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| Henderson County, North Carolina | |||||||||
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| Founded | December 15, 1838 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Hendersonville | ||||||||
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United States
North Carolina
Henderson County
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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[1]
History
Parent County
1838--Henderson County was created 15 December 1838 from Buncombe County.
County seat: Hendersonville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Census
For tips on accessing Henderson County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church Records
Baptist
- French Broad, near Mills River, N.C. Organized before 1792.[3]
Court
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
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
- 1838-1923 - Will Books 1 to 5 (1838-1923) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Henderson County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb project
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Henderson County, North Carolina. Page 509 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ "French Broad Baptist Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.
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