Transylvania County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Transylvania County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. Representative Joseph P. Jordan, who was born on a farm in Transylvania, introduced a bill to the North Carolina House of Commons to establish a new county and he chose the name Transylvania from Latin words meaning "over the trees" or "across the woods".

County Courthouse
Transvylvania County Courthouse 12 E Main Street PO Box 417 Brevard, NC 28712 Phone: 828-884-3162 Transvylvania County Website Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage and land records from 1861 and military records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1700-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * FamilySearch Places

Directories

 * NC State directories. Directories include information about area businesses and citizens.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1862-1870   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1863-1872   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Walton County, NC, now extinct, disputed county between NC and GA, includes history
 * Maps of Transylvania County (UNC)
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War 


 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1885-1953  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company A
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company H

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Newspapers

 * 1799-1893 Transylvania County marriages. Included in Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. (North Carolina Digital Collections)
 * Transylvania County newspapers. Listing of newspapers published in the county. (Library of Congress)
 * North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, full-text papers from 1752-1890s.
 * Transylvania Times, current newspaper of Brevard, NC

Other Records
County Records
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. (incomplete)

Voter Registration
 * 1868-1898 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1720-1960 - at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1735-1970  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)
 * 1760-1800 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1810-1951 Index to Transylvania County estate records, 1810 to 1951
 * 1879-1968  at FamilySearch.org - How to Use this Collection; images only (by County)

School Records

 * Brevard College Yearbooks, 1935-1998, digitized by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 * Transylvania County county students at NC colleges. Yearbook index. (NCGenWeb)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1913-1922  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979  at FamilySearch  - How to Use this Collection; Index
 * 1762-1979  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1763-1868  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1861-1970 Transylvania County Marriage Index 1861-1970 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1898-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1906-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1908-2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1911-1961 Transylvania County Death Index 1911-1961. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1913-1916 Transylvania County death certificates, 1913-1916
 * 1931-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Divorce

 * 1926-1975  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1958-2004 North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Brevard North Carolina Family History Center

Societies

 * Transylvania Genealogical Society 189 West Main Street PO Box 2347 Brevard, NC 28712 Website
 * Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society PO Box 2122 Asheville, NC 28802-2122
 * Transylvania County Historical Society, Inc. PO Box 2061 Brevard, NC 28712 Website

Websites

 * Transylvania GenWeb Project- free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Transylvania County Archives-USGenWeb
 * Old Walton County, GA
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.