Kent County, Delaware

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This article is about a county in state of Delaware. For other uses, see Kent (disambiguation)

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New Castle County, Delaware
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Location in the state of Delaware
Location of Delaware in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	August 8, 1673
County Seat	Dover
Courthouse
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United States Delaware Kent County

County Courthouse

Kent County Courthouse
414 Federal Street
Dover, De 19901
Phone: 302-744-2347

Clerk of Peace has marriage records.
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records.
Recorder of Deeds has land records from 1680.
Register of Wills has probate records. ^[1]

http://www.co.kent.de.us/]
Kent County Levy Court
Administrative Complex
555 Bay Road
Dover, DE 19901

History

• Renamed from St. Johns County, 17 December 1682.
• Interesting note - Kent County is one of few counties bordering another county with same same across state line, Kent County, Maryland

Parent County

Kent County was created 8 August 1673 from St. Jones County. ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

New Castle | Sussex | Maryland counties: Caroline | Kent | Queen Anne's

Native American Reservations

Populated Places

Cities:

Towns:

Communities:

Hundreds: More information can be found at Delaware Hundreds.

Military:

• Dover Air Force Base

Resources

Biography

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Kent County, Delaware census records online, see: Delaware Census.

Church History & Records

Court

Gazetteers

• USGS GNIS

History

Land & Deeds

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Revolutionary War

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital version at Google Books. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Delaware, Kent County on page 126.]

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Probate

Index and Images

Kent County, Delaware Probate records, 1680-1800 on line at http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4020 original data: Valinger, Leon de, com/ Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800.

• DeValinger, Leon. A Calendar of Kent County, Delaware Probate Records, 1680-1800. Dover, Delaware: Public Archives Commission, 1944. (Family History Library film 1035860 item 4; fiche 6051248.) Facsimile reproduction of the original (Family History Library book 975.14 P28d.)
• Indexes to probate records 1801-1833, in three volumes by Mary Marshall Brewer (Lewes,Del.: Delmarva Roots, 2002.)

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Dover Delaware Family History Center
  

Web Sites

• The Kent County DEGenWeb Project, an member of The DEGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kent County
• The USGenWeb Archives Project for Kent County. (Backup site)
• FamilySearch.org Family History Library catalog for Kent County
• Kent County, Delaware Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), New Castle, Delaware Page 121 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.

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