Check out a great new feature sponsored by the Friends of the Library – Clayton.

Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library has new resources that make tracing family trees easier. HeritageQuest Online and Ancestry Library Editions will allow you to start exploring your roots by searching a surname. You can dig into millions of family records – as far back as the 1700s. Even easier, you can choose where you want to do your research, at the Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library or through the link provided below. Anyone with a Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library/Johnston County Library card can log on to HeritageQuest Online by entering all the digits on the back of your library card, just use the easy link below to connect with the site.

Heritage Quest On-Line Link

Clayton History

The Hocutt-Ellington Memorial Library is proud of its collection of books, artifacts, and historical reference materials related to the long and rich history of Clayton and its residents. These materials are available for viewing on-line at the following link: Clayton History On-line

Some items and artifacts from the local history collection

Mantlepiece from the Hocutt's home, dating to the early 1900s, which allegedly depicts Crow Indians. Located in the Local History Room

Portraits of the library's namesakes, Dr. Battle and Lucile Hocutt. Hocutt donated the land she received as dowry to the library and asked that her family name, Ellington, be added to the library's name.