WELCOME TO RICHMOND COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
GENEALOGY WEBSITE
The difficulty of having to cross the Pee Dee River to get to Anson's county seat spurred the North Carolina Assembly to create Richmond county from Anson in 1779. The new county was named in honor of Charles Lennox, the Duke of Richmond and friend of the American colonies. He petitioned the House of Lords to grant the colonies their independence. The county seat was first known as Richmond Court House but was changed in 1784 to Rockingham. In February 1899, Scotland County was formed from part of Richmond County.
Richmond County is located in the south central section of the State and is bounded by (clockwise starting on the west side) Anson, Stanly, Montgomery, Moore, Hoke, Scotland Counties and the State of South Carolina. In SC, Richmond touches two counties: Marlboro and part of Chesterfield. Before the border between North and South Carolina was settled, a few folks who lived in the old Cheraw District (SC) were technically in what would become modern Richmond County.
INTERSTING FACTS ABOUT RICHMOND COUNTY IN 1883
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information concerning Richmond County, NC people that you wish to share with others, please contact Myrtle.Has this site worked for you? Found any family connections? I would love to post your success stories. Thanks, Myrtle
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North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project |
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Queries — 2010 - 2012 |
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Archived Queries 2000/2011 |
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Surname Index |
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The Skye Crofters |
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NCGenWeb Project |
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Boundary Lines Established |
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USGenWeb Project |
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Will Index |
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Cemetery Index |
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Census |
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Marriage / Death / Divorce Records |
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Estate Records |
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Slave Records |
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Genealogies |
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Richmond County Testators 1782 - 1900 |
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Harmony's People |
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Index to Richmond County Mills |
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Maps |
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Very Early NC Roadmap
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McPherson Clans of the Upper Cape Fear |
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Military Index |
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1884 Letter from Hugh Priest to Gilbert McPherson |
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Index to Rich. Co. Sch. Recs. (1839 – 1900) |
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Obituaries |
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Photo Index |
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Dedication of McLean Pres. Ch. — 1955 |
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Historical Gems |
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Our Neighbors, the Martins |
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1836 Taxables |
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Local Resources |
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Richmond County Folks in Florida |
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Pages from Session Records Old Laurel Hill Church |
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Criminal Action Papers 1777-1798 |
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A Petition to Create Richmond County |
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Index to Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles |
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A Brief History of Old Laurel Hill Presb. Church |
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Early History of Marks Creek Church |
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Regional Map of North Carolina - 1855 |
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1911 Marks Creek Presbyterian Church Group |
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Deed Index |
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Index to Yesterday's Postcards |
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Local Publications for Purchase |
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1770 Letter - Willson to Willson |
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Links |
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Genealogy Vocabulary |
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Land Entries - 1793 |
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Our Neighbors |
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Ancient Grave in Richmond County |
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Off Site Query Boards |
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Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet |
The Records of Union Church Presbyterian Church Jefferson County, Mississippi
Nancy Brister writes, "I recently spent an afternoon copying some records at Union Church Presbyterian, in Jefferson County, MS. The North and South Carolina Scots who migrated to the area in the early 1800's and established the "Scotch Settlement," later known as Union Church, founded this church in 1817. They continued speaking and conducting church services in their Gaelic language for at least the first generation and many even longer. The records are a treasure and I am grateful to my cousin, Mike McCormick, for allowing me to copy them. There were far too many records for me to scan in one afternoon, but I concentrated on, besides my own family names, the Scottish Mc's, as well as some others. I've just finished transcribing the records and have placed them online. Some of the names included (but not limited to!) are: Blue, Brown, Buckels, Cato, Dawkins, Buie, Cameron, Campbell, Clark, Currie, Gilchrist, Galbreaths, Erwin, Fairley, Godbold, Knapp, Lee, McArn, McBride, McCall, McCallum, McClure, McCormick, McClutchie, McDonald, McDougald, McDuffie, McIntyre, McEachern, McLaurin, McLean, McLeod, McMillan, McMurchie, McNair, McNeill, McPherson, McQueen, Mitchell, Newman, Osborne, Patterson, Ray, Scott, Smith, Smylie, Torrey, Warren and Wilkinson."
The Records of Union Church Presbyterian Church Jefferson County, Mississippi
Richmond County Descendants in Mississippi
McDonald Cemetery - Kemper County, Miss. Homepage
Nostalgic for Rockingham? Visit ROCKINGHAM REMEMBERED soon.(If your ancestors emigrated from Richmond County and there is a genealogical website you wish to share with us, please email Myrtle)
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the InternetThe USGenWeb Project
North Carolina GenWeb Page - Links to all North Carolina County Pages
USGenWeb Project Homepage- Links to all 50 state pages and archives
USGenWeb Archives
World GenWeb Page - Links to genealogy pages for many other countries
Newspaper Abstracts
The official web site for the Newspaper Abstracts mailing list. The mail list and
this site are available for the posting of genealogy-related newspaper abstracts
from any newspaper in the United States. Submissions will be posted to this site
under the appropriate state and county links.
Don't miss this!
Rootsweb Surname Helper run by Patty Lindsay, contains more than 2.5 million
entries with links to US Gen Web, World Gen Web and thousands of other web sites.
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NC FamilySearchSearching for additional Richmond County records? Visit Myrtle's Genealogy Page
If you have any suggestions as to ways I might improve this page, if you have material you think should be included, or if you have links to suggest, please email me. If you find any links or graphics not working, please let me know. URL's change from time to time, and sometimes I don't hear about it.
Best of luck with your research. Come back often! Myrtle Bridges
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