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Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1762
County Seat	Charlotte
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1762--Mecklenburg County was created 3 November 1762 from Anson County.
County seat: Charlotte ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cabarrus
• Gaston
• Iredell
• Lancaster County, South Carolina
• Lincoln
• Union
• York County, South Carolina

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Family Histories

Bibliography

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

Land

Local Histories

• Tompkins, Daniel Augustus. History of Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte: From 1740 to 1903, 2 vols. Charlotte, North Carolina: Observer Printing House, 1903-1904. Available at FHL; digital versions of Vol. 1 at BYU Family History Archives and Google Books (full-view) and of Vol. 2 at BYU Family History Archives and Google Books (full-view).

Maps

Military

Naturalization

• Ferguson, Herman W. "Six Applications for Citizenship, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina," [1823-1824] Rowan County Register, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Aug. 1997):2795-2796. Available at FHL.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Yearbooks

• Davidson College: 1895-2009
• Johnson C. Smith University: 1929-2008

Societies and Libraries

Web Sites

• NCGenWeb: Mecklenburg County - part of the USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).