Jackson County, North Carolina:
Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > North Carolina > Jackson County

Please, add your favorite Website(s) to this page!

Projects

• Cherokee Reservation  Also called Qualla Boundary     (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jackson County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jackson County NC      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Jackson County NCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Jackson County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• North Carolina Cherokee Indian Reservation  "Qualla Boundary"     (Source: American Local History Network)
• Shawna's Genealogy Site 
• USGenWeb/NCGenweb Page for Jackson County, NC      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Western NC Genealogy Resource Center  for Jackson County

Adjacent counties

• Haywood County, NC  to the northeast
• Macon County, NC  to the west
• Oconee County, SC  to the south
• Pickens County, SC  to the southeast
• Rabun County, GA  to the southwest
• Swain County, NC  to the northwest
• Transylvania County, NC  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Jackson County Biographies
• Jackson Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Jackson County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Jackson County GEDCOM Index 
• Western North Carolina  A History (1730-1913)     (Source: Google Books)

Cemeteries (17)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Estate Records

• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• Cherokee Indian Reservation  Established by United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee after the removal of 1838. (Reverse) (LEAVING) CHEROKEE RESERVATION / Established by United States for the Eastern Band of Cherokee after the removal of 1838     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina  1923-1924     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina  1925-1926     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1915-1916      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1917-1918      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1919-1920      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1921-1922      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Eastern Cherokee Census, Cherokee, North Carolina, 1923 - 1929, Taken by Agent James E. Henderson  Volume 1, 1923 - 1924     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Judaculla Rock  Large boulder covered with well-preserved Indian picture writing of unknown origin. 3 1/2 miles southeast     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

History (21)

Introduction and Guides (15)

Land Records

• Records of Old Macon County, North Carolina, 1829-1850      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Jackson County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Jackson County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Mountain Heritage Center  Cullowhee
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Jackson County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Special Collections  Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Jackson County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Jackson County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Jackson County, North Carolina
• Jackson County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• RootsWeb Qualla Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCJACKSO-L Jackson County genealogy

  • NCJACKSO-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCJACKSO-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCJACKSO-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L The area covered by a 150 mile radius around Bristol Virginia/Tennessee. This area covers southwest Virginia, northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and northwestern North Carolina

  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Jackson County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jackson County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Jackson County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Jackson County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Jackson County American Civil War  The Thomas Legion Field Officers' Papers
  • Southern Claims Commission  Jackson County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Jackson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Jackson County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Blue Ridge National Heritage Area 
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Jackson County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Jackson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Jackson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Jackson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• North Carolina, County Records  1833-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

Newspaper Records

• The Cherokee Phoenix  Late 1820s, early 1830s
• Chronicling America  Jackson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Franklin Observer  March 16, 1860     (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• Jackson County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project
• Sylva Herald & Ruralite  Sylva, North Carolina     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• Sylva Herald & Ruralite      (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• The Sylva Herald & Ruralite  Jan 13, 1977 - Apr 16, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Sylva Herald and Ruralite  Jan 6, 1977 - Feb 28, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Crossroads Chronicle 
• Jackson County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• The Sylva Herald 
• The Sylva Herald      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sylva Herald  Sylva, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sylva, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Jackson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• History of Jackson County  Images
• Jackson County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Jackson County Postcards 
• Jackson County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• North Carolina--Jackson County.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Echota Mission  Methodist. Maintained by Holston Conference for Cherokee c. 1840-1885. School established 1850. Missionary's house stands 50 yards north     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Western Carolina University  Established in 1889 as a private school. Has been a state supported institution since 1893     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jackson County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Cashiers Historical Society 
• Jackson County Genealogical Society 
• Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (29)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jackson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Jackson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Jackson County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (12)

Please, add your favorite Website(s) to this page!

This page and its subpages contain 233 links.

Linkpendium's goal is to index every genealogy, geneology, :) family history, family tree, surname, vital records, biography, or otherwise genealogically-related site on the Internet. PLEASE HELP! When you find a useful new resource, go to the right Linkpendium page and click on the "Add your favorite Website(s) to this page" link. Thanks from all of us at Linkpendium!