Yancey County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Yancey County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for Bartlett Yancey, U.S. congressman 1813-1817.

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.

Neighboring Counties

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

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Young Cemetery, Burnsville BillionGraves

County Records

 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Lost Cove, North Carolina: The Life and Death of a Thriving Community (1864-1957). 2007. By Christy A. Smith. Online at: East Tennessee State University.

Maps
Yancey Map

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


 * - 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

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

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
 * 1834 - 1935 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * Images of Wills and Estates 1851-1902; 1902-1922.  North Carolina Pioneers ($)

Birth Records

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

Death Records

 * 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 Records

 * 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 $
 * 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
 * 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 Family History Centers

Websites

 * 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.