Wilson County NC Genealogy

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Wilson Records by Type

Birth Records (3)
Cemetery Records (407)
Census Records (30)
Church Records (34)
City Directories (54)
Court Records (12)
Death Records (10)
Histories and Genealogies (4)
Immigration Records (4)
Land Records (6)
Map Records (16)
Marriage Records (11)
Military Records (3)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (4)
Newspapers and Obituaries (40)
Probate Records (15)
School Records (43)

Wilson County Records by City/Town

Black Creek Genealogy (46)
Buckhorn Crossroads Genealogy (29)
Elm City Genealogy (65)
Holdens Crossroads Genealogy (26)
Lucama Genealogy (64)
Old Fields Genealogy (36)
Rock Ridge Genealogy (27)
Saratoga Genealogy (46)

Sims Genealogy (31)
Stantonsburg Genealogy (36)
Taylors Genealogy (25)
Toisnot Genealogy (24)
Town Creek in Wilson County Genealogy (25)
Wiggins Mill Genealogy (25)
Wilson Genealogy (193)

Overview of Wilson County Records

Wilson County was created in 1855 from Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, and Wayne counties.
Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the North Carolina Vital Records Office.
The Wilson County Register of Deeds has birth records starting in 1913, marriage records starting in 1855, death records starting in 1913, and land records starting in 1836.
The Wilson County Clerk Superior Court has court records starting in 1868 and probate records starting in 1855.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.