Davie County, North Carolina

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Davie County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1836
County Seat	Mocksville
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County Courthouse

Davie County Courthouse
123 S Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
Phone: 336-751-2513

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial and land records
Clerk Superio Court has divorce and court records from 1834
probate records from 1837^[1]

History

Davie was formed in 1836 from Rowan. It was named in honor of William Richardson Davie, a distinguished Revolutionary soldier, a member of the Federal Convention of 1787, governor of North Carolina, special envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France, and one of the founders of the University of North Carolina. It is in the central section of the State and is bounded by Davidson, Rowan, Iredell, Yadkin, and Forsyth counties. The present area is 264 square miles .... In 1837 the court was ordered to be held at Mocksville. Mocksville, incorporated in 1839, is the county seat.

..., beginning at the junction of the North and South Yadkin rivers; thence up the South Yadkin river, to the Iredell county line; and all that part of the present county of Rowan, lying and being north of said river, shall hereafter constitute a separate and distinct county, to be called and known by the name of Davie, in honor of the revolutionary patriot, William R. Davie; ....

In 1925 an act to make certain and define the boundary line between Davie and Forsyth was passed.

That the Yadkin River be and the same is hereby made, fixed and designated as the true and correct boundary line between the counties of Davie and Forsyth.

above quoted from The Formation of the North Carolina Counties 1663-1943, by David Leroy Corbitt; published by NC Department of Cultural Resources; pages 88-89.

Parent County

1836--Davie County was created 20 December 1836 from Rowan County.
County seat: Mocksville ^[2]



Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• National Register of Historic Places in Davie County
  
• North Carolina Highways Historical Markers: see following pages
  

1. Daniel Boone's Parents
2. John Stokes
3. Hinton R. Helper
4. Cooleemee Plantation
5. Cokesbury School
6. Boone Tract
7. Hugh T. Lefler

Populated Places

• Populated Places in Davie County
• Townships as listed in the US Census, 1790-1930

Neighboring Counties

• Davidson
• Forsyth
• Iredell
• Rowan
• Yadkin

Resources

Records at Davie County Public Library

• Index to Bible Records
• Branson's North Carolina Business Directories- Look under "Other Links"

Books

• List of books about Davie County found in the Martin-Wall History Room
• Books for Sale at Davie County Historical & Genealogical Society
  
  

Cemeteries

• Davie County Cemetery Lists & Directions
• Index to persons in Cemetery book 1
• Index to persons in Cemetery book 2
  
• Davie County Cemeteries in USGenWeb Archives
• Davie County Cemeteries- Cemetery Census
• Davie County Cemeteries- Find-A-Grave

Census

For tips on accessing Davie County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Churches

• Churches in Davie County, North Carolina
• Davie County Churches & Cemeteries
• [1790-1916] Church Records of Rowan, Davie, Iredell and Stanly counties, North Carolina. Record of Baptist, Lutheran & Methodists. Originals at Rowan Public Library. FHL US/CAN Film 313,885.

Baptist

• [1792-1860] Bear Creek Baptist Church Minutes. Available at North Carolina Libraries and Archives in Raleigh.
• [1859-1963] Bear Creek Baptist Church (Mocksville, N.C.) records. Available at Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives. Wake Forest University.
  

Lutheran

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Davie County, North Carolina. Page 508 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

Court

• Guardian Accounts, Davie County, 1846 through 1859
• Apprentice Bonds, Davie County, 1829 through 1859 
• Davie County USGenWeb Archives - Court Records

Images

• DigitalNC: North Carolina Heritage-Davie County

Land

Land records are at the courthouse annex across the street from the courthouse on Main Street in Mocksville.

Davie County Register of Deeds
123 South Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
(336) 753.6080

Online Records Search

Local Histories

The First 3 books can be ordered from theDavie County Historical & Genealogical Society:

• Davie County: A Brief History by James W. Wall
• Davie County Heritage
• The Historic Architecture of Davie County by Kirk Franklin Mohney, indexed by surname
  
• Davie County Biographies-USGenWeb Archives
• Davie County Bible Records- USGenWeb Archives

Maps

• For sale from the Davie County Historical & Genealogical Society:

1. Hughes Historical
2. 1887 Alderman
3. 1923 Merrell

• Communities in Davie County are listed in the Local History Directory, Pgs. 7-8
• Maps for Davie County from the UNC Digital Map Collection

Military

• Davie County USGenWeb Archives Military Pages
• The War Memorial on the Square pays tribute to those who died in World War I, Vietnam War, World War II, Korean War, in Beirut, and the Civil War.  It was dedicated November 7, 1987.  

Civil War

• The Civil War Roster of Davie County, North Carolina by Mary Alice Miller Hasty and Hazel Miller Winfree has just been published by McFarland.  This book contains family history, military history, and burial places for 1,147 men who served in the Confederate Army.  To order, NC residents send $64.26 and non-residents of NC send $60.00 (includes tax and shipping) to M and M Books, 105 East Brick Walk Court, Mocksville NC 27028. 

Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

-4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Davie Record, 1899 - 1956

Mocksville Herald, January 4, 1912 - December 26, 1912

Mocksville Enterprise, January 5, 1922 - March 27, 1924

Davie County Enterprise-Record, 1922 - present

Cooleemee: Erwin Chatter Nov 1944 - March 1954; Cooleemee Journal July 1, 1965 - June 27, 1971

These newspapers can be searched on microfilm at the Davie County Public Library History Room.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

• See Web Site below for Family History Library Catalog.
• The Davie County Registry of Deeds has copies of Birth & Death certificates starting from 1913; there are copies of Marriage Records from 1836. Downloadable forms for ordering can be viewed Here
  

Address:

Davie County Register of Deeds
123 South Main Street
Mocksville, NC 27028
(336) 753.6080

Societies and Libraries 

• Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society meets the fourth Tuesday of each month (except December) at 7 pm in the History Room of Davie County Public Library, 371 North Main Street, Mocksville, North Carolina 27028.  This web site describes the organization, dues, items for sale, quarterly newsletters and programs.
• Davie County Public Library History Room is available for your use.  See street address above.  
• Cooleemee Historical Association, 14 Church Street, Cooleemee, North Carolina has a museum depicting the history of this cotton mill town.  See also Cooleemee Preservation Efforts.
  

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Davie County NCGenWeb
  
• Independent Davie County site. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
  
• Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society. 
• Family History Library Catalog
• Davie County government Web site
• Davie County USGenWeb Archives

References