NC Co., Origins By Jim Blankenship
October 30, 1629 King Charles I granted Carolinas
Sir Robert Heath
March 24, 1663 King Charles II granted 8 proprietary
in the Carolinas
Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st
Earl of Shaftesbury
Henry Hyde 2nd Earl of Clarendon
George Monck 1st Duke of Albemarle
John Berkeley 1st Baron of Stratton
Sir William Berkeley
Sir John Colleton
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
1729, 7 Of the Proprietaries returned to the Crown
1663-1777 Granville
Dist. the northern portion of NC
Sir George Carteret Grandfather of John Carteret
Dec 07 1710 North
& South Carolina become separate colonies
1728 NC/VA
border surveyed
1729 NC
became a Royal Colony
1739 All
Precincts become Counties
Apr 02 1790 NC
cedes Tennessee territory to the United States
Counties
included; Washington, Sullivan, Davidson, Greene, Hawkins, Sumner &
Tennessee
Alamance created in 1849
from Orange
Albemarle created in 1668 ended
1689
Alexander created in 1847
from Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes
Alleghany created in 1859
from Ashe
Anson created in 1750 from Bladen
Archdale created in 1705
from Bath
Ashe created in 1799 from Wilkes
Avery created in 1911 from
Mitchell, Watauga, Caldwell
Bath created in 1696 from Albemarle
Beaufort created in 1712
from Pamptecough renamed
Bertie created in 1722
from Chowan
Bladen created in 1734
from New Hanover
Brunswick created in 1764
from New Hanover, Bladen
Buncombe created in 1791
from Burke, Rutherford
Burke created in 1777 from
Rowan
Bute created in Jun 10
1764 from Granville
Cabarrus created in 1792
from Mecklenburg
Caldwell created in 1841
from Burke, Wilkes
Camden created in 1777 from Pasquotank
Carteret created in 1722 from Craven
Caswell created in Jun 1
1777 from Orange
Catawba created in 1842
from Lincoln
Chatham created in Apr 1
1771 from Orange
Cherokee created in 1839
from Macon
Chowan created in 1670
from Albemarle
Clarendon created in 1664
from abandoned in 1667
Clay created in 1861 from Cherokee
Cleveland created in 1841
from Rutherford, Lincoln
Columbus created in 1808
from Brunswick, Bladen
Craven created in 1712
from Archdale renamed
Cumberland created in 1754
from Bladen
Currituck created in 1670
from Albemarle
Dare created in 1870 from Currituck,
Tyrrell, Hyde
Davidson (TN) created in 1783
from Washington (TN)
Davidson created in 1822
from Rowan
Davie created in 1836 from
Rowan
Dobbs created in Apr 10
1759 from Johnston (1791 became extinct)
Duplin created in 1750 from New Hanover
Durham created in 1881
from Orange, Wake
Edgecombe created in 1741
from Bertie
Fayette created in 1784
from Cumberland (then renamed Cumberland)
Forsyth created in 1849
from Stokes
Franklin created in 1779 from
Bute
Gaston created in 1846
from Lincoln
Gates created in 1779 from
Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans
Glasgow created in 1791
from Dobbs
Graham created in 1872
from Cherokee
Granville created in 1746
from Edgecombe
Greene (TN) created in 1783
from Washington (TN)
Greene created in 1799
from Glasgow renamed
Guilford created in Apr 01
1771 from Orange, Rowan
Halifax created in Jan 01
1759 from Edgecombe
Harnett created in 1855
from Cumberland
Hawkins (TN) created in 1787
from Sullivan (TN)
Haywood created in 1808
from Buncombe
Henderson created in 1838
from Buncombe
Hertford created in May 01
1760 from Chowan, Bertie, Northampton
Hoke created in 1911 from Cumberland,
Robeson
Hyde created in 1712 Wickham
renamed
Iredell created in 1788 from Rowan
Jackson created in 1851
from Haywood, Macon
Johnston created in 1746
from Craven
Jones created in 1779 from
Craven
Lee created in 1907 from Moore,
Chatham
Lenoir created in 1791
from Dobbs
Lincoln created in 1779
from Tryon
Macon created in 1828 from Haywood
McDowell created in 1842
from Rutherford, Burke
Madison created in 1851
from Buncombe, Yancey
Martin created in 1774
from Halifax, Tyrrell
Mecklenburg created in 1762
from Anson
Mitchell created in 1861
from Yancey
Montgomery created in 1779
from Anson
Moore created in 1784 from Cumberland
Nash created in 1777 from Edgecombe
New Hanover created in 1729 from Craven
Northampton created in 1741
from Bertie
Onslow created in 1734
from New Hanover
Orange created in 1752
from Johnston, Bladen, Granville
Pamlico created in 1872
from Craven, Beaufort
Pamptecough created in 1705
from Bath
Pasquotank created in 1670
from Albemarle
Pender created in 1875
from New Hanover
Perquimans created in 1670
from Albemarle
Person created in 1791 from Caswell
Pitt created in 1760 from Beaufort
Polk created in 1855 from Rutherford
Randolph created in 1779
from Guilford
Richmond created in 1779
from Anson
Robeson created in 1787
from Bladen
Rockingham created in 1785
from Guilford
Rowan created in 1753 from
Anson
Rutherford created in 1779
from Tryon
Sampson created in 1784
from Duplin
Scotland created in 1899
from Richmond
Stanly created in 1841
from Montgomery
Stokes created in 1789
from Surry
Sullivan (TN) created in 1779
from Washington (TN)
Sumner (TN) created in 1787
from Davidson (TN)
Surry created in 1770 from
Rowan
Swain created in 1871 from
Jackson, Macon
Tennessee (TN) created in 1788
from Davidson (TN)
Transylvania created in 1861
from Henderson, Jackson
Tryon created in 1768 from
Mecklenburg
Tyrrell created in 1729 from
Chowan, Bertie, Currituck, Pasquotank
Union created in 1842 from
Anson, Mecklenburg
Vance created in 1881 from
Granville, Warren, Franklin
Wake created in 1770 from Johnston,
Cumberland, Orange
Warren created in 1779 from
Bute
Washington (TN) created in
1777 from Washington Dist renamed
Washington created in 1799
from Tyrrell
Watauga created in 1849 from
Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, Yancey
Wayne created in 1779 from
Dobbs
Wickham created in 1705 from
Bath
Wilkes created in 1777 from Surry,
District of Washington
Wilson created in 1855 from
Edgecombe, Nash, Johnston, Wayne.
Yadkin created in 1850 from
Surry
Yancey created in 1833 from
Burke, Buncombe