CGS Blog Archive

4 Apr 2018
Cabarrus Reacts to the 1968 Death of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

30 Jan 2018
The Will of Cabarrus “Meck Dec“ Signer, John Phifer, Now In N. C. State Archives Digital Collection

8 Dec 2017
Using Headstone Applications to Research Your Cabarrus Military Ancestors

31 Oct 2017
Cabarrus Man is Told By Legless Apparition to Dig for Treasure

3 Apr 2016
A. L. Brown’s Clear Springs Farm was a Model Cabarrus Dairy

29 Feb 2016
Civil War Soldier Muses Over Leap Year Courting

29 Jan 2016
1890 Veterans Census Shows A Civil War Union Soldier at Home in Cabarrus County

25 Nov 2015
The Great Cabarrus Turkey Scam

31 Oct 2015
Cabarrus Halloween Matchmaking Party

15 Sep 2015
“Black Tongue” Takes a Toll in Cabarrus County and Across the South

31 Aug 2015
Pioneering Cabarrus Dentist, Dr. W. C. Houston

14 Jul 2015
Emma Hudson Eagle: First Matron of Stonewall Jackson Training School

24 Jun 2015
Cabarrus Troops Called to the Mexican Border on 24 Jun 1916

2 Jun 2015
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: Cabarrus Doctor J. W. Moose Patents Early Baseball Bat

18 May 2015
Bill Allman Was an Alaska Pioneer and a Larger Than Live Adventurer

11 May 2015
“Aunt Dill” Was a Mother Figure to Many in Eastern Cabarrus

27 Apr 2015
Cabarrus Coal and Ice Man A. B. Pounds

19 Apr 2015
Harris Documents Early Farm Life in Cabarrus County

9 Apr 2015
Dear Brother: A Cabarrus Soldier Writes Home

3 Apr 2015
Cabarrus Businessman, Bascom Umberger, Financed Education Through Music

28 Mar 2015
A Tale of Two Cabarrus George Millers

22 Mar 2015
22 Mar 1929 Tornado Strikes Cabarrus County

13 Mar 2015
The Road to Cabarrus Rose to Meet 18th Century Scot-Irish Immigrants

2 Mar 2015
Remembering Cabarrus Pioneer Sophia House Ludwig

19 Feb 2015
J. M. Odell Brings Electricity to Concord

14 Feb 2015
There’s a Whole Lot of Love in Cabarrus County

6 Feb 2015
Fredrick Watkins: First Black Doctor in Cabarrus

29 Jan 2015
January 29, 1833: Fire in Concord!

18 Jan 2015
1892 Diary: “Voige to Cabaras & Roan Countys”

9 Jan 2015
160 Years Ago: The Railroad Comes to the Piedmont

1 Jan 2015
Cook Helps Establish Stonewall Jackson Training School in Cabarrus County

12 Dec 2014
Santa Makes J. P. Gibson His Christmas Agent

4 Dec 2014
The First Automobiles in Cabarrus County

21 Nov 2014
The 1805 Cabarrus Divorce of Mary Eisenhauer and Her Misanthropic Husband

7 Nov 2014
C. A. Sherwood Leaves as Overseer of Cabarrus Poor House

4 Nov 2014
1892 Cabarrus Elections: Populists Chase Democrats

31 Oct 2014
Cabarrus Citizens Spooked by Halloween Meteor

27 Oct 2014
Using City Directories: Concord’s Motion Picture Theaters

21 Oct 2014
Cabarrus Connections: Clingman’s Dome

16 Oct 2014
Steam Powers the Cabarrus Odell Cotton Mill

10 Oct 2014
NC “Grandfather Clause” Created Useful Cabarrus Records

4 Oct 2014
Cabarrus Sealmasters Check Weights and Measures

26 Sep 2014
Rare Cabarrus Newspaper Advertises Real Estate in 1879

19 Sep 2014
Cabarrus Connections: Immanuel Lutheran College

12 Sep 2014
Early Cabarrus Obituary: Archibald Neely Departs This Life

5 Sep 2014
Cabarrus County Fairs Have Been a Tradition Since the 1870s

2 Sep 2014
Year Book Provides Annual Snapshot of Cabarrus County Education

29 Aug 2014
Cabarrus County’s Poplar Tent Community

26 Aug 2014
Cabarrus Responds to Women’s Suffrage

19 Aug 2014
Golden Opportunities in Cabarrus County

15 Aug 2014
Heritage of Cabarrus County Churches

12 Aug 2014
Cabarrus Walkways: First Sidewalks in Downtown Concord

8 Aug 2014
H. T. J. Ludwig and the Cabarrus School Tax Struggle

5 Aug 2014
100 Years Ago: Cabarrus Life at the Outbreak of WWI

1 Aug 2014
1826 Pastimes in Olde Concord: Church, Lafayette Ball, and the Giant Squirrel Hunt

22 Jul 2014
Cabarrus Neighbors Oversee Road Maintenance in 1793

11 Jul 2014
1910 City of Concord Prohibits Swearing, Playing Card, and…Peanuts

8 Jul 2014
Concord Taxes Set for 1897-1898

4 Jul 2014
Business in Post-Revolutionary Cabarrus

27 Jun 2014
Using Tax Records in African American Genealogy: Melchor Slave Record, 1863

24 Jun 2014
Grist Mills: Early Cabarrus County Industry

20 Jun 2014
Alice Caudle Talks About Cabarrus Mill Work

12 Jun 2014
Letter From a Concord Civil War Father

10 Jun 2014
Henry Kartesar: Cabarrus County Hessian

6 Jun 2014
Cabarrus Health and Beauty Aids in the Nineteenth Century

3 Jun 2014
June 1897: Cabarrus County Commissioners Purchase Road Equipment

30 May 2014
Early Life in Cabarrus County: Indigo and Cotton

27 May 2014
What’s In a Name: Cabarrus County Waterways

20 May 2014
Where Cabarrus County Worked in 1931

16 May 2014
Cabarrus Citizens Escort General Lafayette

13 May 2014
Using Education Records for Genealogy Research: 1900 N.C. College Alumni List

9 May 2014
Elizabeth Phifer Blackwelder: A Maternal Heroine of the Revolution

6 May 2014
Concord City Government: History of the Mayor’s Office

2 May 2014
Early Cabarrus Medical Practices: Treating Rabies

29 Apr 2014
African American Genealogy in Cabarrus County: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 1858-1859

25 Apr 2014
Margaret Mitchell Barrier: Mount Pleasant Homefront Defender

22 Apr 2014
Cabarrus County Common Schools Began on this Date in 1841

18 Apr 2014
How Cabarrus Tax Records Can Supplement the 1890 Census

11 Apr 2014
Using Rowan and Mecklenburg Newspapers for Cabarrus Research

9 Apr 2014
Early Life in Cabarrus County: Grain Crops

8 Apr 2014
Why I Do Genealogy Research