Rutherford County, North Carolina
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| Rutherford County, North Carolina | |||||||||
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 Location in the state of North Carolina | |||||||||
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| Founded | 1779 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Rutherfordton | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Rutherford County
Contents |
County Courthouse
History
Parent County
1779--Rutherford County was created from Tryon County. Tyron County was abolished in 1779.
County seat: Rutherfordton [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1907--Courthouse fire destroyed many court records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
- Buncombe
- Burke
- Cherokee County, South Carolina
- Cleveland
- Henderson
- Mcdowell
- Polk
- Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Genealogy
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
- "Notes on a Proctor Family of Northeastern Rutherford Co., N.C.," The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 38, No. 3 (August 2010):102-110. FHL Book 975.7 B2sc v. 38
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Rutherford County for European settlers included:[2]
- Old Cherokee Path pre-historic
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
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.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), 847-61. (FHL Book 973 D27e 2002) WorldCat entry., and William E. Myer, Indian Trails of the Southeast. (Nashville, Tenn.: Blue and Gray Press, 1971), 12-14, and the book's pocket map "The Trail System of the Southeastern United States in the early Colonial Period" (1923). (FHL Book 970.1 M992i) WorldCat entry.
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