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

Description
Swain County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for David Lowry Swain, Governor of North Carolina and president of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

County Courthouse
County Courthouse 1 Mitchell St P O box 417 Bryson, NC 28713 Phone: 828-488-9273

Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 marriage records from 1907 and land records Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1900 and probate records

History Timeline
European settlement began soon after the Cherokee Indian cession of 1798. These Europeans settled in the areas along the Oconaluftee and Tuckaseegee Rivers. The Cherokees surrendered the remainder of the land in a treaty on February 27, 1819. In 1871 the North Carolina General Assembly passed an act making Swain a North Carolina county, taking land from Jackson and Macon county. It was named for David L. Swain a former governor of North Carolina and president of the University of North Carolina.

The first court was held at Cold Spring Meeting House. Commissioners were to select a site for the courthouse and lay out a town named Charleston, to become the county seat. Charleston was renamed Bryson City in 1889 in honor of Colonel Thad Dillard Bryson.

Swain County began probating wills in 1876.

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch
 * Birdtown Cemetery- at Cemetery Census

Maps and Gazetteers
1895 Map of Swain County, North Carolina

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782 - at FamilySearch

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1885-1953 - at FamilySearch

World War I 
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948 - at FamilySearch

Other Records
County Records
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1665-1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1735-1970 - at FamilySearch
 * 1760-1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1873-1966 - have been digitized by FamilySearch

Birth

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964 - at FamilySearch
 * 1868-1953 - Swain County Birth Index 1868-1953. Batch at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1762-1979 -  at FamilySearch
 * 1763-1868 - at FamilySearch
 * 1871-1922 - Swain County Marriage Index 1871-1922. Batch at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1898-1994 - at FamilySearch
 * 1906-1930 - at FamilySearch
 * 1908-2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994 - at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1926-1975 - at FamilySearch
 * 1958-2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers

Societies

 * Swain County Genealogical and Historical Society SCGHS Library 200 Main Street PO Box 267 Bryson City, NC 28713 E-mail:[mailto:swaingenealogysociety@gmail.com swaingenealogysociety@gmail.com] Website
 * Swain County Genealogical Society PO Box 267 Bryson City, NC 28713 Telephone Number: 828-488-2935 Website

Websites

 * Swain County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Swain County, NCGenWeb
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.