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Subject: Re: [BRE] The Rowan-Randolph County Line
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:06:44 +0000 (UTC)
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Dwayne, This is an old message to reply to, but it might help. A friend who has researched in NC says that the counties tell researchers they sent all their records to Raleigh. I haven't studied their archival system, but it looks as if the search might be centralized. Of course there may have been burned Court Houses to consider.

Sharon

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From: Dwayne Wrightsman

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Sent: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:33:09 +0000 (UTC)

Subject: [BRE] The Rowan-Randolph County Line



I looked at a map of Rowan County, North Carolina, and discovered that the

Rowan-Randolph County Line became the Davidson-Randolph County Line in 1822,

which I guess is the year that Davidson County spun off out the part of old

Rowan County that was east of the Yadkin. This means that one has to study

court records from three counties-Randolph, Rowan, and Davidson-in order to

figure out the whereabouts of the Uwharrie Brethren. I have found that most

of them lived in what is now Randolph County, but quite a few lived in what

is now Davidson County, but you have to go back to Rowan County for many of

the earliest records. In the case of Randolph County one might have to go

back to the Guilford County records. Having never stepped a foot in North

Carolina, it is hard for me to get my bearings. For me, physical geography

is a lot easier to understand than political geography. The names of the

counties kept changing, but all the while the rivers and creeks kept theirs.





Dwayne Wrightsman





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