Anson County is located in the Southern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, a British Admiral, who circumnavigated the globe from 1740 to 1744, and later became First Lord of the Admiralty. Death & Register of Deeds has birth records from 1913, marriage records from 1869 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce from 1868, probate records from 1750 & court records from 1770.