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United States North Carolina Madison County

Guide to Madison County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Madison County, North Carolina

Map

Map of North Carolina highlighting Madison County

Location in the state of North Carolina

Map of the U.S. highlighting North Carolina

Location of North Carolina in the U.S.

Facts

Founded

1851

County Seat

Marshall

Courthouse

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County Courthouse

Madison County Courthouse, Marshall, N.C.

Madison County Courthouse
P O Box 66
Marshall, NC 28753
Phone:828-649-3131

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death burial and land records
Clerk Superopr Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1851^[1]

History

Parent County

1851--Madison County was created 27 January 1851 from Buncombe and Yancey Counties.
County seat: Marshall ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Ncmadison.png

African American

Freedman Bank Records, 1865-1874 - search this freely available database for bank records of African-American individuals. This database includes records from all 29 branches of the bank. North Carolina bank locations included Wilmington, Raleigh & New Bern.

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Education

Mars Hill College yearbooks - from 1917-2011; digitized by the NC Digital Heritage Center
Madison County College Students - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Madison County Maps

Military

Military records at the Madison County NCGenWeb Archives

Civil War

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

-2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

Madison county newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county & libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
Madison County residents in the newspaper - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
See the "Deaths" category in the Vital Records section for information on obituaries

Probate

1851-1952 - Will Books A to C (1851-1952) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Wills and Estate records of Madison County - on the NCGenWeb Archives

Taxation

Vital Records

Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit their website for more information.

Births

North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch

Marriages

North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
Madison County marriages - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website

Deaths

Obituaries from The Record and The French Broad News - being placed online by the Madison County Genealogical Society; an ongoing project.
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch.
Madison County deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

Madison County, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
Family History Library Catalog

References

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

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Counties	Alamance · Alexander · Alleghany · Anson · Ashe · Avery · Beaufort · Bertie · Bladen · Brunswick · Buncombe · Burke · Cabarrus · Caldwell · Camden · Carteret · Caswell · Catawba · Chatham · Cherokee · Chowan · Clay · Cleveland · Columbus · Craven · Cumberland · Currituck · Dare · Davidson · Davie · Duplin · Durham · Edgecombe · Forsyth · Franklin · Gaston · Gates · Graham · Granville · Greene · Guilford · Halifax · Harnett · Haywood · Henderson · Hertford · Hoke · Hyde · Iredell · Jackson · Johnston · Jones · Lee · Lenoir · Lincoln · Macon · Madison · Martin · McDowell · Mecklenburg · Mitchell · Montgomery · Moore · Nash · New Hanover · Northampton · Onslow · Orange · Pamlico · Pasquotank · Pender · Perquimans · Person · Pitt · Polk · Randolph · Richmond · Robeson · Rockingham · Rowan · Rutherford · Sampson · Scotland · Stanly · Stokes · Surry · Swain · Transylvania · Tyrrell · Union · Vance · Wake · Warren · Washington · Watauga · Wayne · Wilkes · Wilson · Yadkin · Yancey

Counties gone to TN or VA	State of Franklin · Blount · Caswell (TN) · Davidson (TN) · Fincastle (VA) · Greene (TN) · Hawkins · Sevier · Spencer · Sullivan · Sumner · Tennessee · Washington (old) · Wayne (TN)

Extinct or Renamed Counties	Albemarle · Albemarle Precinct · Archdale · Bath · Berkeley · Bute · Carteret Precinct · Cherokee Reservation · Clarendon · Cleaveland · Dobbs · Glasgow · Pamptecough · Pelham · Redding · Shaftesbury Precinct · Tryon · Wickham

Major Repositories	North Carolina State Archives · North Carolina State Library · University of North Carolina Library · Duke University Perkins Library · National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta) · Library of Congress

Migration Routes	Black Fox Trail · Catawba and Northern Trail · Catawba Trail · Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad · Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) · Fayetteville, Elizabethtown, and Wilmington Trail · Great Valley Road · Jonesboro Road · King's Highway · Lower Cherokee Traders' Path · New River and Southern Trail · Occaneechi Path · Old Cherokee Path · Old South Carolina State Road · Rutherford's War Trace · Secondary Coast Road · Unicoi Trail · Upper Road · Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail

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+Guide to '''Madison County North Carolina genealogy.''' Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
+{{NCDC}}
+{{Infobox U.S. County
+| county = Madison County
+| adoption_sign = Adoption NCGenWeb
+| custom_text = <center>County Coordinator<br>'''[http://www.ncgenweb.us/madison/ Madison Co. NCGenWeb]'''</center>
+| county_map = Nc-madison.png
+| state = North Carolina
+| state_map = North_Carolina.png
+| founded year = 1851
+| founded date =
+| seat wl = Marshall
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 == County Courthouse  ==
-== History  ==
+[[Image:{{NCMadisoncourthouse}}]]&nbsp;
+[http://www.madisoncountync.org/departments.php Madison County Courthouse]<br>P O Box 66&nbsp;<br>Marshall, NC 28753<br>Phone:828-649-3131 <br><br>Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death burial and land records<br>Clerk Superopr Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1851<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Madison County, North Carolina. Page 510 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
+== History  ==
+<div style="width: 147%; float: left">
 ==== Parent County  ====
+'''1851'''--Madison County was created 27 January 1851&nbsp;from [[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]] and [[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey]] Counties. <br>'''County seat''': Marshall <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
+==== Record Loss  ====
+== Places/Localities  ==
+==== Populated Places  ====
 ==== Neighboring Counties  ====
-==== Record Loss  ====
+*[[Buncombe County, North Carolina|Buncombe]]
+*[[Cocke County, Tennessee|Cocke County, Tennessee]]
+*[[Greene County, Tennessee|Greene County, Tennessee]]
+*[[Haywood County, North Carolina|Haywood]]
+*[[Unicoi County, Tennessee|Unicoi County, Tennessee]]
+*[[Yancey County, North Carolina|Yancey]]
 == Resources  ==
+[[Image:Ncmadison.png|thumb|right|400px|Ncmadison.png]]
+==== African American  ====
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1417695&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D Freedman Bank Records, 1865-1874] - search this freely available database for bank records of African-American individuals. This database includes records from all 29 branches of the bank. North Carolina bank locations included Wilmington, Raleigh &amp; New Bern.
 ==== Cemeteries  ====
+*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/madison/madisoncemeteries.html Madison County cemeteries at the NCGenWeb Archives]
+*[[Javascript:void(0);/*1315193193780*/|Madison County cemeteries at Find-A-Grave]]
+==== Census  ====
+{{Census|North Carolina}}
 ==== Church  ====
 ==== Court  ====
+==== Education  ====
+*[http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=digita&CISOBOX1=North+Carolina+College+and+University+Yearbooks&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=contri&CISOROOT=%2Fyearbooks&CISOBOX2=Mars%20Hill%20College Mars Hill College yearbooks] - from 1917-2011; digitized by the NC Digital Heritage Center
+*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ybook/resultlist.php?county=madison Madison County College Students] - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county
 ==== Land  ====
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 ==== Maps  ====
+*[http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;displa,A,0;publis,A,0;collec,A,0;30;date,title,none,none,none&CISOBIB=mapid,A,1,N;collec,A,0,N;title,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20(4x5);mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;collec,mapid,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=spatia&CISOBOX1=Madison+County&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=collec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=title&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fncmaps Madison County Maps]
 ==== Military  ====
+*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/madison/madisonmilitary.html Military records] at the Madison County NCGenWeb Archives
+===== Civil War  =====
+Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
+:-[[2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry|2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry]]
 ==== Newspapers  ====
+*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/titles/places/north_carolina/Madison/ Madison county newspapers] - a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
+*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?county=madison Madison County residents in the newspaper] - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
+*See the "Deaths" category in the Vital Records section for information on obituaries
 ==== Probate  ====
+*'''1851-1952''' - {{RecordSearch|1867501|Will Books A to C (1851-1952)|access=browse}} have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
+*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/madison/madisonwills.html Wills and Estate records of Madison County]&nbsp;- on the NCGenWeb Archives
 ==== Taxation  ====
 ==== Vital Records  ====
+Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit [http://madisonrod.net/ their website] for more information.
+===== Births  =====
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1726957&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964] - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch
+===== Marriages  =====
+*[https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1675484&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979] - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
+*[http://goo.gl/FsJlh Madison County marriages] - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website
+===== Deaths  =====
+*[http://www.echoesofmadisonnc.com/obits.htm Obituaries from The Record and The French Broad News] - being placed online by the Madison County Genealogical Society; an ongoing project.
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1609799&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D%20 North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930] - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch.
+*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&county=madison Madison County deaths] - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
+<br>
 == Societies and Libraries&nbsp;  ==
-== Townships and Cities  ==
+*[http://www.echoesofmadisonnc.com/ Madison County Genealogical Society]
+*[http://www.madisoncountylibrary.org/ Madison County Public Library]
+==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
+*[[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.
+*[http://www.ncgenweb.org/madison Madison County, NCGenWeb] - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
-*Family History Library Catalog. Salt Lake City, Utah.
+*{{FHL|North+Carolina%2C+Madison|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
 == References  ==
+<references />
+{{North Carolina|North Carolina}}
+</div>{{-}}
 [[Category:Madison_County,_North_Carolina]]