Cleveland County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Cleveland County

Guide to Cleveland County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Cleveland County Courthouse 11 East Marion St P O Box 1210 Shelby, North Carolina 28150 Phone: 704-484-4834 Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1914 Marriage records from 1851 and land records from 1841 Clerk Superior Court has divorce records  from 1921 Probate records from 1843 &amp; Circuit records from 1914

History
Cleaveland was originally used but the present spelling was adopted in 1887.

Parent County
1841--Cleveland County was created 11 January 1841 from Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Shelby

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.

Variant Spellings

 * Cleaveland

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Burke
 * Catawba
 * Cherokee County, South Carolina
 * Gaston
 * Lincoln
 * Rutherford
 * York County, South Carolina

Methodist

 * Mount Harmony United Methodist Church, near Polkville, N.C. Organized by 1791.

Education

 * Cleveland Community College Yearbooks: 1969-1991

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

Probate

 * 1841-1868, 1910-1942 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1870-1938 - Cleveland County Marriage Index 1870-1938 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Cleveland County Obituaries - misc. obits; from GenealogyBuff.com

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Cleveland 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.
 * Cleveland County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC
 * USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC