This is my attempt to take the individuals
found in the census index and place them on a chart by county.
All individuals listed have the surname ENGLISH.
Asterisk (*) indicate slave schedule. (any comments, please
send Email as stated below)
Blue areas indicate county not yet formed.
Gray indicates that county abolished
Note that hyperlinks to counties are offsite links.
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PARENT COUNTY |
YEAR FORMED |
bef.
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Alamance
Orange |
1849 |
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Albemarle
original county
subdivided 1668 |
1664 |
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Alexander
Iredell, Caldwell, and Wilkes |
1847 |
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Alleghany
Ashe |
1859 |
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Anson
Bladen |
1750 |
Thomas (1763),
James (1790) |
James |
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Archdale
from Bath
became Craven
in 1712 |
1705 |
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Ashe
Wilkes |
1799 |
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Avery
Caldwell, Mitchell and Watauga |
1911 |
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Bath
original county
subdivided 1705
also see Beaufort |
1696 |
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Beaufort
renamed from Bath/Pamptecough |
1712 |
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Alonzo |
Bertie
Chowan |
1722 |
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Bladen
New Hanover |
1734 |
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Brunswick
New Hanover and Bladen |
1764 |
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Buncombe
Burke and Rutherford |
1791 |
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Burke
Rowan |
1777 |
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Henry |
Henry, William |
Daniel, Gabial, Henry,
Henry, William |
Gabriel, Henry Sr.,
John, William |
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Alley |
Bute
from Granville
became Franklin and Warren in 1779 |
1764 |
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Cabarrus
Mecklenburg |
1792 |
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Caldwell
Burke and Wilkes |
1841 |
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Camden
Pasquotank |
1777 |
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Carteret
Craven |
1722 |
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Joseph |
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Solomon |
Solomon |
Malinda, Solomon,
William |
James, Nancy, W. |
Elizabeth, James,
Nancy, Rebecca, William |
Caswell
Orange |
1777 |
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Catawba
Lincoln |
1842 |
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Chatham
Orange |
1771 |
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YEAR FORMED |
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Cherokee
Reservation
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Chowan
Albemarle |
1670 |
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Clay
Cherokee |
1861 |
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Cleveland
Rutherford and Lincoln |
1841 |
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Columbus
Bladen and Brunswick |
1808 |
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Craven
renamed from Archdale Precinct of Bath County |
1712 |
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Cumberland
Bladen |
1754 |
William (1790) |
Anne |
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Currituck
Albemarle |
1681 |
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Dare
Currituck, Tyrrell and Hyde |
1870 |
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Davidson
Rowan |
1822 |
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Thomas |
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Davie
Rowan |
1836 |
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Manuel W., William |
William H. |
Dobbs
Johnston
became Glasgow and Lenoir in 1791 |
1758 |
Joseph (1769) |
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Duplin
New Hanover |
1750 |
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Amanda, David, Stephen |
Monroe, Stephen |
Durham
Orange and Wake |
1881 |
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Edgecombe
Bertie |
1741 |
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Forsyth
Stokes |
1849 |
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Franklin
Bute |
1779 |
Nathan (1790) |
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Gaston
Lincoln |
1846 |
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Gates
Chowan, Hertford and Perquimans |
1779 |
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Glasgow
from Dobbs
became Greene in 1799 |
1791 |
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Graham
Cherokee |
1872 |
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Granville
Edgecombe |
1746 |
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Greene
renamed from Glasgow |
1799 |
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Guilford
Rowan and Orange |
1770 |
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Sarah A. |
Albert, William S. |
Ellen, Samira |
Halifax
Edgecombe |
1758 |
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Harnett
Cumberland |
1855 |
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Haywood
Buncombe |
1808 |
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Henderson
Buncombe |
1838 |
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Hertford
Bertie, Chowan, and Northampton |
1759 |
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Hoke
Cumberland and Robeson |
1911 |
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Hyde
from Bath, as Wickham Precinct; became Hyde in 1712 |
1705 |
James (1786);
James (1790), Joseph (1790), Thomas (1790) |
James, Joseph |
James, Lovey |
Gideon |
Bryan, Gideon |
Barella |
Pelege, Priscilla,
Samuel |
Enoch |
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Iredell
Rowan |
1788 |
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Jackson
Haywood and Macon |
1851 |
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Johnston
Craven |
1746 |
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Jones
Craven |
1778 |
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Lee
Chatham and Moore |
1907 |
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Lenoir
Dobbs |
1791 |
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Lincoln
Tryon |
1779 |
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Macon
Haywood |
1828 |
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Madison
Buncombe and Yancey |
1851 |
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William C. |
Axey M., Clarisa,
John, JuliusL.,
Kery, Oliver, Rachel, Sarah |
Martin
Halifax and Tyrrell |
1774 |
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McDowell
Burke and Rutherford |
1842 |
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Gabriel, Henry, Samuel
W., William |
Adien, Gabriel, Henry,
Jack, Julius, Manerva, William, William |
Adam, Garobele, James,
Sarah, Walker, William, William I., William L. |
Mecklenburg
Anson |
1762 |
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Thomas |
Mitchell
Burke, Caldwell, McDowell, Watauga and Yancey |
1861 |
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John, John M. |
Montgomery
Anson |
1779 |
Joseph (1780) |
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Moore
Cumberland |
1784 |
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Nash
Edgecombe |
1777 |
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New
Hanover
Craven |
1729 |
Margaret (1790) |
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James |
James |
James, Thomas, |
Thomas, William |
Gillespe, J. J.,
Joseph, Thomas |
Joseph, Joseph, Sarah,
Stephen, Thomas |
Northampton
Bertie |
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Onslow
New Hanover |
1734 |
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James |
Orange
Bladen, Granville, and Johnston |
1752 |
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Pamlico
Beaufort and Craven |
1872 |
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Pasquotank
Albemarle |
1681 |
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Pender
New Hanover |
1875 |
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Perquimans
Albemarle |
1679 |
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Person
Caswell |
1791 |
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Pitt
Beaufort |
1760 |
James (1763-64); Thomas (1763-65); Thomas, Jr.
(1763); William (1763-64);
Peter (1790), Samuel (1790), Thomas (1790)
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Leah |
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Elizabeth |
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Polk
Henderson and Rutherford |
1855 |
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Randolph
Guilford |
1779 |
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John Jr.,
John Sr., Thomas, William |
John, Robert,
William, William L. , Zeb. |
John Sr., John B.,
Martitia, Thomas, William, Zebulon |
Barton, , John, Lorenzo,
Samuel, Thomas, Zebulon |
Richmond
Anson |
1779 |
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Alexander |
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Robeson
Bladen |
1787 |
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Rockingham
Guilford |
1785 |
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Rowan
Anson |
1753 |
Alexander (1790) |
Jean, John,
William |
Andrew |
Josiah |
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Rutherford
Burke and Tryon |
1779 |
James (1790),
James (1790), Joseph (1790), Joshua (1790), William (1790) |
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Sampson
Duplin |
1784 |
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Scotland
Richmond |
1899 |
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Stanly
Montgomery |
1841 |
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Stokes
Surry |
1789 |
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Surry
Rowan |
1770 |
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Swain
Jackson and Macon |
1871 |
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Transylvania
Henderson and Jackson |
1861 |
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Alexander F., David,
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Tryon
from Mecklenburg
became Lincoln and Rutherford in 1779 |
1769 |
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Tyrrell
Bertie, Chowan, Currituck and Pasquotank |
1729 |
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Union
Anson and Mecklenburg |
1842 |
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Vance
Franklin, Granville, and Warren |
1881 |
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Wake
Cumberland, Johnston and Orange |
1771 |
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Jane E. |
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Warren
Bute |
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John, Matthew, William |
James, Matthew |
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Washington
Tyrrell |
1799 |
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Watauga
Ashe, Caldwell, Wilkes, and Yancey |
1849 |
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Wayne
Dobbs |
1779 |
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Wilkes
Surry |
1778 |
John (1790),
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Wilson
Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash and Wayne |
1855 |
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Yadkin
Surry |
1850 |
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Yancey
Buncombe and Burke |
1833 |
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Daniel |
Daniel, David J.,
John M., Robert O., William C. |
Daniel, Isaac, John
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