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Projects

• Rowan County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rowan County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Rowan County Register      ($)
• Rowan County, NC      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Rowan Roots 

Adjacent counties

• Cabarrus County, NC  to the south
• Davidson County, NC  to the east
• Davie County, NC  to the north
• Iredell County, NC  to the west
• Montgomery County, NC  to the southeast
• Stanly County, NC  to the south

Bible Records

• Rowan County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

• Rowan County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  Rowan Co, 1757-1878     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Rowan County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Rowan County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Directories

• Branson's North Carolina business directory, 1867-1869  Rowan County; pages 98, 99, 122, 126, 130,131, 139,147, 149 165     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Salisbury-Spencer, North Carolina city directory  1907     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Salisbury-Spencer, North Carolina city directory  Volume 3, 1913/1914     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Salisbury-Spencer, North Carolina city directory  Volume 4, 1915/1916     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Salisbury-Spencer, North Carolina city directory  Volume 5, 1917     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Salisbury-Spencer, North Carolina city directory  Volume 6, 1919/1920     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Salisbury-Spencer, North Carolina city directory  Volume 7, 1922/1923     (Source: Internet Archive)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes Rowan County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1805  and Rowan County Tax Lists of 1759 and 1778     ($)
• Rowan County Will Abstracts      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rowan County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Rowan County Wills, Vol D-E-F 1764-1807  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Rowan County Wills, Vol. A 1762-1778  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Rowan County Wills, Vol. B & C 1779-1803  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Rowan County, North Carolina  Divisions of Estates Book A, 1807-1842     ($)
• Rowan County, North Carolina Will Testators  1757-1903     (Source: SAMPUBCO)

History (43)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of North Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Rowan County  North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online)
• Rowan County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Rowan County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Rowan County  www.northcarolinagenealogy.net
• Rowan County North Carolina Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Rowan County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Rowan County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Rowan Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Abstracts of the Deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina  1753-1785, Vols. 1 - 10     ($)
• Rowan County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Lookups

• Rowan County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Rowan County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Rowan County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Rowan County, North Carolina
• Rowan County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• ROWAN-L Rowan County genealogy

  • ROWAN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ROWAN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ROWAN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ROWANROOTS-L The part of North Carolina known as "Old Rowan"

  • ROWANROOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ROWANROOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ROWANROOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L The area covered by a 150 mile radius around Bristol Virginia/Tennessee. This area covers southwest Virginia, northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and northwestern North Carolina

  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Rowan County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Rowan County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Rowan County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Rowan County Plat 1700's 
• Rowan County Post Offices 
• Rowan County Postal Covers      ($)
• Rowan County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Rowan County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Rowan County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rowan County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Salisbury, NC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • Confederate Newspaper Project  Rowan County, North Carolina
  • Confederate Prison  Enclosure, 16 acres. Once held 10,000 men. Destroyed by Federals, 1865. Site one block south     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Pennsylvania at Salisbury, North Carolina  Ceremonies at the dedication of the memorial erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the national cemetery at Salisbury, North Carolina ; in memory of the soldiers of Pennsylvania who perished in the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina, 1864 and 1865, 1910     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Salisbury Civil War Sites Driving Tour  Photos, history, maps
  • Salisbury Confederate Prison  Rowan Public Library
  • The Salisbury NC Confederate Civil War Prison  and Salisbury National Cemetery
  • Stoneman's Raid  On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with southern troops near here, April 12, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Stoneman's Raid  Stoneman's U.S. cavalry occupied the town of Salisbury, Apr. 12, 1865, and destroyed the Confederate warehouses, supplies, and prison     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• Revolutionary War

  • Sketches of Western North Carolina Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
  • Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographical  Illustrating principally the Revolutionary period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln, and adjoining counties     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Rowan County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Rowan County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Diary of Johann Gottfied Arends  1740-1807, Annotated Transcriptions     ($)
• Migrations through Rowan County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Rowan County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Rowan County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• The Rowan County, NC Page  Tombstone Photos and Newspaper Articles
• Scattered Seed, with free browseable index  Marriages, bible records, wills, estates, census, court records, private collections, histories, diaries, letters of families and friends of the Campbell Clan     (Source: Myrtle's Genealogy Page)     ($)
• Southern Claims Commission  Rowan County, North Carolina     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• Rowan County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Rowan County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Concord & Kannapolis Independent Tribune  Kannapolis, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hairston Funeral Home  Salisbury, North Carolina
• Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home  Salisbury and Concord, North Carolina
• Rowan County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Salisbury Post 
• Salisbury Post      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Salisbury Post      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Rowan County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Rowan County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Rowan County Postcards 
• Rowan-Salisbury, North Carolina  Photos of historic buildings, monuments
• Theo. Buerbaum's Salisbury 
• Theo. Buerbaum's Salisbury 

School Records and Histories (16)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Rowan County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color  Burke, Lincoln, & Rowan Counties     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Rowan County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• The Genealogical Society of Rowan County 
• Historic Salisbury Foundation 
• Kannapolis History Associates 
• Yadkin Valley (NC) Historical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (506)

Tax Lists

• 1759 Rowan County Tax List      (Source: The Jarvis Family & Other Relatives)
• Abstracts of the Wills and Estate Records of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1805  and Rowan County Tax Lists of 1759 and 1778     ($)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790. Volume 2  includes records from Rowan County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786  includes records from Rowan County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Rowan County Taxes      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Rowan County, North Carolina Tax Lists  1757-1800, Annotated Transcriptions     ($)

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records (17)

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