Hello everyone and welcome to my page for Wilkes County through the ALHN!
Here are the records and information I have so far for Wilkes County:
- Short History and List of Place Names for Wilkes Co.
- Loose Papers filed with the Secretary of State for Wilkes county, NC incomplete
- Most Wanted Surnames of Wilkes County
There are a lot of other records online that I do not want to duplicate. Below is a list of ones i'm aware of:
- 1784-1787 state census - Wilkes County
- 1787 Wilkes County Tax List
- 1790 federal census of Wilkes County
- 1797 Wilkes County Tax List
- NC Volunteers in Indian Removal 1838 -includes Co. J from Wilkes Co.
- 54th NC Troops -Co. G from Wilkes County
- Fort Hamby, Wilkes County - March-May 1865
- 1870 census of Wilkes County
- 1880 census of Wilkes County - partial transcription
- Capture and Rescue of Benjamin Cleveland
- Minutes of the Primitive Baptist Church Association, 1869
- Minutes of the Roaring River District Primitive Baptist Church Association, 1887
- Reddies River Baptist Church Cemetery
- Rock Creek Baptist Cemetery
- Shepherd Cemetery -mostly descendants of George Shepherd and Elizabeth Day
- Shepherd Cemetery - Family of Doctor Franklin Shepherd
- Vannoy Cemetery - Family of Elder James Vannoy
- Minutes of the Mountain District Baptist Association, 1800
Below are additional resources online; I hope you find them helpful:
- County Formation maps of NC
- Wilkes County Cemetery Survey (most are prior to 1914. Click "Download" on the right side of the screen towards the top in order to see the full document. If searching specific surname, enter in search field and it will highlight any pages with that surname)
- Wilkes County website by USGenWeb
- North Carolina Marriage Project (USGenWeb) - Wilkes County
- New River Notes site - Wilkes County
- Historical Sketches of Wilkes County