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Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1855
County Seat	Wilson
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Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.3.1 Baptist 4.4 Court 4.5 Land 4.6 Local Histories 4.7 Maps 4.8 Military 4.8.1 Civil War 4.9 Newspapers 4.10 Probate 4.11 Taxation 4.12 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries  5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

 Wilson County Courthouse
115 E. Nash Street
Wilson, North Carolina  27894

Post Office Box 1608
Wilson, North Carolina  27894

Register Deeds has birth, marriage death and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1868
and probate records from from 1855^[1]

Wilson County was fromed from Edgecombe, Johston, Nash, Wayne 13 Feb 1855

History

Parent County

1855--Wilson County was created from Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, and Wayne Counties.
County seat: Wilson ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Some of the early records are missing.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

• Black Creek
• Elm City
• Lucama
• Saratoga
• Sims
• Stantonsburg
• Wilson
  

Neighboring Counties

• Edgecombe
• Greene
• Johnston
• Nash
• Pitt
• Wayne

Resources

Cemeteries

• Wilson County Cemetery Census
• Cedar Grove Cemetery  -  Elm City
• Contentnea Primitive Baptist Church  -  Wilson
• Maplewood Cemetery   -  Wilson
• New Vester Cemetery  -  Buckhorn Crossroads
• Pleasant Grove Methodist Church  -  Conner
• Rest Haven Cemetery   -   Wilson
• Rocky Branch United Church  -  Buckhorn Crossroads
• Stantonsburg Town Cemetery   -  Stantonsburg
• Town Creek Cemetery  -  Elm City
• William Chapel Church  -  Elm City
• Fnd-a-Gravie  -   Wilson County

Census

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

Church

Wilson County North Carolina Churches

Baptist

• Toisnot. Founded 1756.^[3] Originally in Edgecombe County.^[4]

Court

Land

Registrar of Deeds Online Recorder's Index Search

Local Histories

Trees of Wilson  -  Wilson County Genealogical Society publication

Maps

Military

Recorded military discharges - Wilson County

Civil War

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

• 1st Regiment, Heavy Artillery (African Descent
• 1st Regiment, Infantry
• 1st Regiment, Infantry (African Descent)
• 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
• 2nd Regiment Mounted Infantry
• 2nd Regiment Infantry (African Descent)
• 3rd Regiment Infantry (African Descent)
• 3rd Regiment Mounted Infantry
• 7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
• 4th Regiment5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Probate

• 1855-1960 - Will Books 1 to 11 (1855-1960) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

Vital Records

Obtain copies of Wilson County Birth, Marriage and Death records.

Societies and Libraries 

Wilson County Genealogical Society

Wilson County Library  -  East Branch Library   -  1006-C Ward Blvd -  Wilson, NC -  (252)237-2627

Wilson County Library   -  249 Nash Street W  -   Wilson, NC 27893  -   (252) 237-5355

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• 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), Wilson County, North Carolina. Page 514 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. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:491. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990; "Toisnot Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.
4. ↑ "Toisnot Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com/, accessed 22 October 2012.

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