Harnett County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Harnett County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Harnett County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Harnett County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Chatham County, NC  to the northwest
• Cumberland County, NC  to the south
• Johnston County, NC  to the northeast
• Lee County, NC  to the west
• Moore County, NC  to the southwest
• Sampson County, NC  to the southeast
• Wake County, NC  to the north

Bible Records

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

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

• Harnett Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Harnett County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Harnett County Letters      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Harnett County Biographies
• Notable Harnett County Residents 

Cemeteries (14)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Court and Legal Records

• Harnett County Convict Camp  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Harnett County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Directories

• Harnett County City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)

Estate Records

• Harnett County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

History (21)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Harnett County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Search index and deed books from 1855 to 1965  Harnett County Register of Deeds

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Harnett County  Eastern North Carolina Digital Library
• Harnett County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Harnett County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Harnett County Public Library  Local History
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Harnett County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Harnett County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Harnett County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Harnett County, North Carolina
• Harnett County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• Partins_of_Angier  A group for people related to the Partin families of the Angier area     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCHARNET-L Harnett County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

• Harnett County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Harnett County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Harnett County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 'Lebanon'  Farquhard Smith's home was used as Confederate hospital during the Battle of Averasboro, March 15-16, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Averasborough Battle Summary  1865     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Battle of Averasboro, Phase Two  March 16, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Confederate Second Line  On the morning of March 16, 1865, Taliaferro's division fell back to earthworks which crossed the road here     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Index of North Carolina Troops 1861-1865  from Bladen, Cumberland, Harnett, Robeson and Sampson Counties
  • Sherman's March  Moving on Goldsboro, Sherman's Army was temporarily checked by Hardee's Confederates, Mar. 16, 1865, in Battle of Averasboro, 3 1/2 mi. W     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Harnett County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Harnett County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Union Headquarters  Gen. H. W. Slocum, commanding the Union forces, located his headquarters in this field, March 16, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Harnett County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Hartnett County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Harnett County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Harnett County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Harnett County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Daily Record  Dunn, North Carolina
• Daily Record  Dunn, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Daily Record  Dunn     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Dunn Daily Record 
• Harnett County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Harnett County Obituary Database 
• O'Quinn Peebles Funeral Home  Lillington, North Carolina
• Obituaries from the research of Deb Holmes 

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Harnett County Postcards 
• Harnett County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

School Records and Histories

• Campbell University  Baptist. Founded in 1887 by James A. Campbell as Buie's Creek Academy. A university since 1979     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Dunn School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Harnett County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Cornelius Harnett Chapter  Dunn     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Sandhills Family Heritage Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (48)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Harnett County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Harnett County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Plank Road  The route of the old Fayetteville-to-Salem plank road, a toll road 129 miles long, built 1849-54, crosses highway near this spot     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Smiley's Falls  Ruins remain of locks and dams built by the Cape Fear & Deep River Navigation Company in 1850s. Rapids extend upstream 1- 1/2 miles     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Vital Records (11)

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