Jackson County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Jackson County

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

County Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 401 Grind Stass Road Room 103 States, NC 28677 Phone: 828-586-7532

Register of deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probaet and court records from 1851 Jackson created from Haywood and Macon 29 Jan 1851

Register of Deeds 401 Grindstaff Cove Road Sylva, NC. 28779 Phone: 828-586-7535 Fax: 828-586-7535 Website

Clerk Superior Court 401 Grindstaff Cove Rd Sylva, NC 28779 Phone: (828) 631-6400

History


The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).

Parent County
1851--Jackson County was created 29 January 1851 from Haywood and Macon Counties. County seat: Sylva

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
1913 Records lost in move

Neighboring Counties

 * Haywood
 * Macon
 * Oconee County, South Carolina
 * Rabun County, Georgia
 * Swain
 * Transylvania

Ethnic Research

 * Sketch of the Cherokee people on the Indian Reservation of North Carolina (1894)

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885-1953 - at FamilySearch — images


 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company A
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G

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


 * 1868-1955 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - 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

 * 1853-1970 - Jackson County Marriage Index 1853-1970. Batch 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
 * 1763-1868 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Jackson County Genealogical Society Inc. P.O. Box 2108 Cullowhee, NC 28723 Website

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

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