Rowan County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Rowan County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Matthew Rowan, Governor of North Carolina at the time.

County Courthouse
Rowan County Courthouse 202 N Main Street PO Box 2568 Salisbury, NC 28144-4346 Phone: 704-636-3102 Rowan County Website Register of Deeds has birth, marriage death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1881, probate and court records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

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.

Occupations


 * "Clerk of Court," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):889. Available at.
 * "Clerks of Court in Rowan County, 1753-1795" Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Nov. 2000):3535-3542. Available at.
 * Craig, James H. "The Arts and Crafts in North Carolina: Rowan County Court Records," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1988):33-36; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1988):66-69. Available at . Apprenticeship records 1770s-1810s.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Apprentice Bonds 1777-1850," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2811-2818; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3169-3179; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Nov. 1999):3316-3325; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 2000):3385-3394. Available at.
 * "Return of Strays," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):1936. Available at.
 * "Rowan County Tavern Bond for Robert Walker 1769," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Nov. 1996):2630. Available at.
 * "Rowan County Tavern Bond for Samuel Smith 1777," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3546. Available at.
 * Thorp, Daniel B. "Doing Business in the Backcountry: Retail Trade in Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina," The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 48, No. 3 (Jul., 1991), pp. 387-408. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Thorp, Daniel B. "Taverns and Tavern Culture on the Southern Colonial Frontier: Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1776," The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 62, No. 4 (Nov., 1996), pp. 661-688. Available at JSTOR ($).
 * Weekley, Carolyn. "James Gheen, Piedmont North Carolina Cabinetmaker," Antiques magazine, May 1973, pp. 940-945. Note: Gheen worked in last half of the 18th century. His will was signed in Rowan County, NC in April 1796.

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 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

 * 1790-1900 "Population of Rowan County, North Carolina 1790-1900," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):9. Available at.
 * 1800 Linn, Jo White. "1800 Census of Salisbury, North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 1994):2019-2022. Available at.
 * 1820 "1820 Census of Rowan County Digest of Manufactures," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):1937-1958. Available at.
 * 1850 Belk, Steven. "The 1850 Mortality Schedule," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1988):71-76. Available at.
 * 1860 Beck, Patricia B. "1860 Mortality Schedule," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):111-114; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):18-20. Available at.
 * 1865 Linn, Jo White. "Citizens of Salisbury in 1865," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Nov. 2000):3547-3550. Available at.
 * 1870 "1870 Census, Rowan County, North Carolina," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1988):10-19; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Jun. 1988):49-54; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1988):77-85; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):115-126; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):29-36; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Mar. 1989):62-69; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):89-94; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):142-147. Available at.

Church Records

 * 1700-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Fries, Adelaide L. Colonial Churches of North Carolina Within the Bounds of Rowan County as Set Off in 1753. 1936. Available at.
 * Rankin, S.M., George Swelle, and Adelaide Price. Churches of the Colonial Period in Rowan County [North Carolina]. Raleigh, North Carolina: Filmed by North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1962. Available at . [Includes Baptist, Church of England, Friends, Lutheran, Moravian, Reformed, and Presbyterian Churches.]

Baptist


 * Abbott's Creek. Formed about 1753. Later located in Davidson.
 * Bear Creek. Constituted 1791.
 * Dutchman's Creek. Constituted 1792.
 * Forks of Yadkin River. Constituted 1793.
 * Jersey Settlement. Constituted 1758.
 * Timber Ridge. Constituted 1788.
 * "Associational Minutes," [Yadkin Baptist Church, Patterson, N.C.] Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1347-1348. Available at.
 * "Readers Write," [Describes church minutes and 1787 list of members (189 names) for Dutchman Creek Baptist Church (name changed to Eaton's Baptist Church in 1790] Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1986):198. Available at.
 * "Records of Dutchman's Creek Baptist Church in Rowan County, NC," [1770s] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):112. Available at.

Church of England (Later Episcopal)


 * St. Luke's Parish. Established 1753.
 * "St Andrews Episcopal Church - Woodleaf, Rowan Co., N.C.," [1840s] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):100-101. Available at.

German Reformed


 * Grace or Lower Stone Church, Rockwell, N.C. Established by 1795.
 * Pilgrim Church, near Lexington, N.C. Established about 1757. Later located in Davidson. Baptisms from 1757-1845 are included in the International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

Lutheran


 * Organ or Zion Church, near Rockwell, N.C. Building erected 1794.
 * Agner, Martha Withers. "An Overview of Union Evangelical Lutheran Church, Rowan County, North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):1929-1935. Available at.
 * "Biography of Pastor Samuel Rothrock," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):13. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "1775-1776 Marriages from the Diary of Johann Gottfried Arends," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):675-678. Available at . [Lutheran minister.]
 * Linn, Jo White. "Records of Heidelberg Evangelical Lutheran (Old Dutchmans Creek) Church," [1780s-1860s] Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):861-872. Available at.
 * "Ministerial Acts - Rev Chrisenberry A Brown - Concordia Pastorate 1892-1893," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):108-110. Available at.
 * Rothrock, Samuel. Diaries of Rev. Samuel Rothrock of Rowan County, [North Carolina], 1834-1863. MSS., Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, North Carolina, available at . [Includes confirmations, baptisms, and burials, 1850-1858, for Organ Lutheran Church, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church.]

Presbyterian

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * Centre Church, Mount Mourne, N.C. Organized 1765. Originally known as the Osbourne Meeting House; later located in Iredell.
 * Third Creek Church, Cleveland, N.C. Founded before 1789.
 * Fourth Creek Church, Statesville, N.C. Organized about 1750. Later located in Iredell.
 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Some Rowan County References from the Southern Christian Herald," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):681. Available at . [Presbyterian newspaper.]
 * Linn, Jo White. "First Presbyterian Church Baptismal Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1815-1824. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "The Petition of His Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, Inhabitants of Rowan County to His Excellency Josiah Martin Esquire Governor and Commander in Chief over the Province of North Carolina 1773," [Presbyterian Petition] Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2203-2205. Available at.
 * "Transcript of a Map of Fourth Creek Congregation by William Sharpe, Esq. 1773," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):340-341. Available at . [Identifies names and places of residence of many people.]
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * Comer, James Vann. "Rowan County Subpoena," [1775, Williams vs. Forsyth] Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1098. Available at.

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions


 * Hunt, William M. "An Account of Claims Laid on the County of Rowan for the Year 1764 from Rowan County Court Minutes, 1755-1767, p 551-552, (C.R. 85.301.2)," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Aug. 1992):1616-1618. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions," [1790-] Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):72-76; Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):315-324; Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):565-574; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):876-883; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1089-1097; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1349-1358; Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1992):1631-1642; Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):1959-1969; Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2189-2199; Vol. 11, No. 4 (Nov. 1996):2597-2608; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2849-2858; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3039-3049; Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3223-3235; Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 2000):3370-3433; Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3594-3606; Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug. 2001):3692-3700. Available at.

General Assembly Sessions Records


 * Byrd, William L. "1802 Petition of Isaac Cowan for Divorce," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2699-2702. Available at.

Mecklenburg County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions'


 * Smith, John Howard. "Rowan County Powers of Attorney in the Mecklenburg County Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions," [April Court 1859] Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2206. Available at . [Rowan County surname: Albright.]

Salisbury Commissioners' Court


 * Linn, Jo White. "Records of The Salisbury Commissioners' Court, 1875," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2309-2316. Available at.

Salisbury District Superior Court


 * Linn, Jo White. "Salisbury District Superior Court Minutes, 1756-1770," [through 1785] Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):41-47; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):132-140; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):385-393; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1988):523-530; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):747-756; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):981-987; Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1280-1284; Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 1992):1519-1526; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1713-1717; Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 1993):1771-1778; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1881-1887; Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1994):2080-2090; Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1995):2243-2253; Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2727-2732; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2929-2936; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Aug. 1999):3257-3264; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov. 2001):3715-3727. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Salisbury District Superior Court, Equity Enrolling Docket 1787-1794, 1797-1798," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2689-2693. Available at.

Emigration and Immigration

 * Gehrke, William H. "The Beginnings of the Pennsylvania-German Element in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 58, No. 4 (1934), pp. 342-369. Available at ; digital version available at JSTOR ($).
 * [http://www.pricegen.com/immigrantservants/search/simple.php/search/advancedResults.php?surname=&givenName=&varientSurnameSpellings=&gender=&dateOfBirthDay=&dateOfBirthMonth=&dateOfBirthQuantifier=&dateOfBirthYear=&placeOfBirthParish=&placeOfBirthTown=&placeOfBirthCity=&placeOfBirthCounty=&placeOfBirthColony=&placeOfBirthNation=&occupations=&religions=&orphan=&familyPosition=&immigrationYearQualifier=&immigrationYear=&portOfDepartureTown=&portOfDepartureCity=&portOfDepartureCounty=&portOfDepartureNation=&placeOfArrivalTown=&placeOfArrivalCounty=&placeOfArrivalColony=&shipName=&convict=&yearOfIndentureQualifier=&yearOfIndenture=&lengthOfIndentureYears=&lengthOfIndentureMonths=&yearOfFreedomQualifier=&yearOfFreedom=&placeOfIndentureTown=&placeOfIndentureCity=&placeOfIndentureCounty=Rowan&placeOfIndentureColony=North+Carolina&agentSurname=&agentGivenName=&agentTitle=&masterSurname=&masterGivenName=&masterTitle=&residenceParish=&residenceTown=&residenceCity=&residenceCounty=&residenceColony=&residenceNation=&landowner=&literate=&spouseSurname=&spouseGivenName=&spouseMarriageDateDay=&spouseMarriageDateMonth=&spouseMarriageDateQualifier=&spouseMarriageDateYear=&spouseMarriageLocationParish=&spouseMarriageLocationCounty=&spouseMarriageLocationColony=&spouseMarriageLocationNation=&deathDateDay=&deathDateMonth=&deathDateQualifier=&deathDateYear=&deathLocality=&deathCounty=&deathColony=&deathState=&testate=&proofServantStatus=&proofConvictStatus=&headright=&preServitudeSources=&postServitudeSources=&comments=&family=&sourceCitations=&interestedResearchers= List of imported servants and transported convicts] who served labor terms in Colonial Rowan County, North Carolina (work in progress), courtesy: Immigrant Servants Database.
 * Offman, David Isaiah and Paul G. Kinney. Genealogical Records of Early German and Other Families that Settled in the Area of North Carolina, of Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph, Rowan Cos. MSS., available at.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * 1862-1870   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1872   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

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.

Funeral Homes

 * 1907-1914 Summersett Funeral Home Records 1907-1914, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):107-110; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):21-25. Available at.

Genealogies

 * Offman, David Isaiah and Paul G. Kinney. Genealogical Records of Early German and Other Families that Settled in the Area of North Carolina, of Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph, Rowan Cos. MSS.,
 * Links to Rowan County Family Pages in "Rowan County North Carolina Genealogy and History USGenWeb," USGenWeb. More than 50 families are identified.
 * Stroupe, Ethel. "Jersey Settlement Origins: 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.


 * Adams - See March.
 * Admire - Phillips, William Ralph. "George Erdmayer/Artmire/Admire," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1277-1279. Available at.
 * Agner - Agnes, Martha Withers. "Forty Ways to Spell Agner," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):89. Available at.
 * Andrews - Craig, Marion Stark. James Andrews (RW Soldier) of Back Creek, Rowan County, NC: Died 20 November 1821: A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1991. Available at.
 * Arey - See also Eary.
 * Arey - Davidson, Harriet Arey. The Early Areys of Rowan County, North Carolina. MSS., 1974, available at.
 * Arey - Davidson, Harriet Arey. Palatine Progeny - the Arey Family of Rowan County, North Carolina and Related Families, 1749-1983. Davidson, North Carolina: H.A. Davidson, 1983. Available at.
 * Arey - Eary, Freeman and Pat Eary. "John Alexander Arey: Early Emigrant to the West," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2284-2290. Available at.
 * Baird - See Green.
 * Bame - See Bohm.
 * Barnes - McElwee, Pinckney G. Genealogy of Shadrack Barnes of Rowan County, North Carolina, a Soldier in the Revolutionary War. Washingon, D. C.: McElwee, 1952. Available at . 1958 revised edition is also available at.
 * Beanblossom - Hays, Samuel P. The Descendants of J. Christian and Catherine Beanblossom of Rowan County, North Carolina and Harrison County, Indiana and Darke County, Ohio. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: S.P. Hays, 1994. Available at.
 * Beanblossom - Schlenker, Johannes L. "Beanblossom," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2725-2726. Available at . Dr. Schlenker discusses the Anglicization (translation) of the German surname Bohnebluscht to Beanblossom.
 * Bedwell - Ericson, Carolyn Reeves. "Rowan County Miniature: The Bedwell Family from Kent County, Delaware to Rowan County, North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Nov. 1989):909-910. Available at.
 * Bentley - Miller, James W. "Thomas Bentley of Old Rowan and Lincoln Counties, NC," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1991):1210-1222. Available at.
 * Bernhardt - Wiley, Beulah Bernhardt. "If All My Days Were Sunny," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1989):818-819. Available at.
 * Black - See Saucemon.
 * Bodenhamer - Heuss, Lois Ione Hotchkiss, Hubert E. Bodenheimer, and David R. Bodenheimer. Christian Bodenhamer (Bodenheimer-Bodenhammer) of Rowan County, North Carolina, and His Descendents. Charlotte, North Carolina?: L.I.H. Heuss, H.E. &amp; D.R. Boednheimer, 1989. Available at.
 * Bohm - West, Margaret Bame. "Furfeld Castle Visited," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1809-1813. Available at.
 * Boone - Bryan, J.C. The Boone-Bryan History. Frankfort, Ky.: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1913. Digital version at Internet Archive
 * Bostian - Jorgensen, Ada Petrea. One Line of the Bostian Family of Rowan County, North Carolina. Hendersonville, North Carolina: A.P. Jorgensen, 1982. Available at.
 * Bowers - See Jo White Linn's article on Peter Brown's petition.
 * Bowlby - Barekman, June B. Some New Jersey Families Found in Early Rowan County, North Carolina; Bowlby, Palmer, Dailey, Todd, Stevens. Chicago, Illinois: n.p., 1970. Available at.
 * Brandon - Stutesman, John Hale. "Memoranda by Harriet (Brandon) Judah, 1882," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 1991):1404-1406. Available at.
 * Braun - See Brown.
 * Briggs - Barker, Harold G., Maurine Clifford, and William M. Hunt. The Briggs Families of Old Anson, Old Rowan, and Davidson Counties, North Carolina and Brown County, Illinois. 2 vols. Rye, New York: H. G. Barker &amp; M. Clifford &amp; W.M. Hunt Jr., 1985. Available at.
 * Brown - Brown, Richard L. A History of the Michael Brown Family of Rowan County, North Carolina. Michael Brown Family Association, 1921. as well as a  are available at FHL.
 * Brown - George, Harriet Duke and Calvin M. George. "Michael Braun of the Old Stone House Leafing Out the Brown Family Tree," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):17-19. Available at.
 * Brown - Spencer, Betty Dan Gilliam. "Rowan County Loose Estate Papers: Brown," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 1994):1989-2018. Available at.
 * Brown - Linn, Jo White. "Petition of Peter Brown," [1799] Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2971-2972. Available at.
 * Bryan - Bryan, J.C. The Boone-Bryan History. Frankfort, Ky.: The Kentucky State Historical Society, 1913. Digital version at Internet Archive
 * Bryan - Bryan, John K. "Samuel Bryan: Some Footnotes," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1879-1880. Available at.
 * Burgess - Reginald, R. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of Edward Burgess of King George and Stafford Counties, Virginia, with His Sons - Garner Burgess of Fauquier Co., Virginia; William Burgess of Stafford Co., Virginia; Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben Burgess of Rowan Co., North Carolina - and His Grandsons - Edward Burgess of Culpeper Co., Virginia; John Burgess of Harrison Co., Kentucky; Henry Burgess of Fleming Co., Kentucky; Edward Burgess of Scott Co., Kentucky; John P.B. Burgess of Halifax Co., Virginia; Edward Burgess of Kanawha Co., West Virginia; William Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; Reuben Burgess of Davie Co., North Carolina; and Thomas Burgess of White Co., Tennessee - Together with Their Known Descendants Named Burgess. San Bernardino, California: Borgo Press, 1983. Available at.
 * Burgess - Burgess, Michael and Mary A. Wickizer Burgess. The House of the Burgesses: Being a Genealogical History of William Burgess of Richmond (later King George) County, Virginia, His Son Edward Burgess of Stafford (later King Geoge) County, Virginia, with the Descendants in the Male Line of Edward's Sons: Garner Burgess of Fauquier County, Virginia, William Burgess of Stafford County, Virginia; Edward Burges, Jr. of Fauquier County, Virginia, Moses Burgess of Orange County, Virginia; Reuben of Rowan (later Davie) County, North Carolina. San Bernardino, California: Burgess and Wickizer, 1994. Available at.
 * Buttram - Waid, Charles V. and Barbara L. Brown Waid. Buttram: Bertram - Boutteram - Burtram - Butrum - Burtrum - Buttrum - Butram - Burtrum - Burttram - Burttrum: The Descendants of William Buttram I &amp; Margaret of Rowan County, North Carolina. Birmingham, Alabama: Buttram Family Association, 1998. Available at.
 * Cain - See Karn.
 * Castle - Stapleton, Paul L.A. "Jacob Castle - The White Hunter," The Appalachian Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Sep. 2007):75-77..
 * Cavender - See Deadman.
 * Chambers - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):674. Available at Young and Ellis Revolutionary War Pensions, FHL.
 * Coles - Coles, William H. "William Temple Coles Dublin, Ireland and The Carolinas,Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1994):2069-2079. Available at.
 * Coltrane - Linn, Jo White. "Migration from Halifax County, NC, to Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1115; Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1814. Available at.
 * Correll - Linn, Jo White. "Philip Correll: Revolutionary War Soldier," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3478-3479. Available at.
 * Cowan - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):313-314. Available at.
 * Crawford - Crawford, Sybil F. "John Crawford," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):884-888. Available at.
 * Dailey - See Bowlby.
 * Deacon - See Reed.
 * Deadman - Rosenthal, Patricia N. "Rowan Records Sleuth: Rebecca (Deadman) Cavender," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1991):1243. Available at.
 * Delow - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Record Sleuth - Hartman, Delow," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):4. Available at.
 * Denny - Rankin, S.M. and Elizabeth Chapman Denny Vann. Denny Families of Buffalo Church, Rowan and Guilford Counties, North Carolina: 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.
 * Dickey - Howard, Joseph H. "Captain John Dickey, Patriot," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2443-2450. Available at.
 * Dickey - Howard, Joseph H. "John Dickey (d. 1817): An Early Rowan County, NC, Merchant and Doodler," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2901-2906. Available at.
 * Earnhardt - Goodman, Ruth Earnhardt. "Johannes Earnhardt Family," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1988):27-31. Available at.
 * Eary - See also Arey.
 * Eary - Cruse, Bernard W. Some of the Descendants of Peter Eary: (Petter Ihrig) Born Before April 1765 in Germany, Died in Rowan County, North Carolina. Concord, North Carolina: B.W. Cruse, 2007. Available at.
 * Enochs - Enochs, Richard A. "Rowan Records Sleuth: Enochs, Higdon," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1987):433-437. Available at.
 * Evans - Rexroad, Edythe Evans. "Rowan County Families: Evans in Early Rowan," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Nov. 1989):916. Available at.
 * Falls - "Gilbreath Falls, Part II," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3051-3054. Available at.
 * Fesperman - George, Calvin M. "I 'Did' the Census - and It Helped," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1694-1696. Available at.
 * Fink - Schlenker, Johannes L. "Some Early Nord-Karolina Deitsch (German) Finks of Mill Creek and Meisenheimer Precincts in Union County, IL," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2165-2181. Available at.
 * Fulton - Burkholder, Mrs. A.C. "Rowan Records Sleuth," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1986):188. Available at.
 * Garster - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth: Garster, Litzler," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1989):790-791. Available at.
 * Geekie - "The Family of David Geekie of Scotland," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):3-4. Available at.
 * Gillespie - "From the North Carolina Journal 9 January 1797," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):101. Available at.
 * Gillespie - "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1989):792. Available at.
 * Gillespie - Lentz, Gilbert G. Lentz and Gillespie Families in Rowan County, North Carolina, 1749-1818. Sacramento, California: G.G. Lentz, 1993. Available at.
 * Glasscock - Meinke, Terry and Arthur L. Glasgow. My Glasscock Ancestors: The Genealogy of the Glas(s)cock (alias Glassco and Glasgow) Families of Richmond, Prince, Fauquier and Frederick Counties in Virginia; Rowan County, North Carolina; Jefferson County in West Virginia; Adams, Brown, Green and Knox Counties in Ohio; Sangamon County in Illinois and Wright, Morrison, Cass and Hubbard Counties in Minnesota from 1643 to 1933. Palatine, Illinois: T. Meinke, 2004. Available at.
 * Glover - Kluttz, James W. Our Glover Family of Rowan County, North Carolina. Cary, North Carolina: J.W. Kluttz, 2006. Available at ; digital book at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Godbey - Linn, Jo White. "George Godbey of Rowan: Revolutionary War Soldier Under George Washington," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3222. Available at.
 * Goss - Heuss, Lois Ione Hotchkiss. Frederick Goss of Rowan County, North Carolina: and His Descendants. Akron, Ohio: L.I.H. Heuss, 1968. Available at.
 * Gracey - Daughters of the American Revolution. Custis Chapter (Washington). Gracey Family, Gravestone Inscriptions, and Bible Records of the Gracey Family of North Carolina with Will of Patrick Gracey of Rowan Co., N.C. MSS., 1945, available at.
 * Graham - Irwin, Lyndon N. "Revolutionary War Lieutenant John Graham: Patriot or Horse Thief," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2182-2186. Available at.
 * Green - Hawkins, John O. "Rowan County Miniature: Hannah (Green) Green Baird Tompkins," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1058-1059. Available at.
 * Hamby - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Miniature: William Hamby," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):673. Available at.
 * Hampton - Olsen, Nola Rosenbaum. Hampton Family Abstracts, Rowan County, North Carolina. Camarillo, California: Olsen, (197?). Available at.
 * Harkey - Reener, Lynn Boyd. "John Harkey &amp; Sarah (Walcher) Harkey," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):21-25. Available at.
 * Harman - Harman, John Newton. Harman Genealogy (Southern Branch): With Biographical Sketches, 1700-1924. Richmond, Va.: W.C. Hill Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry $
 * Henry - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Miniature: David Henry," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1987):575-577. Available at.
 * Hickman - Crane, Madilyn L. "Revolutionary War Record of William Hickman," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):766. Available at FHL.
 * Higdon - See Enochs.
 * Holmes - Linn, Jo White. A Holmes Family of Rowan and Davidson Counties, North Carolina: with Haden, Helig, Reid, Rex, Linn, Smith, Bernhardt, Snider, Pearson, Graham, White, Sawyer, Foushee, Ballou, Hurley, Morrison, King, Erwin, Pannill, Dillard, Knowles. Salisbury, North Carolina: n.p., 1988. Available at.
 * Huey - "Some Notes on the Huey Family," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Winter 1992):22-26.
 * Hunt - Hunt, Mitchell J. A Corrected Genealogy of Col. Jonathan Hunt (1716-1782) and His Rowan Co., North Carolina Siblings and Their Descendants. Willow Grove, Pennsylvania: M.J. Hunt, 1994. Available at.
 * Huskey - Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. . The Huskey family is discussed in Vol. 1.
 * Inness - "Inness Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):873-875. Available at.
 * Irvin - Irvin, Kent Lee. "Robert Irvin of Rowan County, North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 1993):1749-1757. Available at.
 * Jones - Lemons, Nova A. "Rowan County Miniature: Solomon Jones of Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Nov. 1987):438-441. Available at.
 * Jordan - "River Jordan," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2753. Available at.
 * Kane - See Karn.
 * Karriker - Karriker, John C. The Karrikers of Rowan County, North Carolina. Mooresville, North Carolina: J. C. Karriver, 1980. Available at.
 * Karn - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):553-554. Available at.
 * Kern - Kern, Mary Margaret. The Kern Family of Rowan County, North Carolina, Nicholas County, Kentucky; Boone, Clinton, Lawrence, Monroe Counties, Indiana; Hancock County, Illinois; Lee County, Iowa. Noblesville, Indiana: M.M.K. Garrard, 1968. Available at ; digital book at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Kern - Kern, Charles Ronald. History of the John Kern Family of Rowan County and Montgomery County, North Carolina. Birmingham, Alabama: C.R. Kern, 2001. Available at.
 * Kimbrough - Gunn, Kay Lee Wrage. "The Kimbrough Family," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Nov. 1995):2365-2369. Available at.
 * Kluttz - "The McCubbins File, Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, N.C.," [Kluttz Family Folder] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 1988):8-9. Available at.
 * Knox - Goodman, Hattie S. The Knox Family: 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.
 * Kreit(z) - Schlenker, Johannes L. "Union County, Illinois, Descendants of Michael Kreit(z) of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, and Rowan County, North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1869-1877. Available at.
 * Lawrence - Mireles, Dana Ann. "The Lawrence-Lowrance-Nave Families of Early North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2717-2724. Available at.
 * Lentz - Lentz, John Paul. Lentz Heritage: Records and Descendants of the Four Lentz Brothers Who Settled in Rowan County, North Carolina Between 1778 and 1782. Burlington, North Carolina: J. P. Lentz, 1986. Available at.
 * Lentz - Lentz, John Paul. Lentz Heritage: Newsletter, Records and Descendants of the Four Lentz Brothers Who Settled in Rowan County, North Carolina Between 1778-1782. Burlington, North Carolina: J.P. Lentz, 1988. Available at.
 * Lentz - Lentz, Gilbert G. Lentz and Gillespie Families in Rowan County, North Carolina, 1749-1818. Sacramento, California: G.G. Lentz, 1993. Available at.
 * Linker - Scott, Carol S. "The Linker / Links of Rowan - Davidson Counties," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1112-1114. Available at.
 * Links - See Linker.
 * Little - Little, Lawrence L. Captain Daniel Little, Esquire of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina. Portales, New Mexico: L.L. Little, 19--?. Available at.
 * Little - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth: Sally Little," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1030. Available at.
 * Little - Shook, Pauline Moser and John C. Roberts. Capt. Daniel Little, Esq., and His Contemporaries: John Dunn, John Lewis Beard, Conrod Michael, Michael Brown, William Temple Coles, and Most of the Population of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1792: Documented. Sandpoint, Idaho: P.M. Shook, 1994. Available at.
 * Litzler - See Garster.
 * Lowrance - See also Lawrence.
 * Lowrance - "William Lorance, Revolutionary War Soldier: Migration from Rowan County, NC to Owen County, KY," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2001):3657. Available at.
 * Lyon - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):123. Available at.
 * McCollum - Smith, Renee Jackson. "Revolutionary War Record of James McCollum," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):767-768. Available at.
 * McCorkle - See Brandon.
 * McGibboney - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth: McGibboney, Work," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. 1990):1149-1150. Available at.
 * McNeely - 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.
 * McNeely - "McNeely Family Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2434. Available at . Also discusses Osborn family.
 * McPheeters - McPheeters, Jno. Hand written account of Charles McPheeters Family, dated 28 July 1900. Cited in Harold L. McPheeter's 1997 article.
 * McPheeters - McPheeters, Harold L. "What's That Name Again? Variations on a Rowan County Surname: McPheeters," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2777-2788. Available at.
 * Mabry - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan Records Sleuth," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1988):494-495. Available at.
 * March - Williams, Foide J. and Hazel Williams. "March, Stephens &amp; Adams Families of Rowan (Davie) County, NC," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2451-2457. Available at.
 * Marlin - McAlear, Robert. "Rowan Records Sleuth: Martin or Marlin?", Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1269-1270. Available at.
 * Mathieu - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Miniature: Andre Mathieu," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1989):823-826. Available at.
 * Miller - See also Chambers.
 * Miller - Linn, Jo White. A Miller Family of Rowan County. Rowan County Register. Available at.
 * Miller - Schlenker, Johannes L. "Henn Mer Der Wendel Muller G'Funne: The Saga of Wendel Muller: from German-Peasant to American-Junker," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Aug. 1992):1569-1590. Available at.
 * Miller - "Francis Miller," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Aug. 1992):1608-1615. Available at
 * Miller - Schlenker, Johannes L. "Errata from 'Henn Mer Der Wendel Muller G'Funne?'" Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1878. Available at.
 * Mock - "Rowan Records Sleuth - Philip Mock," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 1992):1529-1533. Available at.
 * Montgomery - Linn, Jo White. "Hugh Montgomery of Rowan County: One Man with a Fast Horse," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Aug. 1992):1591-1606. Available at.
 * Muller - See Miller.
 * Mullikin - Mullican, N. Spencer. Mullikins and Mullicans of North Carolina: 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.
 * Nave - See Lawrence.
 * Ogle - Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. . [The Ogle family is discussed in Vol. 1.]
 * Osborn - See McNeely.
 * Palmer - See Bowlby.
 * Park - Park, Evelyn Potter and Warren R. Park. Allen Park, 1745-1805, of Rowan County, North Carolina and Madison County, Kentucky: Including Some of His Descendants and Allied Families. Chandler, Oklahoma: n.p., 1970. and  available at FHL.
 * Park - Park, Percival David. Moses Park (1738-1828) of Rowan and Mecklenburg Counties, North Carolina, Son of the Immigrant John Park of Virginia. Charlottesville, Virginia: P.D. Park, 1991. Available at.
 * Park - Park, Percival David. Possible Origins of Some Park Families in the Eastern Part of Old Rowan County, North Carolina: (Short Title: Park Origins). Charlottesville, Virginia: P.D. Park, 1994. Available at.
 * Parker - Hinson, William Ashley. Richard Parker I and His Descendants: A History of the Parkers of Rowan County and Stanly County, North Carolina. Kernersville, North Carolina: W.A. Hinson, 1995. Available at.
 * Pennington - Jones, Marvin T. Some Descendants of Ephraim Pennington of Rowan County, North Carolina: Including Those of Pennington's Point, McDonough County, Illinois. Wyndmere, North Dakota: M.T. Jones, 1994. Available at.
 * Phillips - Phillips, Randy H. Ezra Phillips, Son of John Phillips of Rowan County, North Carolina, and Family Records, 1757-1982. MSS., available at.
 * Pinkston - Belk, D. Stephen. The Family of Thomas Pinkston (1808-1885), Rowan County, North Carolina. Salisbury, North Carolina: n.p., 1976. Available at.
 * Pool - Poole, William Lee. Early North Carolina Pool Clan of Bladen, Anson, Rowan, and Davidson Counties: Eleven Generations of Edward Pool and His Descendants from the Early 1700's to the Present 1983. Macon, Georgia: W.L. Poole, 1983. Available at.
 * Pope - Sparks, Mildred Jenkins. Descendants of George Whitefield Pope, 1750-1989: Pastor of Abbotts Creek Baptist Church, Rowan (now Davidson Co.), North Carolina. MSS., available at.
 * Reed - Craig, Marion Stark. Joseph Reed (Died 1751) of Anson County, NC &amp; Wife, Elizabeth, Who Married James Deacon and Lived in Rowan County, NC: A Genealogical Dompilation. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1991. Available at.
 * Reed - Park, Percival D. "Reed Research Notes: John Reed, Jr., and Molly Drake Reed; Moses Reed, Revolutionary War Veteran; John Reed, III, and Mary McPheeters Reed," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):1459-1463. Available at.
 * Reid - Barlow, Lundie W. The Descent of Emmaline Jernigan Moore Barlow from Alexander Reid (ca. 1700-1777) of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Rowan County North Carolina. MSS., available at.
 * Rendleman - Linn, Jo White. "David Atwell Rendleman," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):994-998. Available at.
 * Richardson - Roberts, Lesbia Ward. "Matthias Richardson (1749-1828): Revolutionary War Soldier," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 2000):3383-3384. Available at.
 * Riddle - Sheek, Ann Carol Ellis. Descendants of Stephen and Elizabeth Douthit Riddle of Rowan County, North Carolina. Clemmons, North Carolina: A.E. Sheek, 1982. Available at.
 * Sain - "Rowan Records Sleuth: Sain, Trout," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):849. Available at.
 * Sappenfield - Faller, Elizabeth. "Rowan County Miniature: Mathias Sappenfield," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):613-617. Available at.
 * Saucemon - "Rowan Records Sleuth: Saucemon, Sights, Black," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2200. Available at.
 * Scott - Craig, Marion Stark. John Scott (Died 1760) of Rowan County, NC and Son, John Scott, of Rowan, Tryon &amp; Rutherford (Cain/Cane Creek) Counties, NC &amp; Livingston County, Ky. (Died 1811): A Genealogical Compilation. Little Rock, Arkansas: M.S. Craig, 1991. Available at.
 * Sechler - Sechler, Earl T. Sechler Family of Rowan County, North Carolina: With Pennsylvania Ancestors of Philadelphia Co., Pa. (now Montgomery Co.) and Northampton Co., Pa. (now Lehigh Co.), and Southern Missouri Descendants (Dallas Co., Polk Co., Taney Co., Christian Co., Stone Co., Green Co., Mo.) and Atlanta, Ga. San Francisco, California: E.T. Sechler, 1980. Available at.
 * Sechler - "Abraham Sechler," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1995):2254. Available at.
 * Sights - See Saucemon.
 * Sloop - Cook, John L. and Harald S. Reksten. "Conrad Sloop: An Exploration of Facts &amp; Tradition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1995):2225-2240. Available at.
 * Snoddy - See Snoddy.
 * Steelman - Linn, Jo White. "William Steelman of Rowan, Revolutionary War Soldier," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2001):3644. Available at.
 * Stephens - See March.
 * Stevens - See Bowlby.
 * Strub - Priest, Lyman W. The Strub Family: Three Generations of the Descendants of Johannes and Elisabeth (Löliger) Strub: Rowan, Surry, Stokes, Forsyth Counties, North Carolina, Bartholomew County, Indiana, Edwards County, Illinois, 1719-1884: Related Families Include: Alberty, Aldridge, Billeter ... Charlottesville, Virginia: L.W. Priest, 1991. Available at.
 * Tatum - Tatum, James Orval. The Ancestry [of] Haley Tatum (1752 or 1760-1819) of Rowan County, North Carolina and His Descendants 1599-1995. n.p.: J.O. Tatum, 1995. Available at.
 * Tompkins - See Green.
 * Todd - See also Bowlby.
 * Todd - "Todd from North Carolina to Kentucky," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):564. Available at . [Identifies three Todds in Madison County, Kentucky who drew Revolutionary War Pensions for service in North Carolina.]
 * Trosper - Linn, Jo White. "Nicholas Trosper," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2300. Available at . Variant surname spellings: Troorbough, Drorebach, Tresback, Doreback, Trevebaugh, Trorebaugh, Troseback.
 * Trout - "Rowan Records Sleuth: Sain, Trout," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):849. Available at.
 * Wainscott - Streett, Sue. Williams, Van Meter, Dubois &amp; Wainscott: Pioneer Families of Western Virginia and Kentucky; Associated Families: Darke, Deyo, French, Harness, Hendricks, Huffman, Osborn, Stringfellow. Falls Church, Va.: S. Streett, (1999?).
 * Wainscott - Street, Anitra R. The Wainscott (Winscott) Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. Falls Church, Va.: Stepping in the Light, 2001.
 * Was(s)on - "1791 Revolutionary War Memorial of Joseph Was(s)on: Formerly of Rowan County, Now in Iredell County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2757-2760. Available at.
 * White - Coleman, C.W. "Genealogy of the Smith Family of Essex County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Jul. 1897):41-52. Digital versions at JSTOR
 * White - Brayton, John Anderson. The Descendants of Moses White of Rowan Co., NC: Including the Families of Peden, Templeton, Wilson, Fowler, Pearson, Trim and Morrow. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: J.A. Brayton, 1992. Available at.
 * White - White, William B., Nancy L. Crockett, and Florence Adams Sims. Representative Descendants of the Scotch-Irish Brothers Moses and Hugh White c1700-2000. 2000. Reviewed in Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3528. Review available at.
 * Wilson - White-Cole, Darlene and Jo White Linn. "Rowan County Miniature: John Wilson of Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1986):189-192. Available at.
 * Wilson - Coal, Darlene White. Wilsons of Abbott's Creek, Lexington, NC and Wilsons of Pott's Creek, Rowan County, NC: Wilson Family Notes, Giles County, Tennessee. Orangeville, California: D.W. Cole, 1988. Available at.
 * Work - See McGibboney.
 * Wotever - "Bride's Maiden Name Not Known?" Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2846. Available at . Perhaps Woolever.
 * Wright - White, Lillie Elizabeth Wright Lane. Genealogy of the Wright Family: Descendants of Richard Wright, Sr., Whose Will was Probated in Rowan County, North Carolina, on February 8, 1785: In Brief, Some Genealogy of the Morgan, Sears, Kutch, Hazel and Sanders Families. Bloomington, Indiana: L.E.W.L. White, 1943. Available at.
 * Zien - See Sain.

Land and Property Records

 * Enochs, Richard A. "McCulloh: Events &amp; Evidences," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1994):2109-2128. Available at.

Bounty Land Warrants


 * Linn, Jo White. "Bounty Land Warrants Recorded in Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1834-1835. Available at.

Confiscated Property


 * Bennett, William D. "List of Rents of Confiscated Property in Rowan, 1783," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):617. Available at.
 * Bennett, William D. and Jo White Linn. "North Carolina Confiscated Property, 1777-1786," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):618-619. Available at.
 * "List of Men Whose Property was Threatened with Confiscation," [1782] Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):620. Available at.

Deeds


 * Kluttz, James W. "Rent-a-Wife," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov. 2001):3727. Available at . [Discusses Walton and Pinkston surnames.]
 * Kluttz, James W. Rowan County, North Carolina, Genealogical Abstracts of Deeds: Deed Books 15-19, 1797-1807. Reviewed in Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2869-2870. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Deeds," [Deed Book 11] Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):29, 30-36; Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):92-97; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):149-151, 155-160; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):403-412; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):621-632; Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):850-860; Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1099-1111; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1337-1346; Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1994):2057-2068; Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2317-2329; Vol. 11, No. 2 (May 1996):2502-2518. Available at.

Deeds of Bedford County, Tennessee


 * Pease, Janet. "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Nov. 1994):2128. Available at . [Deeds recorded in Bedford County, Tennessee mentioning Bell, Brandon, Karr, Trotter Rowan County surnames.

Deeds of Fairfield County, South Carolina


 * "Rowan Records From Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1988):515. Available at . [Deed from Fairfield County, South Carolina mentioning land in Rowan County, North Carolina, surnames: Beller, Davy, Elliott.]

Deeds of Giles County, Tennessee


 * "Alexander Dobbins," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2001):3668. Available at . [1802 deed.]

Deeds of South Carolina


 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Some Rowan County References in South Carolina Deeds," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2297-2298. Available at.

Deeds of Union County, South Carolina


 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Some Rowan County References in Union County, SC, Deeds," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Nov. 1998):3101. Available at.

Directories of Land Owners


 * Kluttz, James W. The Early Landowners of Rowan County, North Carolina. 6 vols. Landis, North Carolina: J.W. Kluttz, 1995. Available at.

Grants


 * Linn, Jo White. "Unclaimed State Land Grants in Rowan," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 1994):2026. Available at.

Land Entries


 * Enochs, Richard A. "Rowan County Vacant Land Entries 1790-1795," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (May 1989):805-814; Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1043-1052; Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1287-1292. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Land Entries 1752/53," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):141-148; Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):345-348. Available at.

Squatters


 * Bennett, William Doub. "Squatters' Rights (Adverse Possession of Real Property)," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1329-1335. Available at.

Local Histories

 * Bennett, William D. "Highways &amp; Byways: The Road from Salisbury to Salem &amp; to Lexington," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Nov. 1998):3081-3093. Available at.
 * Julian, Wilbur C. "Rowan County and the Yadkin River," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3145-3150. Available at.
 * "Rowan County History," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):3. Available at.
 * "Rowan County History," [c1785 description of Rowan County and Salisbury by an Italian tourist] Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):294-295. Available at.
 * Shook, Pauline Moser and John C. Roberts. Capt. Daniel Little, Esq., and His Contemporaries: John Dunn, John Lewis Beard, Conrod Michael, Michael Brown, William Temple Coles, and Most of the Population of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1792: Documented. Sandpoint, Idaho: P.M. Shook, 1994. Available at.

Maps and Gazetteers



 * Axelson, Edith F. "Post Office Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1122-1127. Available at . [Includes map of Rowan County showing locations of old post offices.]
 * Brawley, James S. Bicentennial Commemorative Map of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1953. Salisbury, North Carolina: J. Brawley, 1953. Available at.
 * "Downtown Salisbury, North Carolina Map," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1987):11. Available at . [Identifies old buildings, cemeteries, churches, etc.]
 * Ferguson, H.W. "Rowan County North Carolina 1780," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2440-2441. Available at . ["Compiled from USGS 1:100,000 maps Boone, Hickroy, Salisbury, &amp; Winston Salem quandrangles. Stream names are those used by Richard A. Enochs in his book Rowan County, NC, Vacant Land Entries, 1778-1789 published in 1988."]
 * Linn, Jo White. "Sanborn City Maps," [Salisbury, 1880s-1930s] Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. 1990):1161-1163. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Sauthier and Kizziah Maps of Salisbury," [1770 and mid 1750s] Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1989):815-817. Available at.
 * "Map of Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):90-91. Available at . [Identifies rivers and creeks.]
 * "Map Showing Waterways and Boundaries of Old Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):30-31. Available at.
 * "Map Showing Proposed Bridges Across the Yadkin River to Salem and to Raleigh," [1814-1815]Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1991):1236-1237. Available at.
 * Norris, Carol. "Names Appearing on Sharpe's 1773 Map of Fourth Creek," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2201-2202. Available at.
 * Rendleman, David Atwell. "Rowan County Land Ownership Map Section #1," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):996-997. Available at.
 * Rendleman, David Atwell. "Rowan County Land Ownership Map Section #2," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1055. Available at.
 * Rendleman, David Atwell. "Rowan County Land Ownership Map Section #3," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1115. Available at.
 * "Salisbury Historic District: Showing 30 Nineteenth Century Structures," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):400-401. Available at.
 * "Transcript of a Map of Fourth Creek Congregation by William Sharpe, Esq. 1773," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):340-341. Available at . [Identifies names and places of residence of many people.]
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Migration

 * Dexter, Darrel. "St. Johns Lutheran Church Cemetery, Union County, Illinois," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1989):793-804. Available at . Many German pioneers from Rowan County, North Carolina migrated to this area.
 * Duke, Howard. "A List of Persons Migrating from North Carolina to Wayne County, Indiana, 1800-1861," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):40-46; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):85-88; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):131-132. Available at.
 * "From Pennsylvania to Wachovia," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):1470. Available at.
 * Gehrke, William H. "The Beginnings of the Pennsylvania-German Element in Rowan and Cabarrus Counties, North Carolina," The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 58, No. 4 (1934), pp. 342-369. Available at ; digital version available at JSTOR ($).
 * Krimminger, Betty L. "The Joseph Cress Letter: Migration from Cabarrus County, NC, to Montgomery Co., IL," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1689-1693. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White and James Alfred Locke Miller. "Implied Migrations: from Augusta County, Virginia, to Rowan County, North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):762-765. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Migration from Halifax County, NC, to Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1115; Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1814. Available at . Discusses Coltrane family.
 * Palmer, Stan. "Rowan County Natives Buried in the Old Wetaug Cemetery," [Wetaug, Illinois] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1988):39-40. Available at.
 * Condon, Sindey S. and Darrell Dexter. "Pioneer Sketches of Union County, Illinois," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):88; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):130. Available at . Surnames of migrants: McLain, Rendleman.
 * "Soaking the Yule Log," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2698. Available at . Migration data on the Cathey and Locke families.
 * Stroupe, Ethel. "Jersey Settlement Origins: 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.

Transportation


 * Bennett, William D. "Highways &amp; Byways: The Road from Salisbury to Salem &amp; to Lexington," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Nov. 1998):3081-3093. About overland transportation through Rowan County. Available at.
 * Julian, Wilbur C. "Rowan County and the Yadkin River," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3145-3150. About river transportation through Rowan County. Available at.

Military Records
French and Indian War 


 * Linn, Jo White. "1759 Rowan County Militia List," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):273-274. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "1759 Rowan County Militia Lists," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1992):1643-1644. Available at.
 * Watt, W.N. "1760 Rowan County Militia Lists," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):275. Available at.

Militia 


 * "Surry County Militia Officers 28 June 1774," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1359-1360. Available at.

Revolutionary War 


 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * "1779 Pay Roll to Goal Guards in Salisbury 20 Sept. - 5 Nov; Capt. George Laumann," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Nov. 1999):3326-3328. Available at.
 * "Address from Rowan Militia Officers for Consideration," [1778] Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2299-2300. Available at.
 * Bennett, William D. "List of Rents of Confiscated Property in Rowan, 1783," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):617. Available at.
 * Bennett, William D. and Jo White Linn. "North Carolina Confiscated Property, 1777-1786," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):618-619. Available at
 * Brawley, James S. "The Rowan Resolves," 1774 Committee of Safety, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina; identifies some of the signers. Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):580-581. Available at.
 * Hunter, Cyrus Lee. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical: Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties, Accompanied with Miscellaneous Information, Much of it Never Before Published. Raleigh, North Carolina: Raleigh News Steam Job Print., 1877. Available at ; 1970 reprint is also available at.
 * Isaac, Stan. "Matthew Sparks's Pension Application," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3591-3593. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Genealogical Gleanings From Revolutionary War Pension Applications," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1725-1730. Available at.
 * "List of Men Whose Property was Threatened with Confiscation," [1782] Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):620. Available at.
 * Nolan, John B. "The Revolutionary Era in Rowan County, North Carolina: From Colony to Statehood," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2837-2846. Available at.
 * "Patriots Oath of Allegiance," Salisbury Evening Post, 1 December 1976. Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):55. Available at.
 * Pease, Janet. "Michael Leonard's Pension Application," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3587-3590. Available at.
 * "Revolutionary War Petition of Daniel Campbell," 1799, recorded in General Assembly Sessions Records, North Carolina, Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Nov. 2000):3533-3534. Available at.
 * "Revolutionary War Records," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):148-149. Available at . Merrell and Merrill pensioners.
 * "Revolutionary War Sketches," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):25. Available at.
 * "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):653. Available at . Revolutionary War Pensions of soldiers surnamed Young and Ellis who had relocated to other parts of the nation.

War of 1812 


 * "Muster Rolls of Soldiers of the War of 1812," ["Third Company, detached from the third Rowan Regiment"] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):111. Available at.
 * "North Carolina Society, United States Daughters of 1812 Celebrates 75th Year," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Summer 1987):12-13. Available at.
 * "Some Rowan County War of 1812 Depositions," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3238-3240. Available at.
 * Rowan County Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War records, 1781-1919 (Salt Lake City, Utah:Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2004)FHL Film 2180019 Item 4

War with Mexico 


 * Bennett, William Doub. "Rowan County in the Mexican War or the Aborted Company A," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1825-1833. Available at.

Civil War 


 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1885-1953  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Artillery 10th Regiment Volunteers-1st Artillery, Company D
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Detailed Men, Company H
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Detailed Men, Company I
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company B
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company B
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company K
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company B
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company K
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company E
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company G
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 8th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company K
 * - 10th Battalion, North Carolina Heavy Artillery, Company C


 * "Applications for Pensions for Rowan County Civil War Veterans Who Were Wounded or Pensions for the Wives of Veterans Killed in Service," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):9-12; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):150-152. Available at.
 * "Civil War Collection - State Archives," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):126; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):47-49; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):103. Available at.
 * "Claims for Bounty &amp; Pay 1861-1865," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):103. Available at . Heirs of individuals who died in Civil War military service.
 * Cook, G.W. "The North Carolina Militia of Northwest North Carolina 1861-1865: The Rowan County Organization," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):335-339. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "The Confederate Prison at Salisbury," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Nov. 1999):3310-3311. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Save Your Confederate Bonds, the South's Going to Rise Again!" Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Nov. 1999):3312-3313.
 * "The Road to Richmond: Memoirs of Major Abner R. Small," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3180. Available at . Includes a Civil War description of the Confederate Prison in Salisbury.
 * Smith, John H. "Rowan County Civil War Veterans, Report of Maimed Soldiers, 1867," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 2 (May 1996):2498-2499. Available at.

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Ball, Sandra. "Rowan County Naturalizations, August Court of Pleas &amp; Quarter Sessions," (1845) Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1887. Available at.
 * Beck, Pat. "Immigration Records, Rowan County, North Carolina," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):13-16. Available at . Declarations of Intention, 1909-1914.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Naturalizations, 1753-1776," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):50-52. Abstracts from Salisbury District Superior Court Minutes, 1756-1770. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Some Naturalizations in Rowan County 1792-1862," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2435-2438. Available at.
 * Rosenthal, Patricia N. "Rowan County Naturalizations 1824-1826," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1710-1712. Available at.

Newspapers

 * North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, North Carolina State Archives. Search full text historical newspapers published in Salisbury.
 * "Carolina Watchman Excerpts," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):52. Available at . Holshouser, d. 1873; Murphy, d. 1874.
 * "Death of an Old Citizen," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):. Available at.
 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Death of Francis Locke, Esq., 1823," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3590. Available at.
 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Some Rowan County References from the Southern Christian Herald," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):681; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):768. Available at.
 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1880. Available at . Click, d. 1832; Oakes, d. 1831.
 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):1975. Available at . Kerr, d. 1829.
 * Holcomb, Brent H. "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1995):2253. Available at . Sleighter, d. 1834.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Items from Salisbury Newspapers 1832, 1833," Special Collections, Cooper Library, Clemson University. Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Aug. 1996):2533-2543. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "The North-Carolina Mercury and Salisbury Advertizer," [1799-1801] Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (May 1988):641-646; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):757-761; Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1053-1055. Available at.
 * Reynolds, Juanita. "Excerpts from The North Carolina Mercury, published in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina by Coupee," (1799-1800) Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1988):37-38. Available at.
 * "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):574. Available at . 1793 death notice, surnames: May, Eigener.
 * "Rowan Records from Afar," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Nov. 1989):912. Available at . 1799 marriage notice, surnames: Abrams, Hand, Mumford, Rundel.
 * "Untying the Knot," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3038. Available at . Sheek divorce, 1860, taken from Salisbury Banner, Newspaper, 14 August 1860.

Other Records
County Records
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. (incomplete)

Voter Registration
 * 1868-1898 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Historic Residences


 * "Bed and Breakfast," [Stewart-Marsh House] Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):891. Available at.
 * "Bed and Breakfast," [Rowan Oak House] Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):891. Available at.
 * "Bed and Breakfast," [Louis H. Clement House] Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):891. Available at.
 * "Burning of John Houser's House in 1819," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2914. Available at.
 * Hood, Davyd Foard. The Architecture of Rowan County. 1983.

Officials


 * "Delegates to the North Carolina Constitutional Conventions--1788, 1789," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Summer 1987):14-16. Available at . [Includes delegates from this county.]

Petitions


 * 1760 - "1760 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):682. Available at . Includes names and signatures of about a dozen local residents.
 * 1760 - "1760 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):683. Available at . Identifies Justices of the Peace in Rowan County and whether or not they currently qualify.
 * 1768 - "Legislative Petition," [1768, from residents of Rowan and Orange counties] Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. 1990):1150. Available at.
 * 1771 - "1771 Rowan County Petitions," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2695-2698. Available at.
 * 1773 - Linn, Jo White. "The Petition of His Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, Inhabitants of Rowan County to His Excellency Josiah Martin Esquire Governor and Commander in Chief over the Province of North Carolina 1773," [Presbyterian Petition] Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2203-2205. Available at.
 * 1778 - "Address from Rowan Militia Officers for Consideration," [1778] Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2299-2300. Available at.
 * 1778 - "Salisbury District Court Petition, c1778," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3620-3621. Available at.
 * 1779 - "1779 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2754. Available at.
 * 1781 - "1781 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Feb. 1999):3244-3245. Available at.
 * 1782 - Beck, John V. "1782 Legislative Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1988):516-521. Available at . Includes names and signatures of many local residents.
 * 1782 - Green, Virginia S. "1782 Legislative Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):397. Available at . Petition from an injured Revolutionary War patriot, identifies several local residents; includes signatures.
 * 1782 - Green, Virginia S. "1782 Legislative Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):398-399. Available at . Petition from local resident requesting citizenship, identifies several local residents; includes signatures.
 * 1782 - "1782 Remonstrance &amp; Petition from Inhabitants of Salisbury District," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2657-2666; Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2735-2742. Available at.
 * 1783 - Abell, Mrs. John W. "1783 Legislative Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):282-283. Available at.
 * 1783 - Anderson, Margaret B. "John Swink's Petition [1783]," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):413-415. Available at.
 * 1785 - "Rowan County Road Petition November 1785," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov. 2001):3744-3745. Available at.
 * 1788 - Linn, Jo White. "Guilford County, NC, 1788 Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1274. Available at . This area was formed from what had previously been Rowan County.
 * 1788 - "1788 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3219-3221. Available at.
 * 1788 - "1788 Petition of Inhabitants of French Broad River," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3484-3490. Available at.
 * 1789 - "1789 Salisbury District Petition: Confiscated Property," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug. 2001):3670-3672. Available at.
 * 1792 - "1792 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2907-2913. Available at.
 * 1795 - Sullivan, Mrs. John Thomas. "Rowan County 1795 Militia Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):276-281. Available at . Contains signatures of many Rowan County residents.
 * 1796 - "1796 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3188-3196. Available at.
 * 1796 - "1796 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2001):3658-3666. Available at.
 * 1798 - "1798 Petition of Robert Dial and Vachiel Ijames for Joseph Cunningham's Land," "Rowan County and the Yadkin River," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Feb. 1999):3151-3152. Available at.
 * 1798 - "1798 Petition of William Moore," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2990-2993. Available at . More than 100 people signed this petition.
 * 1799 - Linn, Jo White. "Petition of Peter Brown," [1799] Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2971-2972. Available at.
 * 1799 - "1799 Montgomery County, NC, Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3241-3243. Available at.
 * 1799 - "1799 Rowan County Petition," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug. 2001):3702-3711. Available at.
 * 1814-1815 - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Bridge Petitions, 1814, 1815," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1991):1235-1243. Available at.
 * 1817 - Linn, Jo White. "A Poor Widow's Plea," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1122-1127. Available at . Petition from Livengood widow dated 1817.
 * 1833 - Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Bridge Petition of 1833," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):37-40; Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1986):198. Available at.
 * 1852 - "1852 Rowan County Petition for a Sufficient Road from Salisbury to the Mouth of Wilson on the New River," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 2000):3451-3454. Available at.

Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc. 


 * Linn, Jo White. "Loose Records of Wardens of the Poor in Rowan County 1771-1871," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3020-3025; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Aug. 1999):3265-3279. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Apprentice Bonds 1777-1850," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2811-2818; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3169-3179; Vol. 14, No. 4 (Nov. 1999):3316-3325. Available at.

Post Office


 * Axelson, Edith F. "Post Office Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1122-1127. Available at . [Includes map of Rowan County showing locations of old post offices.]

Private Papers


 * "Funerals and Burials from Rev. Samuel Rothrock's Diary," (Lutheran, 1834-1883). Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):96-99; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):14-17; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Mar. 1989):70-72; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):99-102; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):137-141. Available at.
 * Krimminger, Betty L. "Civil War Letters," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1285-1286; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1336; Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 1992):1527-1528. Available at.
 * Krimminger, Betty L. "The Joseph Cress Letter: Migration from Cabarrus County, NC, to Montgomery Co., IL," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1689-1693. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "1775-1776 Marriages from the Diary of Johann Gottfried Arends," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):675-678. Available at.
 * Saunders, Fredric Z. "Letters 1820-1839 in the Jacob Sheek and Jonathan Smith Papers, Manuscript Department, Perkins Library, Duke University," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):647-653. Available at.
 * Anderson - Anderson, Thomas E. "Anderson Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Feb. 1995):2187-2188. Available at.
 * Beeman - Bauer, Phyllis J. "John Beeman Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):284-286. Available at.
 * Bless - "Henry Pless's Book, Bought the 5th of June 1847, Caust -- 25 cts.," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Nov. 1989):913-915. Available at.
 * Braly - "Family of John Braly," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):8. Available at . What appears to be a family Bible, recorded in a deed book.
 * Brock - Linn, Jo White. "The McCubbins Collection: Brock Bible Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):124-125. Available at.
 * Brunt - Linn, Jo White. "The McCubbins Collection: Brunt Bible Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):125-126. Available at.
 * Burton - "Readers Write," Burton Family Bible found in Revolutionary War Rejected Pension Application of Absolom Burton. Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1134-1135. Available at.
 * Caldwell - "Caldwell Family Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2694. Available at.
 * Carswell - Linn, Jo White. "Carswell-Duckworth Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 1993):1758. Available at.
 * Caton - "Bible of George Dent Caton and Nancy (Hurley) Caton of Rowan County," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2987-2989. Available at.
 * Cauble - Cornelius, Wayne. "Old Cauble and Swicegood Family Bibles," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):290-293. Available at.
 * Chaffin - "Chaffin Bible Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3026-3028. Available at.
 * Chambers - Linn, Jo White. "Maxwell Chambers Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2667-2668. Available at.
 * Coon - "Coon Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3491. Available at.
 * Correll - Linn, Jo White. "Journal of David Correll," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):971-980; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):1464-1470. Available at.
 * Dickey - "Ebenezar Dickey" [Family Bible record found in his Revolutionary War Pension], Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1055. Available at.
 * Dobbin - "The McCubbins Collection: Dobbin Family Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1306-1307. Available at.
 * Duckworth - See Carswell.
 * Eddleman - "Eddleman-File Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 2000):3449-3450. Available at.
 * Falls - Trussell, Lillian S. "Gilbreath Falls Family Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2961-2969. Available at.
 * Fesperman - George, Harriet Duke. "Fesperman Family Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Nov. 1993):1888-1889. Available at.
 * File - See Eddleman.
 * Graham - "William Graham Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1721-1724. Available at.
 * Hall - Nelson, Martha Redwine. "Hall Family Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1293-1294. Available at.
 * Hurley - See Caton.
 * Inness - "Inness Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Aug. 1989):873-875. Available at.
 * Johnston - "Johnston Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1119-1121. Available at.
 * Kerr - Kerr, A. Hub. "Alexander Kerr Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1995):2241-2242. Available at.
 * Lewis - "Lewis Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2291-2295. Available at.
 * McConnell - "McConnell Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Nov. 1998):3099-3100. Available at.
 * McKnight - "McKnight Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3050. Available at.
 * Macay - Smith, John Howard. "Macay Family Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2928. Available at.
 * Miller Mayfarth, Eleanor J. "Miller Family Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Aug. 1992):1607. Available at
 * Petry - Holcomb, Brent H. "Petry Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3236-3237. Available at.
 * Pitt - Padach, Gloria Smith. "The Pitt/Smith Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Aug. 1994):2049-2056. Available at.
 * Redwine - See Hall.
 * Rothrock - Rothrock, Samuel. Diaries of Rev. Samuel Rothrock of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1834-1863. MSS., Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, North Carolina, available at . Includes confirmations, baptisms, and burials, 1850-1858, for Organ Lutheran Church, St. Stephen's Lutheran Church, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, and St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church.
 * Sheek - "Sheek Family Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2970. Available at.
 * Smith - See also Pitt.
 * Smith - "The McCubbins Collection: Smith Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2296. Available at.
 * Smith - Bailey, Sally Bixby Smith. "Smith Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Aug. 1996):2569-2574. Available at.
 * Snider - "Mathias Snider Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2847-2848. Available at.
 * Swicegood - See Cauble.
 * Taylor - Linn, Jo White. "The McCubbins Collection: Taylor Family Bible," Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1989):769-771. Available at.
 * Wellman - "Wellman Family Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2733. Available at.
 * Whitaker - Vochko, Ethel Stroupe. "William Whitaker Bible Record," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):287-289. Available at.

Voting Records 


 * Koontz, Lu J. "1865 Election/Voter List for Rowan," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 1992):1517-1518. Available at.
 * Smith, John H. "1815 Election at Thompson's Mill," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2789-2794. Available at.

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1720-1960 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1735-1970  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1757-1959 Rowan County North Carolina list of will book testators SAMPUBCO. Browsable index of testators of wills.
 * 1762-1803 Images of Wills and Estates, Book A, 1762-80; Book B, 1781-1791; Book C, 1792-1803; Book D, 1797-1801; Book F, 1802-1804. North Carolina Pioneers $

Wills


 * 1743-1959 at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * Pre-1790 Pre-1790 Rowan County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online
 * Bennett, William D. "Testators &amp; Intestates of Rowan County 1778," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1992):1643-1644. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Annotated Unrecorded Wills of Rowan County 1805-1868," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 2 (May 1996):2473-2497. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Original Will of Joseph Toops of Rowan," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3185-3187. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Wills," [Will Book G] Rowan County, Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):5-15; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):127-131; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):253-256; Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):555-564; Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1990):1031-1042; Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1836-1847; Vol. 10, No. 2 (May 1995):2255-2268; Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2669-2682; Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2797-2810; Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2915-2926; Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3055-3066; Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3153-3168; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 2000):3399-3413; Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 2000):3455-3470; Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3492-3509; Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2001):3626-3643; Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug. 2001):3673-3690; Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov. 2001):3728-3743. Available at . [These abstracts contain additions and corrections to Linn's previously published abstracts of Rowan probate records, which appear in book form.]
 * "The Last Will and Testament of John (IH) Hunter of Littell Britain, Lancaster County, PA Proved 19 Jan. 1757 Rowan County, NC," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Nov. 1999):3314-3315. Available at.
 * "Will of John Pool," [1832] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):7-8. Available at.

Administrations


 * Bennett, William D. "Testators &amp; Intestates of Rowan County 1778," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1992):1643-1644. Available at.

Estate Divisions


 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Divisions of Estates, Book A: 1807-1842," [and Book B: 1845-1848] Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):22-28; Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):83-89; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):264-272; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1988):496-504; Vol. 4, No. 1 (Feb. 1986):736-746; Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. 1990):1151-1160; Vol. 6, No. 2 (May 1991):1295-1305; Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1991):1361-1371; Vol. 7, No. 2 (May 1992):1534-1545; Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 1993):1759-1770; Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3205-3218; Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 2000):3370-3382; Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3608-3619. Available at.

Guardian Bonds


 * "Guardian Bonds," 1780s-1860s, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 2 (June 1988):42-44. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Guardian Bonds 1764-1789," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):63-71. Available at.

Inventories


 * Rosenthal, Patricia N. and Jo White Linn. "Rowan County Inventories and Sales 1785-1787," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Aug. 1990):1115. Available at.

Loose Estate Papers


 * Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Loose Estate Papers," [1753-1850] Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):98-105; Vol. 1, No. 3 (Aug. 1986):161-167; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):257-263; Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):582-592; Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):999-1009; Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1991):1223-1234; Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):1471-1482; Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1697-1709; Vol. 10, No. 4 (Nov. 1995):2352-2364; Vol. 11, No. 3 (Aug. 1996):2553-2564; Vol. 12, No. 2 (May 1997):2743-2753; Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1998):2973-2986; Vol. 14, No. 3 (Aug. 1999):3283-3298; Vol. 15, No. 2 (May 2000):3434-3448; Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3511-3525; Vol. 16, No. 2 (May 2001):3645-3656. Available at.
 * Spencer, Betty Dan Gilliam. "Rowan County Loose Estate Papers: Brown," Rowan County Register, Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 1994):1989-2018. Available at.

School Records

 * "The Common Schools of Rowan County," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):79-84; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):128-130. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Some Rowan County Private Schools, 1790-1900," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Aug. 1995):2301-2308. Available at.
 * "Teachers for Schools, 1812," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 2 (May 1999):3218. Available at.

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1747 "Earl Granville's Quit Rents in the Rowan Area," [1747; instructions, no personal names] Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1988):578-579. Available at.
 * 1754-1767 Linn, Jo White. "Number of Rowan County Taxables 1754-1767," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Feb. 1993):1689-1693. Available at . Details interesting statistics, but lists few personal names.
 * 1758 "1758 Rowan County Tax List," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Nov. 2000):3531-3532. Available at.
 * 1758 Tax Lists, Rowan County, 1758 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1759 Tax Lists, Rowan County, 1759 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1761 Tax Lists, Rowan County, 1761 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1761 Tax Lists for 1761-1845 (transcripts) online at FamilySearch
 * 1761 Linn, Jo White and Michael Brown. "1761 Rowan County Tax Lists," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1992):1629-1630; Vol. 9, No. 2 (May 1994):2023-2025. Available at
 * 1769-1770 Linn, Jo White. "Undated [1769-1770] Rowan County Tax List Fragment," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2939-2946. Available at.
 * 1772 Enochs, Richard A. "A List of Taxables Returned by Wm. Sharp, 1772," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):342-344. Available at.
 * 1772 Abell, Mrs. John W. "1772 Rowan County Tax List (Partial - Davidson County Area) Taken by James Smith," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Aug. 1987):394-396. Available at.
 * 1772 "1772 Guilford County Tax List," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 2 (May 1996):2500-2501. Available at.
 * 1778 Tax Lists, 1778 (transcript) online at FamilySearch
 * 1782 "Capt. Cowan's Company Assessment to Feby 1782," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 2 (May 1996):2544-2546. Available at.
 * 1783 Bennett, William D. "List of Rents of Confiscated Property in Rowan, 1783," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Aug. 1988):617. Available at.
 * 1783-1892 Tax Records, Rowan County, 1783-1892 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1783-1849 Tax Records, Rowan County, 1783-1849 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1784 Tax Lists, 1784 (transcript, see p. 30) online at FamilySearch
 * 1784 Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County 1784 Tax List," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb. 1987):531-534. Available at.
 * 1787 Philbeck, Miles S. "A 1787 Rowan County Tax List," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):679-681. Available at.
 * 1790 Smith, John H. "Rowan County Tax List -- Insolvents for 1790," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2688. Available at.
 * 1790 "Some 1790 Rowan County Insolvents," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3510. Available at.
 * c1794 Hollabaugh, Mary Louise, Debra A. Blake, and Jo White Linn. "Mystery (c1794) Rowan County Tax List," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Nov. 1996):2593-2596. Available at.
 * 1796 Linn, Jo White. "Capt. Andrew Bostian's Company for the Year 1796," [Land Tax, Southern Rowan County on Cold Water Creek] Rowan County Register, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Nov. 1989):917-918. Available at.
 * 1802-1804 Tax Lists, 1802-1804 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1807 Tax Lists, 1807 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1814 Taxables, 1814 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1815 Tax Lists, Rowan County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1815 Linn, Jo White. 1815 Rowan County, North Carolina, Tax List (Salisbury, North Carolina: J.W. Linn, 1987) FHL Book 975.671 R49L
 * 1819 Linn, Jo White. "Missing 1819 Tax List of Capt. Swink's Company," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):1450-1452. Available at.
 * 1822 Linn, Jo White. "Assessment of the Town of Salisbury for the Year 1822," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Aug. 1993):1848-1851. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Tax List for Salisbury," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3033-3038. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Town Company Rowan County Tax List Taken by Capt. Giles," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Aug. 1998):3029-3032. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Hertsell Taken by Richard ?," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Aug. 1996):2565-2568. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Willis's Company," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 2000):3395-3398. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Snider," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Aug. 2000):3480-3483. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Cavendar Taken by Joseph Hanes," Rowan County Register, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Nov. 2000):3543-3546. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Jeter's Company," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 1 (Feb. 2001):3622-3624. Available at.
 * 1823 "1823 Rowan County Tax List of Capt. Lentz's Company," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Nov. 2001):3746-3747. Available at.
 * 1826 "1826 Tax List of Capt. Cornell's Company," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Feb. 1997):2683-2687. Available at.
 * 1830 Smith, John Howard. "Rowan County 1830s Tax Lists: Sheek &amp; Smith Papers - Duke University," Rowan County Register, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Nov. 1995):2345-2351. Available at.
 * Bennett, William D. "Taxation in Colonial North Carolina," Rowan County Register, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 1991):1389-1403. Available at.
 * Bennett, William Doub. "North Carolina Taxation During the Revolution," Rowan County Register, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Feb. 1992):1453-1458. Available at.

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1913-1922  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Pre-1914 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.
 * "An 1837 Foundling," Rowan County Register, Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 1993): 1778. Available at.

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1762-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1763-1868  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1753-1800 "Abstract 1700s Marriage Bonds - Registrar's Office Rowan County," [1753-1800] Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4 (Fall and Winter 1987):5-6; Vol. 2, No. 2 (Jun. 1988):32; Vol. 2, No. 3 (Sep. 1988):70; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):127; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar. 1989):3-6; Vol. 3, No. 2 (Mar. 1989):56-61; Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1989):95-98; Vol. 3, No. 4 (Dec. 1989):133-136. Available at.
 * 1759-1962 Rowan County Marriage Index 1759-1962 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * "Cowan Marriage Record from Tennessee Co., TN," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Feb. 1999):3187. Available at.
 * 1775-1776 Linn, Jo White. "1775-1776 Marriages from the Diary of Johann Gottfried Arends," Rowan County Register, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Nov. 1988):675-678. Available at.
 * 1780s-1850s "Found! Additional Rowan County Marriage Licenses," [1780s-1850s] 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.
 * 1851-1868 Linn, Jo White. "Rowan County Marriage Registers, 1851-1868," Rowan County Register, Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1987):325-334; Vol. 3, No. 3 (May 1988):633-640; Vol. 9, No. 1 (Feb. 1994):1970-1975. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Willful Destruction of 475 Rowan County Marriages Licenses," Rowan County Register, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Feb. 1996):2242. Available at.

Death

 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Woodapple "Coroner's Inquest: David Woodapple, 1789," Rowan County Register, Vol. 16, No. 3 (Aug. 2001):3701. Available at.
 * Eller "Coroner's Inquest: John Eller, 22 July 1827," Rowan County Register, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Feb. 1998):2927-2928. Available at.
 * Ayres "Coroner's Inquest: Rachel Ayres, 5 July 1785," Rowan County Register, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Aug. 1999):3256. Available at.
 * Kern "Coroner's Inquest: Richard Kern, 10 Nov. 1829," Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2858. Available at.
 * "Deaths on Original Register of Rebel Prison Hospital at Salisbury, NC. Kept by Rebel Authorities 1864," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):102. Available at.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Salisbury, North Carolina, Death Register September 1909-10 October 1911," Rowan County Register, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1990):988-993; Vol. 8, No. 2 (May 1993):1779-1785; Vol. 12, No. 4 (Nov. 1997):2859-2868. Available at.

Divorce

 * 1803-1899 "Petitions for Divorce, Seperation, Alimony, Etc. in Rowan County 1803-1899," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Dec. 1988):104-106. Available at.
 * 1926-1975  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Kannapolis North Carolina Family History Center

Libraries

 * Rowan Public Library 201 West Fisher Street Salisbury NC, 28144 Phone: 704-216-8228 Website
 * Isothermal Community College Library PO Box 804 Springdale, NC 28160 Phone: 828-395-1307 Website This library has 6 volumes of the missing court records of Rowan County that have been microfilmed. The Salisbury District, Superior Court minutes/records are on the Stanley-Yancey page. Salisbury Microfilms, unit 4, drawer 3, section D: 1756-1770 and 1782-1801 (3 volumes); 1797-1799 and 180-1809 (3 volumes)

Societies

 * Genealogical Society of Rowan County PO Box 4305 Salisbury, NC 28145-430 Website

Websites

 * Piedmont Trails - A personal source of materials dedicated to the history and genealogy of North Carolina and beyond. Documents of Rowan County, NC early settlers, maps and ancestor lineage.

Research Guides

 * Linn, Jo White. "The McCubbins Collection: 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.
 * Linn, Jo White. "Tips for Genealogists Working in North Carolina Records," Rowan County Register, Vol. 1, No. 2 (May 1986):77-82. Available at.
 * Terrell, Kay. "Edith M. Clark History Room, Rowan Public Library," Journal of the Genealogical Society of Rowan County, North Carolina, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring 1987):9-11. Available at.