Craven Parents & Neighbor Strategies
Formation 1712 and FAN clubs beyond the modern map.
Craven County formation year 1712 from Bath (colonial). Events before formation usually live in parent series—not in a modern-only index.
When a search goes cold, open neighbors deliberately: Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt, Beaufort, Pamlico. Heirs, bondsmen, and burial neighbors often sit one county away. Keep a one-page log: person, year, jurisdiction tried, result.