Macon County, North Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Macon County, North Carolina ancestry, family history, and genealogy 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.

County Courthouse
Macon County Courthouse Franklin, NC 28734-3005 Phone: 828-349-2095 Register of Deeds has marriage and land records Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records Macon County was recreated from Haywood in 1828   Register of Deeds 5 W. Main Street Franklin, NC 28734 Telephone: 828-349-2095 Fax: 828-349-2403 [mailto:deeds@maconnc.org Email] Website  Clerk of Superior Court  PO Box 288 Franklin, NC 28744 Telephone: (828) 349-7200

History


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

Parent County
1828--Macon County was created in 1828 from Haywood County. County seat: Franklin

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
Many records are missing.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cherokee
 * Clay
 * Graham
 * Jackson
 * Oconee County, South Carolina
 * Rabun County, Georgia
 * Swain
 * Towns County, Georgia

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

 * Macon County Census Resources - via the NCGenWeb Project

Education

 * 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

Revolutionary War

 * 1779 - 1782 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885 - 1953 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * - 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 — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records


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

State Archives

 * 1830 - 1966 - Macon County Wills, 1830-1966 - index of wills held at the NC State Library

County Courthouse

 * 1829 - 1927 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Death

 * 1898 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1906 - 1930 - 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

 * 1926 - 1975 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriages

 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1763 - 1868 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
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

Family History Centers

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

Websites

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