Stokes County, North Carolina

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Stokes County, North Carolina
Map
Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1789
County Seat	Danbury
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Stokes County North Carolina
Hwy 89
Danbury NC 27016
336-593-2811

Reg of Deeds has m & land rec
Clk Sup Ct has pro rec

History

Parent County

1789--Stokes County was created from Surry County.
County seat: Danbury ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Some early records are missing.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Forsyth
• Guilford
• Henry County, Virginia
• Patrick County, Virginia
• Rockingham
• Surry
• Yadkin

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

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

-2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Probate

Research Guides

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

Taxation

Vital Records

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.^[2]

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
2. ↑ Sweeney, Alice J. "Bassett Historical Center," The Virginia Genealogical Society Newsletter, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Aug. 2002):1-3, available online at: http://www.vgs.org/vgsn2804.pdf.