Richmond County Genealogy
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Richmond County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, the population was 46,564. Its county seat is Rockingham.
The county was formed in 1779 from Anson County. It was named for Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
In 1899 the southeastern part of Richmond County became Scotland County.
Keader Keaton, a colonial American officer in the American Revolutionary War, was a founder of Anglo-American settlement in Richmond County.
Source: Wikipedia.
Richmond County Genealogy Resources
Richmond County NCGenWeb Archives
Richmond County Historical Society
P.O. Box 1041
Rockingham, NC 28379
Society of Richmond County Descendants
P.O. Box 848
Rockingham, NC 28379
Richmond County Government
Richmond County Government – Official Site
P.O. Box 504
Rockingham, NC 28380
(910)-997-8200
Richmond County Register of Deeds – Online Search
Richmond County Register of Deeds
114 E. Franklin St Room 101
Rockingham, NC 28379
Richmond County Public LIbrary
(Sandhill Regional Library System)
Thomas H. Leath Memorial Library
412 East Franklin Street
Rockingham, NC 28379
Phone: 910.895.6337
Fax: 910.895.5851
Hours:
Monday – 9:00 am – 7:00 pm
Tuesday – Thursday 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm and Saturday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Information on Genealogy Resources available for Richmond County Genealogy Research at the library.
Cities and Towns of Richmond County, NC
* Dobbins Heights
* East Rockingham
* Ellerbe
* Hamlet
* Hoffman
* Norman
* Rockingham
* Cordova
Census
1790 Federal Census Transcription – Fayett District
Tax Records
1806 Richmond County Taxpayers
1812 Richmond County Taxables – Partial
1836 Land Inventory – Wolfpit District
1838 Taxables – Capt. McIntosh’s District
Cemeteries
USGS Listing of Cemeteries in Richmond County, NC
Richmond County Cemetery Transcriptions
Richmond County Cemetery Census
Query Forums
Richmond County, NC Query Forum
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