Clay County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Clay County

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

County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse Hayesville, NC 28904-0118 Phone: 828-389-6301 Registrar of Deeds has birth, death and military records from 1913 marriage records from 1879 and land records from 1870  Register of Deeds PO Box 118 Hayesville, NC. 28904 Telephone: 828-389-0087 Fax: 828-389-9749 Website Clerk of Superior Court 261 Courthouse Dr Suite 1 Hayesville, NC 28904 Telephone: (828) 389-2300

History


The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Parent County
1861--Clay County was created 20 February 1861 from Cherokee County. County seat: Hayesville

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
1870--Fire (not courthouse) destroyed all records of the county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cherokee
 * Macon
 * Rabun County, Georgia
 * Towns County, Georgia
 * Union County, Georgia

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 — images


 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Company B
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Company C

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1660 – 1790 North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry.com — index and images $]
 * 1663 - 1979 at FamilySearch.org — 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

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 $

Marriage

 * 1870-1908 - Clay County, North Carolina Early Marriages at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1870-1970 - Clay County Marriage Books A-Z Index 1870-1970 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
Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 2122 Asheville, NC 28802-2122 website Website

Web Sites

 * Clay 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.