Jackson County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Jackson County

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

County Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 401 Grind Stass Road Room 103 States, NC 28677 Phone: 828-586-7532

Register of deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probaet and court records from 1851 Jackson created from Haywood and Macon 29 Jan 1851

History


The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).

Parent County
1851--Jackson County was created 29 January 1851 from Haywood and Macon Counties. County seat: Sylva

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 missing, reason unknown. For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Haywood
 * Macon
 * Oconee County, South Carolina
 * Rabun County, Georgia
 * Swain
 * Transylvania

Ethnic Research

 * Sketch of the Cherokee people on the Indian Reservation of North Carolina (1894)

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


 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company A :- 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G

Probate

 * 1868-1955 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1853-1970 - Jackson County Marriage Index 1853-1970. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

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