Bible Records
Biographies
- Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography
- Bio of James Iredell — from Edention Historical Commission
Cemeteries
- List of Chowan County cemeteries
- Selected Burial Information
- Chowan County Cemetery Survey
- Cemeteries listed at the Chowan NCGenWeb Archives
- Cemeteries at Find-A-Grave
- Graves of Famous Chowan County people at Find-A-Grave
- Tombstone Transcription Project
- Political Graveyard: Chowan County
- Pre-1914 Chowan County cemetery transcriptions
Census Records
Churches
Directories
- 1872 NC Business Directory
- 1903 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1904 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1905 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1906 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1910 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1911 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1912 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1913 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1914 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1915 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
- 1916 NC Yearbook & Business Directory
Education
- Chowan County Yearbook Index — index by Taneya Koonce
Ethnic Research
- African-American Cemetery in Edenton
- Slaves of John Alston (1758)
- Picture of James William Evans and wife Mary Eliza Hoggard
- Harriet Jacobs – Fugitive Slave
- Weapemeoc Indians
- Carolina Algonkians
History
- Early Names, Boundaries, and Religion
- Edenton Tea Party
- History of the Parishes
- Status of the NC Courthouses
- Postmasters of Chowan County
Maps
- NC State Map with clickable counties — Thanks to Derick Hartshorn!
- Chowan Township Map
- Formation of North Carolina in Maps
- Albemarle County Map 1671-1684
- 1730 Herman Moll Map (from the Pasquotank Co. website)
- 1733 Edward Moseley Map
- 1744 Lord Carteret’s Land Grant (from the Pasquotank Co. website)
- 1775 Henry Mouzon, Jr. Map (from the Pasquotank Co. website)
- 1808 Price-Strothers Map (from the Pasquotank Co. website)
- Civil War Maps
- 1895 NC State Map
- 1936 Chowan County Map
- 1998 Chowan County Map
- Animated Atlas - The moving map is a must but there is lots of other interesting items available!!! This moving map of the country, showing it from the beginning of the 13 states and going through the present.
Military
- NCGenWeb Archives Military Records
- 1812 Muster Roll of Soldiers from Chowan Co.
- Civil War - 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery, Co.
- Civil War – Roster of the Edenton Bell Battery
- Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards (1907-1933) (images)
- WWII - Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel
Newspapers
- North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project – full-text 19th century NC newspapers; features a few issues of the Edenton Gazette.
- Chowan County People in Newspapers — database generated by Taneya Koonce
Photos
- Athol
- Barker House
- Edenton Courthouse
- Hayes Plantation
- Historic Cupola House Another photo from Wikipedia
- Edenton Bell Battery
- James Iredell House
- Mulberry Hill
- Sandy Point Plantation
- Somerset Place
- Hope Plantation
- Edenton Teapot Photo Gallery
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Probate Records (e.g. Wills)
- Chowan County Wills & Estates – from USGenWeb Archives
Vital Records – may be obtained from the Register of Deeds
- Chowan County Bastardy Bonds
- Marriage Bonds 1741 – 1868 – Indexed by Bride & Groom
- Locating Chowan County Death Records