Wayne County
History and Genealogy Gateway
Wayne County Public Library, Goldsboro,
NC
ABOUT THE WAYNE COUNTY HISTORY
AND GENEALOGY GATEWAY
The Wayne
County History and Genealogy Gateway is a digitization project that includes a
collection of materials related to Wayne County North Carolina. The goals of this project are to improve
access to our local history materials, support research activities, aid in the
preservation of our resources and to promote an appreciation of Wayne County
history.
The
following is a list of the project’s components:
Book Indexes
The following
books were not indexed at publication. To
assist researchers, name indexes were created for them. The original indexes are available on index
cards in the Local History Room.
The History of Wayne County by
Judge Frank A. Daniels
The History of Wayne County was written by Judge Frank A.
Daniels. It was given as a speech at the
dedication of the Wayne County Courthouse on November 30, 1914. His speech begins with the mid 1700s and
continues into the early 20th century. Topics include the organization of Wayne,
Dobbs and Johnston counties; Wayne County
citizens, officials, businesses, agriculture, transportation, schools,
newspapers, churches, government and its first court; the Revolutionary War and
the Civil War; and many others.
East Carolina
University has put the full text of The History of Wayne County online at:
http://www.lib.ecu.edu/ncc/historyfiction/document/dah/
Strangers in the Land by
Moses Rountree
Strangers in the Land is a family history about the
Weil family of Goldsboro, NC.
Members of the Weil family came to Goldsboro
in the 1860s from Germany
and soon established a successful variety store. This family has had a significant positive
impact on Goldsboro and North Carolina through their success in business
and their philanthropy. The main
subjects of this book are: Henry Weil, Mina Weil, Solomon Weil, Sarah Weil,
Gertrude Weil, Leslie Weil, Lionel Weil, Herman Weil, Joe Weil and Oheb Sholom Temple of Goldsboro.
War Time Reminiscences by
J.M. Hollowell
The
entries in War-Time Reminiscences and
Other Selections originally appeared in the Goldsboro Weekly Record in 1909.
They were republished in the Goldsboro
Herald in the late 1930s. The Goldsboro Herald put these articles
together as a booklet and gave them away with yearly subscriptions of its
newspaper until supplies ran out.
This work
is a collection of memories about Goldsboro and Wayne County
focusing on the Civil War and the people, places and businesses that thrived during
the late 1840s into the 1870s. Sketches
in this work include:
“Some
Early Recollections of Wayne
County”
“Coming
of the Yankees”
“War-Time
Reminiscences”
“The Old
Veteran’s Picnic”
“Early
History of Goldsboro”
(by J. Bonitz)
J.M. Hollowell (1840-1912) lived in Wayne County
for 72 years. He wrote for newspapers
including the Goldsboro Bulletin and
the Goldsboro Weekly Record. Mr. Hollowell was a
Civil War veteran who wore many hats including that of an agent for the Richmond and Danville Railroad in Goldsboro,
a banker, clerk of the First
Baptist Church
in Goldsboro, a member of the Goldsboro Board of
Aldermen, assistant Register of Deeds, Goldsboro
city clerk and a member of the State Legislature.
Source: Hollowell,
J.M. War-Time Remimiscences
and Other Selections. Goldsboro: The Goldsboro
Herald, 1939.
Newspaper Abstracts
Library staff and volunteers indexed the births, deaths and
marriages listed in early Goldsboro Newspapers.
The original indexes are available on index cards in the Local History
Room.
Births Listed in the Goldsboro
Messenger and Goldsboro
Headlight 1877-1903
This work is significant
because North Carolina
did not require birth registration until 1913.
Information
for the individuals listed in each entry depends upon the information included
in the newspaper. The information which
you’re likely to find in this document is the name or gender of the child,
parents’ names, date of birth and place of birth.
Marriages Licenses in the Goldsboro Headlight: Miscellaneous Dates in
1877, 1889 - 1892, 1894, 1896 - 1897, 1900 – 1902
The
information in this document is significant because it abstracts some marriage
licenses that did not survive. The years
included in this document for which marriage licenses did not survive are:
1889, 1896, 1897 and 1901. Information
for the individuals listed in each entry depends upon the information included
in the newspaper. The information which
you’re likely to find in this document is the name of the bride and groom, the
newspaper date and sometimes other details such as the ages of the married
parties and where they were from.
Marriages Listed in the Carolina
Messenger (1872 - 1877), Goldsboro Messenger
(1877 - 1887), and Goldsboro
Headlight (1887 - 1903)
This work
is significant because Wayne
County marriage licenses
did not survive for the following years: 1887-1891, 1896-1898 and 1901. Information for the individuals listed in
each entry depends upon the information included in each marriage announcement. The information which you’re likely to find
in this document is the name of the bride and groom, their parents, the date
and place of the wedding, the officiate and sometimes
other details such as where the married parties were from and attendants.
Obituaries Listed in the Carolina
Messenger, Goldsboro Messenger and Goldsboro Headlight
(1869-1903)
This work
is significant because North Carolina
did not require death registration until 1913.
Data in an individual’s entry depends upon the information included in
each obituary. The information which
you’re likely to find in this document is the name of the deceased individual,
date and place of death, place of funeral, place of burial, family members,
cause of death and sometimes other details such as profession or church membership.
On the Streets of Goldsboro: 1870s-1920s
On the Streets of Goldsboro: 1870s-1920s is a three part project:
1911/1912 Goldsboro City Directory
See what people and business were in Goldsboro in 1911. Find out who the city and
county officials were. Locate streets
with the directory’s street guide.
The City of Goldsboro, North
Carolina
This book was published in 1914 and includes descriptions and
photographs of Goldsboro
and its businesses.
Photographs
Over 65 photographs of Goldsboro
street scenes and businesses from the 1870’s -
1920s.
Equipment
and software used to create this project were purchased with funds from an NC
ECHO Digitization Starter Grant. This
grant was supported in whole by the Institute
of Museum and Library
Services under the provisions of the Federal Library Services and Technology
Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the
Department of Cultural Resources.
Pathfinders
Pathfinders and finding aids related to the Wayne County Public
Library’s Local History Room.
Links
Links to genealogy and history related websites.
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