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

Description
Macon County is located in the Southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Georgia. It was named for Nathaniel Macon, an early nineteenth-century North Carolina political leader who served as both a U.S. senator and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

History Timeline


The county is named after U.S. Senator Nathaniel Macon (1758-1837).

Cemeteries

 * The Macon County Historical Society is planning to release a compilation of the county's cemetery surveys in book form.
 * Western North Carolina and Northeast Georgia Obituaries and Headstones

Census Records

 * Macon County Census Resources - via the NCGenWeb Project

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782 - at FamilySearch

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 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


 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company H
 * - 1st Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company K
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Company A

World War I 
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948 - at FamilySearch

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1665-1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1735-1970 - at FamilySearch
 * 1760-1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * Images of (surviving) Wills and Estates 1830-1867; 1869-1912. North Carolina Pioneers ($)

School Records

 * Macon County students at NC Colleges - list of names of students with hometowns in Macon county provided in various yearbooks; via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Tax Records

 * 1843-1936 - Macon County Tax Records 1843-1936 (images) online at FamilySearch

Birth

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964 - at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1762-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1763-1868 - at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1898-1994 - at FamilySearch
 * 1906-1930 - at FamilySearch
 * 1908-2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994 - at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1926-1975 - at FamilySearch
 * 1958-2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

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

Societies

 * Macon Co Historical Society and Genealogical Society  36 W Main St Franklin, NC 28734 Telephone Number:828-524-9758
 * Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society PO Box 2122 Asheville, NC 28802-2122
 * Macon County Genealogical Society

Websites

 * Macon County, NCGenWeb
 * – 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.