STOKES COUNTY



STOKES COUNTY

Established in 1789 from Surry County.

A few court records are missing; reason unknown.

ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS

Apprentices and Masters, Record of, 1790-1817; 1 volume.

Apprentice Bonds and Records, 1790-1909; 5 Fibredex boxes.

Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1790-1932; 6 Fibredex boxes.

Officials’ Bonds and Records, 1790-1932; 8 Fibredex boxes.

Tavern Bonds, 1795-1818; 1 Fibredex box.

COURT RECORDS

County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Appearance Dockets, 1804-1868; 8 volumes.

Clerk’s Fee Docket, 1790-1811; 1 volume.

Clerk’s Receipt Book, 1859-1861; 1 volume.

Execution Dockets, 1790-1858; 18 volumes.

Minutes, 1790-1843, 1847-1868; 19 volumes.

Recognizance Dockets, 1824-1867; 5 volumes.

State Dockets, 1790-1868; 12 volumes.

Trial and Reference Dockets, 1804-1847; 9 volumes.

Trial, Appearance, and Reference Dockets, 1790-1804; 2 volumes,

1 manuscript box.

Trial Dockets, 1848-1868; 2 volumes.

General County Court

Minutes, 1953-1970; 7 volumes.

Inferior Court

Minutes, 1878-1885; 1 volume.

Superior Court

Appearance Dockets, 1807-1834, 1855-1868; 2 volumes.

Civil Action Papers, 1782-1942; 69 Fibredex boxes.

Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1791-1942; 16 Fibredex boxes.

Civil Issues Dockets, 1868-1970; 6 volumes.

Clerk’s Account Book, 1905-1918; 1 volume.

Clerk’s Fee and Receipt Book, 1808-1828; 1 volume.

Criminal Action Papers, 1790-1892, 1944; 17 Fibredex boxes.

Equity Fee and Receipt Book, 1857-1871; 1 volume.

Equity Minutes, 1849-1868; 1 volume.

Equity Trial and Appearance Docket, 1849-1868; 1 volume.

Execution Dockets, 1815-1869, 1888-1899; 4 volumes,

1 manuscript box.

Judgment Dockets, 1889-1950; 7 volumes.

Minutes, 1807-1846, 1878-1970; 16 volumes.

Recognizance Dockets, 1816-1858; 4 volumes.

State Dockets, 1807-1815, 1835-1869; 3 volumes, 1 manuscript box.

Summons Dockets, 1869-1970; 4 volumes.

Trial and Reference Dockets, 1807-1857; 5 volumes.

ELECTION RECORDS

Election Records, 1790-1932; 7 Fibredex boxes.

ESTATES RECORDS

Administrators’ Bonds, 1886-1908; 2 volumes.

Administrators, Record of, 1790-1817; 1 volume.

Clerk’s Receipt Book (Estates), 1886-1902; 1 volume.

Estates, Record of, 1790-1849, 1861-1869; 15 volumes.

Estates Records, 1753-1970; 166 Fibredex boxes.

Guardians’ Bonds, 1872-1894; 1 volume.

Guardians’ Records, 1790-1968; 18 Fibredex boxes.

Inheritance Tax, Record of, 1920-1925, 1928-1982; 5 volumes.

Orphans’ Docket, 1790-1821; 1 volume.

Settlements, Record of, 1869-1912; 2 volumes.

LAND RECORDS

Attachments, Executions, Levies and Liens on Land, Personal Property, and

Slaves, 1790-1934; 27 Fibredex boxes.

Clerk’s Deed Book (Land Sold for Taxes), 1813-1816; 1 volume.

Deeds, 1760-1929; 1 Fibredex box.

Ejectments, 1791-1915, 1936; 3 Fibredex boxes.

Land Entries, 1790-1798, 1809-1926; 3 volumes.

Land Grants and Entries, 1779-1924; 1 Fibredex box.

Land Sold for Taxes, 1828, 1927-1941; 7 Fibredex boxes.

Miscellaneous Land Records, 1784-1932; 1 Fibredex box.

Petitions for Partition and to Sell Land, 1861, 1873-1911, 1935;

1 Fibredex box.

Probate, Record of, 1959-1970; 3 volumes.

Sales of Land Under Deeds of Trust, 1916-1925; 1 volume.

Tax Suit Judgment Docket, 1932-1935, 1939-1966; 2 volumes.

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND VITAL STATISTICS

Cohabitation and Negro Marriages, Record of, 1866-1873; 1 volume.

Divorce Records, 1816-1941; 8 Fibredex boxes.

Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1974; 1 volume.

Marriage Bonds, 1790-1868; 13 Fibredex boxes.

Marriage Certificates, Record of, 1851-1873; 2 volumes.

Marriage Licenses, Index to, 1868-1869; 1 volume.

Marriage Registers, 1873-1909; 2 volumes.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

Appointment of Road Overseers, Record of, 1806-1867; 4 volumes.

Assignees, Receivers, and Trustees, Records of, 1896-1942; 3 Fibredex boxes.

Bills of Sale, Powers of Attorney, and Bonds, Record of, 1801-1841; 1 volume.

Board of County Commissioners, Minutes, 1871-1909; 4 volumes.

Board of Road Commissioners of Quaker Gap Township, Minutes, 1919-

1921; 1 volume.

Coroners’ Inquests, 1805-1916; 1 Fibredex box.

County Board of Education, Minutes, and Accounts of School Fund, 1872-1903; 2 volumes.

County Claims, 1790-1868; 4 volumes, 7 Fibredex boxes.

County Claims Allowed, 1822-1844, 1866, 1910-1927; 3 volumes.

County Trustee Account Books, 1811-1868; 3 volumes.

Grand Jury Records and Presentments, 1790-1915; 1 Fibredex box.

Inquisition of Lunacy, 1899-1971; 4 volumes.

Insolvent Debtors and Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1790-

1931; 2 Fibredex boxes.

Jury Records, 1790-1868; 1 Fibredex box.

Lunacy Records, 1794-1931; 2 Fibredex boxes.

Lunacy Records, Index to, 1899-1971; 1 volume.

Marks, Brands, and Strays, 1789-1861; 1 volume, 1 Fibredex box.

Military and Pension Records, 1779-1913; 1 Fibredex box.

Miscellaneous Records, 1781-1932; 4 Fibredex boxes.

Personal Accounts, 1791-1864; 1 Fibredex box.

Railroad Records, 1887-1934; 1 Fibredex box.

Returns of Fees, Fines, and Forfeitures, 1810-1851, 1879-1927; 4 volumes.

Road and Bridge Records, 1790-1943; 1 volume, 10 Fibredex boxes.

School Records, 1840-1939; 6 Fibredex boxes.

Slave Records, 1806-1860; 1 Fibredex box.

TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS

Assessment of Real Property for Taxation, 1799; 1 volume.

Lists of Taxables, 1790-1863; 9 volumes.

Merchants’ Purchase Returns, 1873-1899; 3 Fibredex boxes.

Tax Records, 1790-1927; 10 Fibredex boxes.

Tax Scrolls, 1929, 1931; 2 volumes.

WILLS

Wills, 1775-1967; 49 Fibredex boxes.

CRX

Apprentice Bond, 1827; 1 folder.

Estates Record (Phillip Howard), 1837; 1 folder.

Miscellaneous Records, 1792-1796; 2 folders.

MICROFILM RECORDS

BONDS

Apprentice Bonds, 1790-1817; 1 reel.

CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

Corporations, Record of, 1887-1965; 1 reel.

Partnership Records, 1968-1969; 1 reel.

COURT RECORDS

County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Minutes, 1790-1868; 5 reels.

Superior Court

Civil Actions, Index to, Defendant, 1869-1970; 1 reel.

Civil Actions, Index to, Plaintiff, 1869-1970; 1 reel. Minutes, 1807-1846, 1878-1970; 8 reels.

ELECTION RECORDS

Elections, Record of, 1926-1964; 1 reel.

ESTATES RECORDS

Accounts, Record of, 1914-1965; 4 reels.

Administrators, Index to, 1790-1817; 1 reel.

Administrators, Record of, 1919-1965; 2 reels.

Appointment of Administrators, Executors, and Guardians, 1868-1935; 1 reel.

Clerk’s Receipt Books (Estates), 1930-1970; 2 reels.

Estates Not Exceeding $300, 1932-1959; 1 reel.

Estates, Record of, 1790-1849, 1861-1869; 5 reels.

Executors, Record of, 1936-1970; 2 reels.

Final Accounts, Index to, 1869-1970; 3 reels.

Clerk’s Receipt Books (Estates), 1930-1970; 2 reels.

Inheritance Tax Records, 1931-1971; 1 reel.

Settlements, Record of, 1846-1857, 1869-1960; 3 reels.

LAND RECORDS

Deeds, Record of, 1788-1960; 94 reels.

Real Estate Conveyances, Index to, Grantee, 1787-1962; 4 reels.

Real Estate Conveyances, Index to, Grantor, 1787-1962; 4 reels.

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, AND VITAL STATISTICS

Births, Index to, 1913-1994; 2 reels.

Deaths, Index to, 1913-1995; 1 reel.

Delayed Births, Index to, various years; 1 reel.

Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1965; 1 reel.

Marriage Bonds, 1790-1868; 10 reels.

Marriage Bond Abstracts, 1790-1868; 1 reel.

Marriage Licenses, 1839-1961; 9 reels.

Marriage Registers, 1851-1955; 3 reels.

Marriages, Index to, 1956-1965; 1 reel.

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

Orders and Decrees, 1869-1970; 11 reels.

OFFICIALS, COUNTY

Board of County Commissioners, Minutes, 1871-1943; 4 reels.

TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS

Lists of Taxables, 1790-1863; 3 reels.

Property Valuations, 1799; 1 reel.

Tax Lists, 1933, 1945; 2 reels.

WILLS

Wills, Index to, Devisee, 1790-1970; 1 reel.

Wills, Index to, Devisor, 1790-1970; 1 reel.

Wills, Record of, 1790-1965; 4 reels.

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