Swain County, North Carolina
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| − | *[http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/swai/cem001.htm Birdtown Cemetery] - at Cemetery Census | + | *[http://www.ncgenweb.us/swain/cemetery.html List of Cemeteries] - at Swain Co. NCGenWeb site |
| + | *[http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/swai/cem001.htm Birdtown Cemetery] - at Cemetery Census | ||
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1737 Swain County Cemeteries] - at Find-a-Grave | *[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=29&CScnty=1737 Swain County Cemeteries] - at Find-a-Grave | ||
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| Founded | 1871 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Bryson City | ||||||||
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United States 
North Carolina Swain County
Contents |
County Courthouse
History
European settlement began soon after the Cherokee Indian cession of 1798. These Europeans settled in the areas along the Oconaluftee and Tuckaseegee Rivers. The Cherokees surrendered the remainder of the land in a treaty on February 27, 1819. In 1871 the North Carolina General Assembly passed an act making Swain a North Carolina county, taking land from Jackson and Macon county. It was named for David L. Swain a former governor of North Carolina and president of the University of North Carolina.
The first court was held at Cold Spring Meeting House. Commissioners were to select a site for the courthouse and lay out a town named Charleston, to become the county seat. Charleston was renamed Bryson City in 1889 in honor of Colonel Thad Dillard Bryson.
Swain County began probating wills in 1876.
North Carolina in 1870 before Swain became a county
Parent County
1871--Swain County was created from Jackson and Macon Counties.
County seat: Bryson City [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1879--Courthouse fire destroyed many records.
1908-- Swain County Courthouse in Bryson City burned by rioters, January 7, 1908. No records were saved. [2]
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
- Blount County, Tennessee
- Cocke County, Tennessee
- Graham
- Haywood
- Jackson
- Macon
- Sevier County, Tennessee
Resources
Cemeteries
- List of Cemeteries - at Swain Co. NCGenWeb site
- Birdtown Cemetery - at Cemetery Census
- Swain County Cemeteries - at Find-a-Grave
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
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
- Swain County, NCGenWeb
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ GenDisasters.com Bryson City, NC Courthouse Burned by Rioters, Jan 1908 http://www3.gendisasters.com/north-carolina/17868/bryson-city-nc-courthouse-burned-rioters-jan-1908
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