FORSYTH COUNTY

Established in 1849 from Stokes County.

                                ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1875-1891; 1 volume.
	Apprentice Bonds, 1850-1916; Bastardy Bonds, 1849-1927; Officials' Bonds,
		1877; 1 Fibredex box.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1849-1868; 3 volumes.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1848-1941; 61 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1849-1868; 1 volume.
		Civil Judgment Dockets, 1869-1877; 2 volumes.
		State Docket, 1849-1872; 1 volume.
		Clerk's Minute Dockets, 1926-1947; 4 volumes.
		Civil Action Papers, 1851-1930; 16 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1849-1930; 5 Fibredex boxes.
	Inferior Court
		Minutes, 1878-1885; 1 volume.
		Judgment Docket, 1878-1885; 1 volume.
	Western District Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1899-1901; 1 volume.
	Forsyth County Court
		Clerk's Minute Dockets, 1931-1933, 1938-1940; 2 volumes.
LAND RECORDS
	Cross Index to Deeds, 1849-1907; 5 volumes.
	Tax Suit Judgment Dockets, 1936-1945; 3 volumes.
	Street Assessment Judgment Docket, 1936-1939; 1 volume.
	Land Records, 1876-1947; 15 Fibredex boxes.
	Processioners' Record, 1884-1886; 1 volume.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1926; 16 volumes.
	Estates Records, 1845-1956; 419 Fibredex boxes.
	Inventories of Estates, 1849-1868; 4 volumes.
	Index to Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1849-1940; 4 volumes.
	Cross Index to Administrators and Executors, 1868-1929; 1 volume.
	Cross Index to Guardians, 1868-1929; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds, 1850-1859; 1 Fibredex box.
	Divorce Records, 1871-1929; 2 Fibredex boxes.
WILLS
	Wills, 1840-1900; 7 Fibredex boxes.
	Cross Index to Wills, 1857-1929; 2 volumes.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien Registration, 1927-1940; 1 volume.
	Record of Declaration of Intent, 1908-1919; 1 volume.
	Petitions for Naturalization, 1891-1921; 1 volume.
	Minutes, Board of Superintendents of Common Schools, 1851-1854; 
		1 volume.
	County Claims, 1849-1878; 1 volume.
	Record of Elections, 1898-1900, 1908-1924; 3 volumes.
	Permanent Registration of Voters, 1902-1908; 1 volume.
	Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1877-1943; 4 Fibredex boxes.	
	Record of Justices of the Peace, 1883-1924; 1 volume.
	Lunacy Records, 1852-1949; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Salem Militia Record Book, 1831-1861; 1 volume.
	Roster of Norfleet Camp, No. 436, Confederate Veterans, 1902-1926; 1 volume.
	Special Proceedings, 1903-1942; 1 Fibredex box.
	Road Docket, 1850-1879; 1 volume.
	Minutes, Board of Road Supervisors, 1907-1912; 1 volume.
	Railroad Records, 1870-1930; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1849-1954; 6 Fibredex boxes.
	Petitions to Change Name, 1891-1949; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Notaries Public, 1912-1936; 1 volume [see also Minute Docket
		Superior Court].
	Stokes County Records (includes civil actions, estates), 1808-1848;
		1 Fibredex box.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1858-1930; 6 Fibredex boxes.
CRX
	Petitions to be Exempted from Military Service, 1862-1865; 2 folders.

                               MICROFILM RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1875-1920; 2 reels.
	Bastardy Bonds, 1874-1879; 1 reel.
CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
	Record of Corporations, 1884-1957; 7 reels.
	Index to Corporations, 1884-1969; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1849-1868; 2 reels.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1849-1932; 26 reels.
		Equity Minutes, 1849-1868; 1 reel.
		Index to Civil Actions, Plaintiff, 1849-1949; 1 reel.
		Index to Civil Actions, Defendant, 1849-1949; 2 reels.
	Forsyth County Court
		Minutes, 1915-1931; 5 reels.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Record of Elections, 1878-1952; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1868-1932; 12 reels.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1882-1893; 1 reel.
	Bonds of Administrators, Surviving Partners and Collectors, 1936-1950; 
		9 reels.
	Appointment of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1899-1936; 4 reels.
	Record of Administrators, 1893-1952; 7 reels.
	Reports of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1902-1914, 1932-1935;
		7 reels.
	Inventories and Accounts of Fiduciaries, 1935-1949; 20 reels.
	Appointment of Executors, 1868-1928; 2 reels.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1875-1903, 1910-1946; 9 reels.
	Appointment of Guardians and Guardians' Oath Book, 1903-1910; 1 reel.
	Record of Guardians, 1946-1953; 2 reels.
	Record of Widows' Year's Allowances, 1934-1939; 1 reel.
	Inheritance Tax Records, 1923-1949; 2 reels.
	Inventories of Estates, 1849-1868; 2 reels.
	Record of Final Settlements, 1868-1934; 8 reels.
	Record of Receivers for Estates, 1912-1930; 1 reel.
	Record of Trustees Under Wills, 1933-1949; 1 reel.
	Index to Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Trustees, 1849-1968; 
		5 reels.
	Index to Accounts in Trust, 1924-1969; 1 reel.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1849-1957; 316 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1849-1956; 18 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1849-1956; 18 reels.
	Land Title Guaranty Proceeding Docket, 1914-1927; 1 reel.
	Record of Processioners, 1884-1886; 1 reel.
	Federal Tax Lien Index, 1932-1966; 1 reel.
	Record of Foreclosure Sales, 1932-1935; 1 reel.
	Record of Sales by Mortgagees, Trustees and Executors, 1917-1949; 6 reels.
	Index to Sales by Trustee, Commissioner and Owner, 1917-1968; 1 reel.
	Index to Sales by Trustee and Commissioner, 1917-1968; 1 reel.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Bonds and Licenses, 1849-1869; 3 reels.
	Marriage Licenses, 1870-1967; 78 reels.
	Marriage License Index, 1849-1965; 6 reels.
	Cohabitation Certificates, 1866; 1 reel.
	Maiden Names of Divorced Women, 1937-1969; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1917-1972; 33 reels.
	Index to Armed Forces Discharges, 1917-1969; 1 reel.
	Militia Records, 1831-1861; 1 reel.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Record of Lunacy, 1899-1960; 4 reels.
	Index to Persons Adjudged Mentally Disordered, 1899-1968; 1 reel.
	Clerk's Minute Dockets, 1931-1940; 1 reel.
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1952; 24 reels.
	Special Proceedings, 1879-1935; 4 reels.
	Index to Special Proceedings, Plaintiff, 1849-1953; 1 reel.
	Index to Special Proceedings, Defendant, 1849-1953; 1 reel.
	Cross Index to Special Proceedings, 1849-1953; 1 reel.
	Record of Assignments, 1894-1948; 2 reels.
	Appointment of Receivers, 1910-1940; 1 reel.
	Inventories and Accounts of Receivers, 1930-1949; 1 reel.
	Index to Receiverships and Assignments, 1956-1960; 1 reel.
	Miscellaneous Index, 1849-1968; 2 reels.
SCHOOL RECORDS
	Minutes, Board of Graded Schools, Town of Winston, 1883-1890; 1 reel.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Tax Scrolls, 1945-1955; 10 reels.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1842-1953; 15 reels.
	Index to Wills, Devisor, 1849-1969; 1 reel.
	Index to Wills, Devisee, 1849-1969; 2 reels.



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