Cleveland County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Cleveland County

County Courthouse
Cleveland County North Carolina 311 East Marion St P O Box 1210 Shelby, North Carolina 28150 704-484-4834 Reg of Deeds has b & D rec from 1914 m records from 1851 & land rec from 1841 Clk Sup Ct has div rec from 1921 Pro rec from 1843 & Ct rec from 1914 Cleveland county was formed from Rutherford and Lincoln 11 Jan 1841

History
Cleaveland was originally used but the present spelling was adopted in 1887.

Parent County
1841--Cleveland County was created 11 January 1841 from Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Shelby

Variant Spellings

 * Cleaveland

Neighboring Counties

 * Burke
 * Catawba
 * Cherokee County, South Carolina
 * Gaston
 * Lincoln
 * Rutherford
 * York County, South Carolina

Education

 * Cleveland Community College Yearbooks: 1969-1991

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

Deaths

 * Cleveland County Obituaries - misc. obits; from GenealogyBuff.com

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Cleveland County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC
 * USGenWeb Archives-Cleveland County, NC