Watauga County, North Carolina Records Inventory
Original Records
Bonds
- Apprentice Bonds, 1874-1906
- Apprentice Bonds, 1899-1900
- Bastardy Bonds, 1874-1935
- Bastardy Bonds, 1873-1878
- Officials Bonds, 1873-1958
Court Records
- Superior Court
- Minutes, 1873-1924
- Civil Action Papers, 1873-1953
- Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1874-1948
- Criminal Action Papers, 1873-1962
Election Records
- Record of Elections, 1878-1938
Estates Records
- Record of Accounts, 1873-1914
- Administrators' Bonds, 1873-1911
- Appointment of Administrators, Executors, Guardians and Masters, 1873-1926.
- Estates Records, 1858-1948
- Guardians' Records, 1873-1955
- Guardians' Bonds, 1888-1910
- Record of Settlements, 1873-1925
Land Records
- Deeds, 1858-1976
- Deeds of Trust, 1882-1976
- Mortgage Deeds, 1877-1957
- Cross Index to Deeds, 1873-1949
- Ejectments (Summary Proceedings), 1915-1947
- Tax Levies on Land, 1874-1939
- Attachments, Executions, Levies, and Liens on Land, 1876- 1947
- Miscellaneous Land Records, 1830-1962
- Records of Probate 1873-1885
Marriage, Divorace and Vital Statistics
- Marriage Licenses, 1873-1894
- Marriage Registers, 1873-1954
- Divorce Records, 1874-1948
Miscellaneous Records
- Alien Registration, 1940
- Homestead and Personal Property Exemptions, 1874-1933
- Miscellaneous Records, 1858-1974
- Records fo Assignees, Receivers and Trustees, 1911-1936.
Officals, County
- Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1913-1921
Roads and Bridges
- Road and Bridge Records, 1867-1946
School Records
- School Census, 1868-1896
- School Vouchers and Miscellaneous School Records, 1870-1936
Tax and Fiscal Records
- Miscellaneous Tax Records, 1873-1936
Wills
Microfilm Records
Bonds
- Apprentice Bonds, 1874-1906
Court Records
Election Records
- Record of Elections, 1878-1968
Estates Records
- Record of Accounts, 1873-1968
- Administrators' Bonds, 1873-1911
- Appointment of Administrators and Guardians 1873-1926.
- Record of Administrators, 1911-1968
- Record of Guardians, 1911-1968
- Trust Funds and Accounts for Indigent Children, 1915-1968
- Inheritance Tax Records, 1920-1969
- Record of Settlements, 1873-1968
- Index of Adminstrators and Executors, 1873-1968
- Index of Guardians 1873-1968
Land Records
- Deeds, 1870-1958
- Index of Real Estate Conveyances, Grantor, 1872-1969
- Index of Real Estate Conveyances, Grantee, 1872-1969
- Record of Surveys, 1904-1953
- Plat Books, 1922-1967
- Record of Resale of Land, 1922-1968
Marriage, Divorace and Vital Statistics
- Marriage Registers, 1873-1969
- Index to Births, 1914-1969
- Index to Deaths, 1914-1968
Military and Pension Records
- Record of Armed Forces Discharged, 1922-1980
Miscellaneous Records
- Orders and Decrees, 1872-1967
- Cross Index to Orders and Decrees 1873-1968
- Special Proceedings Docket, 1902-1921
- Index to Special Proceedings, 1968-1980
- Records of Assignees and Receivers 1910-1920.
Officals, County
- Minutes, Board of County Commissioners, 1873-1938
Tax and Fiscal Records
- Tax Lists, 1918, 1921
- Tax Scrolls, 1888-1926
Wills
- Record of Wills, 1902-1968
- Cross Index to Wills, 1873-1969