Henderson County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Henderson County

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

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

Neighboring Counties

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

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

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

Probate

 * 1838-1923 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

 * Henderson County Public Library
 * Old Buncombe Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Henderson County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb project