Macon County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Macon County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Macon County NCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Macon County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Macon County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Western NC Genealogy Resource Center  for Macon County

Adjacent counties

• Cherokee County, NC  to the west
• Clay County, NC  to the southwest
• Graham County, NC  to the northwest
• Jackson County, NC  to the east
• Oconee County, SC  to the southeast
• Rabun County, GA  to the south
• Swain County, NC  to the north
• Towns County, GA  to the southwest

Bible Records

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

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

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

Cemeteries (102)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Macon County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Macon County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Civil Action Court Papers  1712-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

Directories

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

Estate Records

• Macon 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)

Ethnic

• Cherokee Defeat  In the French and Indian War Col. Grant's force of whites, Chickasaws, and Catawbas defeated the Cherokee warriors near here, June, 1761     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Cherokee Defeat  In 1776 a force led by General Griffith Rutherford defeated the Cherokee at Wayah Gap, ten miles southwest     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Cherokee Victory  In the French and Indian War, the Cherokees defeated a colonial and British force from N.Y. under Colonel Montgomery near here, June, 1760     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Cowee  The council house of Cowee, chief town of the Middle Cherokees, stood on the mound 300 yds. S. Town destroyed during the Revolution     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Nikwasi  This mound marks site of old Cherokee town, Nikwasi. A council of Sir Alexander Cuming with the Indians here led to a treaty, 1730     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

History (23)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Deeds and Land Records      (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• Macon County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Records of Old Macon County, North Carolina  1829-1850     (Source: World Vital 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)
• Macon County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Macon County Historical Society & Museum 
• Macon County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Macon County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Macon County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• NCMACON-L Macon County genealogy

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

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Macon County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Macon County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Blue Ridge National Heritage Area 
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Macon County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Macon County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Macon County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Macon County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Franklin Observer, March 16, 1860 edition  Abstracted     (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• Franklin Press, April 5, 1893 issue  part of page 3     (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• Franklin Press, November 12, 1920 issue  Page 2     (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• Franklin Press, November 19, 1920 issue  Page 2     (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• Macon County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Macon County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Macon County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Franklin Press 
• The Highlander, Highlands 
• The Macon County News 
• Macon County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

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

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedule      (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Macon County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedule      (Source: Dawn's Records and Resources for GA, NC, SC and TN)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Macon County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Macon County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• The Highlands Historical Society 
• Macon County Genealogical Society 
• Macon County Historical Society & Museum 
• Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (102)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Macon County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Macon County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Macon County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Old Edwards Inn and Spa  Highlands, North Carolina     (Source: Historic Hotels of America)
• Patents  Macon County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Pottery Clay  Wedgwood potteries, England, used several tons of clay taken in 1767 from a nearby pit by Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Vital Records (14)

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