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Alleghany County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1776
County Seat	Sparta
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

History

In 1776 settlers in what would eventually become Tennessee successfully petitioned North Carolina to recognize the Washington District. The District included all of modern Tennessee except two small settlements (North-of-Holston, Fincastle County, and Pendleton, Washington County) in the far northeast that were considered part of Virginia at the time. Washington (old) County was created from Washington District by North Carolina in 1777 as the western county of North Carolina.^[1]

In August 1784 delegates from Washington and two other western North Carolina counties which had split off from Washington (all now in Tennessee), declared their Independence from North Carolina because of perceived neglect, and misuse by North Carolina’s legislature. By May 1785 they had petitioned to be admitted to the United States as the new State of Franklin. The Franklin statehood request was denied. By 1789 the hopes for a State of Franklin faded. North Carolina refused to recognize several counties created by Franklin out of Washington County.^[2]

North Carolina was admitted to the Union in 1789 and ceded her western counties to the United States. The United States made these western counties into the Southwest Territory. In 1792 North Carolina divided Washington (old) County and annexed some of its land that would later become Alleghany, Ashe, and Watauga counties in North Carolina to Wilkes County, North Carolina.^[3] In 1796 the remainder of Washington County became part of the new State of Tennessee.

North Carolina created Ashe County out of Wilkes County in 1799, and in 1859 erected Alleghany County out of Ashe County.^[4]

For a detailed assessment of Alleghany records and their availability, see:

• Alleghany County (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Parent County

1859--Alleghany County was created in 1859 from Ashe County. County seat: Sparta^[4]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Some records were lost in a 1932 courthouse fire. For more information on extant records, see the following:

• Alleghany County (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Ashe
• Grayson County, Virginia
• Surry
• Wilkes

Resources

Cemeteries

• Alleghany County Cemetery Records North Carolina (Interment.net)
• Alleghany County, NC Cemeteries (GenWeb)
• Alleghany County, NC Cemetery Records (GenWeb)
• Cemeteries (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Find A Grave Cemetery Search Results [for Alleghany County] (Find A Grave)

Census

• Census (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Census Records (GenWeb)

Church

• Alleghany County Churches (GenWeb)

Court

• Court (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Land

• Deeds (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Land Records (GenWeb)

Local Histories

Maps

Military

• Military (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Military Records (GenWeb)

Newspapers

• Newspapers (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Obituaries (GenWeb)
• Obituaries (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Probate

• Wills (GenWeb)
• Wills & Estates (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• Birth Records (GenWeb)

Marriages

• Marriages (U.S. GenWeb Archives)

Deaths

• Death Records (GenWeb)
• Deaths

Yearbooks

• Alleghany County students at NC colleges - a list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Societies and Libraries 

Web Sites

• Alleghany County, North Carolina (New River Notes)
• Alleghany County, North Carolina GenWeb (NCGenWeb)
• Alleghany County, North Carolina GenWeb Archives (U.S. GenWeb Archives)
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Joyce Cox, and W. Eugene Cox, History of Washington County Tennessee (Jonesborough, Tenn.: Washington County Historical Assoc., 2001), 54.
2. ↑ “State of Franklin” in North Carolina History Project at http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/99/entry (accessed 27 June 2010).
3. ↑ Arthur L. Fletcher, Ashe County: A History (Jefferson, N.C.: Ashe County Research Assoc., 1963), 33-34.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002), 506.