Iredell County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Iredell County

Guide to Iredell County, North Carolina ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Iredell County Courthouse 221 East Water St P O Box 904 Statesville, NC 28677 Phone: 704-872-7468

(Courthouse Burned in 1854) Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death, burial and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1820 and court records from 1788

Register of Deeds 201 Water Street Statesville, NC 28687 Phone: 704-872-7468 Fax: 704-878-5426 Website

Clerk Superior Court 221 East Water Street  Statesville, NC 28677 Phone: (704) 832-6600

Parent County
1788--Iredell County was created 3 November 1788 from Rowan County. County seat: Statesville

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1852, 1854--Courthouse fires destroyed many court records. For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Populated Places
Barium Springs

Mooresville

Statesville (county seat)

Troutman

Union Grove

Neighboring Counties

 * Alexander
 * Cabarrus
 * Catawba
 * Davie
 * Lincoln
 * Mecklenburg
 * Rowan
 * Wilkes
 * Yadkin

Cemeteries
IREDELL MEMORIAL GARDENS

OAKWOOD CEMETERY

Baptist

 * Grassy Nob. Constituted 1789.

Presbyterian

 * Centre Church, Mount Mourne, N.C. Organized 1765. Originally known as the Osbourne Meeting House and located in Rowan County.
 * Fourth Creek Church, Statesville, N.C. Organized about 1750. Originally located in Rowan County.

Directories

 * Statesville: 1910

Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.


 * -4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E :- 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company B :- 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company A :- 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C :- 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company H :- 4th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company D :- 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company F :- 8th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company A


 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

Newspapers

 * Iredell County people in NC Newspapers - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
 * Iredell County newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
 * Statesville Record and Landmark - current newspaper of Statesville
 * Mooresville Tribune - another current paper

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1660 – 1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry.com — index and images $]
 * 1663 - 1979 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1665 - 1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1735 - 1970 at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1760 – 1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
 * 1790-1965 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * 1790-1865 - SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills. - Free

Birth

 * 1800 - 2000 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death

 * 1898 - 1994 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1908 - 2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1931 - 1994 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce

 * 1958 - 2004North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriages

 * 1893-1934 - Iredell County Marriage Index 1893-1934 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759-1979 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762–1979 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Iredell County, Genealogical Society Of P.O. Box 946 Statesville 28687

Genealogical Society-Iredell 200 S Center St Statesville, NC 28677 (704) 878-5384 Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Lake Norman North Carolina Family History Center (Mooresville)
 * Statesville North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Iredell County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * Iredell County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project