Buncombe County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Buncombe County

County Courthouse
Buncombe County Courthouse 69 Court Plaza Run 110 Asheville, NC 28801-3519 Court house burned 1830-1835 Reg of Deeds has b, m, d. bur &amp; land records Clk Sup Ct has div &amp; pro rec from 1832 &amp; Ct Rec

Parent County
1791--Buncombe County was created 5 December 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Asheville

Record Loss
1830, 1865--The courthouse fires destroyed many court records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Haywood
 * Henderson
 * Madison
 * McDowell
 * Rutherford
 * Transylvania
 * Yancey

Cemeteries

 * Buncombe County Cemetery Census

BillionGraves (Headstone photos, Google maps, searchable database both by cemetery and sitewide):


 * Patton Cemetery, Swannatoa
 * Western North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain
 * Woodlawn Cemetery, Ashville

Baptist

 * French Broad River, near Mills River, N.C. Organized before 1792. Later located in Henderson County.

Court
Civil action papers, 1808-1889. (Free) Browse online at FamilySearch Historical Collections.

Education

 * Black Mountain College collection - repository of publications and records of the college. Available via the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
 * Montreat College Yearbooks: 1925-1959 -- free at the Internet Archive


 * Buncombe County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Family Histories

 * [Gash] Rising, Marsha Hoffman. "The Gash Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina: Who Was Ebenezer Gash of St. Clair County, Missouri?," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):105-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

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


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Probate

 * 1831-1961 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Asheville North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Asheville and Buncombe County Weblog
 * Buncombe County NC GenWeb
 * Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society