The following notice appeared in the Deaths column of the November 27, 1837 issue of the Raleigh Register.
Transcription: In Manchester, Miss., Mrs. Penelope CREECY, wife of Mr. James R. CREECY, formerly of Edenton.
CREECY, Penelope (d. 1837)
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WELCH, Miles (d. 1837)
The following notice appeared in the Deaths column of the January 31, 1837 issue of the Raleigh Register newspaper.
Transcription: In Chowan co. Rev. Miles WELCH; aged 56; for many years a laborer in the Baptist Church.
CLARK, Nancy (d. 1837)
The following notice appeared in the Deaths column in the January 31, 1837 issue of the Raleigh Register.
Transcription: In Edenton, Miss Nancy Clark, aged 27; an exemplary Christian.
BILLINGS, Ann (Mrs.) – d. 1837
The following notice appeared in the Deaths column of the February 21, 1837 issue of the Raleigh Register newspaper.
Transcription: In Edenton, Chowan co on the 23d ult. Mrs. Ann BILLINGS, in the 63d year of her age – a pious, active and devoted member of the Baptist Church.
Pre-1914 Chowan County cemetery transcriptions
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) records have been added online by the N. C. State Archives and the State Library of N. C. These are North Carolina Cemetery Surveys done by the Historical Society in the 1930′s.
You can find the Chowan County files here.
The entire State files here.
The survey includes listings for the following cemeteries for Chowan County. I have gone through & put the page numbers where you can find the transcriptions for the cemeteries.
- Baptist Cemetery Page 2
- Beaver Hill Cemetery Page 4
- Johnston Cemetery Page 8
- Macedonia Cemetery Page 10
- County Negro Cemetery Page 11
- Pearce Cemetery Page 14
- St. Pauls Episcopal Cemetery Page 15
- St. Pauls Episcopal Cemetery Page 17
- Topping Cemetery Page 24
- Ashley Cemetery Page 25
- Baptist Cemetery Page 26
AVERY, John (d. 1836)
Raleigh Register
November 1, 1836
DEATHS — In Chowan county on the 12th ult. Mr. John AVERY, a soldier of the Revolution in the 88th year of his age.
BULLOCK, Lucy Ann (d. 1836)
Raleigh Register
November 1, 1836
DEATHS – In Chowan county, Lucy Ann, infant daughter of William Bullock, Esq.
HOWETT, Mary (d. 1823)
Raleigh Register
April 4, 1823
Died – At Edenton, on the 19th ult., after a long & tedious illness, Miss Mary HOWETT, daughter of Mr. Richard HOWETT, dec’d.
LAUSTON, Mary (d. 1823)
Raleigh Register
April 4, 1823
DIED – at Edenton on the 21st, Mrs. Mary LAUSTON, consort of Capt. John LANSTON.
Locating Chowan County Death Records
There are several resources available to you if you are looking for death records of Chowan County. You can contact the Chowan County Register of Deeds office to order certificates and/or consult the following resources:
- Chowan County Obituaries – submitted to this site
- Chowan County Deaths – indexed from various newspaper resources
- Chowan County Obituaries – submitted to the USGenWeb Archives Project
- North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930 — free database from FamilySearch with original images of death certificates; includes deaths in Chowan County
- North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994 – free database from Family Record Search; includes Chowan County records, but does not have original images
- Social Security Death Index – looking for death information from approx. 1960s to present day? Try the SSDI – it can be searched for free at FamilySearch.