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Richmond County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1779
County Seat	Rockingham
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Richmond County Courthouse
114 E Franklin St #101
Rockingham, NC 28379
Phone: 910-997-8250

Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913
marriage records from 1870 and land records from 1784
Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1913 & probate records from 1782 ^[1]

History

Parent County

1779--Richmond County was created from Anson County.
County seat: Rockingham ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Some of the court records are missing.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Anson
• Chesterfield County, South Carolina
• Hoke
• Marlboro County, South Carolina
• Moore
• Montgomery
• Scotland

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church Records

Baptist

• Cartledge Creek aka Dockery's Meeting House, near Rockingham, N.C. Organized about 1774.^[3] Originally located in Anson County.
• Hitchcock. Constituted 1772.^[4] Originally located in Anson County.

Court

Education

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

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

Newspapers

Probate

• Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Richmond County, North Carolina Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• Richmond County, NCGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Richmond County, North Carolina. Page 512 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).
3. ↑ "Cartledge Creek Baptist Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.
4. ↑ George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 1:225. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.

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