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| Brunswick | Bunscombe | Burke | Bute | Cabarrus | Caldwell | Camden | Carteret | Caswell | Catawba | Chatham | Cherokee | Chowan |

| Clarendon | Clay | Cleveland | Columbus | Craven | Cumberland | Currituck | Dare | Davidson (old) | Davidson | Davie | Dobbs | Duplin |

| Durham | Edgecombe | Fayette | Forsyth | Franklin | Gaston | Gates | Glasgow | Graham | Granville | Greene | Guilford | Halifax | Harnett |

| Hawkins | Haywood | Henderson | Hertford | Hoke | Hyde | Iredell | Jackson | Johnston | Jones | Lee | Lenoir | Lincoln | Macon | Madison |

| Martin | McDowell | Mecklenburg | Mitchell | Montgomery | Moore | Nash | New Hanover | Northampton | Onslow | Orange | Pamlico |

| Pamtecough | Pasquotank | Pelham | Pender | Perquimans | Person | Pitt | Polk | Randolph | Richmond | Robson | Rockingham | Rowan |

| Rutherford | Sampson | Scotland | Shaftesbury | Stanly | Stokes | Sullivan | Sumner | Surry | Swain | Tennessee | Transylvania | Tryon |

| Tyrrell | Union | Vance | Wake | Warren | Washngton | Watauga | Wayne | Wickham | Wilkes | Wilson | Yadkin | Yancy |
Counties Bye Bye
Albermarle - created Oct 1663 - Carteret, Berkeley, Shaftesbury Precincts in 1671, Albermarle District discontinued 1689
Archdale - renamed 1712 Craven
Bath - created 1696 from Colonial Lands, parts divided 1705, to Archdale, Pamtecough, Wickham Precincts. Bath District was discontinued in 1739 when the districts were named as counties.
Berkeley - renamed Perquimans, 1681
Bute - 10 Jun 1764 from Granville. Parts taken for Franklin 1778, Warren 1779
Carteret - divided into Currituck and Pasquotank, 1681
Clarendon - 1664 from Colonial Lands. Abandoned 1667
Davidson (old) - 1783 from Washington District, now in Tennessee
Dobbs - 10 Apr 1759 from Johnston. Parts taken for Wayne 1779, Glasgow 1791, Lenoir 1791
Edgecombe Precinct - 4 Apr 1732 from Bertie. Renamed Edgecombe 1741
Fayette - 1784 from Cumberland
Glasgow - 1791 from Dobbs, renamed Greene 1799
Greene - 1783 from Washington District, now in Tennessee
Hawkins - 6 Jan 1787 from Sullivan, now in Tennessee
Pamtecough Precinct - renamed 1712, Beaufort
Pelham - 1734 from New Hanover, Bath, renamed Bladen
Shaftesbury Precinct - renamed Chowan Precinct, 1681
Sullivan - 1779 from Washington District, now in Tennessee
Sumner - 1787 from Davidson (old), now in Tennessee
Tennessee - 1788 from Davidson (old), now state of Tennessee
Washington District - 22 Apr 1776 from lands on Watauga, Holster, Nolachucky Rivers. Now in Tennessee
Wickham - renamed 1712, Hyde
  1. Alamance - 29 Jan 1849 from Orange
  2. Alexander - 15 Jan 1847 from Irdell, Caldwell, Wilkes
  3. Alleghany - 1859 from Ashe
  4. Anson - 17 Mar 1750 from Bladen. Parts taken for Rowan 1753, Mecklenburg 1763, Richmond 1779, Montgomery 1778
  5. Ashe - 18 Nov 1799 from Wilkes. Part taken for Watauga 1849
  6. Avery - 23 Feb 1911 from Caldwell, Mitchell, Wautauga
  7. Beaufort - 3 Dec 1705 from Bath. Parts taken for Pitt 1761, Pamlico 1872
  8. Bertie - 2 Aug 1722 from Chowan, Bath. Parts taken for Tyrell 1729, Edgecombe 1732, Northampton 1741, Hertford 1754
  9. Bladen - 1739 from Pelham, New Hanover & Bath. Parts taken for Anson 1750, Cumberland 1754, Robeson 1786, Orange 1752, Brunswick 1764, Columbus 1808
  10. Brunswick - 30 Jan 1764 from New Hanover, Bladen. Part taken for Columbus 1808
  11. Buncombe - 5 Dec 1791 from Burke, Rutherford. Parts taken for Haywood 1808, Henderson 1838, Yancy 1833, Madison 1851
  12. Burke - 8 Apr 1777 from Rowan. Parts taken for Buncombe 1791, Yancy 1833, Caldwell 1841, McDowell 1842, Mitchell 1861, Rutherford 1779
  13. Cabarrus - 15 Nov 1792 from Mecklenburg
  14. Caldwell - 11 Jan 1841 from Burke, Wilkes. Parts taken for Alexander 1747, Watauga 1849, Mitchell 1861
  15. Camden - 8 Apr 1777 from Pasquotank
  16. Cartaret - renamed 1739 from Carteret Precinct
  17. Caswell - 8 Apr 1777 from Orange. Part taken for Person 1792
  18. Catawba - 12 Dec 1842 from Lincoln
  19. Chatham - 5 Dec 1771 from Orange. Part taken for Lee 1907
  20. Cherokee - 4 Jan 1839 from Macon. Parts taken for Clay 1861, Graham 1872
  21. Chowan - renamed from Shaftesbury 1681. Parts taken for Bertie 1722, Tyrell 1729, Hertford 1754, Gates 1778
  22. Clay - 20 Feb 1861 from Cherokee
  23. Cleveland 11 Jan 1841 from Rutherford, Lincoln
  24. Columbus - 15 Dec 1808 from Blanden, Brunswick
  25. Craven - 3 Dec 1705 from Bath, renamed from Archdale 1712. Parts taken for Carteret 1722, New Hanover 1729, Johnston 1746, Jones 1778, Pamlico 1872
    | A-Z | updated 1 Nov 2012 | 1185 records, counting
  26. Cumberland - 19 Feb 1754 from Bladen. Parts taken for Moore 1784, Harnett 1855, Wake 1771, Hoke 1911
  27. Currituck - renamed 1739 from Currituck Precinct., from Albermarle 1671. Parts taken for Tyrell 1729, Dare 1870
  28. Dare - 3 Feb 1870 from Currituck, Tyrell, Hyde
  29. Davidson - 9 Dec 1822 from Rowan
  30. Davie - 20 De 1836 from Rowan
  31. Duplin - 17 Mar 1749 from New Hanover. Part taken for Sampson 1784
  32. Durham - 28 Feb 1881 from Orange, Wake
  33. Edgecombe - 1741 renamed from Edgecombe Precinct. Parts taken for Granville 1746, Halifax 1754, Nash 1777, Wilson 1855
  34. Forsyth - 16 Jan 1849 from Stokes
  35. Franklin - 14 Apr 1778 from Bute. Part taken for Vance 1881
  36. Gaston -2 1 Dec 1846 from Lincoln
  37. Gates - 14 Apr 1778 from Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans
  38. Graham - 30 Jan 1872 from Cherokee
  39. Granville - 28 Jun 1746 from Edgecombe. Parts taken for Orange 1752, Bute 1764, Vance 1881
  40. Greene - 1799 renamed from Glasgow
  41. Guilford - 5 Dec 1771 from Rowan, Orange
  42. Halifax - 12 Dec 1754 - from Edgecombe. Part taken for Martin 1774
  43. Harnett - 7 Feb 1855 from Cumberland
  44. Haywood - 15 Dec 1808 from Buncombe. Parts taken for Macon 1828, Jackson 1851
  45. Henderson - 15 Dec 1838 from Buncombe. Parts taken for Polk 1847, Transylvania 1861
  46. Hertford - 12 Dec 1754 from Bertie, Chowan, Northampton. Part taken for Gates 1778
  47. Hoke - 17 Feb 1911 from Cumberland, Robeson
  48. Hyde - 3 Dec 1705 from Bath. Part taken for Dare 1870
  49. Iredell - 3 Nov 1788 from Rowan. Part taken for Alexander 1847
    | A-Z | updated 27 December 2011 | 902 records, counting
  50. Jackson - 29 Jan 1851 from Haywood, Macon. Parts taken for Transylvania 1861, Swain 1870
  51. Johnston - 28 Jan 1746 from Craven. Parts taken for Orane 1752, Dobbs 1759, Wake 1771, Wilson 1855
  52. Jones - 14 Apr 1778 from Craven
    | A-Z | 1077 records
  53. Lee - 6 Mar 1907 from Chatham, Harnett, Moore
  54. Lenoir - 5 De 1791 from Dobbs
  55. Lincoln - 14 Apr 1778 from Tryon. Parts taken for Catawba 1842, Gaston 1846, Cleveland 1841
  56. Macon - 1828 from Haywood. Parts taken for Cherokeee 1839, jackson 1851, Swain 1870
  57. Madison - 27 Jan 1851 from Buncombe, Yancy
  58. Martin - 2 Mar 1774 from Halifax, Tyrell
  59. McDowell - 19 Dec 1842 from Burke, Rutherford. Part taken for Mitchell 1861
  60. Mecklenburg - 3 Nov 1763 from Anson. Parts taken for Cabarrus 1792, Union 1842, Tryon 1769
  61. Mitchell - 16 Feb 1861 from Caldwell, McDowell, Burke, Watauga, Yancy. Part taken for Avery 199
  62. Montgomery - 14 Apr 1778 from Anson. Part taken for Stanley 1841
    | A-Z | updated 29 December 2011 | 434 records, counting
  63. Moore - 18 Apr 1784 from Cumberland. Part taken for Lee 1907
  64. Nash - 15 Nov 1777 from Edgecombe. Part taken for Wilson 1855
  65. New Hanover - 27 Nov 1729 from Craven. Parts taken for Onslow 1734, Bladen 1734, Pender 1875, Brunswick 1764, Duplin 1749, Sampson 1784
  66. Northampton - 1741 from bertie. Part taken for Hertford 1754
  67. Onslow - renamed from Onslow Precinct 1739, taken from New Hanover 1734
  68. Orange - 31 Mar 1752 from Bladen, Granville, Johnston. Parts taken for Chatham 1771, Caswell 1777, Alamance 1841, Wake 1771, Guilford 1771, Durham 1881
  69. Pamlico - 8 Apr 1872 from Beaufort, Craven
  70. Pasquotank - 1670 from Albemarle. Part taken for Camden 1777
  71. Pender - 16 Feb 1875 from New Hanover
  72. Perquimans - 1670 from Albemarle. Part taken for Gates 1778
  73. Person - 5 Dec 1792 from Caswell
  74. Pitt - 24 Apr 1761 from beaufort
  75. Polk - 18 Jan 1847 from Henderson, Rutherford
  76. Randolph - 14 Apr 1778 from Guilford
  77. Richmond - 18 Oct 1779 from Anson. Part taken for Scotland 1899
  78. Robeson - 18 Nov 1786 from Bladen. Part taken for Hoke 1911
  79. Rockingham - 19 Nov 1785 from Guilford
  80. Rowan - 27 Mar 1753 from Anson. Parts taken for Guilford 1771, Surry 1771, Burke 1777, Iredell 1788, Davidson 1822, Davie 1836
    | A-B | C-E | F-I | J-L | M-Q | R-Z | 5329 records
  81. Rutherford - 14 Apr 1779 from Burke, Tryon. Parts taken for Buncombe 1791, Cleveland 1841, McDowell 1842, Polk 1847
  82. Sampson - 18 Apr 1784 from Duplin, New Hanover
  83. Scotland - 20 Feb 1899 from Richmond
  84. Stanly - 11 Jan 1841 from Montgomery
  85. Stokes - 29 Nov 1789 from Surry
  86. Surry - 5 Dec 1771 from Rowan. Parts taken for Wilkes 1777, Stokes 1789, Yadkin 1850
    | A-Z |355 records, counting
  87. Swain - 24 Feb 1870 from Jackson, Macon
  88. Transylvania - 15 Feb 1861 from Henderson, Jackson
  89. Tryon - 10 Apr 1769 from Mecklenburg
  90. Tyrrell - renamed from Tyrrell Precinct 1739, 27 Nov 1729 from Bertie, Pasquotank. Parts taken for Martin 1774, Dare 1870, Washington 1779
  91. Union - 19 Dec 1842 from Anson, Mecklenburg
  92. Vance - 5 Mar 1881 from Franklin, Granville, Warren
  93. Wake - 5 Dec 1771 from Cumberland, Johnston, Durham, Orange
  94. Warren - 14 Apr 1779 from Bute. Part taken for Vance 1881
  95. Washington - 1779 from Tyrrell
  96. Watauga - 27 Jan 1849 from Ashe, Caldwell, yancy, Wilkes. Part taken for Avery 1911
  97. Wayne - 18 Oct 1779 from Dobbs. Part taken for Wilson 1855
  98. Wilkes - 15 Nov 1777 from Surry. Parts taken for Ashe 1799, Caldwell 1841, Alexander 1847, Watauga 1849
  99. Wilson - 13 Feb 1855 from Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, Wayne
  100. Yadkin - 28 Dec 1850 from Surry
  101. Yancy - 1833 from Buncombe, Burke. Parts taken for Watauga 1849, Madison 1851, Mitchell 1861
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