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United States&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; North Carolina&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Iredell County

County Courthouse
Iredell County Courthouse&lt;br&gt;221 East Water St &lt;br&gt;P O Box 904&lt;br&gt;Statesville, NC 28677&lt;br&gt;Phone: 704-872-7468&lt;br&gt;

(Courthouse Burned in 1854)&lt;br&gt;Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death, burial and land records&lt;br&gt;Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1820 and court records from 1788&lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Iredell County, North Carolina. Page 510 ; .&lt;/ref&gt;

Parent County
1788--Iredell County was created 3 November 1788&amp;nbsp;from Rowan County.&lt;br&gt;County seat: Statesville &lt;ref name="Handybook"&gt;The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).&lt;/ref&gt;

Record Loss
1852, 1854--Courthouse fires destroyed many court records.

Populated Places
Barium Springs

Mooresville

Statesville (county seat)

Troutman

Union Grove

Neighboring Counties

 * Alexander *Cabarrus *Catawba *Davie *Lincoln *Mecklenburg *Rowan *Wilkes *Yadkin

Cemeteries
IREDELL MEMORIAL GARDENS

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OAKWOOD CEMETERY

Baptist

 * Grassy Nob. Constituted 1789.&lt;ref&gt;George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 2:565. .&lt;/ref&gt;

Presbyterian

 * Centre Church, Mount Mourne, N.C. Organized 1765.&lt;ref&gt;"Centre Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.&lt;/ref&gt; Originally known as the Osbourne Meeting House and located in Rowan County. *Fourth Creek Church, Statesville, N.C. Organized about 1750.&lt;ref&gt;"Fourth Creek Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.&lt;/ref&gt; Originally located in Rowan County.

Directories

 * Statesville: 1910

Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors *Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family *Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

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


 * -4th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry :-7th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry :-11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

 * Iredell County people in NC Newspapers -&amp;nbsp;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. *Iredell County newspapers -&amp;nbsp;a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp;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. *Statesville Record and Landmark&amp;nbsp;- current newspaper of Statesville&lt;br&gt; *Mooresville Tribune - another current paper

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Probate

 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online - free. Website tips.


 * 1790-1965 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Family History Centers&lt;br&gt;

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;br&gt; *Lake Norman North Carolina Family History Center (Mooresville)&lt;br&gt; *Statesville North Carolina Family History Center

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Web Sites

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