North Carolina Genealogy

I know this isn’t directly related to North Carolina Genealogy, however odds are if you’re researching ancestors from NC, you’re looking at ancestors in other parts of the country as well. I ran across this site a bit earlier today while I was in the “Google Sitemaps” group looking at postings. Old Maps [...]

Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving day here in the U.S., I thought it might be appropriate to give a historical reference on the day….
The History of Thanksgiving in North America
Most people recognize the first Thanksgiving as taking place on an unremembered date, sometime in the autumn of 1621, when the Pilgrims held a three-day feast to [...]

The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, commonly known as the Articles of Confederation, formed the first governing document of the United States of America. They combined the colonies of the American Revolutionary War into a loose confederation. The second Continental Congress adopted the Articles on November 15, 1777, after 16 months of debate. The [...]

Wachovia (Pronunciation: wah-KO-vee-yah) was the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina, near what is now Winston-Salem. The name is an Anglicized form of the German “Wachau,” the name of a lush green region along the Danube River which the settlers felt the land resembled.

Moores Creek National Battlefield is managed by the National Park Service of the United States, and is located in North Carolina, about 20 miles (30 km) northwest of Wilmington. It was the site of a small battle between American colonists loyal to the British monarchy, those rebelling against it. It was was one of the [...]

The Province of North Carolina was originally part of the Province of Carolina, which was charted by eight Lords Proprietors. First settlement of the North Carolina Colony was in 1653, Charles II of England granted the Carolina charter in 1663 for lands south of Virginia Colony and north of Spanish Florida. The Carolinas were divided [...]

The Province of Carolina from 1663 to 1729, was a North American British colony. In 1729 the new Province of Carolina was then divided into the Provinces of North and South Carolina.

The Province of the Carolanas from 1629 to some time following 1649, was a North American patent granted by King Charles I of England to his Attorney General Sir Robert Heath. On paper the province stretched from coast-to-coast, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It included all of the lands that stretched from 36 degrees [...]

The Granville District was a 60-mile wide strip of land in the North Carolina colony adjoining the boundary with Virginia, lying between north latitudes 35° 34′ and 36° 30′.
The area had been a part of the Province of Carolina, from 1663 to 1729 was a proprietary colony under the control of eight Lords Proprietors. In [...]

Bute County is a former county located in the state of North Carolina. It was formed in 1764 from the eastern part of Granville County. It was named for John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763. In 1779 Bute County was divided into Franklin County and Warren [...]