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Pitt County is located in the eastern part of North Carolina, covering 651.84 square miles.  The county was formed in 1760 from Beaufort County, NC, and this act became effective January 1, 1761.  The county was named for William Pitt. The act establishing the county authorized the courts to be held at the home of John Hardy until a courthouse could be built.  It also directed the justices to contract for the construction of the courthouse, prison and stocks on John Hardy's land on the south side of the Tar River, near Hardy's Chapel. In 1771 Martinsboro was established on Richard Evans's land, and in 1774 the courthouse, prison and stocks were moved to Martinsboro.  Court was held at the home of John Lessley until the new courthouse, prison and stocks were completed.  In 1787, Martinsborough was changed to Greenville.  Greenville is the county seat. *Information courtesy of the North Carolina Encyclopedia.

• Genealogical Oriented Pages - contains links to Birth, Marriage, & Death Records, Wills & Deeds, Surname Registers, Query Pages, etc.
• Lookups, Books For Sale, & Other - genealogical information.
• Mailing List Subscription - for genealogy researchers in Pitt County.
• Historical & Background Items of Interest - has some general history of Pitt County and items of interest for today.
• Pitt County Links - contains links to sites with other info related to Pitt County.
• Genealogy of Pitt County - shows ancestor counties of Pitt County and when they were formed.
• Neighboring Counties - shortcuts to neighboring counties.
• Genealogy Quotes - some philosophical thoughts on why we do genealogy.

Genealogically Oriented Pages

Birth, Death, & Marriage Records

If you are searching for birth, death, or marriage information for any county in North Carolina, you should be aware of the information maintained by the North Carolina Vital Records Office.  For the same information for Pitt County, contact Pitt County Register of Deeds.  You will need to use your browser's backspace key to return here.

You can also find birth, death, and marriage information at the site maintained by Ancestry.com.  Access to the information there will require a paid subscription.  It is located at: North Carolina Vital Records Information.  On the related page for Pitt County, Pitt County Vital Records, you will find the address and phone number for the local Register of Deeds in Greenville.  Also, at this page you can order copies of Birth and Death Certificates online.  Again, you will need to use your browser's backspace key to return here.

 Wills & Deeds

 Surname Register

 Queries at:   RootsWeb   GenForum

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Books for Sale & Lookup

We welcome offers to lookup references in privately held books. Please e-mail me with any such offers.  Meanwhile, please check out what's already been offered.

NCGenWeb Archives

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Pitt County NCGenWeb Archives

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North Carolina Unknown County Queries

If you have a query, but do not know which county in North Carolina to search, try the North Carolina Unknown County Query Page.

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E-Mail List for Pitt County Genealogy

Anyone interested in Genealogy in Pitt County should subscribe to the Pitt County Genealogical Mailing List by sending an e-mail message that contains the word

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and nothing else, ... to:
NCPITT-L-request@rootsweb.com

If you prefer DIGEST mode, send the e-mail instead to

NCPITT-D-request@rootsweb.com

MAIL mode sends postings as soon as received
DIGEST mode sends postings in one message when accumulated messages reach a set size limit
Regardless of which mode is preferred, all postings must go to:

NCPITT-L@rootsweb.com

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Historical & Background Items of Interest

Pitt County History

Pitt County Today

If you would like to know more about Pitt County today and where you might find additional contemporary sources of genealogical data, you might like to visit Pitt County or Greenville.  You will need to use your browser's back key to return to this site.

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Links

	Pitt County Historical Society
	Pitt County Family Researchers, Inc.
	ECU Joyner Library - NC Collection - Genealogy & Local History
	Greenville Susanna Coutanch Evans Chapter of the North Carolina DAR
	General George Washington Chapter of the North Carolina SAR - although this a few miles to our east, in Washington, it is the nearest current SAR chapter to Greenville.  Several members in this chapter live in Greenville.
	Social Security Death Index
	North Carolina Historic Sites - many are near Pitt County and provide info about life in the early times of our region.

North Carolina Mayflower Society Northeast Colony - comprising the 21 counties in northeastern North Carolina.  Pitt is one of those counties.  Many families in eastern North Carolina migrated to the area from New England in the early 1700's.   Others have come in more recent times.

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Genealogy of Pitt County with shortcut to Ancestor County

       Bath County (1696 original county
                      subdivided 1705)
                |
        Beaufort County (1712)
                |
         Pitt County (1761)

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Shortcuts to Neighboring Counties

   Edgecombe   Martin

Wilson     Pitt     Beaufort

Greene   Lenoir   Craven

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Genealogy Quotes

From Psalm 103:                   [As taken from the Charles Dowty Family Bible published in New York by American Bible Society, in 1829]

"15  As for man, his days are as grass:
        as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

 16  For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
        and the place thereof shall know it no more."

- My thanks, for reminding me of the above passage, to Duke Doughty (Editor, The Doughty Tree). - RBD     

From Ecclesiastes Chapter 1:                   [Ernest Hemingway's book titled The Sun Also Rises (1926) comes from this passage.]

"4  One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh:
        but the earth abideth forever.

 5  The sun also riseth, and the sun goeth down,
        and hasteth to his place where he arose."

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Last Updated:  August 30, 2007
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