The following books contain useful genealogical information about Stokes County. At present there are some questions regarding the extent to which information obtained from these and other books is subject to copyright restrictions if transmitted over the Internet. For this reason we don't post a list of volunteers who are willing to do lookups in specific books. Instead, we are trying to compile a list of resources that are available in libraries, through the LDS, or other sources. Please help us add additional books to this list.
1810 Stokes Co. Census
1830 Stokes County Census
1840 Stokes County Census
1850 Stokes County Census
To order them, visit the FCGS site; click on Publications in the left-side menu
Daughters of the American Revolution. James Hunter Chapter (Madison,) Early families of the North Carolina counties of Rockingham and Stokes with Revolutionary service. publ. The Chapter, 1977 PUBLISHER: The Chapter, 1977.
The Heritage of Stokes County, North Carolina, 1981. publ., Hunter Pub. Co., c1981. This book is out of print and sold out, but copies are available in many libraries.
The Heritage of Stokes County, North Carolina, Volume II was published in 1990 by the Stokes County Historical Society, and can still be purchased. Contact Stokes County Historical Society, P.O. Box 250, Germanton NC 27019
Absher, Ruby T., comp. Stokes County, North Carolina Record of Deeds
Publications of the Daughters of the American Revolution. James Hunter Chapter (Madison NC); write to Mrs. Lee McCollum, 307 Carter St., Madison, N.C. 27025:
Hughes map of Stokes County
This map was prepared by Fred Hughes, and shows early settlers, land grants, trails, etc.
Absher, W. O., 1915 Stokes County, North Carolina, deeds, Volumes I & II, 1787-1797. Publ., Southern Historical Press, c1985.
Hallecook, Deborah J. Stokes County, North Carolina, deed abstracts. Publ., D. J. Hallecook, {198?}
Bible records of Rockingham County, North Carolina : and several from adjoining county of Stokes. Publ., The Chapter, 1985-1990.
Cemetery records of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, North Carolina Publ., The Chapter, 1992
Lineback, Harvey, 1946- Marriage licenses of Stokes County, North Carolina, 1839-1887 Publ., The Genealogical Society of Rockingham and Stokes Counties, North Carolina, c 1994.
Pruitt, Albert Bruce, 1943- Abstracts of land entrys [sic] : Stokes Co., NC, 1790-1798 . Publ., A. B. Pruitt, c1987.
Paid research in Randolph and nearby counties: Lisa Craven
Paid research by Raleigh Research
Paid Research by Betsy Hendrix
Have access to
Stokes County Marriage Bonds (1790-1868), Wills (1790-1864), Inventory &
Accounts (1790-1869), Deeds (1788-1872), Court Minutes, Administrative Bonds,
Guardian Bonds (1790-1817), Rockingham/Stokes Cemetery Records, Tax Lists
(1790-1868) and more. Please contact Betsy at Blh24602@cs.com for more details if interested"
"I do family genealogy research for individual families. I try my best to show all documentation, and always do a good job. I have 15 years experience. I only do research for people in north carolina. I am retired and do it for extra money. my email address is familygenealogysearch@yahoo.com". Larry Shelton