Henderson County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Henderson County is located in the Southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Leonard Henderson, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829-1833.

County Courthouse
Henderson County Courthouse 200 N Grove St Suite 129 Henderson, NC 28792-5053 Phone: 828-697-4901

Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1914, marriage record from 1800 and rec from 1837 Clerkk superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1841

Register of Deeds 200 N. Grove Street, Ste. 129 Hendersonville, NC 28792 Phone: 828-697-4901 Fax: 828-697-4933 Website

Clerk Superior Court 200 N Grove St Ste 163 Hendersonville, NC 28792 Phone: (828) 694-4100

Parent County
1838--Henderson County was created 15 December 1838 from Buncombe County. County seat: Hendersonville

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Buncombe
 * Greenville County, South Carolina
 * Haywood
 * Polk
 * Rutherford
 * Transylvania

Baptist

 * French Broad, near Mills River, N.C. Organized before 1792. Previously located in Buncombe County.

Education

 * Twenty-fourth annual report of the public schools of Henderson, North Carolina, 1922-1923 - via the Internet Archive
 * Henderson County students at NC colleges - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county

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


 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company I
 * - 1st Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Company D
 * - 7th Battalion, North Carolina Cavalry, Company E
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company G

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
 * 1838 - 1923 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free
 * 1841 - 1886 - Images of Wills and Estates  North Carolina Pioneers ($).

Births

 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1840 - 1900 - Henderson County Bastardy Bonds 1840-1900 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1866 - 1964 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Death

 * 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

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
 * 1906 - 1929 - Henderson County Marriage Index 1906-1929. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Divorces

 * 1842 - 1900 - Henderson County Divorce Records 1842-1900 at USGenWeb - free.
 * 1926 - 1975 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Societies and Libraries
Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society PO Box 2616 Hendersonville 28793-2616

Henderson County Genealogical and Historical Society Inc. 400 North Main Street Hendersonville, NC 28792 Telephone Number: 828-693-1531 E-mail: [mailto:hcghs@bellsouth.net hcghs@bellsouth.net] Website

Buncombe County, North Carolina 128 Bingham Road, Suite 950 Asheville, North Caroling 28806 Telephone Number: 828-253-1894 Website


 * Henderson County Public Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Henderson County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * Henderson County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb project