Iredell County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Iredell County

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

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

Record Loss
1852, 1854--Courthouse fires destroyed many court records.

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

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

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

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, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project