Albemarle County, North Carolina

It contained approximately 1,600 square miles of territory, though its boundaries were not precise.

By 1671, three precincts of Albemarle County had been formed: Shaftesbury, Carteret, and Berkeley.

From the four precincts, Carteret was divided into Currituck and Pasquotank in about 1685, Bertie Precinct was formed from part of Chowan in 1722, consisting of all territory west of the Chowan River.

Tyrrell Precinct was created in 1729 from parts of Chowan, Bertie, Pasquotank, and Currituck.

Local residents asked that the western part of Bertie be divided into a new precinct as early as 1732, which led to the creation of Edgecombe Precinct (dates of the formation of Edgecombe vary from 1732 to 1741).