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An example of what I found on the NC Birth Records was more than I could ask for.

I searched first letter of last name (C) for Edgecombe County and immediately found this birth record.

born: 25 Nov 1901
name: Cherry, Teresa
sex: f
race: col
location: Princeville
father: Henry Cherry
mother: Lucy Dickens
Vol 1, page 330

Click URL below for a photograph of Lucy Dickens & Henry Cherry the parents of Teresa Cherry.