Buncombe County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Buncombe County

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

County Courthouse
Buncombe County Courthouse 69 Court Plaza Run 110 Asheville, NC 28801-3519 Court house burned 1830-1835 Reg of Deeds has b, m, d. bur &amp; land records Clk Sup Ct has div &amp; pro rec from 1832 &amp; Ct Rec

Parent County
1791--Buncombe County was created 5 December 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Asheville

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
1830, 1865--The courthouse fires destroyed many court records.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Haywood
 * Henderson
 * Madison
 * McDowell
 * Rutherford
 * Transylvania
 * Yancey

Cemeteries

 * Buncombe County Cemetery Census

BillionGraves (Headstone photos, Google maps, searchable database both by cemetery and sitewide):


 * Patton Cemetery, Swannatoa
 * Western North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain
 * Woodlawn Cemetery, Ashville

Baptist

 * French Broad River, near Mills River, N.C. Organized before 1792. Later located in Henderson County.

Court
Civil action papers, 1808-1889. (Free) Browse online at FamilySearch Historical Collections.

Education

 * Black Mountain College collection - repository of publications and records of the college. Available via the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
 * Montreat College Yearbooks: 1925-1959 -- free at the Internet Archive


 * Buncombe County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Family Histories

 * [Gash] Rising, Marsha Hoffman. "The Gash Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina: Who Was Ebenezer Gash of St. Clair County, Missouri?," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):105-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).

Land Records
Land records in Buncombe County are searchable and the deeds are available online at http://registerofdeeds.buncombecounty.org/external/LandRecords/protected/v4/SrchName.aspx

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


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Probate

 * 1831-1961 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Births

 * 1892-1909 - Asheville, Buncombe County Birth Index 1892-1909. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1851-1961 - Buncombe County Marriage Index 1851-1961 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1898-1909 - Asheville, Buncombe County Death Index 1898-1909. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

 * Buncombe County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * Asheville and Buncombe County Weblog
 * Buncombe County NC GenWeb
 * Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society