Records and Data
Bible Records
- BALLARD, Jethro — Record Book (1775-1879)
- BAKER, George — Family Bible Record (1792-1964)
- BEAMON, John — Family Bible Record (1798-1875)
- BUNCH, Micajah — Family Bible Record
- CATHEY, Henry — Family Bible (1827-1928)
- EVANS, Benjamin Lawrence & Clarissa Coffield Evans — Family Bible (1835-1958)
- FARABEE, Joseph Columbus — Family Bible (1823-1880)
- HARRELL, John B. & Louisa J. Harrell — Family Bible (1837-1918)
- HICKS, Dr. James H. — Family Bible Record (1713-1922)
- HOWELL, Edward & Sarah Barnes Howell — Family Bible (1797-1920)
- MCKENZIE, Charles Harris — Family Bible (1801-1926)
- MOORE, Charles & Elizabeth Creecy Moore — Family Bible (1767-1937)
- PARKER, Jacob H. — Family Bible Record
- PRUDEN, Lewis W. (born 1813) — Family Bible
- RIDDICK, Willis — Family Bible (1725-1888)
- SUMNER, Benjamin & Sarah Hunt Sumner — Family Bible
- WALTON, John — Family Bible
- Gates County Family Bible Records -from the USGenWeb Archives
Biographies
- Gates County Biographies -from the USGenWeb Archives
- Gates County biographies – at NCPedia
Births/Birthdays
- FREEMAN, Willie – Celebrates 100th Birthday (2002)
- RIDDICK, Susan – Celebrates 100th Birthday (2002)
Businesses & Directories
- Livingston’s Law Register 1851 – Lawyers of Gates County
- Patents of Gates County Individuals – a search of Google Patents
- 1872 NC Business Directory
- Gates County in the NC Yearbook & Business Directory
Cemeteries
- Gates County Cemetery Listings
- Gates County Cemeteries (from the USGenWeb Archives)
- Find-A-Grave listings for Gates County
- Tombstone Transcription Project for Gates County
- Political Graveyard – Gates County residents
Census & Taxes
- 1786 Census – from USGenWeb Archives
- 1790 Edenton District census
- 1790 Gates County census
- 1850 Gates County census index
- 1880 US Census – free at FamilySearch
- 1890 Veterans Census
- 1900 US Census – free at FamilySearch
- 1910 US Census – free at FamilySearch
- 1920 US Census – free at FamilySearch
- 1930 US Census – free at FamilySearch
- 1940 US Census – free at FamilySearch
- Gates County Tax Records – from the USGenWeb Archives
Churches
- Gates County Churches – from the USGenWeb Archives
County Records
- Gates County Records – Original & Microfilm holdings (from the USGenWeb Archives)
Court Records
- Gates County Court Records – from the USGenWeb Archives
- Misc. Gates County Deeds – submitted to this site
Deaths & Obituaries
- Misc. Obituaries – various obit submitted to this site
- Gates County Obituaries – from the USGenWeb Archives; dates vary
- 1906-1930: NC Death Certificates – from Family Record Search.; microfilm images of death certificates
- 1898 – 1994: North Carolina Deaths and Burials – from Family Record Search
- 1962 – present — Social Security Death Index (learn more) – freely available from FamilySearch
- Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald – current obituaries
Deeds
- Gates County Register of Deeds Online Search – from 1995 to present
- Gates County Deeds – misc. deeds submitted to this site
- Gates County Deeds – from the USGenWeb Archives
- Gates County Register of Deeds Office
Education
- Gates County Students in NC Colleges – list of students from Gates County gathered from yearbooks. Focus is on graduating classes prior to the 1940s.
- Public School Teachers in Gates County, 1903
Families
- Sally’s Family Place – oodles of Gates County information and photos here!
Maps
- 1751 Joshua Fry / Peter Jefferson Map
- 1861 Johnson & Browning Map
- 1862 Burnside’s Expedition Map
- Gates County Township Map
- Gates County Topo Map
- Gates County Maps at the NCMaps website – project of the NC State Archives, Outer Banks Regional History Center, and UNC-Chapel Hill
- Reynoldson Area Topo Map of Gates County
- Sunbury / Corapeake Area Topo Map
- Civil War Maps
Marriages
- Gates County Marriages – from the USGenWeb Archives
Military
- War of 1812 Muster Rolls – 7th Company Detached from Gates Co.
- Gates County Military Records – from the USGenWeb Archives
- 1883 Gates County Pensioner’s Roll
- Jesse & John Porter – Civil War Veterans
- Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards (1907-1933)
- WW II Young American Patriots – Gates Co., NC
- NC Troops 1861-1865 – state-wide index of the multi-volume work from the NC Dept of Cultural Resources
Misc. Records
- Gates County Postmasters & Postmarks – from the National Postal Museum
Newspapers
- Gates County newspapers on microfilm – list from the Library of Congress
- Gates County People in the Newspapers – area residents mentioned in newspapers; dates very
- NC Newspaper Digitization Project – search these 1750-1890’s papers for your Gates County residents
- Roanoke-Chowan News Herald – current newspaper
Photos
- Gates County Photos – from the USGenWeb Archives
- Gates County Historical Society Photos
Wills & Estates
- Gates County Wills & Estates – from the USGenWeb Archives