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Guide to Rutherford County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
Rutherford County is located in the Southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Revolutionary War General Griffith Rutherford, a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress.

County Courthouse
Rutherford County Court 229 N Main Street P O Box 551 Rutherforton, NC 28139-0630 Phone: 828-287-6155 Courthouse burned in 1857 Clerk Superor Courtt has birth records from 1917 death records from 1913 marriage dirvorce probate court and land records from 1779 tax lists and voter registration

Cemeteries

 * at FamilySearch

Church Records
Baptist
 * Bill's Creek. Constituted 1782.
 * Buffalow Creek. Constituted 1777.
 * Green River. Constituted 1778.
 * Mountain Creek. Constituted 1789.
 * Sandy Run. Constituted 1788.

Presbyterian
 * Brittain Church, Rutherfordton, N.C. Organized 1768. Originally located in Tryon.

Genealogies

 * "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.

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Rutherford County for European settlers included:


 * Old Cherokee Path pre-historic

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782 - at FamilySearch

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1885-1953 - at FamilySearch


 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company D
 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company G
 * - 16th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, Company N
 * - 1st Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company B
 * - 1st Battalion, North Carolina Junior Reserves, Company C
 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G

World War I 
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948 - at FamilySearch

Other Records
County Records
 * 1833-1970 - at FamilySearch

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1665-1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1735-1970 - at FamilySearch
 * 1760-1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * Pre-1790 - Pre-1790 Rutherford County, North Carolina Genealogy Wills stored at the North Carolina State Archives are online. Website tips.
 * 1780-1784 - Minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions 1780 to 1784. (mentions wills filed, inventory lists, sales, administratrators, orphans, deeds proved, etc. If you cannot find a will in the will book, this is where to search) North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * 1782-1964 - have been digitized by FamilySearch
 * 1782-1964 - Rutherford County North Carolina list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills. - Free
 * Images of the Minutes of the Pleas and Quarter Sessions Court 1780-1784; 1799-1802; 1804-1817. North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * 1823-1833 - Images of Wills and Estates 1823-1833. North Carolina Pioneers ($)

Tax Records

 * 1776 - Tax Lists, Tryon County, 1776 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1782 - Tax Lists, Rutherford County, 1782 (index) in NC Taxpayers vol. 2, online at Ancestry ($)
 * 1782 - Tax Lists, Rutherford County, 1782 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections
 * 1829 - Tax Lists, Rutherford County, 1829 (images) online at North Carolina Digital Collections

Birth

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964 - at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1932 - Rutherford County Birth Index 1880-1932. Batch at FamilySearch.

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1762-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1851-1965 - Rutherford County Marriage Index 1851-1965 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.

Death

 * 1898-1994 - at FamilySearch
 * 1906-1930 - at FamilySearch
 * 1908-2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994 - at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1926-1975 - at FamilySearch
 * 1958-2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Forest City North Carolina Family History Center

Libraries

 * Rutherford County Library 255 Callahan Koon Rd. Spindale NC 28169 Website

Societies

 * Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County PO Box 938 Forest City, NC 28043

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * North Carolina Pioneers ($)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.