Yancey County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Yancey County

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

County Courthouse


Yancey County Courthouse Burnsville, NC 28714 Phone: 818-682-2174 Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and burial records

Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1875, pr, ct land rec from 1870; Depart of Archive &amp; History in Raleigh, NC has older rec

Register of Deeds 110 Town Square, Room 4 Burnsville, NC 28714 Phone: 828-682-2174 Fax: 828-682-4520 Website

Clerk Superior Court 110 Town Sq Rm 5 Burnsville, NC 28714 Phone: (828) 678-5700

Parent County
1833--Yancey County was created from Burke and Buncombe Counties. County seat: Burnsville

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
Some early records are missing. For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Buncombe
 * Madison
 * McDowell
 * Mitchell
 * Unicoi County, Tennessee

Cemeteries

 * Bailey Cemetery, Jacks Creek BillionGraves
 * Young Cemetery, Burnsville BillionGraves

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch.org — index and images


 * -6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C :- 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G :- 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E

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


 * 1834-1935 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Birth Records

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

Death Records

 * 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 Records

 * 1958 - 2004North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriages

 * 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
 * 1850-1920 - Yancey County Marriage List for 1850-1920 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1851-1967 - Yancey County Marriage Index 1851-1967 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries
Toe Valley Genealogical Society 491 Beaver Creek Road Spruce Pine, NC 28777

Yancey History Association PO Box 1088 Burnsville, NC 28714 website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Yancey 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.