Cabarrus County
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CABARRUS COUNTY

Hello to all, I am Sharon Pierce, your Cabarrus County host.  After a couple of years of down time, I am back to do whatever I can, to help in your search for your Roots.

If you have information that you would like to submit, questions about where
to go next in your research, comments or suggestions on how to improve this site, please let me know.

I live in East Texas, but my Mother's people settled in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus,
and Stanly Counties, around the time of the American Revolution.  So this county, and the surrounding areas are very important to my own research.

I research, Hartsell, Cline, Shuffert, Lipe, Beaver, Misenheimer and other
collateral lines.  So let's go searching.


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Short History Of Cabarrus County, NC

Cabarrus County is located in the south central section of the state, and it is bordered by the North Carolina counties of Stanly, Union, Mecklenburg, Iredell, and Rowan.

Cabarrus County was formed in 1792 from part of Mecklenburg County. It was named in honor of Stephen Cabarrus of Edenton, who was a member of the North Carolina State Legislature several times, and Speaker of the House of Commons four times. In 1795 an act was passed naming commissioners to erect a courthouse on the land of Samuel Huie (Hughey) which had already been selected as a proper place for the county seat. They were ordered to lay out the town of Concord, which was incorporated in 1806.



CABARRUS PAGE INDEX


Local Government
& Resources
Query Boards
& Mailing Lists

Newspapers

Photo Album
Local History
Cultural & Ethnic Groups
Family Websites,
& Surname Lists
Biographies
Census Records
Vital Records
Bible Records
Schools 
Business Organizations
Land & Court Records
Civic Records
& Organizations
Military Records
Churches & Cemeteries
UPDATE
Wills & Obits
Reunions
Books, Etc.
Neighboring & Parent
Counties
NC & Other Links
Look-Up Volunteers
& Professionals
Misc Records
Libraries
Maps
Cabarrus Archives

NC Archives
Genealogical Research
Organizations


LOCAL GOVERNMENT & RESOURCES

Town of Harrisburg

City of Kannapolis

Town of Midland

Town of Mount Pleasant

Local Addresses of Interest

Cabarrus County Government website


 

LOCAL MEDIA RESOURCES

The Independent Tribune

Cabarrus Neighbor - The Charlotte Observer

Newspapers of Cabarrus County, Old & New


GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

Cabarrus Genealogical Society
Prior to 1792, you must look in the records of the counties
in what is now Cabarrus County
(see the index section on neighboring and parent counties).

Olde Mecklenburg Genealogical Society

Anson County Genealogical Society

Bladen County Genealogical Society

STATE AND NATIONAL SOCIETIES

North Carolina Genealogical Society

The National Genealogical Society


LOCAL HISTORY

Historic Cabarrus, Inc.

Great Wagon Road article and link to map, from NC Archives & UNC Press

Scots-Irish from Ulster & The Great Philadelphia Wagon Road

Towns and Communities of Cabarrus County

Maps of Cabarrus County and North Carolina

Cabarrus Links

Historical Markers

Newspapers of Cabarrus County, Current & Previous

Old Newspaper Stories about Cabarrus County

check the Cabarrus County NCGenWeb Archives
under the headings of "biographies" or "letters," etc.

Photos from the Past

Photos & History, from Julie Ganis


FAMILY WEBSITES AND SURNAME LISTS

Home Pages for Researchers Interested in Cabarrus County Families

Surname Lists

Family Group Sheets for Cabarrus County

Families Migrating Out of Cabarrus County



 

CENSUS RECORDS

North Carolina Census Maps, 1790-1920


SCHOOLS


 

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS


COURT & LAND RECORDS

(This includes Minutes of the Pleas & Quarters sessions, Wills, Bastardy Bonds,
Estates, Land Records, and State Court Records)

County Court Records


CIVIC & COUNTY RECORDS & ORGANIZATIONS

City & County Officials


MILITARY RECORDS

Military Records - ON SITE

Cabarrus NCGenWeb Military Archives

The Civil War in North Carolina

The Civil War in North Carolina - Soldiers Index


CHURCHES & CEMETERIES

Churches of Cabarrus County

Cemeteries of Cabarrus County

North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project

North Carolina Office of Archaeology, Cemetery Survey & Protective Legislation

Association for Gravestone Studies


WILLS & OBITUARIES

Wills of Cabarrus County

Legacy.com ~ online obituary search engine


NEIGHBORING COUNTIES

In colonial times, and even later, county boundaries were not always well-defined in frontier areas. Also, new piedmont counties were being created rapidly during the 1700's, and county lines changed again and again during this process. In addition, families sometimes lived very close to another county and may have gone there for various reasons. It is good genealogical practice to check records in the neighboring counties for your families.

PARENT COUNTIES

Cabarrus County was created in 1792 from Mecklenburg County.
Mecklenburg County was created in 1763 from Anson County.
Anson County was created in 1750 from Bladen County.
Bladen County was created in 1734 from New Hanover County.
New Hanover County was created in 1729 from Craven County.
Craven County was created in 1705 from Bath County.
(please see the link below for more information on NC counties).

While European settlers were not in the Cabarrus area before the middle 1700's,
it is still interesting to know the "administrative ancestry" of the area.
And it is good to remember that European settlers
were not the first human beings to live here.

North Carolina County Formation


 
NC & OTHER LINKS
 

The North Carolina State Archives

North Carolina Genealogy Questions & Answers

Useful Links for Genealogy Research


QUERY BOARDS & MAILING LISTS

Rootsweb mailing list for Cabarrus County

Rootsweb board for Cabarrus County

GenForum board for Cabarrus County

Old Queries from January to June 1998


 
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