Stokes County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Stokes County

Parent County
1789--Stokes County was created from Surry County. County seat: Danbury

Record Loss
Some early records are missing.

Neighboring Counties

 * Forsyth
 * Guilford
 * Henry County, Virginia
 * Patrick County, Virginia
 * Rockingham
 * Surry
 * Yadkin

Research Guides

 * Sweeney, Alice J. "Bassett Historical Center," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Aug. 2002):1-3. Available at ; digital version at Virginia Genealogical Society website.

Societies and Libraries

 * Bassett Historical Center, Bassett, Virginia. Website includes descriptions of collections. Excellent resource for family history research in Henry, Patrick, Floyd, Franklin and Pittsylvania counties in Virginia, the city of Martinsville, Virginia, and Rockingham, Stokes and Surry counties in North Carolina.

Web Sites

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