Granville County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Granville County      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Granville County Genealogy and History 
• Granville County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Granville County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Durham County, NC  to the southwest
• Franklin County, NC  to the southeast
• Halifax County, VA  to the northwest
• Mecklenburg County, VA  to the north
• Person County, NC  to the west
• Vance County, NC  to the east
• Wake County, NC  to the south

Bible Records

• Granville County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Biographical Sketches of the Pastors of Grassy Creek Baptist Church      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Granville Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Granville County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• A history of Grassy Creek Baptist Church, from its foundation to 1880  With biographical sketches of its pastors and ministers     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Granville County Biographies
• Lost Tribes of North Carolina  Part II: Colonial Granville County and Its People     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (37)

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  Granville Co, 1748-1878     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Granville County Convict Camp List  1930     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Granville County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Granville County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Granville County City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes Granville County and Granville County, Unregistered     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Granville County Unrecorded Wills 1749-1771  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Granville County Will Abstracts      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Granville County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Index Of Loose Estate Papers, 1746 to 1919  Granville County, North Carolina
• Index Of Loose Estate Papers, 1746 to 1919  Granville County, North Carolina
• North Carolina Estate Files  1663-1979     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)

History (17)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Granville County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy Resources  Thornton Library, Oxford
• Granville County      (Source: DigitalNC)
• Granville County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Granville County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Granville County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Granville County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Granville County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Granville County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Granville County, North Carolina
• Granville County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• granvillenc  Ancestries of Granville County, NC     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NC-NORTH-CEMETERIES-L Northern North Carolina cemeteries

  • NC-NORTH-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NC-NORTH-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NC-NORTH-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCGRANVI-L Granville County genealogy

  • NCGRANVI-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCGRANVI-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCGRANVI-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Granville County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Granville County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Granville County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Granville County Post Offices 
• Granville County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Granville County Postal Covers      ($)
• Granville County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Granville County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Granville County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Granville County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Granville County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Granville County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Granville County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War  includes Granville County Militia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War I

  • A history of the great world war  Illustrated with photographic reproductions of the men from Granville County who took part in this unparalleled conflict     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Granville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Camp Butner  World War II infantry training camp; housed Axis prisoners of war. Named for N.C. native, Gen. Henry W. Butner     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Granville County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Granville County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Granville County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Granville County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Granville County, North Carolina records      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lost Tribes of North Carolina. Part II: Colonial Granville County and Its People      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Migrations through Granville County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Granville County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Granville County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Granville County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Granville County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Granville County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Granville County

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories

• Central Orphanage of North Carolina  Founded 1883. Pioneer Negro child-caring institution, serving on state-wide basis     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Graduates of Mary Potter Academy, Oxford  1898-1930     (Source: AfriGeneas)
• Granville County School Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Horner Military School  Established here by James H. Horner, 1851. Continued by his sons. Moved to Charlotte 1914     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Mary Potter Academy  Founded by G. C. Shaw 1889 to educate African Americans. Named for a Presbyterian benefactor. Later a public school. Operated one block E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Mary Potter Memorial School, Oxford 
• Oxford Female College  Opened 1851 by Baptists, operated by individuals after 1857. Franklin P. Hobgood, president, 1880-1924. School closed 1925. Campus was 2 blocks S     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Oxford Orphanage  Opened by Masons, 1873, with John H. Mills first head, in plant of St. Johns College, which they had operated, 1858-1861     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Granville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cedar Lawn      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Enslave Ancestors  abstracted from Deed Books 1746-1864     (Source: AfriGeneas)
• Granville County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Montpelier Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Slaves in the Will of Daniel Williams      (Source: The USF Africana Heritage Project)
• Tranquility Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Granville County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Captain James Currin Chapter  Creedmoor     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Granville County Genealogical Society 
• Granville County Genealogical Society 1746 
• Lt. Col. Maurice T. Smith Camp 171      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Southside Virginia Genealogical Society 
• Tar River Connections Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (195)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790. Volume 2  includes records from Granville County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786  includes records from Granville County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Granville County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Granville County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Granville County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Trading Path  Colonial trading route, dating from 17th century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to Catawba and Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Vital Records (16)

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