Randolph County, North Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Randolph County, North Carolina ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Randolph County is located in the Central portion of North Carolina and was named for Peyton Randolph, the first president of the Continental Congress.

County Courthouse
Randolph County Courthouse Asheboro, NC 27203 Phone: 336-318-6960 * Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 * Marriage records from 1800 and land records * Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records * Probate records from 1786

Register of Deeds P.O. Box 4458 Asheboro, NC. 27204 Phone: 336-318-6960 Fax: 336-636-7678 Website

Clerk Superior Court 176 E Salisbury St #201 Asheboro, NC 27203 Phone: (336) 328-3000

Parent County
1779--Randolph County was created from Guilford County. County seat: Asheboro

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
Many court records are missing.

Neighboring Counties

 * Alamance
 * Chatham
 * Davidson
 * Guilford
 * Montgomery
 * Moore

Cemeteries

 * Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Trinity, NC

Baptist

 * Sandy Creek. Founded 1755. Originally located in Guilford County.

Family Histories

 * German - German, John L. "Finding the Father of David German of North Carolina and Shelby County, Indiana," The American Genealogist, Vol. 68, No. 2 (Apr. 1993):87-94. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

Land
Online Records. The Randolph County, North Carolina Register of Deeds has deed records dating back to 1779.

http://www.randrod.com/realestaterecords.html

"View Online Records" takes you to http://72.15.246.181/RandolphNC/

"Click here to acknowledge this disclaimer" takes you to the search page.

Select "Historical (Images Only) Books 1-40 and 700-1173(Pages 1- 852)"

Click "View Images" tab, then "Book of Record", and enter book and page.

Google Chrome or Internet Explorer is preferred by the site.

SOME INDEX POINTS. The deeds are not in strict order by date.

Book 1: 1779-1793

Book 4 starts about 1787.

Book 5 starts about 1790. It begins with an index. Book 6 starts about 1794.

Book 7 starts about 1795.

Book 8 starts about 1797.

Book 9 starts about 1799. No index.

Book 10 starts about 1802. No index.

Book 12 starts about 1807. No index.

Local Histories

 * Randolph County, 1779-1979 (1980)

Revolutionary War

 * 1779 - 1782 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885 - 1953 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 1st Brigade, North Carolina Reserves, Company F
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company F
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry, Company F
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company A
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company D
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company I

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1660 - 1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1663 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1665 - 1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1735 - 1970 - at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1760 - 1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry.com — index and images


 * Pre-1790  - Pre-1790  Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
 * 1773 - 1964 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Images of Wills, Estates, Inventories, Settlements, Guardianships, Deeds, Vol. 1, 1773-1993; Vol. 2, 1794-1804; Vol. 3, 1804-1812; Vol. 4, 1812-1820; Vol. 5, 1820-1829. North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * Land Docket 1779 - 1780. North Carolina Pioneers ($)

Taxation

 * 1779 - Tax Lists, Randolph County, 1779 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1779 - Tax Lists, Randolph County, 1779 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1779 - Lists of Taxables, Randolph County, 1779 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1785-1848 - List of Taxables, Randolph County, 1785-1848 (images) online at FamilySearch: Part 1 and tPart 2.
 * 1815 - Tax Lists, Randolph County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections

Vital Records
Randolph County Register of Deeds

Birth Records

 * Pre-1916  - Randolph County Births Before 1916 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1898 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1906 - 1930 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1908 - 2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1909 - 1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1931 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce Records

 * 1926 - 1975 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1763 - 1868 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Randolph County Genealogical Society PO Box 4394 Asheboro 27204 website

Randolph County Historical Society PO Box 4355 Asheboro NC 27204

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Asheboro North Carolina Family History Center

Websites

 * Randolph County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.