]> obhc_abstracts_of_wills_columbus_county Finding Aid of the Abstracts of Wills, Columbus County, N.C., 1984 Processed by: Sarah Downing; machine-readable finding aid created by: Kelly Grimm &hdrNcDncsa; 2009 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: August, 2009 Description is in English Finding Aid of the Abstracts of Wills, Columbus County, N.C., 1984 Outer Banks History Center &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary Outer Banks History Center. Williamson, Jason McLeod Abstracts of Wills, Columbus County, N.C., 1984 33MSS-34 Materials in English 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Outer Banks History Center. Columbus County, named for Christopher Columbus, is located in the southeast section of North Carolina. It was formed in 1808 from parts of Brunswick and Bladen counties and is approximately 954 square miles. The county seat is Whiteville. This collection consists of one volume of abstracts of wills of Columbus County, transcribed by Jason Williamson in 1984. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], 33MSS-34, Abstracts of Wills, Columbus County, N.C., Outer Banks History Center, Manteo, N.C., U.S.A.

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Donated by Francis Williamson

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Processed by Sarah Downing, 1998

Encoded by Kelly Grimm, August, 2009

 Historical Note

Columbus County, named for Christopher Columbus, is located in the southeast section of North Carolina. It was formed in 1808 from parts of Brunswick and Bladen counties and is approximately 954 square miles. The county seat is Whiteville.

 Collection Overview

This collection consists of one volume of abstracts of wills of Columbus County, transcribed by Jason Williamson in 1984. As proofs, these abstracts have correction fluid, paste over and other correction marks to the text.

Collection Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically and is bound in one volume.

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Subject Terms Wills--North Carolina--Columbus County Geographic Locations Columbus County (N.C) Columbus County (N.C.)--Genealogy--Sources Related Collections

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See also: 33MSS-29: Abstracts of Columbus County, N.C. Court Minutes 33MSS-30: Abstracts of Deeds, Columbus County, N.C. 33MSS-32: Transcriptions of U.S. Census Records of Columbus County, N.C. 33MSS-33: Abstracts of Court Minutes, Columbus County, NC Superior Court of Law and Equity Container List Abstracts of Wills, 1984 1:1.1 Finding Aid 1:2.1 Columbus County, N.C., 1808-1919