Randolph County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Randolph County

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

County Courthouse
Randolph County Courthouse Asheboro, NC 27203 Phone: 336-318-6960 * 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 * Probate records from 1786

Parent County
1779--Randolph County was created from Guilford County. County seat: Asheboro

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
Many court records are missing. For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Alamance
 * Chatham
 * Davidson
 * Guilford
 * Montgomery
 * Moore

Cemeteries

 * Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Trinity, NC
 * Randolph County cemeteries at BillionGraves.com

Baptist

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

Family Histories

 * [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
The Randolph County, North Carolina Register of Deeds has deed records dating back to the 1780s. For example, typing in book 1 with no page number yields a listing of pages of book 1, even though the site indicates only books 1047-1173 are available. Images with page 0 are book index pages.

www.randrod.com/Historical.asp

Local Histories

 * Randolph County, 1779-1979 (1980)

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units from this county include:


 * -2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

Probate

 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.


 * 1773-1964 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records
Randolph County Register of Deeds


 * Pre-1916 - Randolph County Births Before 1916 at USGenWeb - free.

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

 * Randolph County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.