 reels.

Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1918-1965; 1 reel.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

Orders and Decrees, 1868-1951; 11 reels.

Special Proceedings, 1901-1920; 1 reel.

Index to Special Proceedings, Plaintiff, 1869-1965; 3 reels.

Index to Special Proceedings, Defendant, 1869-1965; 2 reels.

Receivers’ and Assignees’ Accounts, 1896-1951; 1 reel.

OFFICIALS, COUNTY

Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1889-1945; 4 reels.

SCHOOL RECORDS

Minutes, County Board of Education, 1872-1941; 1 reel.

WILLS

Record of Wills, 1783-1965; 12 reels.

Index to Wills, Devisor, 1793-1965; 1 reel.

Index to Wills, Devisee, 1793-1965; 1 reel.

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