Caswell County, North Carolina Genealogy

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North Carolina

Caswell County

Guide to Caswell County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Facts County seat: Yanceyville Organized: April 8, 1777 Parent County(s): Orange Neighboring Counties Alamance  • Orange  • Person  • Pittsylvania (VA)  • Rockingham See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: NCGenWeb Project who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

County Information

Description

Caswell County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Richard Caswell, the first Governor of North Carolina.

County Courthouse

Caswell County Courthouse
139 East Church Street
Yanceyville, NC 27379
Phone: 336-694-4197
Caswell County Website

Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Register of Deeds has land records.

Caswell County, North Carolina Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1913	1775	1913	1767	1777	1771	1784
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1913. General compliance by 1920.

Record Loss

Some records may have been destroyed during occupation by militia troops during reconstruction. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Boundary Changes

1777 Caswell was created 8 April 1777 from Orange County. Originally, the county seat was at Leasburg. When Person County was created from the eastern half of Caswell County in 1792, the county seat was moved to what today is Yanceyville. County seat: Yanceyville For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Towns
Milton	Yanceyville
Unincorporated communities
Blanch Casville Cherry Grove	Leasburg Pelham Prospect Hill	Providence Purley Semora
Townships
Anderson Dan River Hightowers Leasburg	Locust Hill Milton Pelham	Providence Stoney Creek Yanceyville

Resources

Biographies

• Caswell County, North Carolina: Surnames (Linkpendium)

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

• 1867-68 Branson's North Carolina Business Directory Transcription. (Genealogy Trails)

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Caswell County, North Carolina online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com NCGenWeb NCGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project North Carolina Cemeteries Billion Graves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Billion Graves FamilySearch Places
See North Carolina Cemeteries for more information

 

• North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	10,096	—
1800	8,701	−13.8%
1810	11,757	35.1%
1820	13,253	12.7%
1830	15,185	14.6%
1840	14,693	−3.2%
1850	15,269	3.9%
1860	16,215	6.2%
1870	16,081	−0.8%
1880	17,825	10.8%
1890	16,028	−10.1%
1900	15,028	−6.2%
1910	14,858	−1.1%
1920	15,759	6.1%
1930	18,214	15.6%
1940	20,032	10.0%
1950	20,870	4.2%
1960	19,912	−4.6%
1970	19,055	−4.3%
1980	20,705	8.7%
1990	20,693	−0.1%
2000	23,501	13.6%
2010	23,719	0.9%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church Records

• 1700-1970 - North Carolina, Church Records, 1700-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• Churches of Caswell County (Rootsweb)
• Yancy Jr, Barlett. The County of Caswell in 1810 Publ. 1811.
• Scott, Jean B. In the Beginning the Churches of Caswell County. Not avail at FHL. North Carolina State Library General Collection Call Number: 280.409756 In16. See also World Cat.
• The North Carolina State Library has vertical file material entitled "Caswell County, N.C. churches".

Baptist

• Blaylock, J. Burch. History of the Primitive Baptist Church of Historic Caswell County, N.C.
• Hogan's River. Constituted 1793.
• Island Ford on Dan River. Constituted 1790.
• Lick Fork on Hogan's River. Constituted 1792.
• North Country line. Constituted 1772.
  • [1869-1905, 1905-1917] Baylock, John Burch.Country Line Primitive Baptist Church records in Yanceyville Township, Caswell County, North Carolina. FHL Film 18,446 items 3-4. As of 1946, Minute Book One (to 1868) has not been located.
  • Berry, W. J. Historical Sketch of Country LIne Baptist Church. Publ 1975. Not at FHL. CCHA has a copy---see also World Cat.
• South Country Line or Waters of Haw River. Constituted 1783. Members from towards Haw River asked to be an arm of Lynches Creek Primitive Baptist Church in 1804 and it was granted.
• Lynches Creek Church organized July 13, 1799.
  • [1799-1856] Lynches Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Hightowers Township, Caswell County, North Carolina. FHL Film 18,446 item 5. List of African Americans at end.
• Deep Creek Church. Constituted from Linches Creek Church in 1806.
• Bush Arbor Primative Baptist Church. ca 1806. From Country Line?
  • [1806-1841] Baylock, John Burch. Bush Arbor Primitive Baptist Church records in Anderson Township, Caswell County, North Carolina. See FamilySearch Catalog. Contains lists of African Americans.
• Mills Primitive Baptist Church (later Shiloh created). Est 1820. Church on land lying on the waters of Country Line Creek.
• Beulah Baptist Church org 1834
• Yanceyville Baptist (Regular) Church. Contstituted 1837 from Country Line Primative Baptist Church. Renamed First Baptist Church of Yanceyville in 1954.
• Trinity Baptist Church (Old). From Yanceyville Baptist Church in 1840.
• Milton Baptist Church. Constituted 1844 from Yanceyville Baptist Church. Early minutes lost.
• Prospect Hill Primitive
  • [1864-1894, 1894-1908, 1908-1945] Baylock, John Burch. Prospect Hill Primitive Baptist Church records, Hightowers Township, Caswell County, North Carolina. See FHL catalog.

Church of Christ

• Moon Creek Church. Est 1830 in Providence.

Methodist

• Methodism in Microcosm: Methodist History in Caswell County, North Carolina, 1780-1905
• New Hope United Methodist Church. Est 1779 (at that time part of Orange county) from the efforts of Francis Asbury (a missionary sent by John Wesley to America) and John B Davis; and located abt 6 mi north of Yanceyville.
• Harrison's Meeting House, later Purley United Methodist Church. Ca 1781. Orig between "mouth of Rattlesnake Creek and and the mouth of Moon's Creek". Mentioned in Asbury's journal. In the early days part of Caswell Twp; but now Dan River Twp.
• Camp Springs United Methodist Episcopal. Organized in the 1800s. Located 12 miles east of Reidsville in Caswell County.
• Bethel United Methodist Church. In Pelham Twp. Started out ca 1812 as a Union Church attended mostly by Primitive Baptists. Located at Blackwell on land donated by Dr. Dabney.
• Leasburg Methodist Church, also known as Bethany and Old Camp Ground.
• Connally United Methodist Church. Org by 1815. Near Milton on Virginia/North Carolina border.
• Union United Methodist Church. Est 1820 on land donated by William Richmond, Sr.
• Yanceyville United Methodist Church. Est 1841.

Presbyterian
Hanover Presbytery in 1700s had jurisdiction over Upper Hyco, Dan River and Country Line Creek

• Orange Presbytery minutes
• Bethesda (formerly Hart's Chapel, Cobb's Chapel and believed to also been known as Hogan's Creek). Located just off Highway 156 . Established about 1765.
  • "No surviving session minutes from Hart's Chapel, but the earliest minutes of Bethesda are dated October 16, 1819."
  • Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Rootweb CCHA.
  • Jacob Doll Diaries, 1848-1876. Southern Historical Commission. Incl marr, deaths (incl Civil War), sermons.
  • Lytch, W. E. History of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 1765-1965, Caswell County, N.C. Yanceyville, N.C. Caswell Messenger, 1965. North Carolina State Library General Collection Call Number: 285.1756575 L996h.
• Griers (formerly Upper Hyco). Organized in 1753 by Rev. Hugh McAden and emigrants from Pennsylvania tht had settled on the Hyco. Rev McAden also organized Middle Hyco (now Red House Presbyterian) and Lower Hyco (also called Barnett or Criswell).
• Red House Presbyterian (Middle Hyco). Founded mid-1700s. Originally in Richmond Twp but close to St. Lawrence Twp. Beginning in 1792 the St. Lawrence Twp area became part of Person county. And the Red House Church eventually came under Milton Twp when it was formed from Richmond Twp.
  • [1820-1917]Session Minutes and Records of Red House Presbyterain Church. See Presbyterian Church Historical Society, Office of the General Assembly, Montreat, NC.
  • Long, James M.Ceremony Commemorating Listing of National Register for Red House Presbyterian Church CCHA
  • Red House Presbyterian Church CemeteryCensus.com
• Milton Presbyterian Church. Established 1826. First minister was Rev. James W. Douglas. Photo of inside of church.
• Yanceyville Presbyterian Church. Org 1838.
  • John Grasty, Minister of Presbyterian Church in Yanceyville in the late 1840-1850s left a diary.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Missionaries arrived in the Anderson community (southeastern) edge of Caswell County in 1905.

• Latter-day Saint Membership Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records

Pre-1868 County courts, sometimes called the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, handled both civil and criminal cases. Minutes contain such matters as estate, land, illegitimacy, apprenticeships, bonds, certificates granting freedom to slaves, and more.

Superior Courts of Law were established in each county in 1806. Though the superior courts acted concurrently with the Court of Common Pleas, they handled more serious or complex civil and criminal cases. In 1868, the Superior Courts of Law merged with the Superior Court of Equity.

Superior Courts of Equity were also created in 1806. Their purpose was to deal with fairness issues. Most cases related to probate and land matters, and records generally listed heirs. In 1868, they merged with the Superior Court of Law.

• Civil Action Court Papers, 1712-1970. Browsable images for Caswell provided by FamilySearch. Kendall's Historical Abstract of the Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina 1777-1877 can be used as a partial and informal index.
• Kendall, Katherine Kerr. Historical Abstracts of Minutes of Caswell County, North Carolina 1777-1877. Abstracts of minutes of the North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Caswell County, 1777-1868, and of the Caswell County Board of Commissioners, 1868-1877. North Carolina State LIbrary Genealogy 929.3 N8cas K33c. Also FHL US/CAN Book 975.6575 N2k.
• Caswell county, North Carolina, Equity Court Clerk. Minutes of Equity Court, 1807-1868. Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1963-1964. FHL US/CAN Film 358,290.
• Minutes Superior Court, 1807-1931
• Minutes County Court, 1777-1868
• Hillsborough District, North Carolina Superior Court minutes, 1768-1798

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African Americans

• 1862-1870 North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1863-1872 North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only
• "Slave Cohabitation Records (Caswell County, North Carolina". Caswell County Historical Association blog, April 12, 2007.
• "Tobacco and Slave Ledger Preservation Project". Caswell County Historical Association blog, August 28, 2008.
• "Caswell County Slave Traders". Caswell County Historical Association blog, Mar 12, 2007.
• Spencer, Martha. "African-American Members of the Milton Presbyterian Church" Caswell County Historical Association blog, August 5, 2012.

Genealogies

• Caswell County Family Tree

• [Chandler] Miller, Ilene Chandler. Our Joseph Chandler of Caswell County North Carolina. Garden Grove, Calif.: I.C. Miller, 1988.
• [Chandler] Miller, Ilene Chandler. Our Joseph Chandler of Caswell County, North Carolina: Descendants of His Son, James Chandler, 1761-1809. Garden Grove, Calif.: I.C. Miller, 1992. FHL Book 929.273 C361mi.
• [Donalson] Edwards, Christine Williams and Larry Kittrel Wilson. The Donalson Family of Caswell County, North Carolina and Wilson County, Tennessee. Microfilmed 1972: FHL Film 897212 Item 3.
• [Glenn] Glenn, Wayne. The Glenn Family of Lancaster County, Pa., Orange County, N.C., Caswell County, N.C., Lincoln County, N.C., White County, Tenn., Marshall County, Tenn., and Christian County, Mo.: Related Families Include Ramsay, Simpson, Reynolds, Wilson, Simmons, Clark, Grigg, Phillips, Beard, Collins. Nixa, Mo.: W. Glenn, 1985. FHL Book 929.273 G487gw.
• [Halcomb] Giulvezan, Isabel Stebbins. Notes on Hiram H. Halcomb, 1789-1869 of Caswell County, North Carolina, Robertson County, Tennessee, Logan and Simpson counties, Kentucky, and His 16 Children. 1961. FHL Fiche 6018572.
• [Harrison] Blaylock, J.B. and Eliza Harrison Duckett. Chart of Descendants of Andrew and Eleanor Harrison, Registrar of Deeds, Caswell Co., North Carolina. Microfilmed 1975: FHL Film 908984 Item 5.
• [Hodge] Hodge, Jeannine Goble. John Hodge and His Descendants of Caswell County, North Carolina. 1999. FHL Book 929.273 H662hj.
• [Hooper] Johnston, F. Claiborne. The Hoopers of Caswell and Durham County, North Carolina and Allied Families, with Their Virginia Origins: Walker, Henderson, Kimbrough, Kimbro, Jones, Foster, Horton, Wilson, Willson, Strong, Salling and Carter. Richmond, Va.: F.C. Johnston, 2002. FHL Book 929.273 H766j.
• [Humphrey] Humphrey, Leonard. Humphreys of Prince George, Maryland, Caswell-Rockingham Counties, N.C., Henry County, Tennessee, Greene-Putnam-Sullivan Counties, IND, ... n.d. FHL Book 929.273 H884hL.
• [Lea] Maloney, Francis Andrew. The Ancestry and Descendants of Jeremiah Alexander Lea and Mary Elizabeth Lindsey of Caswell County, North Carolina. Microfilmed 1973: FHL Film 908648 Item 3.
• [Lindsey] Maloney, Francis Andrew. The Ancestry and Descendants of Jeremiah Alexander Lea and Mary Elizabeth Lindsey of Caswell County, North Carolina. Microfilmed 1973: FHL Film 908648 Item 3.
• [McNeil] Rose, Ben L. Thomas McNeil of Caswell County, North Carolina, His Forebears & Descendants. Richmond, Va.: B.L. Rose, 1984. FHL Book 929.273 M233r. 1997 edition: FHL Book 929.273 M233rb.
• [Moore] Olsen, Nola Rosenbaum. Moore Family Abstracts, Caswell County, North Carolina, Early to 1800. Camarillo, Calif., 1972. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library; FHL Film 982391 Item 13.
• [Rice] Mosher, Merrill Hill. Rice Pudding a la Caswell: Research Notes on Rice, Richmond and Allied Families of Caswell Co., N.C. Coos Bay, Ore.: M.H. Mosher, 1978. FHL Book 929.273 R36m.
• [Stewart] Stone, Martha Jane. The Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia, Caswell and Person Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky. 2 vols. Lexington, Ky.: M.J. Stone, 1986-1987.
• [Taylor] Kilduff, Lydia Taylor and Taylor, Fern W., compilers. Taylor Information Abstracted. Arkansas DAR, 2003. North Carolina State Library Genealogy Call Number: 929.2 T238K.
• [Walker] Butler, Florence Roberta Walker. The Thomas Jackson Walker, Sr., Family of Caswell County, North Carolina. Rockingham, N.C.: Dorsett Print. Co., 1991. FHL Fiche 6117499.
• [Williamson] Dixon, Elizabeth Williamson. The Williamson Family of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Southampton County, Virginia, Northampton County, North Carolina, Caswell County, North Carolina. 1958. FHL Film 879648 Item 3.

Land and Property Records

• [1777-1817] Kendall, Katharine Kerr. Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books v. 1 1777-1817. (Easley, South Carolina: Historical Press, c 1989). FHL US/CAN Book 975.6575 R28k v. 1.
• [1817-1840] Kendall, Katharine Kerr. Caswell County North Carolina Deed Books v. 2 1817-1840. (Easley, South Carolina: Historical Press, c 1989). FHL US/CAN Book 975.6575 R28k v. 2.
• Pruitt, A. B. Abstracts of land entries, Caswell County, North Carolina, 1778-1795, 1841-1863; Person County, North Carolina, 1792-1795. Rocky Mount, North Carolina A.B. Pruitt, c1990. FHL US/CAN Book 975.657 R28p. Also at North Carolina State Library.
• North Carolina State Library microfilm Caswell Co., 1-345 -- S.108.590. Caswell Co., 346-670 -- S.108.591. Caswell Co., 671-978 -- S.108.592. Caswell Co., 979-1267 -- S.108.593. Caswell Co., 1268-1300, 01-026 -- S.108.594. Contains surveys and warrants.
• An Index to the Caswell County, North Carolina Land Grants is found in Katharine Kerr Kendall's book Caswell County North Carolina Land Grants, Tax Lists, State Census, Apprentice Bonds, Estate Records. See World Cat or Google Books or FHL US/CAN Book 975.6 A1 no. 125.
  

To effectively use grants in your research you will need to understand the North Carolina land grant procedure.

The Caswell County Historical Association's Dower Rights blog article will help you determine whether a wife should be releasing her dower in a given deed.

Use Topo Maps in Caswell County to locate land and area features. (Topozone)

Local Histories

• An Overview of the History of Caswell
• Yancy Jr, Bartlett. The County of Caswell in 1810. 1811.

Bibliography
An Inventory of Historic Architecture: Caswell County, North Carolina, Ruth Little-Stokes and Tony P. Wrenn (1979).
Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson (1921).
From Rabbit Shuffle to Collins Hill: Stories of Southern Caswell County, North Carolina, Millard Quentin Plumblee (1984).
In the Beginning . . . The Churches of Caswell County, Jean B. Scott, Compiler (2000)'
Service Record Book of Men and Women of Yanceyville, N.C., and Community, Sponsored by the V.F.W. Post No. 7316 (1947-1949).
The Heritage of Caswell County, North Carolina, Jeannine D. Whitlow, Editor (1985).
When the Past Refused to Die: A History of Caswell County North Carolina 1777-1977, William S. Powell (1977).

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources

• Caswell County Historical Association. Maps and/or Maps of Caswell County. The 1868 School District Map is especially helpful for getting a feel for where the creeks and land owners were located in the early days.
• North Carolina County Formation Maps. UsGenWeb uses Gold Bug's Animap Plus software. (Click 1777 to see Caswell county formation)
• Historic USGS Topo Maps are free downloads.
• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records

• Cameron Family Papers, 1757-1978. Southern Historical Commission. "Troop returns sent to Duncan Cameron when he was a colonel in the North Carolina Militia in 1812, and after his subsequent promotion to major general in 1813." 6th and 16th brigade which made up the 3rd division of the North Carolina Militia. Incl Caswell County.

Revolutionary War

• 1779-1782 North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers 1779-1782 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War

• 1861-1865 North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1861-1865 North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1885-1953 North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Regiments. Men in Caswell County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Caswell County:

- 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

- 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

- 13th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry formerly the 3rd Volunteers., Company A

- 13th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry formerly the 3rd Volunteers., Company C

- 13th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry formerly the 3rd Volunteers., Company D

- 1st Brigade, North Carolina Reserves, Company G

- 1st Regiment, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company G

- 41st Regiment Volunteers - 3rd Cavalry, Company C

- 4th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry (59th North Carolina State Troops), Company B
:- 5th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company I

- 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company H

- 7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain Alfred A Mitchell's Company

- 7th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Captain George F Fisher's Company

World War I (1914-1918)

• 1917-1919 North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II

• 1940-1948 North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

• 1819 Milton Intelligencer. Scattered issues. North Carolina State Library.
• 1824, 1827, 1828, 1830,1831 Milton gazette & Roanoke Advertiser. Selected issues. North Carolina State Library.
• 1840-1868- Broughton, Carrie. "Marriages of Caswell County Reported in Raleigh NC Newspapers 1840-1868".
• 1841-1881 The Milton Chronicle. Scattered issues. Available at North Carolina State Library.

Other Records

County Records

• 1833-1970 North Carolina, County Records, 1833-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. (incomplete)

Voter Registration

• 1868-1898 - North Carolina, Voter Registration Records, 1868-1898 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records

• North Carolina Probate Records tips

Online Probate Records

• 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry — index and images $
• 1663-1979 North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry — index and images $
• 1720-1960 Will Books A to F and 1 to 8 (1720-1960) at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
• 1735-1970 North Carolina Probate Records 1735-1970 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
• 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry — index and images
• 1777-1799 "Caswell County, North Carolina - Wills 1777-1799" (Access Genealogy)
• 1777-1843 Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1777-1814 Katharine Kerr Kendall (1979). And Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1814-1843, Katharine Kerr Kendall (1983). FHL US/CAN 6575 P28 v. 1-2. As both volumes are bound together, make sure you don't miss the fact that the index to the first volume is mid-way through the book. People with original wills on file at State Archives listed on pages 19x-198. Digitized and made every-name searchable by Ancestry.com in their "Caswell County, NC Will Books, 1777-1843; 1784 Tax List; and Guardians' Accounts, 1794-1819" collection.
• 1777-1963 Will Books A to F and 1 to 2 (1777-1963) at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
• Pre-1790 Pre-1790 Wills (North Carolina State Archives)
• 1843-1868 Kendall, Katherine Kerr.Caswell County, North Carolina Will Books 1843-1868. Guardians' Accounts 1848-1868. People with original wills on file at State Archives listed on page 181.  FHL US/CAN Book 975.6575 P28k v 5
• Images of Wills and Estates 1783-92; 1792-1800. North Carolina Pioneers $
• Images of Wills, Estates, Deeds 1777-1783. North Carolina Pioneers $
• North Carolina, Estate Files

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

• 1777 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1777 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry $
• 1777 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1777 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
• 1777 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1777 (images) online at FamilySearch
• 1777 1777 Tax List (transcript, pp. 25-35) online at FamilySearch
• 1777, 1780, 1784 - Tax Lists, 1777, 1780 and 1784 (images) online at FamilySearch
• 1777-1867 List of Taxables (Caswell County, North Carolina), 1777-1867 (images) online at FamilySearch.
• 1780 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1780 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
• 1784 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1784 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry $
• 1784 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1784 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
• 1800 Alphabetical lists extant for Glouster, Richmond and St. David districts. Non-alphabetical list for Caswell extant.
• 1802 Alphabetical lists exist for Richmond and Glouster. No list for St. Davids. Possible list for St. David (date ca 1802).
• 1803 One to three copies copies for each of the four districts Caswell, Glouster, Richmond and St. David) exist. Some lists non-alphabetical.
• 1803 1803 Tax List (transcript, pp. 41-47) online at FamilySearch
• 1804 Two copies for each of the four districts (Caswell, Glouster, Richmond and St. David) exist. Both copies arranged alphabetical.
• 1805 No lists extant for any district.
• 1806 Alphabetical lists for Caswell, Glouster. Glouster list microfilm difficult to read--imperative you put film on scanner and enhance patches of names or you will miss most of the names. Non alphabetical list for Richmond Dist taken by Andrew Harrison Jr. There is also one other list (alphabetical) appears to be labeled Caswell Dist, but names are clearly Richmond District folks.
• 1807 No lists extant for any district.
• 1808 Alphabetical list for St. David's and Caswell districts. Sheets not arranged alphabetically though. Also a non-alphabetical summons list in the middle of St. Davids list.
• 1809 Alphabetical list for Richmond District and a very poor quality St David's list.
• 1839 Tax Lists, Caswell County, 1839 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
• 1842 Insolvents for all four tax districts are listed on page 11 in Kendall's Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1843-1868. Guardians' accounts 1848-1868. FHL US/CAN Book 975.65575 P28k v. 5. (Will Book P, page 222)
• 1843 Insolvents for all four tax districts are listed on page 11 in Kendall's Caswell County North Carolina Will Books 1843-1868. Guardians' accounts 1848-1868. FHL US/CAN Book 975.65575 P28k v. 5. (Will Book P, page 223)
• ca 1845 List of business taxes collected. Will Book P, page 224.

Vital Records

• 1800-2000 - North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Birth

• 1800-2000 North Carolina Birth Index 1800-2000 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
• 1866-1964 North Carolina Births and Christenings 1866-1964 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
• 1913-1922 North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

• 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
• 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
• 1759-1979 North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; Index
• 1762-1979 North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1763-1868 North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1780-1936 Caswell County Marriage Books A-L (1st Series) and A-V (2nd Series) Index 1780-1936 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

Death

• 1898-1994 North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1906-1930 North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection;index and images
• 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
• 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
• 1931-1994 North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Divorce

• 1926-1975 North Carolina, County Divorce Records, 1926-1975 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Caswell County. For state-wide archival repositories, see North Carolina Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Caswell North Carolina Family History Center

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Caswell County. For state-wide library facilities, see North Carolina Archives and Libraries.

Societies

Listed below are societies in Caswell County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see North Carolina Societies.

• Caswell County Historical Assoc., Inc.
  PO Box 278
  Yanceyville, NC 27379
  Website

Websites

• Caswell County Historical Association
• Caswell County, North Carolina GenWeb
• Caswell County Family Tree
• Caswell County History and Genealogy Yahoo Group
• Caswell County Historical Association Weblog
• Caswell County Photograph Collection
• Caswell County Cemetery Census
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Family History Library