Hyde County Courthouse
The Hyde County Courthouse in Swan Quarter, N.C. was built circa 1854. It has been remodeled and annexes built several times over the years. The original bricks are said to have come from England. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The above photo is as seen through the lens of Pratt Williamson, Jr. in about 1953 when he got his press camera soon after graduating from high school.
What it looked like in 2001 before Hurricane Isabel
(Photo courtesy of Margie
Brooks of the Greater Hyde
County Chamber of Commerce.)
What it looks like today!
The
Coastland Times [Manteo, NC] - Thursday, November 29, 2007; pg. 1
The Hyde County Register of Deeds Office is open for business Monday - Friday from 8 to 5 except for holidays. The Register of Deeds has the following records:
Births from 1913
- Present
Commissioners Minute Dockets
(Most of these are stored in the courthouse attic. The current docket and
the one previous are kept in the courthouse vault and can be viewed.)
Corporation Books from
1867 - June 2001 (now incorporated into the regular Real Estate books)
Delayed Births
(includes some birth dates as far back as the 1870's)
Death records
from 1913 - Present
Real Estate
Marriage Bonds
from 1735 - 1867
Marriage Records
from the mid 1800's - Present
Military Service Discharge Records
beginning in the early 1900's
Survey Plats
from 1907 - Present (maps of property surveyed for individuals or groups)
** Torrens Records resulted from a short-lived attempt to revise the method of recording and transferring real estate. The system began in 1913 but was never very successful and ended in 1931. These are still transferred today, however, the old title is cancelled and a new deed is recorded in the regular real estate books.
These are the ladies that you will see in the Register of Deeds Office in Hyde County. Please don't hesitate to ask them for assistance.
Copyright 2001-2007