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Currituck County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1670
County Seat	Currituck
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Currituck County Courthouse
Box 71
Currituck, NC 27929
Phone: 252-232-3297

1820 Census Missing
Court house burned 1842
Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, death records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records^[1]

History

Currituck was formed in 1668 as a precinct in Albemarle County. It was named in honor of an Indian tribe. It is in the northeastern section of the State and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Albemarle Sound, Camden County, and the state of Virginia. The present area is 273 square miles and the population is 6,709. Currituck Court House, mentioned as early as 1755, is the county seat.

Parent County

1670--Currituck County was created in 1670 from Albemarle County.
County seat: Currituck ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• Formation of Currituck Co., NC

Record Loss

• Guide to Research at the North Carolina Archives [list of original & microfilm records]

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring County

• Camden
• Chesapeake, Virginia
• Dare
• Virginia Beach, Virginia

Resources

Bibles

• Currituck Co., NC Bibles

Bonds

• Currituck Co., NC Bonds [Administrators, Bastardy, Constables, & Guardian]

Cemeteries

• Currituck Co., NC Cemeteries

Census and Tax Records

• Currituck Co., NC Census & Tax

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

Church Records

• Currituck Co., NC Church Records 

Baptist

• Cowenjock. Constituted 1780.^[3]
• Powel's Point. Constituted 1787.^[3]

Church of England

• Currituck Parish. Established by 1710.^[4]

Court

• Currituck Co., NC Court Records

Families

• Various Currituck Co., NC family pages
• [Ballance] Pierce, Alycon Trubey. "The Ballance Family of Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1994):3-20; Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):105-114. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 38 (1994).

History

• Currituck Co., NC area history

Land

• Currituck Co., NC Deeds

Maps

• Currituck Co., NC in Maps

Military

• Currituck Co., NC in the Military

Jones, Gordon C.: .Abstracts of land-grants, tax lists, orphans dockets, inventories and other records, : Currituck and Dare counties, North Carolina, 1666-1831 Chesapeak, Virginia, G.C.Jones c1982) pages 91 FHL Book 976.6132 P28

Civil War

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

-8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Miscellaneous

• Currituck Co., NC Misc. Items

Newspapers & Obituaries

• Currituck Co., NC Newspapers & Obituaries 

Organizations & Links

• Organizations & Useful Addresses

Photographs & Biographies

• Currituck Co., NC Photos & Bios 

Queries

• Currituck Co., NC Queries 1998-2010

Surnames

• Currituck Co., NC Surnames

Vital Records

• Currituck Co., NC Vital Records  [Births, Marriages & Deaths]

Wills & Estates

• Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Currituck County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
• 1761-1960 - Will Books 1 to 8 (1761-1960) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
• Currituck Co., NC Wills & Estates (NCGenWeb Project)

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers 

Websites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Currituck 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} George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:490, 2:563. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
4. ↑ 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), 497. FHL Book 975.6 K2cr.