Genealogy Records
Various documents have been contributed over the years to the McDowell County NC GenWeb site, these are listed below and can be accessed quickly by the menu to this left.
Extensive resources are available on the Internet and will augment your genealogy research.
As I discover new sites they will be listed here.
If you discover a link that is not appropriate or broken or the owner wishes it to be removed, please let me know, I will gladly correct as needed.
AFRICAN AMERICAN
BIBLES
You will find the following Bible Records of McDowell County Citizens:
Dollie Ann Shehan Solomon Inscor Family Bible
Zebedee William Morris Family Bible
Minerva Gregory Roberson Family Bible
BIOGRAPHIES
Biographies are great reads and filled with information about the life of a family.
Please consider contributing biographical information on your family to share with other researchers.
Biographies found in the archive are:
VITALS
In this USGenWEb Archive for Vitals you will find Delayed Birth Index and Deaths
CEMETERIES
Tombstone Transcription Project for McDowell County (Individually listed below)
Tombstone Transcription Project for all NC Counties
Tombstone Transcription Project (Military, Foreign and other states cemeteries)
Find A Grave: McDowell County, NC
Cemetery Census a link to all listed cemeteries in North Carolina
Cemetery: NC USGenWeb Archive)
Cemetery: USGenWeb Tombstone Project
CENSUS
Census 1850 limited pages archives on USGenWeb for McDowell County, NC
CHURCHES
Mt. Hebron Wesleyan Church
Homecoming Speaker, 2013 - Mrs. Sherron Griggs Crawford
Historical Sketch- Mr. Clifford Knupp
Mt. Hebron Remembrances - Mrs. Mary Knupp Burgin
Mt. Hebron History - Mrs. Mildred Flinchum
COURT RECORDS
DEEDS/LAND
Genealogy Websites: Families of McDowell County
MAPS
MILITARY
MARRIAGES
NEWSPAPERS
OBITUARIES
Conner Family, McDowell County, NC
PENNY POSTCARDS
PHOTOS
COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL LINKS
I have listed the links in three categories – County, State and National.
County is for links specific to McDowell County, NC, while the State category is specific to North Carolina links and lastly, National is for all US states.
If you discover a site that is not linked here, please let me know – Thanks for your help!
County Level: McDowell County
Vitals-McDowell County, NC
State Level: North Carolina
NCDigital Collection for McDowell County, NC (on the 90 views per page; scroll almost to bottom for McDowell County documents)
North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists, 1908-1958
North Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870
North Carolina, Freedmen’s Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872
North Carolina GenWeb Links
National Level
SURNAME
WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS
Yearbook Index
Broken Links Check completed on September 04, 2023 (jbg)