Watauga County, North Carolina
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County Courthouse
History
The area that became Watauga and Ashe counties was part of Anson County during the early period; part of Rowan County in 1753, Surry County in 1771, Wilkes County in 1777 and was briefly part of the State of Franklin from 1784-89. After Franklin it was claimed as part of Washington County (part of the Southwest Territory, and later Tennessee) until it was annexed back by North Carolina into Wilkes County again in 1792.[1] Ashe was incorporated as a separate entity by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1799. North Carolina erected Watauga County primarily from Ashe County in 1849.
Parent County
1849--Watauga County was created from Ashe, Caldwell,Wilkes, and Yancey Counties. County seat: Boone [2]
County histories are available such as:
- A History of Watauga County, North Carolina : with sketches of prominent families by John Preston Arthur (1915)
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1873--Courthouse fire destroyed all of the land records and most of the court records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Howard's Chapel
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
Yearbooks
- Appalachian State University: 1923-2006
Societies and Libraries
Web Sites
- NCGenWeb: Watauga County - part of the USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Arthur L. Fletcher, Ashe County: A History (Jefferson, N.C.: Ashe County Research Assoc., 1963), 33-34.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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