Rockingham County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Guilford County

Parent County
1785--Rockingham was from Guilford County. County seat: Wentworth

Record Loss
Some of the court records are missing.

Neighboring Counties

 * Alamance
 * Caswell
 * Forsyth
 * Guilford
 * Henry County, Virginia
 * Pittsylvania County, Virginia
 * Stokes

Research Guides

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

Societies and Libraries

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

Web Sites

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