By: W.O. Absher, Pub. 1981, reprinted 2018, 142 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-555-3.
Surry County was formed from Rowan in 1770 and is one of those very important counties in which so much migration came via Virginia, as well as New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Deeds are a wondeful source for persons doing family research due to the many and varied being mentioned within.