Below are documents I have transcribed for Wake County:
- 1781 Tax List (partial!)
- 1789 Tax List - Insolvents Allowed (complete!)
- 1802 Tax Lists for Wake County. the: source for all these 1802 lists is C.R.099.701.1 at the NC State Archives in the the county records of Wake County. The citation is: Wake County. Tax Lists, n.d., 1781-1860. Tax Lists 1802.
- Index to names in 1802 tax list - Note this document will be updated with each new list added to the site
- 1802 Wake County Tax List - Allen's District
- 1802 Wake County Tax List - Cole's District
- 1802 Wake County Tax List - Dillard's District
- 1802 Wake County Tax List - Massey's District
- 1802 Wake County Tax List - White's District
- Newspaper Article concerning the family of Valentine Locust - 30 Sept 1801
There are many sites of interest for Wake County genealogy and history. I hope that you will find these helpful!
- Wake County Cemetery Survey (most are prior to 1914. Click "Download" on the right side of the screen towards the top in order to see the full document. If searching specific surname, enter in search field and it will highlight any pages with that surname)
- High School Yearbooks Type "Wake" in the search bar just above the list and see all yearbooks that have been digitized for Wake County High Schools
- Yearbooks: Meredith College (1904-2009; Missing: 1905)
- Yearbooks: North Carolina State University (1912-2004)
- Yearbooks: Rex Hospital School of Nursing and Radiological Technology (1923-1974; Missing: 1924-26, 1932-39, 1942)
- Yearbooks: Saint Augustine's University (HBCU - 1934-2002; Missing: 1936-40, 1943, 1948-50, 1953, 1961, 1994-99)
- Yearbooks: Shaw University (HBCU - 1937-2015; Missing: 1940-42, 1950, 1952, 1954-58, 1971-72, 1974, 1982-83, 1985-93, 1995-99, 2002-04, )
- Yearbooks: William Peace College, now William Peace University (1902-2010)
- Wake County City Directories Including Raleigh (1875-1963), Fuquay-Varina (1959-1963); Note: State Library of North Carolina has through current year)
- Newspapers: Alkon News-Raleigh (1961)
- Newspapers: Meredith College Student Newsaper-Raleigh (1921-1915)
- Newspapers: North Carolina Baptist Missionary Worker-Raleigh (1886-1887)
- Newspapers: North Carolina Baptist Sunday School Chautauguan-Raleigh (1894)
- Newspapers: North Carolina Christian Advocate-Raleigh (1856)
- Newspapers: Saint Augustine University Student Newspaper-Raleigh (1930-2000)
- Newspapers: Saint Mary's School Student Newspaper-Raleigh (1936-1995)
- Newspapers: The Gospel Herald-Raleigh (1888)
- Newspapers: The Trestleboard-Raleigh (1929)
- Newspapers: The Central Messenger-Wake Forest (1911)