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A Guide to Guilford County:
Guilford County established in 1771 from Orange and Rowan Counties.
Courthouse fire of 1872 resulted in slight loss of records.

Original Records held at the N.C. Archives

BONDS
  Apprentice Bonds and Papers, 1817-1922; 3 volumes, 3 fiberdex boxes
  Bastardy Bonds and Papers, 1816-1877, 1923; 2 fiberdex boxes
  Officials' Bonds, 1774-1892; 4 fiberdex boxes

CORPORATION and PARTNERSHIPS
Record of Corporations, 1885-1896; 1 volume

COURT RECORDS
  County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
    Minutes, 1781-1868; 20 volumes, 2 MS boxes
    Execution Dockets, 1813-1868; 12 volumes
    State Dockets, 1811-1857, 1861-1868: 8 volumes
    Trial Dockets, 1779-1817; 4 volumes
    Trial, Appearance, Reference, and Guardian Docket, 1817-1822; 1 volume
    Trial and Appearance Dockets, 1825-1868; 8 volumes

  Superior Court
   Minutes, 1850-1924; 21 volumes
   Cost Docket, 1858-1860; 1 volume
   Equity Minutes, 1826-1867; 2 volumes
   Execution Docket, 1867-1879; 1 volume
   Execution Docket, Court of Equity, 1858-1868; 1 volume
   Trial Dockets,. Court of Equity 1833-1868; 3 volumes
   Trial and Appearance Dockets, Court of Equity, 1822-1824; 1 volume
   Trial and Appearance Dockets, 1852-1869; 3 volumes
   Trial Docket, 1855-1868; 1 volume
   Civil and Criminal Action Papers, 1790-1935; 26 fiberdex boxes

 ELECTION RECORDS
  Record of Elections, 1878-1922; 3 volumes
  Election Returns, 1890-1918; 4 fiberdex boxes

ESTATE RECORDS
  Record of Accounts and Settlements, 1878-1922; 3 volumes
  Record of Accounts, 1879-1900; 4 volumes
  Record of Administrators, Executors, and Trustees, 1887-1903; 1 volume
  Administrators', Executors', and Guardian' Accounts, 1869-1872; 1 volume
  Administrators' Bonds, 1871-1899; 5 volumes
  Index to Administrators' Bonds, 1871-1899; 1 volume
  Appointments of Administrators', Executors, and Guardians, 1868-1897; 2 volumes
  Record of Dowers, 1887-1897; 1 volume
  Estates Docket, 1886-1890; 1 volume
  Estates Papers, 1775-1920; 155 fiberdex boxes
  Record of Estates, Money Deposits, 1886-1889; 1 volume
  Guardians' Accounts, 1821-1856, 1864-1868; 7 volumes
  Guardians' Bonds, 1871-1899; 4 volumes
  Guardians' Papers, 1775-1920; 12 fiberdex boxes
  Inventories and Sales of Estates, 1836-1868, 1872-1879; 20 volumes
  Appointments of Receivers of Judgement Debtors, 1894-1899; 1 volume
  Records of Settlements, 1820-1888 (not inclusive); 6 volumes
  Record of Widow' Year's Support, 1887-1921: 1 volume

LAND RECORDS
  Deeds, 1785-1930; 16 fiberdex boxes
  Deeds of Trust and Mortgage Deeds, 1816-1926; 6 fiberdex boxes
  Record of Deeds Proved, 1853-1872; 1 volume
  Miscellaneous Land Records, 1806-1941; 2 fiberdex boxes

Guilford County established in 1771 from Orange and Rowan Counties.
Courthouse fire of 1872 resulted in slight loss of records.


Original Records held at the N.C. Archives

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND VITAL STATISTICS
  Marriage Bonds, 1770-1868; 33 MS Boxes
  Marriage Records, 1836-1921; Bigamy, 1908; Separation Agreements
1915-1932; 1 fiberdex box
  Marriage Registers (White), 1853-1937; 8 volumes
  Marriage Registers (Black), 1867-1937; 3 volumes
  Divorce Papers, 1820-1929; 7 fiberdex boxes
  Record of Cohabitation, 1866; 1 volume

MILITARY And PENSION RECORDS
  Court Martial Minutes, 1806-1852; 1 volume

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
  Alien Registrations, 1927-11935, 1940-1941; 2 volumes
  Poor Debtors Allowance and Homestead and Personal Property Returns,
1846-1920; 3 fiberdex boxes
  Lunacy Papers, 1826-1925; 1 fiberdex box
  Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1969; 1 volume
  Miscellaneous Papers, 1796-1935; 4 fiberdex boxes, 1 MS box
  Orders and Decrees, 1865-1897; 3 volumes
  Powers of Attorney, 1805-1929; 1 fiberdex box
  Special Proceedings, 1884-1900; 2 volumes
  Wardens' Court Minutes, 1838-1868; 1 volume


OFFICIALS, COUNTY
  Settlements, County Clerk,1826-1836; 1 volume

ROADS and BRIDGES
  Road Papers, 1799-1890; 2 fiberdex boxes
  Road Dockets, 1824-1827, 1837-1869; 3 volumes
  Road Overseers Appointed, 1832-1837; 1 volume

SCHOOL RECORDS
  School Census Reports, 1895-1896; 1 fiberdex box
  School Census and Distribution of School Funds, 1874-1897; 1 volume

WILLS
  Unrecorded Wills, 1792-1925; 2 fiberdex boxes
  Wills, 1771-1925; 36 fiberdex boxes
  Cross Index to Wills, 1771-1925; 3 volumes

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