Pitt County NC Genealogy

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Overview of Pitt County Records

• Pitt County was created in 1760 from Beaufort County.
• Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the North Carolina Vital Records Office.
• The Pitt County courthouse burned in 1857 and some records were lost.
• The Pitt County Register of Deeds has death records starting in 1913, birth records starting in 1913, marriage records starting in 1866, and land records starting in 1762.
• The Pitt County Clerk Superior Court has court and probate records starting in 1885.
• Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.