Salem County Clerk's Office
  

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Phone: 856-935-7510 x 8217   Hours: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Our Archives Room is a repository for archival volumes and documents dating from the late 1600s and newspapers dating back to the early 1800s. The Archives houses indexes for marriages, naturalization records, Civil War soldiers and more. Historians find the Archives of great interest in their studies of Salem County.

Archives007

Holdings

 

(*) indicates those records which are currently on a computerized index. 

Mortgages and Deeds are indexed separately.  Other records are not yet indexed

 

 

Land and Property Records

*Deeds         (1715 – 1721)

  Deeds (1796 – present) separate index

*Unrecorded Deeds

  Mortgages (1796 – present)

  Chattel Mortgages (1830 – 1970)

  Conditional Sales (Sheriff Sales)

  Searches (1894 – 1922)

  Tax Maps (last few years only)

*Early Roads (1698 – 1792)

 

Citizen Records

*Marriage Records (1699 – 1912)

*Naturalization Records (1808 – 1958)

*Slaves and Indentures (1793 – 1845)

*Oaths of Office (1750 – 1986)

  Voting lists

  Blind and Crippled

*Ear Marks (1707 – 1838)

*Physicians Licenses (1854 – 1997)

*Firemen Exemptions (1897 – 1999)

  Firearm Permits

*Bastards (Early 1700’s)

  Unpaid Taxes (1879 – 1919)

*Coroners Inquests (1790 – 1850)

*Alms House Records (1813 – 1930)

*Veterinary Register (1895 – 1942)

*Constables (1802 – 1835)

*Pharmacists (1877)

*Dentists (1886 – 1889)

*Notary Public (1829 – 1963)

 

 

Military Records (1715 – 1948)

*Discharges

*Civil War Records

*Revolutionary War Records

*Grave Registrations

 

Criminal Court Records

Oyer – Terminer (1821 – 1869)

Quarter Sessions (1706 – 1956)

Criminal Court (1898 – 1956)

Circuit Court (1821 – 1947)

Indictments

Allegations

Accusations

Warrants

 

Civil Court Records (1706 – 1950)

Superior Court

Court of Common Pleas

Court of Chancery (1851 – 1959)

Dockets

Executions (1778 – 1939)

Captions

Judgments (1810 – 1951)

 

Newspapers

Original Papers (1848 – March 1991)

Microfilm Copies (1819 – Sept 2002)

 

Miscellaneous Documents

*Tavern Licenses (1740 – 1913)

  Freeholder’s Minutes (1724 – 1995)

*Business Names/ Owners (1807 –present)

  Insolvent Debtors (1700’s - ?)

Please note that while many of these records are in existence, we are still in the process of taking steps for preservation of these records.  Access may not be available to all documents at all times. Many are not yet indexed.

 

In order to help researchers who are not able to visit our office, we offer a limited records search.

Click here for a research request form


Please note these records are not held by County Clerk

Birth records are kept in the Vital Statistics office of the municipality where born.
Marriage Certificates are in the municipality where the marriage was held.

  • Alloway  856.935.4080
  • Carney’s Point  856.299.0070  x 122
  • Elmer  856.358.8161
  • Elsinboro  856.935.2200  x 4031
  • LAC  856.935.1519  x 623
  • Mannington  856.935.2359
  • Oldmans  856.299.0780
  • Penns Grove  856.299.0098  x 104
  • Pennsville  856.678.3089  x 135
  • Pilesgrove  856.769.3222
  • Pittsgrove  856.358.2300  x 20 
  • Quinton  856.935.2325
  • Salem  856.935.0373
  • Upper Pitts.  856.358.8500
  • Woodstown  856.769.2200


Salem County Cemeteries

 

Aldine United Methodist Cemetery

– 780 Friesburg Aldine Rd, Elmer

Alloway Baptist Cemetery

- 41 W. Main St, Alloway

Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery

- 149 S. Main St, Woodstown

 

Canton Baptist Cemetery

– Smick Rd and Church Rd, Canton (Salem)

Centerton Free Will Baptist Cemetery

– Dealtown Rd, Pittsgrove

Chestnut Grove Cemetery

– Richwood Rd, Upper Pittsgrove

 

East View Cemetery – Route 49, Salem

Emmanuel Methodist Cemetery

– 172 S Broad St, Penns Grove

Emmanuel Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

– 161 S Broad St, Penns Grove

 

Finn's Point National Cemetery

– Fort Mott, Pennsville

First Baptist Cemetery

– Auburn, Oldmans Twp

First Baptist Cemetery

– Mill St and Straughen Rd, Pedricktown

Friesburg Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery

- Cohansey-Aldine Rd, Alloway

Friends Burial Ground

- West Broadway, Salem

Friends’ Church Cemetery

– 63 West Ave, Woodstown

 

Haines Neck Methodist Cemetery

- 231 Haines Neck Rd, Mannington

 

Lawnside Cemetery

– Corner of Rte 40 & Rte 45, Pilesgrove

 

New Cedarville Cemetery

– Cedar Road off Fenwick Rd, Pilesgrove

 

Olivet Methodist Cemetery

– 933 Centerton Rd, Pittsgrove Twp

 

Pedricktown Friends Cemetery

– Railroad Avenue, Pedricktown

Pennsville Township Cemetery aka

 Old Presbyterian Cemetery

– Main St, Pennsville

Perkintown Cemetery

– Pedricktown-Pennsville Rd, Oldmans Twp

Pittsgrove Presbyterian Cemetery

– 312 Daretown Rd, Elmer

 

Riverview Cemetery

– Virginia Ave and Pitman St, Penns Grove

 

Salem Baptist Cemetery

– Hancock’s Bridge Rd near Route 49, Salem

Sharptown Methodist Cemetery

– Kings Hwy and Church St, Sharptown

Saint George’s Episcopal Cemetery

 - 3 Church Landing Rd, Pennsville

Saint Mary’s Cemetery

– Walnut St, Salem 

Saint John’s Episcopal Cemetery

– Grant and Market St, Salem

 

Trinity United Methodist Cemetery

 - S Broadway and Fort Mott Rd, Pennsville

 

Union Grove Cemetery

 – Almond Rd, Pittsgrove

 

Willow Grove Cemetery

– Weymouth and Parvins Mills Rd, Pittsgrove

Woodstown Methodist Cemetery

– South Main St, Woodstown

 
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