Randles, James Earley, Robert L (1895) Readling, Rufus M (1863) Heilig, Amelia (1914) Kincaid, Hannah (1873) Whitman, John A (1865) Mowery, Peter (1852) Krider, Jacob (1874) Rowan County Genealogy & Rowan County Family History Resources - Ancestry.com Search North Carolina Rowan County Rowan County Welcome to our Rowan County family history research page. Earnhardt, Anne (1872) Oaks, William (1833) Heilig, George A (1873) Kerr, Samuel E (1910) Deal, John (1872) Huie Shoaf, Alexander (1885) please feel free to send it in to
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Sloop, Nancy (1873) Owen, Henry (1822) Smith, Samuel, Sr. (1829) Lyerly, Elizabeth (1882) Bosch, Matthew A (1912) Heath, William (1816) Meroney, Thomas J (1891) Elliot, David L (1876) Neil, Alexander (1786) Hoffner, George (1844) Vinson, Thomas I (1907) Beaver, Crawford (1908) Verble, Henry D (1872) Lyerly, Mary Emeline (1917) Correll, Charles (1901) Bostian, Charles (1862) Lyerly, Jonathan (1859) Brown, George W (1857) Brown, Richard C (1892) Long, Barnabas (1816) Smith, Lander (1803) Stirewalt, M A (1920) Varner, Howard A (1904) Burke, Margaret (1847) Seaford, Henry (1911) Rush, Wiley (1902) Holshouser, Andrew, Sr. (1841) Pinkston, Thomas (1885) Thomason, George (1861) Crawford, Alexander (1882) Hargrave, A A (1924) Moore, Robert H (1902) Downum, Richard A (1865) Chaney, Richard Gordon, Sr. (1907) Gillespie, James (1876) Bostian, Mary M (1886) Miller, Milas (1854) Bullen, Catherine (1865) Moyer, Henry (1849) Trexler, John (1861) Heinrich, George (1869) Ketchey, Greenberry (1882) Barnhardt Chaffin, William W (1823) Koon, Henry (1856) Robertson, Annie C Smith, Anna (1863) Phifer, George (1903) Winders, John H (1863) Owen, C A (1894) Canup, Lewis (1902) Graham, James Cowan (1897) Trott, John Henry (1842) Beefle, James (1848) Houck, Margaret (1891) Patterson, John L (1916) Pool, Otho V (1907) Jamison, Louisa A (1889) Heilig, Henry (1827) Carson, Prudence (1874) Harrison, Nathan (1863) Those daughter counties later spun off additional counties. Trott, Scott (1879) Corriher, R A (1899) Sifford, John (1840) Ritchie, Henry (1893) Skeen, Brantley (1854) Rives, William (1785) Turner, H F (1926) Sechler, John (1839) Barber, William (1855) Harkey, Mary (1826) James, Samuel W (1865) Ellis, James (1843) Williams, David (1902) Phifer, Silas (1888) Reed, Moses (1812) Parke, John (1817) Edwards, Elisha (1903) Beaver, Esther L (1907) Martin, Catherine (1869) Swann, Sarah (1837) Craige, Clitus (1866) Fisher, Robert (1919) Clement, Fannie (1916) Ketchey, John (1817) Jackson, James (1904) Corriher, John C (1895) Waite, William (1778) Patterson, Rebecca (1857) Shuping, Andrew (1848) Brown, Jacob, Sr. (1844) Overcash, Henry (1872) Holman, Thomas G (1897) Cauble, Eli W (1828) Link, J K (1909) Thomason, Katie L (1906) Peeler, Milas (1857) Irvin, Joseph (1849) Jones, Joseph (1817) Shuping, Michael (1892) Etchison, William (1826) Howard, Christopher (1825) Waller, Frederick (1899) McCanless, James C (1906) Gillean, J H (1903) Randlett, W C (1897) Owen, Phillip (1887) Capt. Brown, Alfred (1859) Lyerly, Zachariah (1882) Linn, Margaret (1861) Bernhardt, Minnie L (1910) Craige, John C (1918) Swink, George (1867) Fouts, Peter (1811) Brown, Susanna (1817) Butner, John S (1865) Foard, Thomas (1891) Bost, George (1853) Tarlton, Mary A (1906) Trexler, Adam (1849) Craige, E P (1881) Reed, David (1843) Name Birth date Birth location Death date Death location Burial date; Merrill, Douglas: November 12, 1787: Rowan County, North Carolina: 1852: Ripley County, Missouri Malt, James R (1901) Eller, Jesse E (1863) Thomason, S J (1898) Cauble, Adam (1823) Bostian, Peter (1846) Chambers, William S (1850) Freeze, Adam (1853) Overcash, George R (1893) Tise, Philip (1819) Moss, Stith (1811) Snider, John Martin (1807) McNeely, James K (1860) Kennedy, Joseph (1795) Graham, F J (1916) Pool, Francis W (1891) Dickson, Joseph T (1841) Houston, John (1841) McLean, Cornelia K (1884) Corriher, Daniel (1883) Lomax, William Leo (1918) Deaton, Philip W (1851) Lyerly, Margaret (1879) Rosebrough, Samuel (1824) Bost, Elizabeth S (1885) Douthet, Stephen (1824) Campbell, John A (1883) McLaughlin, G A (1926) Fesperman, Wiley M (1865) Wilkinson, John (1866) Wiley, D A (1925) Overcash, Martin L (1863) Coleman, Warren C (1905) Hanline, Thomas (1834) Meroney, John A (1833) Verble, Eliza (1897) Swink, Abraham (1808) Swink, Henry J (1876) Watson, W G (1912) Graham, James S (1863) Eagle, Solomn (1877) Cowan, Jane (1891) Merrill, Benjamin (1777) Fisher, Joseph (1875) Yost, J B (1927) Chesher, Jane (1817) Lewis, Alexander (1786) Cress, Absolom (1914) Robinson, Burle (1907) Martin, William (1807) Sewell, Samuel (1790) Marlin Sr, John (1923) Thomas, Amanda (1917) Rusher, John L (1906) Goodman, Barbara (1810) Edwards, C H (1888) Morgan, M C (1914) Sain, John (1816) Blackwell, Elenor (1847) Boyd, John M (1913) Miller, Amanda J (1891) Bostian, Bruner (1921) Towell, J J (1884) Shuping, Wiley M (1865) Linn, David R (1844) Robinson, Abraham (1782) Graham, Thomas C (1847) Steele, William (1823) Lentz, Dawalt (1869) Ford, Lesly (1891) Watson, James (1851) McNeely, Thomas C (1895) Baker, James T (1884) Walton, E B (1922) Hendricks, David (1788) Corriher, Henry (1879) Savage, Eliza (1827) Casper, Adam (1848) Morgan, Sarah R (1885) Mowery, John (1906) Livengood, L C (1910) Sain, Elizabeth (1819) Minor, P R (1858) Miller, Jerry (1920) Mock, A J (1867) Frost, W S (1902) Nanny, Roberts (1824) Crowell, J Franklin (1891) Miller, Michael (1793) Foust, Julia Ann (1891) Lentz, Abram (1882) Young, Samuel (1819) Coupee, Francis (1814) Douthet, John (1828) Walser, Martin (1804) Miller, H G (1906) Kluttz, P A (1919) Powlas, John W (1900) Lee, Joshua (1822) Henderson, John S (1916) Wright, John (1813) Lindsay, D L (1901) Witherspoon, Ezra B (1872) Glover, Elizabeth (1866) Dent, Townsend (1818) Cowan, John Locke (1900) Horah, Adelaide (1903) Rice, J H (1916) Steele, Matthew H (1885) Newkirk, James (1911) Bradshaw, Robert (1853) Thomason, James W (1864) Jones, Soloman (1804) Beaver, Matilda (1862) Miller, Henry M (1862) Daniel, Peter (1821) Kinney, Calvin S (1870) Cauble, Mary J (1914) Cress, John H (1881) Green, Sarah (1882) Hurley, E B (1919) Veach, Dusca (1907) Johnston, Thomas (1802) Baldwin, Atlas (1912) Kesler, Christian (1843) Alexander, Cyrus, Sr. (1890) Barger, George (1889) Brown, Judson (1839) Cowan, Benjamin F (1858) Leonard, Phillip (1820) Kluttz, George Adam (1925) Stancil, D W (1898) Sain, David (1834) Long, John & Cely (1911) Swink, Thomas L (1906) Beaman, John (1819) Rymer, Moses (1856) Teague, Solomon (1900) Heilig, Michael (1845) Jamison, John M (1860) Rutherford, David (1811) Locke, Cathy (1833) Shroat, Michael (1807) Partee, George S (1835) Glascock, Gregory (1819) Smith, James D (1875) Thompson, Susan (1843) Shaver, Simeon (1876) Devenport, Charles (1788) Anderson, John (1791) Pennington, G B (1893) Black, Henry (1804) Wood, William B (1853) Litaker, Polly (1850) Gelmer, J F, Dr. (1871) Foster, Alice (1889) Julian, H R E (1920) Search your ancestors in the #1 genealogy database in Continental Europe. 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Morgan, Nathan (1843) Waggoner, C E, Mrs. (1907) Barr, James (1791) Farr, Tobias (1811) Cowan, David (1900) Graham, John (1885) Birckhead, Margaret J (1868) Carson, Cora (1903) Neill, William (1770) Henly, S (1902) Epps, Henry (1878) Ritch, Laura A (1899) Trexler, William A (1893) Owens, Victory (1844) Eller, Clarissa E (1920) Barringer, John V (1904) Powell, E B (1821) Kluttz, Moses (1860) Sowers, Robert Gray (1926) Cauble, Michael (1821) Roseboro, R M, Jr. (1891) Clark, E L (1906) Fite, Susan (1845) Kerr, Ford (1829) Orr, William (1795) Price, James (1811) Stokes, B W (1920) Leftwich, John (1903) Larbree, James O (1860) Barber, Jacob Franklin (1878) March, John (1819) Baird, William McLean, Elizabeth S (1892) Etheredge, Basset (1827) Walker, Matilda (1875) Ingram, John (1863) Koon, J W (1921) Burrage, Edward (1798) Lowery, T W (1883) Hileigh, George M (1828) Peacock, John (1847) Walton, Tilghman Y (1896) Eidson, Roiden (1906) Wellman, Thomas (1821) Miller, Henry (1871) Cox, Mark (1845) Byars, David (1783) Trott, William B (1868) Davis, Simon (1786) Windlerenner, John (1788) McCombs, J D (1912) Sawyer, Joseph (1847) Earnhart, Henry (1848) Moore, James N (1873) for some of these later counties also. Crawford, Margaret Jane (1895) Ketner, Peter (1860) Jackson, William (1866) Miller, Eliza (1846) Witherington, Richard (1858) Klutts, David (1808) Kluttz, Theodore F (1918) Miller, Mary (1903) Cecil, Philip (1812) Turner, John Wilborn (1908) Powlas, Alexander (1904) Peeler, Monroe (1866) Fisher, William M (1907) There is a fee for each copy requested. Shaver, Edwin (1909) Coil, Jacob (1859) Crowell, William (1912) Miller, Michael (1807) Gaudy, Moses (1820) Hight, M H (1863) Freeze, John (1847) Boyden, Samuel G (1863) Kesler, J B (1920) Bencini, James (1863) Gillespie, Otho (1867) Smithdeal, Joseph (1861) Dobbins, Margaret E (1867) Peeler, Anny (1862) Shuping, Andrew (1880) Whitley, A T (1914) Kellahan, John K (1767) Ridge, William (1785) Klutts, Adam T (1884) Chandler, Charles H (1918) Lingle, Moses (1883) Steele, Dempsey (1864) Thompson, R B (1912) Bost, George E (1870) Cowan, Stokes (1885) Rich, John (1867) Shank, Joseph A (1904) Brown, Frank (1889) Rice, C A (1908) Brown, Shelton M (1908) Sifferd, Sarah M (1859) Graham, Alice (1912) Rufty, Milton Torrence (1902) Miller, Martin (1833) Atwell, Rachel C (1873) Shaver, Catherine L (1917) Koon, G H (1914) Williams, P R (1857) Morgan, M G (1879) Rowan County, North Carolina ( Map It) was created on 1753 from Anson County. Thompson, J W (1923) Goss, Ephraim (1801) Eller, Charles (1867) Hughey, Andrew (1822) Kenerly, D C (1900) Goss, David Hendricks, Daniel (1809) Mun, Michael (1843) Anderson, J J (1857) Whittington, Alonzo (1921) Our holdings include over 19,000 books, 5,700 microforms, 268 manuscript collections, dozens of genealogical journals as well as a solid collection of civil war and civil war prison materials. Litaker, George (1907) Webb, Margaret (1864) Holt, Cicero (1905) Elliot, Samuel (1882) Walton, Sophia (1852) Overcash, Elizabeth (1859) Step 1: Select Your Library to Access NC LIVE. 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Murphy, John (1848) Steele, Matthew L (1846) Gibson, John (1777) Casey, Samuel (1913) Pate, Jesse (1914) McHorney, Williby (1830) Attinger, Christopher (1805) Rumsey, William (1757) Oaks, Thomas (1829) Phillips, Enoch E (1884) Baity, George, Sr. (1828) Correll, John (1822) Bost, Calvin H (1890) Search and browse yearbooks online! Smeathers, Jacob (1818) Handy, William C (1870) Burton, R E (1907) Atchason, John (1823) Carter, Robert F (1906) Graham, Thomas (1869) Cope, Jacob (1845) Fisher, Christine (1925) McNeill, James R (1911) Edwards, Hanuel (1769) Thomas, James (1869) Rutherford, James (1782) Overcash, Francis (1868) Ledford, John N (1918) Ketner, S A (1904) Patterson, Jane L Brandon, William W (1837) Graham, John (1828) Cruse, Jacob (1815) Belk, Hugh W (1916) Burgess, Orin A (1863) 18 reviews. White, Campbell (1920) Thorn, Jane (1848) Summers, Etta (1918) Campbell, Elisha, Sr. (1812) Frick, John (1863) Kennedy, W F (1867) Waggoner, Rachel (1863) Rowan County (1753) Written by Jonathan Martin In 1753, nearly 350 residents of Anson County petitioned the North Carolina legislature to form a separate county. Earnhardt, George M (1914) Brown, J Gip (1927) Eaton, S W (1895) Hall, Soloman (1856) Frohock, John (1774) Johnson, Robert (1842) Boger, Daniel (1891) Yost, Franklin N (1862) Mesimor, Mathew (1839) Stokes, William (1873) Blakeney, W M (1864) Eller, Elizabeth (1841) Walton, Daniel (1809) Gaither, Samuel (1860) Garner, Catharine (1824) Weaver, W A (1910) Bost, G A (1923) Marlin, James (1802) Lamb, Mary (1831) Lingle, Laurence (1800) Ruthrow, David (1766) Beginning with the western half of Guilford, North Carolina created the counties of Surry, Burke, Iredell, Davidson, and Davie. Howard, Gideon (1801) Garner, John (1817) Kerr, Mildred (1858) Wilkerson, J S (1889) Grubb, Cramer (1905) Sigmon, E F (1917) This county was named for Matthew Rowan (d. 1769), was the acting Governor of colonial North Carolina following the death of Governor Nathaniel Rice. Kizer, David W (1906) Miller, Jacob (1816) Stonestreet, Marjory (1825) Snuggs, J C (1911) Black, Jacob (1822) Miller, Hattie E (1917) Brown, Daniel (1863) Brady, Clementine (1908) Hulin, Jesse (1867) Elmore, S C (1918) Bailey, John (1788) Bird, Valentine (1825) Graham, James (1856) Lomax, N H (1914) Daily, Charles (1819) Barber, Jane C (1869) Cozart, Marcus (1893) Myers, B D (1921) Bryce, John Taylor, Adel (1922) Fleming, Lee (1898) Beaver, George (1888) Ritchie, William (1909) Chambers, Daniel (1884) Cusick, Edward (1757) Foust, J H (1913) Freeze, Peter (1803) Sloop, A V (1915) Mingis, Magruder R (1889) Miller, Daniel (1887) Lyerly, J F (1916) Misenheimer, Paul (1864) Shuman, Christian (1811) Holshouser, Jacob (1845) Pinkston, Meshack (1856) Baker, Margaret (1887) Speck, Monroe (1861) Doolin, Benjamin (1826) Thomas, Sophia (1853) Overcash, Daniel (1857) Chunn, Caroline (1907) Murphy, Thomas (1870) Heathman, Burrage (1882) Pless, John W (1910) Eagle, Peter (1855) Hyde, Benjamin (1787) Lane, John A (1880) White, David C (1920) Koon, J E (1904) Gentz, William (1829)