There are some listed under the tab County Resources on Rutherford County's NCgenweb page at http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encruther/ In a message dated 10/21/2004 7:03:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, NCRUTHER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 17:13:12 -0500 From: "Carolyn Heimann" <cheimann@charter.net> To: NCRUTHER-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <002701c4b6f1$fd68e4a0$7b01a8c0@Home> Subject: early Rutherford Co. records Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello, I am fairly new to the list and was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of websites that have early records in Rutherford Co. prior to 1850. Is there a historical or genealogical society for the county that might have books for sale and does anyone know if a county history book has been published. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. Carolyn Illinois