Stokes County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Stokes County

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

Stokes County, North Carolina Courthouse


Stokes County Courthouse Hwy 89 Danbury NC 27016 Phone: 336-593-2811 Register of Deeds has marriage and land records Clerk Superior Court has probate records

Parent County
1789--Stokes County was created from Surry County. County seat: Danbury

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
Some early records are missing. For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

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

Baptist

 * Belew's Creek. Constituted 1781.
 * Soapstone Creek. Constituted 1779.

Dunker

 * Fraternity Church of the Brethren, near Clemmons, N.C. Established about 1775. Previously located in Surry County and presently situated in Forsyth County.

Lutheran

 * Nazareth Church aka Old Dutch Meeting House. Organized about 1778 by German settlers. Previously located in Surry County and currently situated in Forsyth County.

Moravian

 * Friedberg Church. Begun 1759; organized 1773. Formerly located in Surry County and presently situated in Forsyth County.

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

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


 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry Reserves (Confederate). Company H.
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry, Company A :- 4th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C :- 7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain George F Fisher's Company :- 7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, William H Watt's Company

Probate

 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.


 * 1792-1865 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Research Guides

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

Birth Records

 * 1800 - 2000 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1898 - 1994 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

 * 1958 - 2004North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1741 - 2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1969 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

Stokes County, North Carolina Genealogy 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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Stokes County, North Carolina Genealogy Websites

 * Stokes 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.