Horizontal Divide
Asheville Art Museum | Asheville-Buncombe Library | UNC Asheville | YMI Cultural Center
Appalachian State University |Appalachian Cultural Museum |Southern Highland Craft Guild

TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY

County History: Formed in 1861 from Jackson and Henderson counties.  The name comes from the Latin words "trans" meaning "across" and "sylva" meaning "woods".


Population:
(U.S. Census)
1900 6,620
1920 9,303
1940 12,241
1960 16,372
1980 23,417
2000 29,334
Description:
Bibliography:
The Brevard Rosenwald School : Black education and community Betty Jamerson Reed : , , , ASU, UNCA   c2004
The Orphan Strip Community : crucible of cultural change by Linda Hoxit Raxter : , WCU   2002
Spit swapping in western North Carolina : the effects of the by Seth McClellan Laffin : , WCU   2001
Transylvania County, N.C. 1982 roads drawn by G.P. Stout : , , ASU   2000
[Indexes for G.P. Stout's historical maps of Western North C : , , ASU   2000
Transylvania : the architectural history of a mountain count by Laura A.W. Phillips and Deborah Thompson : , , , ASU, UNCA   1998
An archaeological survey of Transylvania County, North Carol by Ruth Y. Wetmore : , , ASU   1993
The land of waterfalls : Transylvania County, North Carolina Jim Bob Tinsley : , , ASU   c1988
Waterfalls of Transylvania [videorecording]/ Jim Bob Tinsley : , UNCA   c1988
Index to estates, [microform] : , , ASU   1979
Beginnings : a history of the founding of churches in Transy by Alsa Franklin Gavin : , WCU   1970
Beginnings : a history of the founding of Baptist churches i by Alsa Franklin Gavin : , , ASU   1970
Cross index to wills, 1879-1968 [microform] : , , ASU   1969?
Cross index to special proceedings, 1884-1968 [microform] : , , ASU   1969?
Abstracts of Transylvania County marriage bonds, 1861-1868 [microform] : , , ASU   1965
Henry Eubank diary : , WCU   1956
North Carolina county records : core collection. [microform] : , WCU    
Record of deeds, 1861-1937 [microform] : , , ASU    
Bastardy bonds, 1879-1880 [microform] : , , ASU    
Court minute docket, Superior Court, 1867-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Apprentice bonds, 1879-1906 [microform] : , , ASU    
Court general index to Superior Court minutes, plaintiff, 1920-1950 [microform] : , , ASU    
Court general index to Superior Court minutes, defendants, 1920-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Minute docket, Court of Equity, 1864-1867 [microform] : , , ASU    
Court tax judgment docket, 1929-1969 [microform] : , , ASU    
General County Court minutes, civil and criminal, 1913-1920 [microform] : , , ASU    
Index to real estate conveyances, grantees, 1960-[ongoing?] [microform] : , , ASU    
General index to deeds, grantor, 1861-1960 [microform] : , , ASU    
Index to real estate conveyances, grantors, 1960-[ongoing?] [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of surveys, 1906-1959 [microform] : , , ASU    
Land entry book, 1865-1959 [microform] : , , ASU    
General index to deeds, grantee, 1861-1960 [microform] : ASU, ,    
General index to deeds, grantee, 1861-1960 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of executors, 1941-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Administrators bonds, 1876-1916 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of administrators, executors, and guardians, 1916-1941 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of administrators, 1929-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Cross index to administrators and executors, 1862-1967 [microform] : , , ASU    
Guardians bonds, 1876-1917 [microform] : , , ASU    
Rec of guardians, 1863-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Accounts, record of, 1875-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Marriage bonds, 1861-1868 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of amounts paid to indigent children, 1916-1964 [microform] : , , ASU    
Inheritance tax record, 1923-1960 [microform] : , , ASU    
Cross index to guardians, 1866-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of sales and resales, 1921-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of lunacy, 1912-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Record of wills, 1879-1968 [microform] : , , ASU    
Marriage licenses, 1901-1970 [microform] : , , ASU    
Special proceedings, 1884-1968 [microform] : , , ASU  
The Brevard Rosenwald School : Black education and community Betty Jamerson Reed : , , , ASU, UNCA   c2004
The Orphan Strip Community : crucible of cultural change by Linda Hoxit Raxter : , WCU   2002
Spit swapping in western North Carolina : the effects of the by Seth McClellan Laffin : , WCU   2001
Transylvania County, N.C. 1982 roads drawn by G.P. Stout : , , ASU   2000
[Indexes for G.P. Stout's historical maps of Western North C : , , ASU   2000
Transylvania : the architectural history of a mountain count by Laura A.W. Phillips and Deborah Thompson : , , , ASU, UNCA   1998
An archaeological survey of Transylvania County, North Carol by Ruth Y. Wetmore : , , ASU   1993
The land of waterfalls : Transylvania County, North Carolina Jim Bob Tinsley : , , ASU   c1988
Waterfalls of Transylvania [videorecording]/ Jim Bob Tinsley : , UNCA   c1988
Index to estates, [microform] : , , ASU   1979
Beginnings : a history of the founding of churches in Transy by Alsa Franklin Gavin : , WCU   1970
Beginnings : a history of the founding of Baptist churches i by Alsa Franklin Gavin : , , ASU   1970
Cross index to wills, 1879-1968 [microform] : , , ASU   1969?
Subjects: