Madison County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Madison County

Parent County
1851--Madison County was created 27 January 1851 from Buncombe and Yancey Counties. County seat: Marshall

Neighboring Counties

 * Buncombe
 * Cocke County, Tennessee
 * Greene County, Tennessee
 * Haywood
 * Unicoi County, Tennessee
 * Yancey

African American

 * Freedman Bank Records, 1865-1874 - search this freely available database for bank records of African-American individuals. This database includes records from all 29 branches of the bank. North Carolina bank locations included Wilmington, Raleigh &amp; New Bern.

Cemeteries

 * Madison County cemeteries at the NCGenWeb Archives
 * Madison County cemeteries at Find-A-Grave

Education

 * Mars Hill College yearbooks - from 1917-2008; digitized by the NC Digital Heritage Center
 * Madison County College Students - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county

Maps

 * Madison County Maps

Military

 * Military records at the Madison County NCGenWeb Archives

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

Newspapers

 * Madison county newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
 * Madison County residents in the newspaper - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
 * See the "Deaths" category in the Vital Records section for information on obituaries

Probate

 * Wills and Estate records of Madison County - on the NCGenWeb Archives

Vital Records
Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit their website for more information.

Births

 * North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch

Marriages

 * North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
 * Madison County marriages - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website

Deaths

 * Obituaries from The Record and The French Broad News - being placed online by the Madison County Genealogical Society; an ongoing project.
 * North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch.
 * Madison County deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.

Societies and Libraries

 * Madison County Genealogical Society
 * Madison County Public Library

Web Sites

 * Madison County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project