By: W.O. Absher, Pub. 1981, reprinted 2018., 124 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-172-8.
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 wonderful source for persons researching their family history due to the many and varied persons being mentioned with the records.