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United States North Carolina  Iredell County

County Courthouse
Iredell County Courthouse 21 East Water St P O Box 904 Statesville, NC 28677 Phone: 704-872-7468

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

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
 * Iredell Business/Owners 1899

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.
 * 1735-1970

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 *