Gaston County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Gaston County

County Courthouse
Gaston County Courthouse 325 N Marietta St Box 1578 Gastonia, NC 28053 Phone: 704-868-7684

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records from 1913 Land records from 1847 Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records

Parent County
1846--Gaston County was created 21 December 1846 from Lincoln County. County seat: Gastonia

Record Loss
1874--Courthouse fire destroyed many court records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Cleveland
 * Lincoln
 * Mecklenburg
 * York County, South Carolina

Cemeteries

 * Gaston NCGenWeb - cemetery listing
 * Gaston County cemeteries on Find-A-Grave

Land

 * The Bureau of Land Management General Land Office web site has searchable land records for North Carolina.

Local Histories

 * High Shoals, Gaston county, N.C., a Southern cotton mill town (1908)

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Gaston County for European settlers included:


 * Occaneechi Path pre-historic
 * Lower Cherokee Traders' Path pre-historic
 * Catawba and Northern Trail pre-historic
 * Fall Line Road about 1735 (overlapped Occaneechi Path)
 * Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s (overlapped Occaneechi Path)
 * Upper Road about 1783 (overlapped Lower Cherokee Traders' Path)

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


 * -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Probate

 * NC County Records: Gaston County includes indexed images of Estates 1839-1970 and Guardianships 1849-1964

Schools

 * Sacred Heart College - founded in 1892 by the order of the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mercy. Closed in 1987.
 * Gaston County College Students - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county.

Societies and Libraries

 * Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society
 * Gaston-Lincoln Regional Library System

Family History Centers

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

Web Sites

 * Gaston County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb project.