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1741--Edgecombe County was established 4 April 1741 from Bertie County.
County seat: Tarboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Halifax
• Martin
• Nash
• Pitt
• Wilson

Resources

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Cemeteries

General Resources

• Cemetery information on Edgecombe County, NCGenWeb
• Cemetery information on Edgecombe County, NCGenWeb Archives
• Edgecombe County cemeteries - Find-A-Grave

Specific Cemeteries

• Calvary Episcopal Cemetery - in Tarboro;site contains interactive burial plot map

Census

For tips on accessing Edgecombe County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Church Records

Baptist

• Swift Creek. Established by 1773.^[3]
• Tar River Falls. Church built 1764.^[3] Edwards published a list of early members in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 131.
• Toisnot. Founded 1756.^[3] Edwards published a membership list dated 1758 in Materials Towards a History of the Baptists... (1772), 138. Now located in Wilson County.^[4]
• Town Creek. Constituted 1780.^[3][5]
• Winstead's Meeting House. Constituted 1802.^[5]

Church of England

• Edgecombe Parish, later St. Mary's Parish. Established 1741. ^[6] A history was published in 1955.^[7]

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Rocky Mount

Court

See also Probate.

Family Histories

Bibliography

• [Boddie] Leary, Helen F.M. "The Two William Boddies of North Carolina," The American Genealogist, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Jan. 1991):16-29; Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr. 1991):106-110; Vol. 66, No. 3 (Jul. 1991):148-153. Available at FHL.

Land

Local Histories

• Pamphlet: To the citizens and soldiers of Edgecomb County : I respectfully announce myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of Edgecomb county (1864) by J.B Jenkins - full-text online via the Internet Archive
• The History of Edgecombe County  - online book at Eastern North Carolina Library

Maps

• North Carolina Map-1779 - includes early Edgecombe Co.
• North Carolina County Formations - clickable map for 1700 - 1912
• Edgecombe County-1905
• Edgecombe County Maps- from the UNC Digital Maps Collections
• 1895 Edgecombe County - from Pam Rietsch's fantastic 1895 US Atlas Project

Military

Civil War

Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

-1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.

Newspapers

Probate

• Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Edgecombe County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.

• 1758-1959 - Will Books 1 to 10 and A to Q (1758-1959) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Obituaries

Taxation

Vital Records

Marriages

• 1851-1929 - Edgecombe County Marriage Index 1851-1929 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[8]

Yearbooks

• Wesleyan College Yearbooks: 1962-2009 - freely available via the NC Digitization Center
• Edgecombe County students at North Carolina colleges - a list alphabetized by surname from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index.

Societies and Libraries 

Public Libraries

The following public libraries in Edgecombe County have collections of particular interest to genealogists.

Braswell Memorial Library
727 North Grace Street
Rocky Mount, North Carolina 27804
(252) 442-1951
The Kornegay Room offers a local history and genealogy collection which includes maps, local records, newspapers, city directories, photographs, and more.

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Rocky Mount North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

• Edgecombe County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog
• Edgecombe County, USGenWeb Archives

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Page 508 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:237, 475, 490-491. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
4. ↑ "Toisnot Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com/, accessed 22 October 2012.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Lemuel Burkitt and Jesse Read, A Concise History of the Kehukee Baptist Association: From Its Original Rise Down to 1808 (1808), Chapter 16. Digital version at St Paul's Seminary website.
6. ↑ Robert J. Cain, ed., The Church of England in North Carolina: Documents, 1699-1741 (Raleigh, N.C.: Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, 1999), 501. FHL Book 975.6 K2cr; Stuart Hall Smith, The History of Trinity Parish, Scotland Neck [and] Edgecombe Parish, Halifax County (Durham, N.C.: Christian Printing Company, 1955), 7. Digital version at Eastern North Carolina Digital Library - free.
7. ↑ Stuart Hall Smith and Claiborne T. Smith, Jr., The History of Trinity Parish and Edgecombe Parish (1955).
8. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/4d/Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf.

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