Merrimack County, New Hampshire
History, Records, Facts and Genealogy

County Records

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• Probate Court has Probate Records from 1823
  163 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301; Phone : (603) 224-9589, Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
  Summer Hours : Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
• Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1823
  163 N. Main St. PO Box 248, Concord, NH. 03302-0248, 228-0101; HRS: 8:00-4:30; Stop Recording & Copies 4:15
• 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
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Genealogical Addresses

• Merrimack Historical Society, 520 Boston Post Road, Merrimack, NH 03054; 603-880-4343
• 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

Military Resources

• 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.

County History

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire and quickly became the hub of the county. Major attractions and historical sites abound in the Concord area.
Brief History: Concord, the capital of New Hampshire, covers an area of 64 square miles and has a population of approximately 34,500 people. The political heart of the state, Concord began as a small unnamed trading post in 1659 along the Merrimack River. A bend in the river named Penny Cook by the Indians was the site in 1697 of Hannah Dustin's famous escape from Indian captors. Kidnaped on a raid of Haverhill, MA Hannan Dustin scalped her sleeping captors and escaped.

Settlers increased in the region and the land was granted in 1725 and named the Plantation of Penacook. In 1733, it became the town of Rumford, and in 1765 Governor Wentworth granted the name Concord for the town. The town grew and by 1775 there was a population of 1,052. Timothy Walker made sure the convention on ratification of the U.S. Constitution was held in Concord and he was instrumental in obtaining that ratification in 1788.

Throughout the 1780's state government met in various locations in NH including Concord. Its central location made it an ideal spot for permanent government and in 1808, Concord became the capital. The State House was completed in 1819 and has since remained the meeting site of the largest legislature in the United States. Concord continued to grow and become a trade center. Several industries sprang up and in later years Concord granite was used to construct buildings throughout New England and the East.

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