Bücher von Raymond Parker Fouts

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1984, reprinted 2024, 118 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-181-4. Edenton is a town located in Chowan County, NC. which is in the northeastern portion of the state. It served as the second capitol of the state or Provience of NC, as it was the first European settlement within the state. Settlers began arriving in the mid to late 1600's as adventurers leaving the Jamestown area started searching the wilderness for new lands and a natural bay on the northern shore of the Albemarle Sound was geographical and natural fit to solve this dilemma. Newspaper abstracts are a wonderful source of genealogical information. The author has included all pertinent genealogical information found within this newspaper such as: advertisements of articles for sale, sheriff's sales, grandy jury lists, legal notices, help wanted notices, estate notices, wanted notices, marriage and death notices, letters remaining in the local post office. These notices cover events, etc. happening in and around Chowan County along with surrounding counties. This is a veritable goldmine of heretofore unavailable information is now at hand that may not be available in any other form. Also, there are many scattered references to Virginians throughout these abstracts due to the proximity the area.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1983, reprinted 2023, 150 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-172-2. The city of New Bern is located in Craven County, NC. The city was founded in 1710 and served as the Capitol of the state from 1770-1792. Its earliest settlers were of Palatines and Swiss descent. These abstracts from this newspaper cover a wide variety of genealogical interest, such as: Crimes, Run-Away Slaves giving names of slave and master, Lands for sale including names of seller, physical description and amount of acreage, Marriages and deaths, Divorces, Revolutionary War data, court issues, businesses, and many, many other types of genealogical data. The data within this book covers persons not only from Craven County, but also persons from neighboring counties of Beaufort, Carteret, Dobbs, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Pitt and other outlying areas. The Index mentions approximately 1,700 persons.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1993, reprinted 2023, 76 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-173-9. Hertford County was created in 1759 from Bertie, Chowan and Northampton Counties, NC. In 1779, part of Hertford County was ceded to create a new county named Gates. This book should be of great interest to those persons looking for relatives in this "BURNED County". It should also be of great interest to those researching in Bertie, Chowan, gates and Northampton counties.

By: Raymond Parker Fouts, Pub. 1983, reprinted 2023, 124 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #978-1-63914-171-5.The city of New Bern is located in Craven County, NC. The city was founded in 1710 and served as the Capitol of the state from 1770-1792. Its earliest settlers were of Palatines and Swiss descent. These abstracts from this newspaper cover a wide variety of genealogical interest, such as: Crimes, Run-Away Slaves giving names of slave and master, Lands for sale including names of seller, physical description and amount of acreage, Marriages and deaths, Divorces, Revolutionary War data, court issues, businesses, and many, many other types of genealogical data. The data within this book covers persons not only from Craven County, but also persons from neighboring counties of Beaufort, Carteret, Dobbs, Duplin, Hyde, Jones, Pitt and other outlying areas. The Index mentions approximately 1,700 persons.