List, Mecklenburg County was formed from Anson County in late 1762. Many records of the county prior to that time have not survived due to courthouse fires in Anson. However, A number of property transactions prior to 1763 were recorded in Mecklenburg and are extant at the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds office. It is my understanding that more Anson/Mecklenburg records are housed at the State Archives in Raleigh. All property and estate records of Mecklenburg since 1763 survive and copies may be found in the Mecklenburg County Government Center and at the State Archives in Raleigh. The Charlotte/Mecklenburg Public Library also has copies of numerous early records. The Archives published a two-page chart of when North Carolina counties were formed with maps. The chart is available at many public libraries as well as at the archives. Copies of the county formation maps may be found on main NCMECKLE page at www.rootsweb.com/~ncmeckle . The chart is presented on the NCGenWeb index of counties at www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb . Regards, Paul Buckley, NCMECKLE list manager and Mecklenburg County NCGenWeb coordinator