Yancey County, North Carolina Genealogy

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

Description
Yancey County was named in honor of one of North Carolina's most distinguished statesmen, Bartlett Yancey, of Caswell County. As a U.S. Congressman (1813–1817) and as speaker of the N.C. Senate (1817–1827), he was instrumental in many accomplishments that benefited the state, including the creation of an education fund that was the beginning of the N.C. Public School System. He was an advocate of correcting the inequality in representation in the General Assembly by the creation of new western counties; but he died on August 30, 1828, over five years before the General Assembly created a new county named in his honor. It is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Yancey County Courthouse 110 Town Square, Room 5 Burnsville, NC 28714 Phone: 818-682-2174 Yancey County Website Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and burial records. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce records from 1875, prpbate, court, land records from 1870. Depart of Archive &amp; History in Raleigh, NC has older records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cemeteries

 * Young Cemetery, Burnsville BillionGraves

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * 1700-1970 - at FamilySearch — index
 * FamilySearch Places

Local Histories

 * Lost Cove, North Carolina: The Life and Death of a Thriving Community (1864-1957). 2007. By Christy A. Smith. Online at: East Tennessee State University.

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782  at FamilySearch

Civil War 
 * 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


 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company C
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 6th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company E

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948  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 $
 * 1834-1935  at FamilySearch
 * 1851-1902, 1902-1922 Images of Wills and Estates North Carolina Pioneers $

Vital Records

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Birth

 * 1800-2000  at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964  at FamilySearch
 * 1913-1922  at FamilySearch — index and images

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
 * 1850-1920 Yancey County Marriage List for 1850-1920
 * 1851-1967 Yancey County Marriage Index 1851-1967 in International Genealogical Index 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

 * Toe Valley Genealogical Society 491 Beaver Creek Road Spruce Pine, NC 28777
 * Yancey History Association PO Box 1088 Burnsville, NC 28714 Website

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * – 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.