Local Information

Historic Cabarrus, Inc.

Cabarrus County Library
Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library
27 Union Street North
Concord, NC 28025
Phone: 704-920-2050 — History Room: 704-920-2061
Patricia S Curl, Librarian for Genealogy & History

Cabarrus County Register of Deeds
PO Box 707
Concord, NC 28026
Phone (704) 920-2112

Courthouse Records

The Cabarrus County Clerk of Superior Court, located in the Cabarrus County Courthouse, has court records from 1793, and probate records from 1793.

The new and current Cabarrus County Courthouse sits in the next block south of the Old Courthouse, and is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Union Street South and Corban Avenue, in downtown Concord.

The Cabarrus County Register of Deeds office has (1) land records from 1784,
(2) marriage records from 1792,
(3) birth and death records from 1913 to present.
Mailing Address: PO Box 707, Concord, NC  28026-0707.
Physical Location: 65 Church Street SE, Concord, NC  28025.

Wills: Recording of wills in Will Book 1 began in 1843, although wills had been copied into the minutes of the county court of pleas and quarter sessions beginning in 1830.  In 1875, a courthouse fire destroyed some records, including most of the original wills.  The surviving original wills are principally for testators with surnames beginning with the letters H, M, W, and Y.  At a later date, these surviving wills were copied into Will Book A.  Many of the original wills are missing.


Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library History Rooms
The Lore Room is located at the Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library branch in downtown Concord, 27 Union Street North, Concord, NC 28025. Contact Local History LibrarianPatricia S Curl for assistance. The collection mainly consists of materials on Cabarrus County history and genealogy from 1750 to the present, and is comprised of genealogy research, books, microfilm, photographs, and vertical subject and family files.  Limited resources for the neighboring counties of Iredell, Mecklenburg, Rowan, Stanly, and Union are available.
The Hinson Room at the Charles A. Cannon Memorial Library branch in Kannapolis, located at 850 Mountain Street, Kannapolis, NC, focuses on the history of Kannapolis and Cannon Mills.  Its resources include genealogy information and a growing accumulation of photos, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and assorted historical information, and is comprised of genealogy research, books, microfilm, photographs and vertical files.
Other branches of the county library system are located in the towns of Harrisburg and Mt. Pleasant.


East Cabarrus Historical Society, Inc.
East Cabarrus Historical Society operates a museum in Mt. Pleasant.
P O Box 1299, Mt. Pleasant, NC,  28124-1299.
1100 Main Street North, Mt Pleasant, NC.


Family History Center
Kannapolis North Carolina
1601 Cooper Street
Kannapolis, NC 28081-5841
Phone: 704-932-4436
Hours: T-Th 9am-12pm, 6pm-9pm.
Closed: Closed last two weeks in December.


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