Lincoln County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Lincoln County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lincoln County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lincoln County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lincoln County, North Carolina's Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Tryon County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Tryon County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Burke County, NC  to the northwest
• Catawba County, NC  to the north
• Cleveland County, NC  to the west
• Gaston County, NC  to the south
• Iredell County, NC  to the northeast
• Mecklenburg County, NC  to the east

Bible Records

• Lincoln County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

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

• Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina. . .1749 to 1937      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Gaston & Lincoln Biography Index      (Source: Gaston County Public Library)
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Lincoln County Biographies
• Lincoln Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lincoln County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Lincoln County GEDCOM Index 
• Sketches of Western North Carolina Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographical  Illustrating principally the Revolutionary period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln, and adjoining counties     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical      (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (37)

Court and Legal Records

• Lincoln County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lincoln County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• North Carolina Civil Action Court Papers  1712-1970     (Source: Family History Library)
• Tryon County Court Minutes  1769-79     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Directories

• 1889 Business Proprietors      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes Lincoln and Tryon Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Estate Files  1663-1979     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970  Tryon County     (Source: Family History Library)

History (26)

Introduction and Guides (17)

Land Records

• Lincoln County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Land Grants  in South Carolina     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lincoln County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Lincoln County Historical Association & Museum  Lincolnton, North Carolina
• Lincoln County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Local History and Genealogy  Lincoln County Library
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lincoln County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• USGenWeb Tryon County Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Lincoln County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)
• Tryon County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (18)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Lincoln County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Lincoln County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Lincoln County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Lincoln County Post Offices 
• Lincoln County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lincoln County Postal Covers      ($)
• Lincoln County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Lincoln County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lincoln County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lincoln County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lincoln County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lincoln County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Confederate Laboratory  Under Dr. A.S. Piggott, manufactured medicine for Confederacy, 1863-65. Remains are 2 mi. S     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Confederate Pensioners  Lincoln County, NC
  • Lincoln County CSA Veterans      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
  • Roster of Confederate Soldiers in the War Between the States  Furnished by Lincoln County, North Carolina, 1861 - 1865     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
  • Roster of Confederate soldiers in the war between the states furnished by Lincoln County, North Carolina  1861-1865     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Lincoln County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Lincoln County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Battle of Ramsour's Mill  Whig victory over Tories, June 20, 1780. Scene 400 yards west     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Sketches of Western North Carolina Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
  • Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographical  Illustrating principally the Revolutionary period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln, and adjoining counties     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Catawba Springs  Fashionable "watering place," a recreational and social center prior to 1861. The hotel stood five miles northeast     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Diary of Johann Gottfied Arends  1740-1807, Annotated Transcriptions     ($)
• Lincoln County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Lincoln County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Lincoln County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Morgan District Superior Court of Law & Equity  Books I-V, 1779-1807     ($)
• North Carolina, County Records  1833-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lincoln County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Lincoln County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Lincoln County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Lake Norman Times 
• Lincoln County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Lincoln County Obituary Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Lincoln Times-News  Recent obituaries
• Lincoln Times-News  Lincolnton, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• news@norman  Denver/Lake Norman, NC

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lincoln County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lincoln County Postcards 
• Lincoln County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Lincoln County Postcards      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Old Mill Photo Image 

School Records and Histories

• Lincoln County Schools      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Lincoln County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• North Carolina Slaves and Free Persons of Color  Burke, Lincoln, & Rowan Counties     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Tryon County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Lincoln County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Broad River Genealogical Society 
• Gaston Lincoln Genealogical Society 
• The Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County 
• Lincoln County Historical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (275)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786  includes records from Tryon County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lincoln County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Iron Works  Many iron mines and forges were operated within a radius of ten miles of this point between 1790 and 1880     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Lincoln County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lincoln County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Lincoln County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Schenck-Warlick Mill  First cotton mill in N.C. Built prior to 1816 by Michael Schenck and Absalom Warlick. Mill stood one-half mile N     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Vital Records (14)

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