Buncombe County, North Carolina
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Revision as of 21:07, 19 August 2011
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 Location in the state of North Carolina | |||||||||
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| Founded | 1791 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Asheville | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Buncombe County
Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Parent County
1791--Buncombe County was created 5 December 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Asheville [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1830, 1865--The courthouse fires destroyed many court records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Education
- Black Mountain College collection - repository of publications and records of the college. Available via the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
- Buncombe County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
Family Histories
- [Gash] Rising, Marsha Hoffman. "The Gash Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina: Who Was Ebenezer Gash of St. Clair County, Missouri?," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):105-116.
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Asheville and Buncombe County Weblog
- Buncombe County NC GenWeb
- Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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