Henderson County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Henderson County

County Courthouse
Henderson County North Carolina 200 N Grove St Suite 129 Henderson, NC 28792-5053 828-697-4901

reg of Deeds has b & d rec from 1914, m record from 1800 & land rec from 1837 Cllk sup Ct has div, pro & ct rec from 1841

Henderson created from Buncombe 15 Dec 1838

Parent County
1838--Henderson County was created 15 December 1838 from Buncombe County. County seat: Hendersonville

Neighboring Counties

 * Buncombe
 * Greenville County, South Carolina
 * Haywood
 * Polk
 * Rutherford
 * Transylvania

Education

 * Twenty-fourth annual report of the public schools of Henderson, North Carolina, 1922-1923 - via the Internet Archive
 * Henderson County students at NC colleges - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county

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

Societies and Libraries

 * Henderson County Public Library
 * Old Buncombe Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Henderson County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb project