Iredell County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Iredell County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and was named for James Iredell, North Carolina attorney general during the Revolution and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention who was later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President George Washington.

County Courthouse
Iredell County Courthouse 221 East Water St P O Box 904 Statesville, NC 28677 Phone: 704-872-7468

(Courthouse Burned in 1854) Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death, burial and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1820 and court records from 1788

Register of Deeds 201 Water Street Statesville, NC 28687 Phone: 704-872-7468 Fax: 704-878-5426 Website

Clerk Superior Court 221 East Water Street Statesville, NC 28677 Phone: (704) 832-6600

Parent County
1788--Iredell County was created 3 November 1788 from Rowan County. County seat: Statesville

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
1852, 1854--Courthouse fires destroyed many court records.

Populated Places
Barium Springs

Mooresville

Statesville (county seat, created in 1789, referred to as States Ville in the 1800 Census)

Troutman

Union Grove

Neighboring Counties

 * Alexander (formed from portions of what was then Iredell, Caldwell, Wilkes counties in 1847)
 * Cabarrus (formed from Mecklenburg County in 1792)
 * Catawba (formed in 1842 from Lincoln County)
 * Davie (formed in 1836 from Rowan County)
 * Lincoln (formed in 1779 from the eastern part of Tyron County)
 * Mecklenburg (formed in 1762 from the western part of Anson County)
 * Rowan (formed in 1753 from the northern part of Anson County)
 * Wilkes (Wilkes County was formed in 1777 from parts of Surry County and Washington District (now Washington County, Tennessee)
 * Yadkin (formed in 1850 from the part of Surry County south of the Yadkin River)

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch — index and images

Baptist

 * Grassy Knob. Constituted 1789 near present day Union Grove, Iredell County.

Presbyterian

 * Bethany Presbyterian Church, located Statesville, Iredell County, organized in 1778
 * Bethesda Presbyterian Church, located in Statesville, Iredell County, organized in 1775
 * Centre Church, Mount Mourne, Iredell County. Organized 1765. Originally known as the Osbourne Meeting House and located in Rowan County.
 * Concord Presbyterian Church, located in Statesville, Iredell County, organized in 1775
 * Coddle Creek Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, organized in 1761 near present day Mooresville, Iredell County
 * Fourth Creek Meeting House and Congregation, located in Rowan County (present day Statesville, Iredell County) organized about 1750.
 * New Sterling Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, located in Stony Point, Iredell County, organized in 1787

County Records

 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Directories

 * Statesville: 1910

Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

Local Histories

 * Iredell Piedmont County, by Homer M. Keever, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976

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


 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E
 * - 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company B
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company A
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company H
 * - 4th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company D
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company F
 * - 8th Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company A

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * Iredell County people in NC Newspapers - 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.
 * Iredell 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.
 * Statesville Record and Landmark - current newspaper of Statesville
 * Mooresville Tribune - another current paper

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 $
 * Pre - 1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.
 * 1790 - 1965 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * 1790 - 1865 - SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills. - Free
 * 1800 - 1808 - Images of Wills and Estates. North Carolina Pioneers ($)

Taxation

 * 1800 - Land Valuations for Direct Tax, 1800 (images) online at FamilySearch
 * 1815 - Tax Lists, Iredell County, 1815 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections

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 $
 * 1893 - 1934 - Iredell County Marriage Index 1893-1934 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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
Genealogical Society Of Iredell County PO Box 946 Statesville 28687

Genealogical Society-Iredell 200 S Center St Statesville, NC 28677 Telephone Number: 704-878-5384 Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Lake Norman North Carolina Family History Center (Mooresville)
 * Statesville North Carolina Family History Center

Websites

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