Person County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Person County

County Courthouse
Person County Courthouse Roxboro, NC 27573 Phone: 252-597-1733 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage death and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce probate and court records from 1791

Parent County
1791--Person County was created from Caswell County. County seat: Roxboro

Neighboring Counties

 * Caswell
 * Durham
 * Granville
 * Halifax
 * Orange

Baptist

 * Flat River. Constituted 1777. George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 2:567..
 * Head of Mayo Creek. Constituted 1793.
 * South Hico River Lower Church. Constituted 1793.
 * South Hico River Upper Church. Constituted 1792.

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

Probate

 * 1792-1966 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

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.