Cumberland County North Carolina

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Cumberland map

Cumberland County, North Carolina, was formed in 1754 from Bladen County. The county was named in honor of William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, (1721-65)

The first county seat was named Cumberland Court House. In 1762 Campbelton was established at Cross Creek. Campbelton and Cross Creek were merged in 1778. In honor of Lafayette, Campbelton changed its name to Fayetteville in 1783. This is the present county seat.

Read "A Bit of Campbelton History" - 1895

1895 Map of Cumberland County (and surrounding area)

Cumberland County Directory

What's New in Cumberland County Go here first	Queries 2010 / 2020	Index to Queries & Surnames	Surnames (A-L)
Surnames (M-Z)	Index to Census	Index to Estate Records A-L	Index to Estate Records M-Z
Index to Estate Settlements	Index to Wills	Index to Cemeteries	North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project
Family Genealogies	Index to Marriage Records	Index to Tax Records	Index to Obituaries
Index to Deeds, Indentures, Etc.	Index to Cumb. Co. Letters	Index to Photo Gallery	Index to Church Histories
Index to Early Military Records	Index to Civil War Records	Index to Newspaper Extracts	Cumberland Co. Bonds
Wardens of the Poor	Election Returns - 1843	1774 Admiralty Court	Grand Jury Reports
Misc. Documents Adoptions, etc.	Free Masons - Fayetteville Lodge	List of Members to the House of Commons	Election Returns -1841 Constable
Justices of the Peace - 1827	Index to Maps	Oath of Allegiance	Landings on the Cape Fear River
1906 Fayetteville Street Guide with Ward Boundairies	Miscellaneous Ancient Records of Cumberland	Civil Court Records	Misc Court Recs
Cumberland County Public Library	Argyll Colony Plus	Importations From Abroad to Orange Co., VA	Cumberland Co School Index
Publications for Purchase	Naturalizations	Index to Bible Recs.	Early Campbellton Residents
Cumberland County Genealogical Society	Guide to Research Materials in the NC Archives	USGenWeb Archives	Fay. Police Chiefs 1832-2001

CUMBERLAND MISCELLANY

The Shaw Papers	Record Book of Carolina Church, Coosa County, AL 1837-1845	A Murder at McNeill's Muster Ground
Tom Powers, Mayor of Fayetteville 1906-1908	Fort Bragg Football Players Injured	1860 Murder of North Carolinians in Texas
McPherson Clans of the Upper Cape Fear

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State Archives of North Carolina

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World GenWeb Page - Links to genealogy pages for many other countries

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NC FamilySearch

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Finding Your Family from Ship's Passenger Lists

New York City and the History of Ellis Island

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Updated: 11/22/2020
Last updated: March 29, 2022