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| North Carolina Sources of Civil Service | ||||
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| Many North Carolina residents served in some type of civil capacity such as jurors or county officials during the American Revolution. | ||||
| The court minutes for the NC counties listed below provide lists of jurors and officials. | ||||
| If your ancestor served in a civil capacity between 19 Apr 1775 - 26 Nov 1783, he is eligible for civil service. | ||||
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| County | Original Records | Books (Published Abstracts/Transcriptions) | DAR Patriots with this Service | |
| Anson | Anson County, NC Abstracts of Early Records by May Wilson McBee | John Cole, Joseph Howell | ||
| Bertie | Bertie County, NC Court Minutes, Vols 4 & 5 by Weynette Parks Haun | Thomas Baker | ||
| Brunswick | 18310; 988924 | Brunswick County, NC Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol 1, by Doris L. Thompson | Benjamin Milliken, Levi Swain | |
| Bute | Bute County, NC, Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, by Brent H. Holcomb | Rush Bledsoe | ||
| Carteret | Early Carteret County, NC Court Minutes, Vols 3 & 4 by Rebecca W. Sanders | Malachi Bell, Asa Bishop | ||
| Caswell | 358278 | Caswell County, Historical Abstracts of Minutes by Katharine Kerr Kendall | James Curry Sr, Paul Harrelson | |
| Chatham | 590299 | Chatham County, NC Court Minutes, Vols 1-3 by Marilyn Laird & Virginia Jackson | Thomas Bell, Henry Bray | |
| Chowan | 1730356; 18508 | A microfilm of Chowan County jury lists is 626291 (no books) | ||
| Craven | Craven County, NC Court Minutes, Vols 7 & 8 by Weynette Parks Haun | John Beasley, Michael Becton | ||
| Cumberland | 316819 | Cumberland Co., NC Abstrcts of Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol 1 & 2, William Fields | Henry Cagle, David Clark | |
| Edgecombe | 370142 | Edgecombe County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 3 by Weynette Parks Haun | Hopewell Adams, Benjamin Braswell | |
| Franklin (see Bute) | ||||
| Gates | 422103 | Gates County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 1, by Marilyn Laird & Virginia Jackson | Samuel Baker, Jethro Ballard, James Bristow | |
| Granville | 306206 | Granville County, NC Court Minutes, by Zae Gwynn & Joseph W. Watson | ||
| Greene (now TN) | 944390 | Greene County, TN Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas by Goldene Burgner | Amos Bird | |
| Guilford | 501190 | Old Guilford County, NC Court Minutes 1781-1788 by Nancy Hawlick Stein | Alexander Caldwell, George Cummings | |
| Hyde | 1758969; 2203859 | Hyde County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 4 by Weynette Parks Haun | Stephen Brooks | |
| Johnston | Johnston County, NC Court Minutes, Vols 2 & 3 by Weynette Parks Haun | Plyer Barber, Needham Bryan Sr. | ||
| Lincoln (see also Tryon) | 421868; 1183303 | Lincoln County, NC Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol 1 by Anne McAllister & Kathy Sullivan | John Baird, Ambrose Cobb, John Cox | |
| Mecklenburg | 812947 | NC DAR GRC report s1 v333, Mecklenburg County Court Minutes 1774-1800 by Doris Briscoe | Hugh Barnett, Andrew Baxter Sr. | |
| Nash | 419206 | Nash County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 1 by Stephen E. Bradley, Jr. | Arthur Arrington, Sr. | |
| New Hanover | 276157 | New Hanover County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 2 by Alexander McDonald Walker ONLINE | James Bloodworth | |
| Onslow | Onslow County, NC Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Abstracts of Minutes 1779-1782, by John B. Davis | Benjamin Shepard, Lewis Williams | ||
| Orange | 306044; 1418534 | Orange County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 3 by Weynette Parks Haun | William Andrews, John Armstrong | |
| Randolph | 19650; 1426289 | Mannering Brookshire, John McDaniel | ||
| Richmond | 475671, 475672 | Richmond County, NC Court Minutes of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Book 1 by Lee G. Barrow | James Bounds, John Cole, William Hunter | |
| Rowan | 313776; 1418531 | Rowan County, NC Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol 3 by Jo White Linn | Michael Albright, Andrew Beard | |
| Rutherford | 428854 | Rutherford County, NC Abstracts of Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, by Hedy H. Newton | Wallace Beatty, Benjamin Biggerstaff | |
| Surry | 345885 | Surry County, NC Court Minutes, Vol 1 & 2 by Mrs. W. O. Absher | James Badgett, Moses Baker | |
| Tryon | 19979 | Tryon County, NC, Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, by Brent H. Holcomb | John Anderson, Thomas Beatty | |
| Wake | Wake County, NC Court Minutes, Books A-1 & 1 by Weynette Parks Haun | Reynolds Allen, Charles Brumfield | ||
| Warren (see also Bute) | 1730483; 454196 | Warren County, NC Minutes of Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Vol 1 by Ginger Christmas-Beattie | Nimrod Williams, Reuben Withers | |
| Washington (now TN) | American Historical Magazine Vol 5, pages 343-381 ONLINE | Vol 6, pages 51-93 | ||
| Wilkes | Wilkes County, NC Abstracts of Court Minutes, Vol 1, 1778-1784 by Mrs W. O. Absher ONLINE | Adoniram Allen, William Allison | ||
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