Early Records of NC

The Early Records of North Carolina Series

Not only wills are available from the Secretary of State in North Carolina: Other papers exist as reflected in volumes 1 - 3 below. The records in volumes 1 -3 include Greene and Sullivan counties in Tennessee. North Carolina counties include all counties extant in the years noted.

Volumes 4 - 8 are, of course, North Carolina's oldest wills, which include the wills missing from the Grimes edition, as well as more than 10,000 persons missing from Grimes' work.

   All the following books contain the following indexes:

        Full Name

        Slave

        Place

        Women's First Name

Volumes 1 - 8 received the Excellence in Publishing Ward from the North Carolina Genealogical Society in 1994.

(All prices include shipping)

Volume I: Probates, Administrations, Inventories 1753 - 1790. 1992. 103 pages. $25.

Volume II: Wills, Administrations, Inventories, Deeds 1677 - 1790. 1992. 136 pages. $25.

Volume III: Loose Papers and Related Materials 1712 - 1798. 1993. 161 pages. $25.

Volume IV: Wills 1663 - 1722. 1993. 135 pages. $25.

Volume V: Wills 1723 - 1736. 1993. 137 pages. $25.

Volume VI: Wills 1737 - 1749. 1994. 151 pages. $25.

Volume VII: Wills 1750 - 1755. 1994. 159 pages. $25.

Volume VIII: Wills 1756 - 1794. 1994. 138 pages. $25.

Volumes IX - XI are Colonial Court and estates records which contain a variety of material.

Volume IX: Colonial Court Records - Estates Papers 1665 - 1775: A - Gibson. Foreword by C. Edward Morris. 2000. 135 pages. $25.

Volume X: Colonial Court Records - Estates Papers 1665 - 1775: Gilbert - Owen. Foreword by C. Edward Morris. 139 pages. $25.

Volume XI: Colonial Court Records - Estates Papers 1665 - 1775: Packe - Young. Foreword by C. Edward Morris. 164 pages. $25.