Madison County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Madison County

Guide to Madison County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse


Madison County Courthouse P O Box 66 Marshall, NC 28753 Phone:828-649-3131 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death burial and land records Clerk Superopr Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1851

Parent County
1851--Madison County was created 27 January 1851 from Buncombe and Yancey Counties. County seat: Marshall

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
For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Buncombe
 * Cocke County, Tennessee
 * Greene County, Tennessee
 * Haywood
 * Unicoi County, Tennessee
 * Yancey

African American

 * Freedman Bank Records, 1865-1874 - search this freely available database for bank records of African-American individuals. This database includes records from all 29 branches of the bank. North Carolina bank locations included Wilmington, Raleigh &amp; New Bern.

Cemeteries

 * Madison County cemeteries at the NCGenWeb Archives
 * Madison County cemeteries at Find-A-Grave

Education

 * Mars Hill College yearbooks - from 1917-2011; digitized by the NC Digital Heritage Center
 * Madison County College Students - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county

Maps

 * Madison County Maps

Military

 * Military records at the Madison County NCGenWeb Archives

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


 * -2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

 * Madison 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.
 * Madison County residents in the newspaper - 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.
 * See the "Deaths" category in the Vital Records section for information on obituaries

Probate

 * 1851-1952 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.


 * Wills and Estate records of Madison County - on the NCGenWeb Archives

Vital Records
Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit their website for more information.

Births

 * North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch

Marriages

 * North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
 * Madison County marriages - may be included throughout 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. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website
 * 1851-1969 - Madison County Marriage Books 1-4 Index 1851-1969. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Obituaries from The Record and The French Broad News - being placed online by the Madison County Genealogical Society; an ongoing project.
 * North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch.
 * Madison County deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.

Societies and Libraries

 * Madison County Genealogical Society
 * Madison County Public Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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