HENDERSON COUNTY

Established in 1838 from Buncombe County.

                                ORIGINAL RECORDS

BONDS
	Apprentice Bonds, 1875-1885; 1 volume.
	Bastardy Bonds and Records, 1840-1936, 1953; 1 volume, 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Officials' Bonds and Records, 1839-1931; 8 Fibredex boxes.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1839-1868; 5 volumes.
		Execution Dockets, 1839-1859, 1866-1868; 3 volumes.
		State Docket, 1840-1868; 1 volume.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1841-1968; 33 volumes.
		Equity Minutes, 1841-1868; 1 volume.
		Equity Enrolling Docket, 1844-1868; 1 volume.
		Execution Docket, 1842-1846; 1 volume.
		Judgment Docket, 1869-1928; 18 volumes.
		Cross Index to Judgments, 1857-1899; 2 volumes.
		State Docket, 1841-1856; 1 volume.
		Trial Dockets, 1851-1868; 2 volumes.
		Civil Action Papers, 1808-1959; 59 Fibredex boxes.
		Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1835-1933; 17 Fibredex boxes.
		Criminal Action Papers, 1839-1955; 38 Fibredex boxes.
		Miscellaneous Court Records, 1861-1966; 1 Fibredex box.
	Circuit Criminal Court/Western District Criminal Court
		Minutes, 1895-1901; 1 volume.
		Judgment Docket, 1895-1901; 1 volume.
	General County Court
		Minute Docket, 1926-1931; 1 volume.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1839-1841; 1 volume.
	Record of Probate of Deeds, 1839-1876; 2 volumes.
	Deeds of Sale, 1795-1959; 10 Fibredex boxes.
	Deeds of Trust, 1848-1955; 1 Fibredex box.
	Quitclaim Deeds, 1835-1959; 1 Fibredex box.
	Miscellaneous Deeds, 1799-1949; 1 Fibredex box.
	Ejectments, 1838-1957; 5 Fibredex boxes.
	Levies on Land, 1840-1926; 5 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Land Records, 1847-1959; 9 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Resales and Sales by Mortgagees and Trustees, 1916-1970; 
		8 volumes.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1870-1968; 17 volumes.
	Administrators' Bonds, 1871-1922; 2 volumes.
	Estates Records, 1838-1968; 119 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Accounts, 1846-1869; 1 volume.
	Guardians' Records, 1838-1968; 23 Fibredex boxes.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1872-1967; 3 volumes.
	Record of Accounts of Indigent Orphans, 1910-1937; 1 volume.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1968; 13 volumes.
	Record of Probate (Estates), 1868-1896; 1 volume.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Records, 1838-1967; 1 Fibredex box.
	Divorce Records, 1842-1931; 3 Fibredex boxes.
TAX AND FISCAL RECORDS
	Tax Records, 1841-1955; 1 Fibredex box.
WILLS
	Wills, 1797, 1817, 1835-1969; 62 Fibredex boxes.
	Cross Index to Wills, 1841-1949; 1 volume.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Alien Registration, 1927-1948; 1 volume.
	Declaration of Intent, 1913-1925; 1 volume.
	Petitions for Naturalization, 1910-1927; 1 volume.
	Business, Corporation and Partnership Records, 1844-1959; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Record of Partnership, 1913-1963; 1 volume.
	County Accounts, 1909-1968; 1 volume.
	Record of Elections, 1878-1970; 5 volumes.
	Election Records, 1844-1927; 1 Fibredex box.
	Record of Coroners' Inquests, 1853-1926; 1 volume.
	Coroners' Inquests, 1872-1934; 1 Fibredex box.
	Homestead Records, 1867-1927; 1 Fibredex box.
	Insolvent Debtors, 1838-1929; 1 Fibredex box.
	Justices of the Peace Records, 1853-1955; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Lunacy Records, 1849-1929; 1 Fibredex box.
	Record of Lunacy, 1899-1927; 1 volume.
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1885, 1931-1957; 3 volumes.
	Special Proceedings Dockets, 1880-1968; 3 volumes.
	Clerk's Minute Dockets (Special Proceedings), 1885-1968; 9 volumes.
	Record of Confederate Pensions, 1885-1905; 1 volume.
	Record of Medical Examinations, 1911-1927; 1 volume.
	Pension Records, 1885-1939; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Road Records, 1842-1927; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Railroad Records, 1896-1909; 3 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1846-1930; 2 Fibredex boxes.
	Miscellaneous Records, 1840-1956; 4 Fibredex boxes.
	Clerk of Court Correspondence, 1873-1962; 10 Fibredex boxes.
	Grand Jury Records, 1840-1954; 1 Fibredex box.
	Records of Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1857-1944; 1 Fibredex box.
	Record of Appointments of Receivers, 1913-1968; 2 volumes.

                               MICROFILM RECORDS

CORPORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
	Record of Corporations, 1874-1957; 2 reels.
	Partnership Records, 1913-1963; 1 reel.
COURT RECORDS
	County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
		Minutes, 1839-1868; 3 reels.
	Superior Court
		Minutes, 1841-1949; 14 reels.
ELECTION RECORDS
	Record of Elections, 1928-1966; 1 reel.
ESTATES RECORDS
	Record of Accounts, 1871-1967; 9 reels.
	Administrators' and Executors' Bonds, 1917-1929; 1 reel.
	Record of Appointment of Administrators, 1895-1930; 1 reel.
	Record of Administrators, 1919-1968; 4 reels.
	Record of Administrators, Executors and Guardians, 1903-1928; 2 reels.
	Record of Executors, 1927-1967; 2 reels.
	Guardians' Bonds, 1928-1967; 1 reel.
	Record of Guardians, 1925-1967; 2 reels.
	Accounts of Indigent Orphans, 1910-1937; 1 reel.
	Inheritance Tax Records, 1915-1956; 1 reel.
	Record of Settlements, 1869-1968; 7 reels.
LAND RECORDS
	Record of Deeds, 1838-1959; 187 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1838-1968; 7 reels.
	Index to Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1838-1962; 6 reels.
	Record of Surveys and Land Entries, 1921-1950; 1 reel.
	Record of Sales and Resales, 1916-1967; 4 reels.
MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND VITAL STATISTICS
	Marriage Licenses, 1906-1967; 9 reels.
	Record of Marriage Licenses, 1921-1939; 2 reels.
	Marriage Registers, 1851-1967; 5 reels.
	Index to Births, 1914-1967; 1 reel.
	Index to Deaths, 1914-1967; 1 reel.
	Index to Delayed Births, various years; 1 reel.
MILITARY AND PENSION RECORDS
	Record of Armed Forces Discharges, 1944-1978; 8 reels.
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
	Orders and Decrees, 1869-1957; 2 reels.
	Special Proceedings, 1905-1957; 5 reels.
	Cross Index to Special Proceedings, 1869-1967; 1 reel.
	Record of Appointment of Receivers, 1916-1967; 1 reel.
OFFICIALS, COUNTY
	Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1868-1941; 5 reels.
SCHOOL RECORDS
	Minutes, County Board of Education, 1885-1967; 1 reel.
WILLS
	Record of Wills, 1841-1967; 10 reels.
	Index to Wills, 1843-1967; 1 reel.



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