THIS PAGE TELLS YOU WHAT IS AVAILABLE IN MOORE CO.

IF IT IS NOT LISTED HERE, IT DOES NOT EXIST!!

 

MOORE COUNTY RECORDS INFORMATION

 

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.

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 Re-sales 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.