Davidson County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Davidson County is located in the Central portion of North Carolina and was named for William Lee Davidson, a Revolutionary War general.

County Courthouse
Davidson County Courthouse P O Box 464 Lexington, NC 27293 Phone: 336-242-2150 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial land records from 1823 Clerk Superio Court has divorce probate and court records from 1823  Register of Deeds PO Box 464 Lexington, NC 27360 Telephone: 336-242-2150 Fax: 336-238-2318 Website  Clerk of Superior Court PO Box 1064 Lexington, NC 27293-1064 Telephone: (336) 242-6701

Parent County
1822--Davidson County was created 9 December 1822 from Rowan County. County seat: Lexington

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1866--Courthouse fire may have destroyed some records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Davie
 * Forsyth
 * Guilford
 * Montgomery
 * Randolph
 * Rowan
 * Stanly

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Spring Hill Cemetery BillionGraves

Baptist

 * Abbott's Creek. Established 1753. Originally located in Rowan County.
 * Lick Creek. Established 1787.

German Reformed

 * Beck's Church, near Lexington, N.C. Established about 1765.
 * Beulah (Sauers) Reformed Church. Established 1788.
 * Pilgrim Church, near Lexington, N.C. Also known as Leonhardt's (Leonard's) Church. Established about 1757. Originally located in Rowan County. Baptisms from 1757-1845 are included in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

There was a German Reformed and Lutheran Church in Bethany.

County Records

 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Revolutionary War

 * 1779 - 1782 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885 - 1953 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * - 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery, Company A
 * - 14th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, formerly the 4th Volunteers, Company B
 * - 14th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, formerly the 4th Volunteers, Company I
 * - 1st Brigade, North Carolina Reserves, Company C
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company C
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company I

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers
The Davidson County Public Library offers the following obituary indexes:
 * 1888-1948
 * 1951-1975
 * 1976-2000
 * 2001-2009

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1660 - 1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry.com — index and images $]
 * 1663 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1665 - 1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1735 - 1970 - at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1760 - 1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry.com — index and ima
 * 1823 - 1963 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

 * 1867-2006 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Birth

 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Death

 * 1898 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1906 - 1930 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1908 - 2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1909 - 1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1931 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

 * 1926 - 1975 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriages

 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1822 - 1893 - Davidson County Marriage Index 1822-1893 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1979 -  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1763 - 1868 - at FamilySearch — index and images

A wiki article describing an online collection is found at: North Carolina Davidson County Vital Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Societies and Libraries
Genealogical Society of Davidson County PO Box 1665 Lexington, NC 27293 Website

Davidson County Historical Museum Old Courthouse on the Square 2 South Main Street Lexington NC 27292 Fax: 336-242-2871 Website

Websites

 * Davidson County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * Davidson County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project