Brunswick County Probate Records

From 1667 to 1725, a few Englishmen attempted to settle in Brunswick County. One of them was Thomas James who was granted 1000 acres on the west side of the Cape Fear River in 1714. The settlement was disastrous as he was found murdered the following year by local Indians. The earliest legal grant was to Landgrave Thomas Smith on May 8, 1713, with the conveyance of Smith Island (now Bald Head Island). During 1725 a number of land grants were issued to prospective settlers. In 1726 Brunswick Town was settled which became known as the county seat. In April of 1733, James Wimble began selling lots on the east side of the Cape Fear River, called New Carthage. Subsequent names for it was New Liverpool, New Town, or Newton . Newton was incorporated as the Town of Wilmington on February 25, 1740 and designated as the new County Seat. This infuriated those settlers residing on the west side of the Cape Fear River, and they commenced plans to secede from New Hanover County. Brunswick county was officially formed in 1764 from parts of Bladen and New Hanover Counties. It was named after the old the colonial port of Brunswick Town (now in ruins) which was named for the Duchy of Brunswick-Luneburg, was held at the time by the British kings of the House of Hanover.

The images digitized for this site are on microfilm with the Secretary of the State of North Carolina and were combined into three volumes, beginning with the earliest date of 1764. It is not known whether any other records exist.

Images of Wills and Estates, Book A, 1764 to 1921

Arnold, Sarah | Atkinson, Aaron | Bell, Ann | Bell, John | Beuton, Henry | Black, Samuel | Bond, Eliza | Bowen, Geneva | Burney, Mary | Butler, Daniel | Butler, Samuel | Cannon, Dennis Carr, William | Carrier, Robins | Clemons, Elizabeth | Corbett, Jacob | Curtis, Walter |

Davis, Charlotte | Davis, Isaac | Davis, Joseph | Davis, Robert | Davis, Rollins | Davis, Sallie | Dobbins, Charles | Dosher, Frank | Downing, Nancy | Durant, Thomas | Evans, Jacob | Evans, John B.

Foley, Amanda | Frank, Lorenzo | Frink, Sarah | Fullwood, Benjamin | Galloway, Alexander | Galloway, Cornelius | Galloway, Francis Marion | Galloway, Henrietta | Galloway, James | Galloway, Gibb | Garrison, Sarah | Garrison, Thomas | Gaston, Hilliard | Gay, J. W. | Gordon, Frank | Gore, William | Green, Preston | Grissett, John G. | Grissett, William | Grissom, Edgar | Grissom, Sarah

Hall, John | Hawes, John | Hawkins, English | Hawkins, Flora | Hawkins, James | Hazzard, Ivey | Hewett, Charles | Hewett, Jeremiah | Hewett, Joseph | Hewett, L. G. | Hewett, Robert | Holden, Thomas

Jackson, Nancy | Jones, John | Lee, Moses | Lehew, Samuel | Lewis, Thomas | Little, Nathaniel | Long, Gabriel | Matthews, Jaratt | McCall, Myron | McKeithan, Theodore | McKenzie, John | McRae, John | Moore, Francis | Moore, Lizzie | Moore, Maggie | Moore, Martha | Moore, Mary | Moore, Sarah E. Moore, William | Mueller, Albert | Murchison, Katherine | Murchison, Kenneth | Murray, George

Neale, Nancy | Newton, Robert | Olliway, Abram | Parker, Bowden | Patterson, Thomas | Patrick, Scott | Pigott, John | Potter, S. F. | Price, Fuller | Price, Jacob | Price, Samuel

Rabon, Erwin | Reaves, Solomon | Reeves, James | Reynolds, Isaac | Reynolds, Mark | Rooks, Alfred S. | Roots, Roger | Rothwell, Mary | Rourk, H. K. | Rourk, Peter | Rowell, Samuel | Russ, Samuel | Russell, Sarah Amanda

Sellus, Mary | Sellus, William | Sheehan, James S. | Shefeard, Sallie | Smith, Charles | Smith, Cornelius | Smith, Fannie | Smith, John | Smith, Valentine | Stanaland, John | Stanaland, Joseph | Stanaland, Samuel | Standland, William | Stanley, Peter | Stone, William | Swain, George | Swain, Hannah | Swain, Henry | Swain, Samuel | Swain, Saul | Swan, Henry

Taylor, Catherine | Taylor, E. W. | Tharp, Peter | Vernon, Harry | Wearing, William | Wescott, F. M. | Whittey, D. W. | Williams, Harry | Wilson, Lewis | Worsham, Peter

Images of Wills and Estates, Book B, 1908 to 1924

Allen, D. | Allen, Elkanah | Allen, Julius | Atkinson, Hagar | Bailey, James G. | Baker, Elizabeth | Baker, Isaac | Beck, Memory | Bell, James | Bell, Samuel | Bellamy, Eliza W. | Bellamy, John D. | Bennett, F. J. | Berry, Daniel | Betts, Charles | Blaney, Benjamin | Braddy, William | Brinkley, William | Bryan, William | Bunker, Enoch | Burch, Joseph | Burton, Amy | Burton, Moses

Carroll, T. A. and Sarah | Carroll, Uriah | Chairs, John | Chinnis, Augustus | Chinnis, Warren A. | Clemmons, Allen | Crockett, Frank Prentice | Daniel, John | Daniel, Sarah | Davis, George | Davis, , Jeremiah | Davis, John | Davis, Sarah

Evans, John | Everitt, Sterling | Finn, Peter | Flowers, James | Freeman, James | Frink, Martha | Frink, Samuel | Frink, William | Fulchek, T. T. W. | Gaines, Lydia | Galloway, Caroline | Galloway, John | Gause, Benjamin | Gause, Charles | Gause, John | Gause, Needham | Gause, Peter | Gause, Samuel | Gause, William | Gill, Mattie Taylor | Goodman, Anne | Goodman, George | Goodman, William | Grange, John | Green, Hannah | Green, Richard | Grissett, William

Hale, Ann | Hall, Benjamin | Hall, John | Hall, Robert | Hall, Samuel | Hall, Thomas | Hall, William | Hall, W. L. | Harper, Charles | Hawkins, D. | Hemingway, Mary | Henry, John S. and Lizzie M. | Hewett, Joseph | Hewett, Matthias | Hewett, Phillip | Hewett, Rufus D. | Hewett, Solomon | Hollis, Melissa | Holmes, John | Hood, J. E. | Hooper, Thomas | Howe, Sarah

James, Jane | Johnson, Mary M. | Jones, Joseph | Keith, William | Lambertson, John | Lancaster, Edward R. | Leonard, Jacob | Lewis, George C. | Liles, Benjamin | Long, Ann | Long, Lydia M. | Lord, William E. | Lund, Helen | McCall, Sarah | Maxwell, Catherine | McDonald, Isaac | McKenzie, George | Mearer, A. C. | Mercer, John | Mints, Jonas | Moore, Alfred | Moore, John | Murry, Archie | Neal, Thomas

Oliphant, Euphremia | Poisson, John | Paterson, William | Pepper, L. J. | Potter, John | Potter, Miles | Potter, Sarah | Price, Bettie | Pyke, W. M. H. | Read, Andrew | Read, James | Reaves, Joel | Rhodes, Emma | Richard, Mary | Rockwell, Jonathan | Rockwell, Mary | Rowell, Benjamin | Rowell, Samuel | Russ, Simproneous Rutland, Joseph | Rutland, Redden

Scull, Eleanor | Sellers, Elisha | Sellers, Simon | Skipper, Moses | Smith, Ann | Smith, Arthur | Smith, Benjamin | Smith, Josiah | Smith, Mary | Smith, Mary Jane | Smith, Samuel | Smith, Sarah | Smith, Thomas | Smith, William | Spencer, Fannie M. | Spencer, Stephen | Springs, Sedgewick | Sprunt, Luola M. | Sprunt, Luola Murchison | St. George, William | Stanaland, James | Suell, William | Swain, S. C. | Swindell, Samuel W.

Taylor, Henry | Thompson, T. M. | Trippe, Elizabeth R. Bell | Vail, Henry S. | Vernon, Annie M. | Vines, Samuel | Vines, Thomas L. | Wadell, Edward | Wadell, Hugh | Wadell, John | Walker, George D. | Walker, Sarah Ann | Watson, William | Watters, Henry | Watters, Sarah | Watts, Benjamin | Webb, Daniel | | Weeks, John Sr. | Weeks, Mary E. | White, John | Wilkinson, John | Willets, Henry | Williams, Stephen | Wilson, Mary Jane

Images of Wills and Estates, Book C, 1924 to 1954

Adams, Samuel | Adkins, J. J. | Akerman, Joseph | Ames, Elizabeth H. | Anderson, William Christian Otto | Applewhite, Bart F. | Applewhite, Martha M. | Arthur, D. E. | Atkinson, S. V.

Babson, Angeline | Baggett, Leaman | Barham, R. J. | Barlow, Lewis Anderson | Beatty, John D. | Beers, Charles O. | Bellamy, John D., Dr. | Bellamy, John D. Jr. | Bellamy, John D. (1942) | Bellamy, Marsden | Bellamy, Mary W. | Bellamy, William M. | Benton, B. W. | Berg, Mary J. | Bergman, Lorena Ennis | Berry, Henry | Bland, Nettie | Bland, R. L. | Boatwright, Andrew Rex | Bond, Frederick B. | Bordeaux, Samuel | Brady, E. P. | Brady, E. P. (1944) | Brady, J. W. | Bragaw, Helen Grist | Bragaw, Henry C. | Brew, Daniel A. | Brinkman, Samuel | Brinson, Teaner | Britt, Hazeley | Brooks, John H. | Bryant, Ella Jane | Bryant, Miles | Burnett, Ida May | Burriss, Thomas Gray | Butler, William G.

Carlisle, C. D. | Carroll, William Nicholas | Carter, Carl | Chadwick, Christopher B. | Chapman, David | Chinnis, Nellie B. | Clemmons, Alfred W. | Clemmons, Davis | Clemmons, F. T. | Clemmons, Katie L. | Clemmons, R. B. | Cox, Asa | Crapon, Clarence M. | Crapon, Mattie Rountree | Crutchfield, Gaither E.

Davis, E. F. | Davis, Lydiana | Davis, Mable Thompson | Davis, W. J. | Davis, W. J., Mrs. | Dey, John Wesley | Dosher, W. E. | Dowling, T. M. | Eagles, Richard | Ellis, Ida, Mrs. | Elvington, S. D. | Evans, Caesar | Evans, John | Evans, Kate | Evans, S. W. | Fields, Rebecca | Frink, B. J. | Finch, B. P. | Fitcher, Ernest Day | Fullwood, L. H.

Galloway, Abram Jr. | Galloway, Clare Nash | Galloway, Mary Ann | Galloway, Maud P. | Galloway, Oscar | Garrett, John J. | Gauss, C. E. | Gaylord, George O. | Gilbert, Ella | Gilbert, W. T. | Gilchrist, Matthew | Glass, Augusta Wright | Glass, Bethune | Goley, George P. | Goley, William R. | Goodman, C., Rev. | Gore, D. L. | Gore, Elizabeth Rosalie (1936) | Gore, Elizabeth Rosalie | Gore, W. F. | Gore, W. P. | Grainger, Charles S. | Grainger, John Victor | Gray, A. V. | Gray, Ella | Greer, George H. | Greer, Virda | Grissett, John Stanton | Grissom, Cassandra | Groves, Earl E.

Haid, Leo | Hand, L. to Mary E. Cranmer (deed) | Hanson, Louis | Harmon, McEva Smith | Harvell, Nellie | Harvell, Thomas | Haskett, Carrie O. | Hewett, Conly S. | Hewett, D. L. | Hewett, D. L. (1937) | Hewett, N. H. | Hewett, Oliver Thomas | Hickman, T. M., Sr. | Hinson, Minnie H. | Holden, E. | Holden, Eldoras | Hollis, F. M. | Holmes, Robert John | Holmes, Sarah Beatty Egle | Holt, Louise | Hood, Kate Foley, Mrs. | Hoover, Cora L. | Howey, George Parker | Hyatt, R. J.

Jackson, Annie T. | Jackson, John | Jackson, Melissa | Jelks, J. W. | Johnson, Alice J. | Johnson, Dempsey G. | Jones, Southgate | Keith, B. F. | Kirby, Dora C. | Kirby, George W. | Kirby, Luela W. | Klutz, LyElla | Krahnke, Clara Etta

Lancaster, J. W. | Leggat, John C. | Lennon, Joseph D. | Lennon, Joseph O. | Lewis, Eliza | Lewis, G. T. and M. E. | Lewis, Jennie | Lewis, Sibyl Gates | Lewis, William Dunbar | Lindsey, Thomas Heber | Little, B. A. | Little, B. A. (1940) | Marks, Kate R. | Marlow, George H. | Martin, James M. | Matthews, W. Duncan | McClammy, Herbert | McKay, William | McKeithan, John D. | McKeithan, Robert C. | McKeithan, R. W. | McKoy, Albert | McKoy, Sandy | McMillian, James Sr. | McMillian, William | McRacken, John R. | Metcalf, Jesse | Milliken, Mary A. | Milliken, S. R. | Mintz, Henry David | Mintz, Samuel | Mitchell, J. H. | Moore, James | Moore, Sallie R. | Morrison, Nora | Morse, Robert B. | Mulford, Alice G. | Mulford, Charles W.

Newton, B. F. | Newton, Missouri | Norment, G. L. | Northrop, Lucy | Northrop, Samuel B. | O'Neil, George | Ottoway, Cora Nelms | Outlaw, E. R.

Parker, Levenia | Parker, Telitha Gore | Parkhill, Margaret L. | Pavy, Walter Herbert | Perry, Charles E. | Pinner, James A. | Placey, Willie J. | Potter, Beatrice Williams | Potter, J. H. | Powell, James M. | Price, Mary Cole | Pruitt, Herbert

Rabon, Amanda J. | Raftery, James M. | Reynolds, J. B. | Roberts, Sudie, Mrs. | Robbins, M. C. | Robinson, Annie O. | Robinson, Jane | Rourk, George | Rourk, George T. | Rourk, William Asbury

Savarese, Anthony P. | Schloss, Mamie Bear | Sedberry, Clarence Deming | Sedberry, Fannie B. | Sellers, Arthur P. | Sermons, J. T. | Shannon, Hubert Matthew | Skildson, James P. E. | Skinner, S. R. | Smith, George W. | Smith, Hector | Smith, W. M. | Sorrenson, Oscar | Stallings, Lina | Stanaland, Jennie | Stanley, Calvin | Sternberger, I. J. | Stevens, Alfred E. | Stewart, Althea Byrd | Stewart, Alvis G. | St. George, C. B. | St. George, R. C. | St. George, Thomas | Stone, Benjamin F. | Stone, James A. | Stuart, Kate | Swain, Bessie | Swain, C. C. | Swain, Robert L. | Swain, Walker L Swilling, G. C.

Taylor, C. Ed | Taylor, E. W. | Taylor, Julian K. | Teboe, Mary E. | Thames, Addie Davis Ransom | Thomas, C. G. | Thompson, G. W. | Todd, Adeline | Todd, Levander M. | Vereen, Perley P. | Vincent, G. L.

Wallace, Oliver T. | Ward, M. E. | Ward, M. W. | Waters, Myron | Watson, Archie S. | Watson, Virginia Louise | Watts, Samuel W. | Watts, Tallie Tharp | Weeks, Edward R. | Weeks, Irine | Weeks, Julius J. | Weeks, Mary Louise | Weeks, W. J. | Weeks, William | Wescott, Frances, Mrs. | White, Emma Thompson | White, Harry K. | Willets, J. A. | Willetts, William Walker | Williams, Armond Buck | Williams, C. C. | Williams, James A. | Williams, Lelia W. | Williams, R. E. | Williams, Robert | Wilson, Ellen | Wilson, Lewis | Wilson, Mary | Wirtz, Charles S. | Wiswall, Clarence A. | Woodard, Bert G. | Woodard, Rufus D. and Alma White | Worth, B. G. | Zibelin, C. H.