Wilson County, North Carolina:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Edgecombe County, NC  to the northeast
• Greene County, NC  to the southeast
• Johnston County, NC  to the southwest
• Nash County, NC  to the north
• Pitt County, NC  to the east
• Wayne County, NC  to the south

Bible Records

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

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

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

Cemeteries

• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Wilson County  North Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Wilson County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Wilson County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilson County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Wilson County Cemetery Listings      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Wilson County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Court and Legal Records

• 1930 Census Wilson County Stockade      (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Wilson County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Directories

• Wilson County City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)

Estate Records

• North Carolina Estate Files  1663-1979     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)
• Wilson County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

History

• Archaeology & Historic Preservation Fact Sheet  Wilson County
• Brief History of Wilson County 
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Wilson County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Wilson County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wilson County History      (Source: North Carolina Encyclopedia)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)
  • Toisnot Church  Baptist. Founded 1756. Was moved 3 1/2 miles west in 1803. Early church site and graveyard are 350 yards south     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Our History  How Lucama Got Its Name
  • Brief History of Wilson 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Peacock's Bridge  Here Lt. Col. Tarleton's British dragoons and Colonel James Gorham's militia engaged in a skirmish, May, 1781     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Wake, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Wilkes and Wilson County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Wilson County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Wilson, NC Lightning Strike Kills Four, July 1946      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• The Carolina Discipliana Collection  Barton College
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Wilson County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wilson County  Eastern North Carolina Digital Library
• Wilson County      (Source: DigitalNC)
• Wilson County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Wilson County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Wilson County Public Library  Genealogy & Local History Collections

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Edgecombe_Wilson_Nash_Halifax  Sharing genealogy and research on descendants and ancestors of people who, at one time, resided in Edgecombe, Wilson, Nash and Halifax Counties North Carolina which at one time was part of Edgecombe County     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Wilson County Genealogical Society      (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• Wilson County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Wilson County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Wilson County, North Carolina
• Wilson County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• NCWILSON-L Wilson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Birds eye view of Wilson, North Carolina 1908      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• Wilson County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Wilson County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Wilson County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Wilson County Post Offices 
• Wilson County Postal Covers      ($)
• Wilson County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Wilson, 1908 Bird's Eye View  Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases, 1507-2000     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Military Records and Histories

• Wilson County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilson County Pension Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Wilson County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Military Hospital  Confederate. Headed by Dr. S. S. Satchwell in building of the Wilson Female Seminary, which was chartered in 1859. Stood 1 1/2 blocks S.E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Wilson County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Peacock's Bridge  Here Lt. Col. Tarleton's British dragoons and Colonel James Gorham's militia engaged in a skirmish, May, 1781     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Wilson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Wilson County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Wilson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Joyner's Funeral Home  Wilson, North Carolina
• Wilson County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilson Daily 
• Wilson Daily News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Wilson Times 
• Wilson, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Wilson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina--Wilson.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilson County Postcards 
• Wilson County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

School Records and Histories

• Barton College  Founded in 1902 by the Christian Church of N.C. as Atlantic Christian College. Renamed 1990 for a church founder, Barton W. Stone     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Black Creek Historical Society 
• Wilson County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (22)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Wilson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• First ABC Store  First Alcoholic Beverage Control store in N.C. opened here, July 2, 1935, ending Prohibition, state law since 1909     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Hackney Wagon Company  Manufacturer of farm & delivery wagons; est. 1903. Peak production was 15,000 per year. Factory was 1/4 mi. NE     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Wilson County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Plank Road  The western terminus of the Greenville and Raleigh Plank Road, chartered in 1850 and completed to Wilson by 1853, was nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Wilson County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Wilson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000  includes Wilson County, 1874-1988     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975  Wilson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Death Collection  Wilson County, 1909-1972     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Marriage Collection  Wilson County, 1855-1903     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Wilson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wilson County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilson County North Carolina Marriage Records      (Source: GenWed.com)
• Wilson County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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