Cleveland County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Cleveland County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Cleveland County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cleveland County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cleveland County, North Carolina's Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)

Adjacent counties

• Burke County, NC  to the north
• Catawba County, NC  to the northeast
• Cherokee County, SC  to the south
• Gaston County, NC  to the east
• Lincoln County, NC  to the east
• Rutherford County, NC  to the west
• York County, SC  to the southeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Cleveland Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Cleveland County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Earl GEDCOM Index 
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Cleveland County Biographies
• Kings Mountain GEDCOM Index 
• Mooresboro GEDCOM Index 
• Shelby GEDCOM Index 
• Sketches of Western North Carolina Illustrating Principally the Revolutionary Period of Mecklenburg, Rowan, Lincoln and Adjoining Counties      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (33)

Church Records

• Palm Tree Methodist Church  Membership

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  Cleveland Co, Undated, 1841-1858     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Cleveland County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Shelby City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Cleveland County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Estate Files  1663-1917     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)

History (21)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cleveland County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Cleveland County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy/Local History Room  Cleveland County Memorial Library
• Kings Mountain Historical Fire Museum 
• Kings Mountain Historical Museum 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Cleveland County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Cleveland County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Cleveland County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Cleveland County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• CATAWBA-WEST-L The list focuses n that unique region settled by Palatine Germans and Scotch-Irish who travelled the Old Wagon Road from Pennsylvania: Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, Burke, and Rutherford Counties, and the North Carolina area of the former Tryon County

  • CATAWBA-WEST-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CATAWBA-WEST-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CATAWBA-WEST-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCCLEVEL-L Cleveland County genealogy

  • NCCLEVEL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCCLEVEL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCCLEVEL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L The area covered by a 150 mile radius around Bristol Virginia/Tennessee. This area covers southwest Virginia, northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and northwestern North Carolina

  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Cleveland County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Cleveland County 1954      (Source: Historic Map Works)
• Cleveland County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Cleveland County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Cleveland County Post Offices 
• Cleveland County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Cleveland County Postal Covers      ($)
• Cleveland County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Cleveland County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Cleveland County, North Carolina Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Cleveland County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Cleveland County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Cleveland County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Cleveland County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Cornwallis  Entered North Carolina near here, January, 1781, on his second invasion of the state, pursuing Morgan and Greene     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Graham's Fort  Home of Col. William Graham. Site of Tory raid, 1780. Served as Revolutionary War fort. Site is 300 yds. N.E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • King's Mountain and Its Heroes      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
  • Kings Mountain Battleground  Scene of decisive British defeat, Oct. 7, 1780. Seven miles south in S.C. National Park     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Kings Mountain Battleground  Site of decisive British defeat on Oct. 7, 1780. National Military Park located 5 mi. southeast in South Carolina     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Cleveland County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Cleveland County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Cleveland County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Cleveland County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Cleveland County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Lost Tribes of North Carolina. Part II: Colonial Granville County and Its People  includes Cleveland County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Migrations through Cleveland County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Cleveland County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Cleveland County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Cleveland County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Cleveland County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Genesis Funeral Service and Chapel  Shelby, North Carolina
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Cleveland County
• Shelby Star 
• Shelby Star      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Stamey Funeral Home  Fallston and Cherryville, North Carolina

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cleveland County Postcards 
• Cleveland County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Historical Postcards of Cleveland County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Douglas Academy, Lawndale 
• Gardner-Webb University  Baptist. Founded 1905 as Boiling Springs High School; junior college, 1928-1971. University since 1993     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Lincoln Academy, King's Mountain 
• Shelby School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Cleveland County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cleveland County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Cleveland County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Broad River Genealogical Society 
• Cleveland County Historic Preservation Taskforce 
• Colonel Frederick Hambright Chapter  Kings Mountain     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Historic Shelby Foundation 
• Lawndale Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (52)

Transportation and Industry

• Architectural Perspectives of Cleveland County, North Carolina      ($)
• Building histories of Cleveland County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Cleveland County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Cleveland County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (11)

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