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The county was formed in 1746 from Edgecombe County. It was named for John Carteret, 1st Earl Granville, who as heir to one of the eight original Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, claimed one eighth of the land granted in the charter of 1665. The claim was established as consisting of approximately the northern half of North Carolina and this territory came to be known as the Granville District.

In 1752 parts of Granville County, Bladen County, and Johnston County were combined to form Orange County. In 1764 the eastern part of Granville County became Bute County. Finally, in 1881 parts of Granville County, Franklin County, and Warren County were combined to form Vance County. Source Wikipedia

The county seat of Granville County is Oxford. The county is divided into the following townships: Brassfield, Dutchville, Fishing Creek, Oak Hill, Oxford, Salem, Sassafras Fork, Tally Ho, and Walnut Grove.

Granville County NCGenweb site
Granville County NCGenweb Archives

Granville County Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 1433
Oxford, NC 27565
Granville County and Oxford history

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Granville County Courthouse
PO Box 906
County Courthouse
Oxford, NC 27565

Census

1790 Federal Census – surnames only – constructed from Tax lists

1800 Federal Census Index – by last name only

1810 Federal Census Index – by last name only

1820 Federal Census Index – by last name only

1830 Federal Census Index – by last name only

1840 Federal Census Index – by last name only

1850 Federal Census Transcription and Index Directory opens to listing of text files by index and page number

1860 Federal Census Images Directory opens to listing of image files by page number

Tax Records

1749 Tax list

1750 Tax list

1751 Tax list

1752 Tax list

1753 Tax list

1754 Tax list

1757 Tax list

1760 Tax list

1761 Tax list

1762 Tax list

Cemeteries

USGS listing of cemeteries in Granville County

Cemetery Transcriptions

Granville County Cemetery Census

Query Forums

Granville County, NC Query Forum

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Cities and towns of Granville County:

Bullock
Butner
Creedmoor
Northside
Oxford (County Seat)
Stem
Stovall

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