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.
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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)
State Archives of North Carolina
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!
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Search The Library of Congress
NC FamilySearch
Know Your DNA
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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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Updated: 11/22/2020
Last updated: March 29, 2022