Cabarrus County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Cabarrus County is located in the South-Central Piedmont portion of North Carolina and was named for Stephen Cabarrus, then Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons.

County Courthouse
Cabarrus County Courthouse 65 Church ST SE Concord, NC 28801-3519 Phone: 704-920-2112 Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 Marriage and land records from 1792

Military discharge records from 1919 Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records Register of Deeds PO Box 707 Concord, NC 28026 Telephone: 704-920-2112 Fax: 704-920-2898 Website  Clerk of Superior Court PO Box 70 Concord, NC 28025-0070 Telephone: (704) 262-5500

Fax: 704-262-5507

Parent County
1792--Cabarrus County was created 15 November 1792 from Mecklenburg County. County seat: Concord

Record Loss
1876--Courthouse fire resulted in the loss of a few court records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Iredell
 * Mecklenburg
 * Rowan
 * Stanly
 * Union

Baptist

 * Coldwater Creek. Constituted 1790.

Lutheran

 * Bethel United Church of Christ, near Mount Pleasant, N.C. Organized early 1800s.
 * St. John's Church aka Dutch Buffalo Creek Church, near Mount Pleasant, N.C. Began about 1745.

Presbyterian

 * Rocky River Church, Rocky River, N.C. Founded early 1750s.

County Records

 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Family Histories
Bibliography


 * Morrison Morrison, Janet and Marie Morrison. "Twelve Things We've Learned While Compiling the Rocky River Morrison Genealogies," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2819. Available at.
 * Morrison Morrison, Janet and Marie Morrison. Descendants of John (1725?-1777) &amp; Mary (1732-1781) Morrison of Rocky River. Reviewed in Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2830. Available at.
 * Morrison Morrison, Janet and Marie Morrison. Descendants of James (1726-1804) and Jennet (1735-1810) Morrison of Rocky River. Reviewed in Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2830. Available at.
 * Morrison Morrison, Janet and Marie Morrison. Descendants of Robert (1728-1810) and Sarah (1739-1816) Morrison of Rocky River. Reviewed in Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2830. Available at.

Land

 * Cabarrus County Register Of Deeds has scanned their deed index books and placed them online. Deed indexes can be searched for the years 1791-1982. To begin your search click here.

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


 * -7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company F
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Detailed Men, Company A
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company E
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops), Company E
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company F
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company H

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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 images
 * 1796 - 1966 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Births

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

Deaths

 * 1898 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 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 $

Marriage

 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1790 - 1825 - Cabarrus County Marriages, 1790-1825 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1793 - 1806 - Cabarrus County Marriage Bonds, 1793-1806 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1864 - 1933 - Cabarrus County Marriage Index 1864-1933 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

Societies and Libraries
Cabarrus Genealogy Society PO Box 2981 Concord, NC 28025-0002 E-mail:[mailto:CabarrusGenealogySociety@gmail.com CabarrusGenealogySociety@gmail.com] Website

Family History Centers

 * Kannapolis North Carolina Family History Center

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.