Alamance Albemarle Alexander Alleghany Anson Archdale [BTH] Ashe Avery Bath Beaufort Berkeley [ALB] Bertie Bladen Brunswick Buncombe Burke Bute Cabarrus Caldwell Camden Carteret Carteret [ALB] Caswell Catawba Chatham Cherokee Chowan Clay Cleveland Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare
| Davidson Davie Dobbs Duplin Durham Edgecombe Forsyth Franklin Gaston Gates Glasgow Graham Granville Greene Guilford Halifax Harnett Haywood Henderson Hertford Hoke Hyde Iredell Jackson Johnston Jones Lee Lenoir Lincoln Macon Madison Martin McDowell Mecklenburg
| Mitchell Montgomery Moore Nash New Hanover No County Given Northampton Onslow Orange Pamlico Pamptecough [BTH] Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Person Pitt Polk Randolph Richmond Robeson Rockingham Rowan Rutherford Sampson Scotland Shaftsbury [ALB] Stanly Stokes Surry Swain Transylvania Tryon Tyrrell Union
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| | EDGECOMBE COUNTY 2790 grants issued from 1730 to 1941
NCpedia article Wikipedia article County Seat: Tarboro
History: Edgecombe County was formed in 1741 from Bertie County. It was named in honor of Richard Edgecumbe, who became Baron Edgecumbe in 1742, and who served as lord of the English Treasury. For further information see: THE FORMATION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES, 1663-1943, by David Leroy Corbitt.
Boundary changes: The Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
Name origin: Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758), a Lord High Treasurer and Paymaster-General for Ireland
State Archives Code: 037
Bordering Counties Halifax Martin Nash Pitt Wilson | | 2 Counties Over Beaufort Bertie Craven Franklin Greene Johnston Lenoir Northampton Wake Warren Washington Wayne | Please report any incorrect border counties - it can be tricky! |
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