Jackson County, North Carolina

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Jackson County, North Carolina
Map
Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1851
County Seat	Sylva
Courthouse
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Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Census 4.3 Church 4.4 Court 4.5 Ethnic Research 4.6 Land 4.7 Local Histories 4.8 Maps 4.9 Military 4.9.1 Civil War 4.10 Newspapers 4.11 Probate 4.12 Taxation 4.13 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries 5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

Jackson County Courthouse
401 Grind Stass Road Room 103
States, NC 28677
Phone: 828-586-7532

Register of deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probaet and court records from 1851
Jackson created from Haywood and Macon 29 Jan 1851^[1]

History

The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).^[2]

Parent County

1851--Jackson County was created 29 January 1851 from Haywood and Macon Counties.
County seat: Sylva ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Many records missing, reason unknown.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Haywood
• Macon
• Oconee County, South Carolina
• Rabun County, Georgia
• Swain
• Transylvania

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Jackson County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Church

Court

Ethnic Research

• Sketch of the Cherokee people on the Indian Reservation of North Carolina (1894)

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

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

Newspapers

Probate

• 1868-1955 - Will Books (1868-1955) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Cherokee North Carolina Family History Center 

Web Sites

• Jackson County, NCGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Jackson County, North Carolina. Page 510 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Andrew Jackson," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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