RUTHERFORD COUNTY

County History: Formed in 1779 when the now defunct Tryon County was split into Lincoln and Rutherford Counties.  Named for Griffith Rutherford, well-known Revolutionary War hero who led the expedition against the Cherokees in 1776.

Books about Rutherford County  

Holcomb, Brent. Deed abstracts of Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North   Carolina, 1769-1786, Tryon County wills & estates / abstracted  by Brent Holcomb.  Easley, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, c1977.  206 p., [4] leaves of plates : maps ; 24 cm.  Includes index.

Labor market newsletter. Forest City, North Carolina /  [Employment Security Commission] [Raleigh, N.C.] : The Commission, [1990]-  v. ; 28 cm. Quarterly.  Mar. 1990-CONTINUES    Area labor market newsletter. Forest City

Washburn, Benjamin Earle, 1885- A country doctor in the south mountains / by Benjamin Earle Washburn ; illustrator, John Pike.   Asheville, N.C. : Stephens Press, c1955.  94 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.NOTE         Distributed by the Howe Book Company, Rutherfordton, N.C. Maps on lining papers.

Griffin, Clarence W., 1904- History of old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, North Carolina, 1730-1936 : to which had been added an appendix, Public                officials of Rutherford County, N.C., 1779-1934 / by Clarence  W. Griffin.PUB INFO     Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Co., 1977.   xv, 640, 41 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. NOTE    Reprint of the 1937 ed. printed by the Miller Print. Co.,  Asheville, N.C., with new appendix added.  Includes bibliographies.

County development information for Rutherford County. Cullowhee, N.C. : Center for Improving Mountain Living, Western Carolina University, [1982-   v. ; 28 cm. NOTE   Cover title.Funded through a grant from the Economic Development              Administration. Includes bibliographies.              

Loane, Marcus L.  Makers of religious freedom in the seventeenth century:        Henderson, Rutherford, Bunyan, Baxter. [1st ed.] Grand Rapids, Eerdmans [1961] 240 p. illus. 23 cm.  Includes bibliography.

North Carolina community profile : Rutherfordton, Rutherford County. [Raleigh, N.C. : N.C. Dept. of Commerce, Economic Development  Office], 1988-    v. : 1 map ; 28 cm.   Annual.  1988-  Title from caption.  North Carolina Economic Development Office.  Rutherfordton, Rutherford County.   North Carolina profile : Rutherfordton  

   Deeds -- North Carolina -- Tryon County -- Abstracts.

             Deeds -- North Carolina -- Lincoln County -- Abstracts.

             Deeds -- North Carolina -- Rutherford County -- Abstracts.

             Wills -- North Carolina -- Tryon County -- Abstracts.

             North Carolina -- Genealogy -- Sources.

             Labor supply -- North Carolina -- Rutherford County -- Statistics -- Periodicals.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals.

             Labor supply -- North Carolina -- Rutherford County -- Statistics -- Periodicals.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals.

             Physicians -- Biography.

             North Carolina -- Description and travel.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- Description and travel.            

             Economic development -- North Carolina -- Rutherfordton.

             Rutherfordton (N.C.) -- Economic conditions.

             Rutherfordton (N.C.) -- Statistics.

            Rural development -- North Carolina -- Rutherford County -- Statistics.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- Statistics.

             Tryon County (N.C.) -- History.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- History.

             Tryon County (N.C.) -- Genealogy.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- Genealogy.

             Economic development -- North Carolina -- Rutherfordton.

             Rutherfordton (N.C.) -- Economic conditions.

             Rutherfordton (N.C.) -- Statistics.

            Henderson, Alexander, 1583?-1646.

             Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.

             Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.

             Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.

             Freedom of religion -- Great Britain.

            Tryon County (N.C.) -- History.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- History.

             Tryon County (N.C.) -- Genealogy.

             Rutherford County (N.C.) -- Genealogy.

             Economic development -- North Carolina -- Rutherfordton.

             Rutherfordton (N.C.) -- Economic conditions.

             Rutherfordton (N.C.) -- Statistics.