Watauga County, North Carolina Genealogy

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Parent County
1849--Watauga County was created from Ashe, Caldwell,Wilkes, and Yancey Counties. County seat: Boone

County histories are available such as:


 * A histo[r]y of Watauga County, North Carolina : with sketches of prominent families by John Preston Arthur (1915)

Record Loss
1873--Courthouse fire destroyed all of the land records and most of the court records.

Neighboring Counties

 * Ashe
 * Avery
 * Caldwell
 * Johnson County, Tennessee
 * Wilkes

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Howard's Chapel

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