Hillsborough County History and Information

In 1771, New Hampshire was divided into five counties. Hillsborough County was formed at that time as one of the original counties. Hillsborough County was organized on May 6, 1771 and named in honor of Will Hill, the Earl of Hillsborough. The county has the largest population in the state with 346,160 residents, nearly one-third of whom live in the city of Manchester. The County Seat is Nashua.

By 1823, there were 42 townships within Hillsborough County (see 1823 map and profile ). Several of the northern townships were set off to the newly formed Merrimack County the same year. The townships which became part of Merrimack County were: Andover, Boscawen, Bradford, Dunbarton, Fishersfield, Henniker, Hooksett, Hopkinton, New London, Salisbury, Sutton, and Warner. See City & Town Clerks for more details

Communties in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire include the following:
Amherst, Antrim, Bedford, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Goffstown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Hillsborough, Hollis, Hudson, Litchfield, Lyndeborough, Manchester, Mason, Merrimack, Milford, Mont Vernon, Nashua, New Boston, New Ipswich, Pelham, Peterborough, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor.

During the 1800s, Manchester was known as the textile capital of the United States. The Amoskeag Mills at Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River employed 17,000 people and produced four million yards of cloth per week at its peak. Nashua, the second largest city in the county and also the state, was the first inland town to be settled in New Hampshire.

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Hillsborough County Court Records

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PLEASE READ FIRST!!!! Please call the clerk's department to confirm hours, mailing address, fees and other specifics before visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information. All other record types not listed here are located in the town in which the event occured. Check NH's Cities & Towns and City & Town Clerks

Probate Court has Probate Records from 1771 30 Spring Street, P.O. Box P, Nashua, NH 03061-6015; Phone : (603) 882-1231; Building Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm

Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1771 and is located at 19 Temple Street, P.O. Box 370, Nashua, New Hampshire 03061-0370; (603) 882-6933 Fax (603) 882-7527 Register's Office Phone Hours : 8:00am to Noon

New Hampshire Vital Records Office [Order Online] [Search the Social Security Death Index] has Births, Death and marriage records after 1883 see also Vital Records Page

• Hillsborough Historical Society & Franklin Pierce Homestead P.O. Box 896, Hillsborough, NH 03244; Phone: (603) 478-3165
• New Hampshire Society of Genealogist, P.O. Box 2316 , Concord, NH 3302-2316 (603) 225-3381
• New Hampshire Historical Society , The Tuck Library, 30 Park Street, Concord, NH 03301-6384; Telephone: 603/228-6688 - Fax: 603/224-0463
• New Hampshire State Library, 20 Park Street , Concord, NH 03301; (603)271-2144 FAX: (603)271-6826

Hillsborough County Military Records

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• Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Pension applications for service in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917, grouped according to the units in which the veterans served.
• Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
• Compiled Service Records of Soldiers Who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Documents in NARA publication M246 include muster rolls, payrolls, strength returns, and other miscellaneous personnel, pay, and supply records of American Army units, 1775-83.
• Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files from the State of New Hampshire (The National Archives): View, Print Copy & Save Original Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, from NARA publication M804.