Alamance County was originally part of Orange County, the county immediately to the east. Alamance County was officially proclaimed a county in April of 1849. The boundary to the north finds Caswell County, south is Chatham County, and west is Guilford County.

Few facts in Alamance history are more disputed than the origin of the name "Alamance". Although some sources claim that Alamance was named by early German immigrants who came here from the "Alemanni" region of the Rhineland, others claim that the Indians called the Alamance Creek by the Indian word "Amonsi" or "Alamons," which meant "noisy river" or by another word which meant "blue clay".

Its central location placed Alamance County as an early player in the transportation system within the region. Early in the nineteenth century, Alamance begin a textile industry that sustained the economy of the county and is considered the beginning of the textile industry that spread throughout the South.

The county seat and county courthouse are located in Graham, named in honor of the former Secretary of the Navy, William A. Graham.

Alamance County, although small in size and population, has many town and community names one may discover during research on the area.

A list of older and current names should include Burlington (was Company Shops), Graham, Haw River, Mebane (was Mebanesville), Gibsonville, Elon College, Ossipee, Altamahaw, Glencoe, Carolina, Hopedale, Swepsonville, Saxapahaw, Alamance, Bellemont, Glen Raven, and Union Ridge.

Links and Announcements

Aged Lady Dies In Indiana -- Margaret Stafford Services Held For Richard J. Fitzgerald In Memoriam Hanson K. Hall Died Monday Jurors for August Term Superior Court 1919 Alamance County Census 1850 and 1870 Bradford - Taylor Land Sales Nancy Bird Will Manufacturing in Alamance 1863 Winningham Reunion Held at Asheboro Sunday - Aug. 6, 1929 Company F Reunion Set for August 17 David McClure Story Peter "The Quaker" and Margaret Stout Will of David Bradford The Sellars Family from Orange and Alamance County State Dispatch Confederate Obituaries Modern Progress - 1915 - About Alamance County Lookups (Various) Watson, Carden, Pennington Family Info Isley Census Records 1920 Jones Obits Dr. Benjamin Franklin Graham Thomas Duff Braxton Elmo Jones Pay Stub Rich Family Documents Page 1 Rich Family Documents Page 2 Rich Family Documents Page 3 Rich Family Documents Page 4 Rich Family Documents Page 5 Surnames in 1860 census of free population Davis and Hadley Records State Dispatch Marriage Records 1909 State Dispatch Death Records 1909 Will of James Dickey of Orange County, NC Isley Census Records Obits/Death Notices -- Alamance Gleaner  Page 1 Obits/Death Notices -- Alamance Gleaner  Page 2 Obits/Death Notices -- Alamance Gleaner  Page 3 Obits/Death Notices -- Alamance Gleaner  Page 4 Obits/Death Notices -- Alamance Gleaner  Page 5 Clark/Clarke Marriages Alamance NCGenWeb County Archives Biographies Centennial History (Excerpts) Churches (Incomplete) History and Genealogical Books Land Grants Index Marriages Milestones in History Obituaries Powers of Attorney Rootsweb Queries Surnames (Need to get in touch with someone researching your name) Family Newsletters with Alamance Co. Connections Marriages, Deeds, Wills, Land Grants, Etc. Public Resources and Addresses 1850 Mortality Schedule 1860 Mortality Schedule 1870 Mortality Schedule 1880 Mortality Schedule Wartime Casualties Some Veteran Obituaries from 1883 thru 1913 Battle of Alamance US Soldiers 1870 Census Records 1870 Poor House Census Records 1880 Poor House Census Records Query Boards Clapp Marriages Murray Marriages Webster Births Webster Marriages Webster Death Records  Wrenn Births Wrenn Marriages Wrenn Death Records  Foster Death Records Foster Marriage Records Summers Death Records Sutton Death Records Sykes Death Records Alamance County Pension Records Mary A. Murray wife of James F. Murray Elizabeth Bradshaw Stewart wife of Samuel Stewart/Stuart Mrs. Esperan A. Sykes wife of Wm. P. Sykes J. G. Sykes    1901 - 1902  - 1907 - 1908 Sarah F. Sykes wife of John G. Sykes Eliza J. Webster  wife of John J. Webster Elizabeth Webster wife of Chas. F. Webster Rachel Holt Webster wife of Charles Webster Caroline Wrenn wife of Henry Wrenn John Wrenn Alamance County Civil War Records Samuel Stewart/Stuart

CEMETERY LISTINGS Burnetts Chapel UCC Cemetery listing Burnetts Chapel UCC Obits Bellemont United Methodist Church Cemetery Listing Bellemont United Methodist Church Obit Listing Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery    Bethel United Methodist Church [also linked from listing] Cedar Cliff United Methodist Church Cemetery Listing Cedar Cliff United Methodist Church Obit Listing Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery Listing Concord United Methodist Church Obit Listing Crawford - Thompson Cemetery Listing Cross Roads Presbyterian Church Cemetery Listing Cross Roads Obit Listing [also linked from listing] Cross Roads Presbyterian Church History Haw River UMC Cemetery Listing Haw River UMC Obit Listing Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery Listing Hawfields Presbyterian Church Obits [Also linked from Listing] Long's Chapel United Church of Christ Cemetery Listing Long's Chapel United Church of Christ Obits McPherson - Perry - Bivins Cemetery Listing Magnolia Cemetery of Elon listing revised Magnolia Cemetery Obits Moore's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery Listing Moore's Chapel Baptist Church Obit Listing  Mt. Hermon United Methodist Church Cemetery Listing Mt. Hermon United Methodist Church Obits [also linked from listing] Rock Creek United Methodist Church Cemetery Rock Creek United Methodist Church [also linked from listing] Salem UMC Cemetery Listing Salem UMC Obits[Also linked from Listing] Spring Friends Meeting Cemetery Listing Stockard Cemetery Listing Thompson Family Cemetery West Grove Friends Meeting Cemetery West Grove Friends Meeting Cem Listing

 

 

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