Caswell County History

Caswell County History
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Caswell County Courthouse (1962)				This website is dedicated to those interested in the history of Caswell County, North Carolina, and the genealogy of its people. Navigating the site begins with the menu that runs across the top of each page. These menu items link to the principal content areas. Note the More selection at the right of the menu. Clicking it will reveal an expanded menu with additional selections. Each page will have a "Home" icon to bring the user back to this home page. Also see the Search tool at the bottom of this page. Related Websites: Several of these are more than just "Related Websites." Two are directly supportive of this website, and we control them: (1) Caswell County Genealogy; and (2) Caswell County Photograph Collection. Both are the result of work spanning decades. The Genealogy website has 83,299 entries as of June 2024. The Photograph Collection website contains 49,109 images as of June 2024. We also control the Caswell County Weblog where stories are developed in depth. We would be remiss in not acknowledging the exhaustive work done by Carolina Caswell in compiling the comprehensive Caswell County on Find A Grave that documents every Caswell County cemetery. Tens of thousands of grave markers are captured, and biographical, genealogical, and historical information provided. We also maintain an active presence on Facebook under the name of our webmaster: Rick Frederick Caswell County Genealogy Caswell County Photograph Collection Caswell County Weblog Caswell County on Find A Grave Caswell County NC GenWeb Caswell County on Cemetery Census Caswell County Historical Association

Born of Orange County in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War, Caswell County was named in honor of Richard Caswell (1729-1789), delegate to the first Continental Congress, first governor of North Carolina after the Declaration of Independence, and Major General in the Revolutionary Army. The county lies in the north central section of North Carolina and is bounded by Person, Orange, Alamance, and Rockingham counties, and to the north by the Commonwealth of Virginia (Pittsylvania and Halifax Counties). The first permanent county seat was established at Leasburg in 1783. After 1792, when Person County was carved from Caswell County, the county seat was moved to a location nearer the center of the county. This site, first simply called Caswell Court House, later was named Yanceyville in honor of Bartlett Yancey (1785-1828). Go to Caswell County History for a more comprehensive historical overview.

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Caswell County Photograph Collection reached 49,000 entries (April 2024) Thomas Day State Historic Site designated (February 2024) Caswell County Genealogy reached 83,000 entries (January 2024) Motor Vehicles in Caswell County Photograph Collection completed January 28, 2022 Top

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