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WILKES COUNTY

County History: Formed in 1777 from Surry County and the District of Washington.  Named for John Wilkes, member of the English Parliament who spoke in favor of American political rights during the Revolution.


Population:
(U.S. Census)
1900 26,872
1920 32,644
1940 43,003
1960 45,269
1980 58,657
2000 65,632
Description:
Bibliography:
A journey of faith and friends : a history of Pleasant Grove written and compiled by the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Hi : , , ASU   c2007
Wilkes County Heritage Museum : 2007 old schools calendar : , , ASU   2006?
Wilkes County, N.C. 1982 roads drawn by G.P. Stout : , , ASU   2004
Hometown memories-- outhouse spiders and tin tub baths : tal compiled and edited by Bob Lasley and Sallie Holt : , , ASU   c2004
Strings of life : conversations with old-time musicians from Kevin Donleavy : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   c2004
The Watauga & Yadkin River Railroad : Blue Ridge route Matthew C. Bumgarner, R. Douglas Walker : , , ASU   c2003
The ballad of Tom Dula : the documented story behind the mur by John Foster West : , , ASU   2002
Piety, purity, and Baptist femininity : gender and religious by Melissa G. Haynes : , , ASU   2001
Baptist churches in Wilkes County, North Carolina : agents o Melissa G. Haynes : , , ASU   2000
[Indexes for G.P. Stout's historical maps of Western North C : , , ASU   2000
Between two worlds : African-Americans in antebellum Wilkes by Kathryn Lynn Staley : , , ASU   1999
Free persons of color in Wilkes County, North Carolina : an Kathryn Staley : , , ASU   1998
People of color in Wilkes County, North Carolina : an examin Kathryn Staley : , , ASU   1998
Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographi by C.L. Hunter : , , ASU   1995
A transcript of Wilkes County School Census 1840-1850 : with by George F. McNeil : , , ASU   1993
Millers Creek United Methodist Church, November, 1984 : , , ASU   1985?
The Heritage of Wilkes County Wilkes Genealogical Society, Incorporated ; editor, Mrs. W.O : , , , ASU, WCU   c1982-
Lest we forget : education in Wilkes, 1778-1978 : , , ASU   c1979
North Carolina statewide archaeological survey : an introduc by Thomas E. Scheitlin ... [et al.] ; assembled by Mark A. M : , , , ASU   1979
Physicians, medical practice, and development of hospitals i by Fred C. Hubbard : , , , ASU, WCU   c1978
Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographi By C. L. Hunter. With an added index compiled by the Regiona : , , , , ASU, UNCA, WCU   1970
A disastrous flood : a true and fascinating story Ivery C. Greene : , , ASU   1964
A disastrous flood : a true and fascinating story Ivery C. Greene : , , ASU   1964
A history of Traphill Institute, Wilkes County, North Caroli by Eunice Hicks Clark : , , ASU   1954
A history of Mountain View School, Wilkes County, North Caro by H. T. Clark : , , ASU   1954
Minutes, Three Fork Baptist Church, 1790-1895 [microform] : , , ASU   1895
Sketches of western North Carolina, historical and biographi by C. L. Hunter. : , UNCA   1877
[Materials relating to slavery in Wilkes County, N.C.] : , , ASU   1857
North Carolina county records : core collection. [microform] : , WCU    
Abstract of Reddies River Church membership, 1798-1889 by Paul W. Gregory : , , ASU    
John Bernhardt papers 1846-1921 : , , ASU    
[Reel list of church records on microfilm from the State of : , , ASU    
Annabel Harrill papers, 1942-1999 : , , ASU    
Genealogy files, n.d. - 2004 : , , ASU    
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