Graham County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Graham County

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

County Courthouse
Graham County Courthouse Main St. P O Box 406 Robbinsville, NC 28771-0575 Phone: 828-479-7971 Register of Deeds has birth, death records from 1913 marriage, land records from 1873 Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court, probate records, from 1872

Parent County
1872--Graham County was created 30 January 1872 from Cherokee County. County seat: Robbinsville

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

 * Blount County, Tennessee
 * Cherokee
 * Macon
 * Monroe County, Tennessee
 * Swain

Civil War

 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

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

 * 1873-1970 - Graham County Marriage Index 1873-1970. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1741 - 2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1969 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 2122 Asheville, NC 28802-2122 Graham County Genealogical Society

Web Sites

 * Graham County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.