Randolph County, North Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Randolph County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Randolph County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Peyton Randolph, the first president of the Continental Congress.

County Courthouse
Randolph County Courthouse 176 East Salisbury St, Suite 201 Asheboro, NC 27203 Phone: 336-328-3000 Randolph County Website Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1800 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records, and probate records from 1786.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Trinity, NC Cemetery Transcriptions (NCGenWeb)

Church Records

 * 1700-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Baptist


 * Sandy Creek. Founded 1755. Originally located in Guilford.

List of Churches and Church Parishes


 * FamilySearch Places

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1862-1870   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1872   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

Genealogies

 * [German] German, John L. "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):87-94. Digital version at American Ancestors $

Land and Property Records

 * 1779-1780 Land Docket 1779-1780. North Carolina Pioneers $

The Randolph County, North Carolina, Register of Deeds has deed records dating back to 1779, viewable online at www.randrod.com There IS an overall index under the tab "Old Index Books" reaching back to 1775.

Preliminaries: The site recommends Internet Explorer or Google Chrome. Firefox or any viewer is useable.

Select  “real estate records” then select “View Online Records.” (Or go directly to http://72.15.246.186/RandolphNC/)

Read the system requrements and click to acknowledge disclaimer and enter the site.

A Help tab suggests a tif viewer you may download.

Old records are under the tab “View Images”

In BOOK field enter 1 through 49. In PAGE field enter 0 to see the index, if a volume has one. Subsequent index pages are numbered 000b, 000c, etc. Or advance using the on-screen arrows. While viewing a page use “Open image in new window” to see high definition.

Searching tips:

Book 1: 1779-1793

Book 4: 1787-

Book 5: 1790-

6: 1773-

7: 1795-

8: 1798

9: 1800-1800

10: 1798-1821

11: 1804-1810

12: 1810-1815

13: 1806-1820

14: 1814-1824

15: 1822-1835

16: 1820-1826

17: 1826-1829

40: 1877-1878

41: 1878-

49: 1882-

The older books’ dates are orderly within each volume, but the dates of the volumes overlap.

Local Histories

 * Randolph County, 1779-1979 (1980)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Revolutionary War 


 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War 


 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1885-1953  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 1st Brigade, North Carolina Reserves, Company F
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company F
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry, Company F
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company A
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company D
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company I

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

 * North Carolina Newspapers at DigitalNC

Other Records
County Records
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. (incomplete)

Voter Registration
 * 1868-1898 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1720-1960 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1735-1970  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1773-1964  at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1773-1993 Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Settlements, Guardianships, Deeds, Vol. 1, 1773-1993; Vol. 2, 1794-1804; Vol. 3, 1804-1812; Vol. 4, 1812-1820; Vol. 5, 1820-1829. North Carolina Pioneers $
 * Pre-1790 Pre-1790 Randolph County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills (North Carolina State Archives)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1779 Tax Lists, Randolph County, 1779 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1779 Tax Lists, Randolph County, 1779 (images) at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1779 Lists of Taxables, Randolph County, 1779 (images) at FamilySearch
 * 1785-1848 List of Taxables, Randolph County, 1785-1848 (images) at FamilySearch: Part 1 and Part 2.
 * 1815 Tax Lists, Randolph County, 1815 (images) at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Randolph County Register Vital Records

Birth

 * Pre-1916 Randolph County Births Before 1916 (NCGenWeb)
 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1913-1922  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1762-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1763-1868  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Death

 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Divorce

 * 1926-1975  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Asheboro North Carolina Family History Center

Societies

 * Randolph County Genealogical Society PO Box 4394 Asheboro, NC 27204 Website
 * Randolph County Historical Society PO Box 4355 Asheboro, NC 27204

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.