Records & Data

The following resources may be useful for you as you research your Washington County ancestors:


AFRICAN-AMERICAN

ARCHIVES

BIBLES

BIOGRAPHIES

BIRTHS

CEMETERIES

CENSUS
CHURCHES

COURT PROCEEDINGS

DEATHS/OBITUARIES

DEEDS

  • Linda Haas Davenport has compiled a book of more than 950 deed transcriptions from Washington County covering 1799-1814. – Washington County, North Carolina Abstracts of Deed Books A-B-C (1799-1814): Including Some Dated Earlier. Broken Arrow, OK: L.H. Davenport, 2008. You can view the surname index on this archived version of her website. You can check for a library that may hold the book by going here.
  • The Register of Deeds office has online searching of deeds from 1996 to present. Deeds from 1974- 1996 can be viewed if you have the Deed Book # and page. Read the blog entry for more details on how it works.

DIRECTORIES

EDUCATION

  • Plymouth Colored High School –1944 Commencement Program  – my grandmother, Alice McNair, is one of the graduating class members. (Link contributed by Taneya Koonce)
FAMILIES
FAMILY SITES
GENEALOGY SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS
HISTORY
MAPS
MARRIAGES
MILITARY

NEWSPAPERS

QUERIES

SURNAMES

WILLS & ESTATES