Johnston County - Johnston County Heritage Center Museum and Research Library

The Heritage Center is continuously in the process of placing numerous databases and other historical information on our Web site for online researchers to use at no charge. Searchable records currently available:

Newspaper Obituaries, 1801-present

Smithfield Herald Headlines, 1885-2004

Herald Harvest Edition History Headlines

Johnston County Slave Name Index

Johnston County Cohabitation & Slave Marriage Index

Johnston County Marriage Bonds, 1779-1867

1902 Johnston County Voter Registration Records

Johnston County Confederate Soldiers

Johnston County Register of Deeds Record Search

Historical Aerial Photographs

Heritage Center's Archival Inventory

Public Library Catalog (includes Heritage Center books)

Cemetery records and other material provided by the Johnston County Genealogical and Historical Society (via RootsWeb.com)