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Brief History of Northampton County, North Carolina

Northampton County was formed in 1741 from Bertie County and was named in honor of James Crompton
Earl of Northampton, an English nobleman. Located in the northeastern section of the State it is
bounded by the State of Virginia and neighboring North Carolina counties of Halifax, Bertie and Hertford.
The Roanoke River determines the southwest boarder of Northampton following its flow from the
Roanoke Rapids Lake in the northwestern corner of Northampton County. The Meherrin River
marks the northeastern border. The present land area is 536 square miles and the 2003
estimated population was 21,782. Jackson is the seat of Northampton County and is an
extremely fertile area along the Roanoke River with cotton, corn and peanuts being its
principle crops. The first courthouse was built here in 1742 and was known as
Northampton Courthouse; Jackson, NC was incorporated in 1823 and named after
Andrew Jackson who was born on the NC/SC line, studied law in Salisbury, NC
and later became the seventh President of the United States.


During the Nat Turner slave insurrection of 1831 in the adjoining county of Southampton, Virginia,
NC militia were mobilized at Jackson, NC in readiness for the anticipated slave uprising that
was quelled prior to the militia's intervention. The Northampton County Courthouse was built in 1859
and it is purported that Cornwallis visited a tavern that was located diagonally opposite the
Courthouse. Lafayette, the first Frenchman to come to the aid of the American revolutionary cause
and whom the United States Congress commissioned a major general of the Continental Army on
July 31, 1777 dined in Jackson on his 1825 triumphal visit to North Carolina.

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Northampton County Neighbors

Warren Co.

Southampton Co. VA

Chowan
County

Bertie
County

Halifax
County

Hertford
County

Greensville Co., VA

Brunswick Co. VA

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In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the
Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a
single entry point for all counties in Kentucky where collected databases would
be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked so that
even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be
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Many thanks to Carol A. Morrison for her years of volunteer service
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