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1663 Carolina Charter granted by King Charles II to the eight Lords Proprietor
1664 Albemarle, Clarendon, Craven counties formed
1667 Clarendon County abandoned
1668 Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank and Perquimans precincts (of Albemarle) formed
1670 Settlement of Craven Co. (on the Ashley River in SC) begins
Colony-wide General Court established
1690 French colony from VA settle on Pamlico River
1696 Bath County formed
1705 Archdale (Craven), Pamptecough (Beaufort), Wickham (Hyde) precincts formed
1706 Bath (town) becomes first incorporated town in NC
1710 New Bern founded by DeGraffenreid and Swiss and German colonists
1711-1715 Tuscarora War
1712 Beaufort, Craven, Hyde counties names changed from Pamptecough, Archdale and Wickham
1722 Bertie, Carteret counties formed
1725 Patents issued to settle lower Cape Fear
1729 Seven of the eight Lords Proprietors sell their shares to King George II, making North Carolina a royal colony
New Hanover, Tyrrell counties formed
1734 Bladen, Onslow counties formed
1739-1748 Spanish Alarm
1739 Highland Scots settle Cape Fear Valley
Bath and Albemarle counties discontinued
1741 Edgecombe and Northampton counties formed
1743 Granville district boundary established
1746 Granville and Johnston counties formed
1750 Anson and Duplin counties formed
1752 Orange County formed
1753 Rowan County formed
Moravians from PA settle in piedmont at Wachovia
1754 Cumberland County formed
District courts established in Edenton, Enfield, New Bern, Wilmington and Salisbury
1755-1763 French and Indian War
1758 Dobbs and Halifax counties formed
1759 Hertford County formed
Halifax district court replaces Enfield
1760 Pitt County formed
1762 Mecklenburg County formed
1764 Brunswick and Bute counties formed
1768 Hillsborough District court established
Tryon County formed
1768-1771 War of the Regulation
1771 Guilford, Surry, Chatham and Wake counties formed
1774 Martin County formed
1775 Governor disbands court system
1776-1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Granville district lands confiscated
1777 Burke, Camden, Caswell, Nash, and Wilkes counties formed
1779 Tryon and Bute counties discontinued
Franklin, Gates, Jones, Lincoln, Montgomery, Rutherford, Randolph, Richmond, Warren, and Wayne counties formed
1782 Morganton District court established
1784 Moore and Sampson counties formed
State of Franklin formed
1785 Rockingham County formed
1786 Onslow County records destroyed by storm
1787 Robeson County formed
Fayetteville District court established
1788 State of Franklin discontinued
Site chosen for new capital
Iredell County formed
1789 North Carolina ratified the Constitution
North Carolina ceded western lands to federal government
Stokes County formed
1791 Buncombe, Glasgow, Lenoir and Person counties formed
Raleigh becomes state capital
Dobbs County discontinued
1792 State capitol building in Raleigh completed
Cabarrus County formed
1795 Daughters begin to inherit equally with sons
1797 Lincoln County records may have been destroyed by fire in private home
1798 New Hanover County courthouse fire may have destroyed some records
1799 Glasgow County discontinued
Ashe, Greene, Washington counties formed
1806 County Superior Courts formed and District Court abolished
1808 Columbus and Haywood counties formed
1812-1814 War of 1812
1822 Davidson County formed
1828 Macon County formed
1833 Yancey County formed
1836 Davie County formed
1838 Henderson County formed
Trail of Tears: most of North Carolina's Cherokees are moved west to Indian Territory
1839 Cherokee County formed
1841 Cleveland, Caldwell, and Stanley counties formed
1842 Catawba, McDowell, and Union counties formed
1846 Gaston County formed
1846-1848 War with Mexico
1847 Alexander County formed
1849 Alamance, Forsyth, and Watauga counties formed
1850 Yadkin County formed
1851 Madison and Jackson counties formed
1855 Polk, Harnett, Wilson counties formed
1859 Alleghany County formed
1861-1865 Civil War
1861 North Carolina secedes from the union
1868 North Carolina readmitted to the union upon adopting a new constitution
Many of the state's laws changed radically.
New court system established
Marriage bonds discontinued
1870 Dare County formed
1871 Swain County formed
1872 Graham and Pamlico counties formed
1875 Pender County formed
1881 Durham and Vance counties formed
1898-1899 Spanish-American War
1899 Scotland County formed
1903 North Carolina Historical Commission formed (now Division of Archives and History)
1907 Lee County formed
1911 Avery and Hoke counties formed
1913 State law requires vital records registration
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