Wayne County Genealogy
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Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 113,329 and in 2006 the population was estimated at 113,847. It is included in the Goldsboro, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Goldsboro and it is home to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
Prior to 1730, Native Americans were the only known occupants of the territory now known as Wayne county. Settlers trickled into the territory, but there was no general movement of immigration until after 1750. Wayne County was established on November 2, 1779 from the western part of Dobbs County. It was named for “Mad Anthony” Wayne, a general in the American Revolutionary War. The act, establishing the County, provided the first court should be held at the home of Josiah Sasser at which time the justices were to decide on a place for all subsequent courts until a courthouse could be erected. By 1782 the commissioners were named. In 1787 an act was passed establishing Waynesborough on the west side of the Neuse River on the land of Doctor Andrew Bass where the courthouse now stands.
In 1855 parts of Wayne County, Edgecombe County, Johnston County, and Nash County were combined to form Wilson County.
Source: Wikipedia.
Wayne County Genealogy Resources
Wayne County NCGenWeb Archives
Old Dobbs County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 617
Goldsboro, NC 27530
Wayne County Historical Association and Museum
P.O. Box 665
Goldsboro, NC 27533
Wayne County Government
Wayne County Government – Official Site
Wayne County Register of Deeds
224-226 E. Walnut Street
Goldsboro, NC 27533
(919)731-1449
Wayne County Public Library
Main Branch
1001 E Ash St
Goldsboro, NC 27530
(919) 735-1824
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday – Thursday 9:00 – 9:00
Friday & Saturday 9:00 – 5:30
Sunday – 1:00 – 5:00 (During September after Labor Day until Memorial Day in May)
Steele Memorial Mt Olive North Carolina
111 N Chestnut St
Mount Olive, NC 28365
(919) 705-1891
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday – 9:00 – 5:30
Tuesday 9:00 – 8:00
Sunday – Closed
Pikeville Branch
107 W Main St
Pikeville, NC 27863
(919) 705-1892
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday – Wednesday: 2:00pm – 6:00pm
Thursday: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Friday: 2:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Sunday – Closed
Fremont Branch
202 N Goldsboro St
Fremont, NC 27830
(919) 705-1893
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday: 9:00am – 1:00pm
Tuesday – Friday: 2:00pm – 6:00pm
Saturday, Sunday: – Closed
Cities and Towns
* Brogden
* Dudley
* Elroy
* Eureka
* Fremont
* Goldsboro
* Mar-Mac
* Mount Olive
* Pikeville
* Seven Springs
* Walnut Creek
* Grantham
Census
1790 Federal Census Transcription – Newbern District
1790 Federal Census Transcription
1800 Federal Census Transcription
1800 Federal Census Index (alternate)
1880 Federal Census Transcription – Barfields and Flowers Surnames
1880 Federal Census Transcription – Prostitutes
1900 Federal Census Transcription – Stony Creek – Part 1 – Addendum
1900 Federal Census Transcription – Stony Creek – Part 2
1900 Federal Census Transcription Stony Creek – part 3
1900 Federal Census Transcription – Black Creek Home and Farm Ownership
Cemeteries
USGS listing of cemeteries in Wayne County
Wayne County Cemetery Transcriptions
1981 Wayne County Cemetery Book
Query Forums
Latest North Carolina Genealogy Query posts for Wayne County from the Forum:
North Carolina Genealogy Forum: Forum: Wayne County NC Genealogy Queries – Recent Topics
My uncle, Joseph H. Dale, was married to Georgia Lee Davis, b. 14 July 1910 or 1911 in ,Goldsboro, Wayne, NC,.
Georgia’s father was: Jesse Burgwin Davis, 1877-1950
Georgia’s mother was: Bessie Willis, 1880-?
Georgia had a sister named Lucy, born in 1905
Georgia Lee Davis-Dale died on 7 May, 1956 in Florida. Her husband, Joseph H. Dale died in 1963, also in Florida.
Does anyone have information on the Davis/Willis families?
Am looking for any info on Luther S. Kennedy Bn: abt 1833 Died: abt 1909 in Lenoir cy.
He did live in Wayne cy at some time.
Sincerely
Sam Kennedy
Gale on “Daughters of Branson Williams”
I am looking for information on possible two daughters of Branson Williams that lived in Goldsboro, N.C. They were half-sisters to Iley Williams of Sampson County?
jorskippy on “Jordan/Ham/Edmundson/Taylor/Avent”
I am searching for information on the Frederick Jordan family of Wayne County. Frederick married Winniford Avent about 1758. They raised a large family in the area.
McDragon on “Hill’s of Goldboro”
Looking for information on a Dr. Thomas Hill, who was the Wayne County Coroner after the Civil War. He was my GG-Grandfather
Nancy Glore on “Ina Pearsall (Spence, Farmer ?) DOB 15 Feb. 1897, Indian Springs, Warne Co., NC”
Searching for family members of my paternal grandmother,Ina Pearsall (Spence, Farmer?) I am a Spence but was told by my dad that his biological mother, after leaving his father, married someone by the last name of Farmer and had several more children. I would like to be put in touch with any aunts/uncles or cousins I might have still living. Thank you.
News related to Wayne County, NC
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Man, granddaughter killed in Wayne County crash – abc11.com
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Man, granddaughter killed in Wayne County crash
abc11.com WAYNE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — A 5-year-old girl and her grandfather were killed Friday evening when a truck hit the tractor they were riding in, according to Highway Patrol. Troopers said 48-year-old Terry Glenn Lee, of Mt. Olive was driving the tractor … |
Man, girl killed on tractor in Wayne County – Greensboro News & Record
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Man, girl killed on tractor in Wayne County
Greensboro News & Record State troopers say a man and a 5-year-old girl have died after the tractor they were on was struck by a truck in Wayne County. The Highway Patrol says 48-year-old Terry … Posted in North carolina ap on Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:44 pm. Updated: 1:00 pm. Wayne County Man, Girl Killed When Truck Strikes Tractor Man, granddaughter killed in crash near Mount Olive |
Man drowns in Wayne County – abc11.com
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Man drowns in Wayne County
abc11.com WAYNE COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) — The Wayne County Sheriff's Office says a 66-year-old man drowned in a pond near the Wayne County/Wilson County line Sunday. Deputies were called by family members around 9 p.m. Sunday evening when Otha Wayne … Fisherman's body recovered from Fremont pond |
Former Wayne schools official pleads guilty to accepting gifts – WRAL.com
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Former Wayne schools official pleads guilty to accepting gifts
WRAL.com Goldsboro, N.C. â A former Wayne County Public Schools official pleaded guilty Tuesday to accepting gifts from school district contractors, including use of a beach house, authorities said. Donald Sprunt Hill, 61, of 204 Ramblewood Drive in Mount … |
Goldsboro man charged with sexually assaulting teen – WRAL.com
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Goldsboro man charged with sexually assaulting teen
WRAL.com Goldsboro, N.C. â Goldsboro police charged a 21-year-old Dudley man with sex crimes late Thursday after they say he assaulted a 17-year-old at a housing community. Tykeem Quayshon Wooten, 21, of 104 Daffodil Drive, is charged with second-degree … |
School news – Charlotte Observer
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School news
Charlotte Observer Faison was principal at Goldsboro High in Wayne County. She received degrees from East Carolina University and North Carolina A&T University. Ream has been zone superintendent for Central Elementary Zone in the CMS system. He received degrees … |
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