North Carolina Slave Deed Index

A listing of Collections which have been compiled by North Carolina County Register of Deeds
and other Resources

A number of NC Counties have created databases with the names of enslaved people as abstracted from various documents, mostly deeds and wills, and have made them available to the public. Some county lists include links to the actual documents, so be sure to look at those, too. Following are the links to the collections listed by County, some are to NCGenWeb and other websites, including People Not Property, others directly to PDFs created by County Register of Deeds offices.

Alexander County
Beaufort County
Bertie County
Brunswick County
Buncombe County ~ Register of Deeds page Buncombe County
Burke County
Caldwell County
Cherokee County
Craven County
Davidson County ~ Slavery overview William Holt Slave Register (pdf)
Duplin County

Granville County ~ Enslaved Ancestors Abstracted from Deed Books {Barnetta M. White

Granville County ~ NCGenWeb County Deeds; Slave Deeds marked
Guilford County (pdf) Guilford County
Halifax County Halifax County ~ NCGenWeb County Deeds; Slave Deeds marked
Halifax County ~ Free African Americans website
Iredell County (pdf) ~ provides link to search for specific document
Iredell County
Johnston County ~ also can search Cohabitation Marriages
Martin County
New Hanover County ~ names in multiple index volumes of deeds, as well as names in Wills
Onslow County  
Orange County ~ on Register of Deeds blog page; it's ok to open! Orange County
Perquimans County
Person County (pdf)
Person County ~ NCGenWeb County Deeds; Slave Deeds marked
Pitt County ~ USGenWeb NC Archives
Rockingham County (pdf) Rockingham County
Stanly County ((pdf) Stanly County
Surry County~ Index of Slaves (pdf) *currently not working Index of Slaveowners (pdf) *currently not working
Surry County
Wake County ~ Register of Deeds Project; click "Start Your Search" Wake County
Warren County ~ NCGenWeb County Deeds; Slave Deeds marked
Wilkes County ~ NCGenWeb County Deeds; Slave Deeds marked
Yadkin County (pdf) Yadkin County

 

Contact: NCGenWeb African American Page 

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Last updated:  July 28, 2024