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

County Courthouse
Rowan County Courthouse 202 N Main Street P O box 2568 Salisbury, N C 28144-4346 Phone: 704-636-3102

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage death and land records Clerk superior Court has divorce records from 1881 Probate and court records

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Brumfield, Lewis Shore. "The Clingman Store Ledgers," [1818-1822] Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 1992):1509-1516. Available at.
 * Smith, John H. "Unidentified Merchant's Ledger 1837-1846 North Carolina State Archives," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):2548-2552. Available at.

Cemeteries

 * Bryan, John K. "The Gravestones of Martha (Strode) Bryan," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Nov. 1998):3095-3098. Available at.
 * "Cemetery Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov. 2001):3749. Available at . [Discusses a gravemarker from Salem United Methodist Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, surname: Hill, date of death: 1867, which identifies the person's 1791 birthplace as Rowan County, North Carolina.]
 * "Cemetery Records - Lowerstone Church," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1988):58-65. Available at.
 * "Rowan County Cemeteries: The Crystal Spring Cemetery," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1988):522. Available at.
 * "Salisbury National Cemetery - Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):53-55. Available at.
 * Sell, Kenneth D. "Preliminary Checklist of Rowan County Churches and Cemeteries," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Summer 1987):4-11; Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):26-30; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1988):20-23; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Jun. 1988):45-48; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1988):87-91; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):128-129; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):37; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Mar. 1989):73-74. Available at.
 * "Small Cemeteries in Western Rowan, Christ Episcopal," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):124-127. Available at.

Census Records
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First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers.

First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers. A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1991. Available at . 2 (May 1987):313-314. Available at . A Study of a Group of North Carolina Dennys, Information Extracted Mainly from History of Buffalo Church and Her People and Rankin and Wharton Families. MSS., 1946, available at . Nola Rosenbaum. Hampton Family Abstracts, Rowan County, North Carolina. Camarillo, California: Olsen, (197?). Available at . David Henry," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1987):575-577. Available at. n.p., 1988. Available at. A Genealogical and Biographical Sketch of the Descendants of John Knox of Rowan County, North Carolina, and Other Knoxes''. Richmond, Virginia: Whittet &amp; Shepperson, 1905. Available at. A History of Lewis Mullikin and His Descendants Covering the Period Since His Arrival in Rowan County, North Carolina, in 1781 from the Western Shore of Maryland''. Winston-Salem, N.C.: N.S. Mullican, (1953?). Available at. A History of the Parkers of Rowan County and Stanly County, North Carolina''. Kernersville, North Carolina: W.A. Hinson, 1995. Available at. A Genealogical Dompilation''. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1991. Available at. 1 (Feb. 1992):1459-1463. Available at. A Genealogical Compilation''. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1991. Available at. Falls Church, Va.: S. Streett, (1999?).

Falls Church, Va.: S. Streett, (1999?).

Falls Church, Va.: S. Streett, (1999?).

Falls Church, Va.: S. Streett, (1999?).

($). imported servants and transported convicts] who served labor terms in Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

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imported servants and transported convicts] who served labor terms in Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

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imported servants and transported convicts] who served labor terms in Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

imported servants and transported convicts] who served labor terms in Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.

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First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Available at . Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers.

First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Available at . Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers.

First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Available at . Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers.

First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Available at . Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers.

First Families of Jersey Settlement," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2413-2434. Available at . Discusses possible New Jersey origins of many Rowan County early settlers.

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The Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, NC," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):16-21. Available at . [Originally published in Heritage Quest, Sep./Oct. 1985 Issue. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):77-82. Available at.

1, No. 2 (May 1986):77-82. Available at.

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1 (Feb. 1992):1450-1452. Available at. ?," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Aug. 1996):2565-2568. Available at.

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1 (Feb. 1992):1453-1458. Available at. - Delayed Birth Certificates from the Register of Deeds, [persons born before 1914] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):118-121. Available at.

- Delayed Birth Certificates from the Register of Deeds, [persons born before 1914] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):118-121. Available at.

- Delayed Birth Certificates from the Register of Deeds, [persons born before 1914] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):118-121. Available at. Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):732-735. [Found in the private papers of Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, earliest ordained minister of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.] Available at.

Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):732-735. [Found in the private papers of Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, earliest ordained minister of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.] Available at.

Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):732-735. [Found in the private papers of Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, earliest ordained minister of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.] Available at.

Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):732-735. [Found in the private papers of Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, earliest ordained minister of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.] Available at.

Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):732-735. [Found in the private papers of Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, earliest ordained minister of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.] Available at.

Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):732-735. [Found in the private papers of Rev. Samuel Eusebius McCorkle, earliest ordained minister of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.] Available at.

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Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans  Paul Heinegg's Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware [free online book] is a very helpful guide to free blacks in Rowan County, North Carolina before 1820. [Identifies following free African American surnames in Rowan County: Allen, Baltrip, Brandon, Carter, Chavis, Deormond (see introduction), Faggot, Ferguson, Foquett, Freeman, Grimes, Hains, Harris, Locklear, Mitchell, Stewart, Taborn, Valentine. Sources Heinegg used to identify free African Americans in Rowan County include: (1) U.S. Federal Census Records, (2) Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Abstracts), 1753-1795, Vols. 1, 2. North Carolina State Archives Microfilm No. C.085.30001, and (3) MS Tax Lists. North Carolina State Archives Stack File No. CR 085.701.6.] Other items found on Heinegg's website include:


 * "'Other Free' Heads of Households in the 1790 North Carolina Census, by County," (from the printed form of the census) [Identifies following Rowan County surnames: Brandon and Montfort.]
 * "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1800 North Carolina Census, by County," [Identifies following Rowan County surnames: Chavis, Fargason, Freeman, and Stapleton.]
 * "'Other Free' Heads of Household in the 1810 North Carolina Census, by County," [Identifies following Rowan County surnames: Buck, Bunch, Denson, Freeman, Giles, Hains, Shavers, Stuart, and Swenny.]
 * "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 North Carolina Census, by Family Name," [Includes following Rowan County surnames: Bird, Bruffett, Buck, Carter, Freeman (2), Grimes, Lockler, Spike, and Valentine.]
 * "Service in the Revolutionary War," [Includes information about the following free African American patriot surname in Rowan County: Harris.]

After the Civil War, ex-slave marriages were legalized, see:


 * Linn, Jo White. "Cohabitation Bonds in North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2937-2938. Available at.
 * Watson, June Clodfelter. Cohabitation Bonds for Rowan County, North Carolina: Recorded in 1866. [Salisbury, North Carolina]: Genealogical Society of Rowan County (North Carolina), [1996?]. Available at.

Other records of African Americans in Rowan County include:


 * Henderson, Lisa Y. "Documents Tracing the Relationship Between John Wilson McNeely and His Slave, Lucinda," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):50-52. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Accounts of the Slaves in the Estate of John Pool," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1129-1132. Available at.
 * "Samuel McAffee's Indigent Slave 'Alb,'" Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Nov. 1998):3094. Available at.
 * "Slaves Bartlett and Emey on the Jacob Booe Plantation," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Nov. 1995):2370. Available at.