Ashe was formed in 1799 from Wilkes. It was named in honor of Samuel Ashe, a Revolutionary patriot, a superior court judge, and Governor of the State. It is in the northwestern section of the State and is bounded by the states of Tennessee and Virginia and Alleghany, Wilkes and Watauga counties. In 1803 the town of Jefferson was laid out and the public buildings erected. Jefferson is the county seat. (From the NC Encyclopedia )
- Agriculture
- Arts
- Biography
Information pertaining to one or limited number of individuals
- Biography of Joseph Arthur Graybeal
- Memories of Lula Esther Reeves Hudler
- Will of Sidna Maxwell
- Diary of Rev. James Harvey Weaver (1849-1917)
- Diary of Rev. James Harvey Weaver Transcribed by Walter Weaver
- A Journal Written by Francis Marion Wilcox (1897) from Mary Katzman
- E-Books
- History of Western North Carolina by John Preston Arthur
- Footprints on the Sands of Time by A. B. Cox
- The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters by Charles B. Coale
- Journal of Jesse Black From Warren Houck
- Adventures of a Conscript by W. H. Younce
- Business
- Historical
- Western North Carolina County Data in Thomson's Mercantile and Professional Directory 1851-1852
- Branson's Directory - 1868 - Ashe County New
- Chataigne's North Carolina Business Directory - 1883 Ashe County
- Advertisement for Thompson's Bromine-Arsenic Springs - Ashe County, N.C., 1887 (aka Healing Springs)
- Branson's North Carolina Business Directory - 1890 - Ashe County
- Current Business Links
- Ashe County, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
- Ashe Civic Center
- Ashe Federal Savings Bank (Formerly Ashe Savings and Loan
- Glendale Springs Inn
- River House Inn
- Fleetwood Falls
- Buffalo Creek Weavers, Warrensville, NC
- Scenic Auto Center, West Jefferson
- North Carolina Realty
- Appalachian Adventures
- New River Outfitters
- Zaloos Canoes
- American Emergency Vehicles
- The Oldham Company
- United Chemi-Con formerly Sprague Electric
- Fastransit Communications, West Jefferson
- Nation's Inn - West Jefferson, NC
- Historical
- Cemeteries
- North Carolina Cemetery Statute
- Ballou Family Cemetery link from Brodrick Shepherd
- Bethany United Methodist Church Cemetery, Ashe County, NC Courtesy of Warren Houck
- Daniel Black Family Cemetery Clifton Township, Courtesy of Gail Ferver and Warren Houck
- Blevins (David) Family Cemetery Grassy Creek Township by Jeff Weaver
- Blevins (Jehue) Cemetery Grassy Creek Township by Jeff Weaver
- Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery Chestnut Hill Township by Jeff Weaver
- Cockerham Cemetery Smethport, Courtesy of Larry Cockerham
- Davis Family Cemetery Grassy Creek, Courtesy of Bette Nelson
- Dollar (William) Cemetery Smethport, Courtesy of Carmen Johnson
- Gambill Family Cemetery Chestnut Hill Township, by Jeff Weaver
- Giles Graham Sr. Family Cemetery Todd by Deborah W. Holman
- Graham-Lawrence-Eldreth Family Cemetery Todd by Deborah W. Holman
- Marshall Greer Family Cemetery Elk, by Deborah W. Holman
- Greenwood Methodist Church Cemetery Helton by Jeff Weaver
- Hash Family Cemetery Chestnut Hill Township, by Jeff Weaver
- Partial Listing of the Healing Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Cumpler Link from Brodrick Shepherd
- Lewis - Sturgill Cemetery Link from Johnson County, TN Cuzins Web site
- Milas McGuire Family Cemetery, Elk, by Deborah W. Holman
- New River Baptist Church Cemetery, Weaver's Ford, Ashe County, NC by Tena and Geneva S. Greer
- Another Partial listing of New River Baptist Church Cemetery link from Brodrick Shepherd
- Oliver-Jones Family Cemetery, Chestnut Hill by Jeff Weaver
- Thomas M. Phipps Cemetery, Grassy Creek, photos from Heather Sexton
- Pleasant Home Baptist Church Cemetery Grassy Creek by Jeff Weaver
- Roark-Price Cemetery Link from the Johnson County, TN Cuzins Web site
- Alexander Sexton Family Cemetery Photos by Heather Sexton
- Shepherd, (James Wilborn) Cemetery link from Brodrick Shepherd
- Shepherd (John Calvin) Family Cemetery link from Brodrick Shepherd
- Silas Creek Cemetery by Heather Sexton
- Smethport Cemetery by Carmen Johnson
- Spencer Branch Cemetery Helton by Heather Sexton
- Stephens Laurel Knob Cemetery by Deborah W. Holman
- Sullivan Cemetery Photos by Michele Sullivan Decker
- Zion Methodist Church Cemetery Photos by Heather Sexton
- Census Records and Tax Lists
- The 1800 Ashe County Federal Census
- The 1810 Ashe County, North Carolina Federal Census
- The 1815 Ashe County, NC Tax List - Partial
- The 1820 Ashe County Federal Census
- The 1830 Ashe County Federal Census by Amy Hatcher Ryan
- Slave holders in Ashe and Alleghany Counties 1800-1860
- 1850 Ashe County Census - Link (Link unstable, and often does not work)
- The 1870 Ashe County, NC Census
- Index 1880 Ashe County Census from Mary Katzman
- Ashe and Alleghany County, North Carolina Legal Distilleries - 1880
- The 1920 Ashe County Federal Census - All files supplied by Warren Houck
- Chestnut Hill Township
- Clifton Township (ED#21)
- Clifton Township (ED#22)
- Creston Township (ED#23)
- Grassy Creek Township
- Helton Township
- Horse Creek Township #1,
- Horse Creek Township #2,
- Jefferson Township (ED#28) [Town of West Jefferson]
- Jefferson Township (ED29) [Town of Jefferson]
- Jefferson Township
- Laurel Township
- North Fork Township
- Obids Township
- Old Fields Township
- Peak Creek Township
- Churches And Religion
- Northwest North Carolina Churches
- Religion in the Upper New River Valley, including list of antebellum churches and ministers
- Early Religion in the Upper New River Valley
- Primitive Baptist Faith and Practice
- Senter Primitive Baptist Church Crumpler, Ashe County, North Carolina
- Minutes of the Mountain District Baptist Association - 1800
- Minutes of the Mountain District Baptist Association - 1865
- The Minutes of the Mountain District Primitive Baptist Association for 1872
- Senter District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes - 1879
- St. Clair's Bottom District Primitive Baptist Association 1906-1996
- Maple Springs Primitive Baptist Church, 1880-1897 - Nella, Ashe Co., NC.
- Pond Mountain Primitive Baptist Church Book 1 1881-1909
- Articles of Faith, Senter District Primitive Baptist Association -1984, Ashe County, North Carolina
- Upper New River Valley Churches and Religion
- The Minutes of the Jefferson Baptist Association (1848)
- Historical Table for the Ashe Baptist Association 1886- 1976
- The Minutes of the Ashe Baptist Association for 1898 Ashe County, North Carolina
- Minutes of the Senter District Primitive Baptist Association for 1946
- Map of the Churches of Ashe Baptist Association (1974)
- Ashe Baptist Association - Link
- Brief History of Fletcher Memorial Baptist Church Link
- Phoenix Baptist Church - Link not available
- History of the Buffalo Baptist Church
- Welcome Home Baptist Church link missing
- Peak Creek Church of the Brethren link missing
- Grassy Creek Baptist Church
- Court Records
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - 1806
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - 1807
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - 1808
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - 1809
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - 1810
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions - 1811
- Minutes of the Ashe County, North Carolina Superior Court - 1834
- Ashe County Court Orders 1860
- Ashe County Court Orders 1861
- Ashe County Court Orders 1862
- Ashe County Court Orders 1863
- Ashe County Court Orders 1864 This is the last file of court minutes under the Confederate government.
- Ashe County Court Orders 1865
- Crime & Criminals
- Folklore
- Forestry
- Genealogy
- See New River Notes for genealogical links.
- Ashe County GenForum
- Ashe County NCGenweb
- Ashe Co., Wilkes Co., and Grayson Co., VA Ancestors
- Descendants of Eli Baker
- Descendants of Simon Baker
- Jesse Cox Heritage Site
- The Gentry Page
- Perry Family of Alleghany and Ashe County, North Carolina
- Price Genealogy
- Younce Genealogy-review this link
- General Links
- Ashe County, North Carolina Photographs at the University of North Carolina
- Music from the Lost Provinces Old Time String Bands from Ashe County North Carolina 1927-1931
- Geography and Geology
- Ashe County Churches
- Ashe County Cemeteries
- Map of Jefferson Area
- Resources of Southwest Virginia by C. E. Boyd, E.M. (this is a copy of pp. 268-321 of this book pertaining to Carroll, Grayson, Ashe and Alleghany Counties)
- Magnetic Iron Ores of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, Chapter VII - Ashe County, North Carolina
- A Geological Visit to the Virginia Copper Region
- Diary of a Geological Tour by Dr. Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828 with Introduction and Notes by Dr. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D.
- Historic Places
Healing Springs Hotel, Crumpler, Ashe County, North Carolina, ca. 1940- Ashe County, North Carolina Sites on the National Register of Historic Places
Ashe County Court House 1906-2000, photo circa 1935
- Land Records
- Ashe County, NC Land Grants 1799-1936 Courtesy of Kim Barr
- Land Grants in Ashe County in the 18th Century
- Ashe County, NC Land Parcel Lookup System Neat site that allows you to see specific tracts (current) of land graphically displayed.
- Libraries
- Marriage Records
- Medicine
- Ashe Memorial Hospital
- Historical Medical Professionals (Doctors in Ashe, Alleghany and Grayson County)
- 19th Century Medical Terms
- Military
- Ashe County Rev. War Pension List
- Jesse Toliver's 1834 Revolutionary War Pension Application
- Ashe County War of 1812 Roster
- The North Carolina Regiment in the Cherokee Removal of 1838 Ashe County's Company was I. Courtesy of Bill Navey.
- Ashe and Alleghany County in the Civil War
- The North Carolina Civil War Home Page Also see The New River Notes Civil War Home Page
- 37th North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 by Octavius A. Wiggins, 1901. - Transcribed by Bobby Bernard Blevins, w/ correction edits by Zane Barr & Julius J. Watson
- World War I Information
- North Carolina Killed and Missing in Action from the Vietnam War
- Miscellaneous Links
- Ashe County, North Carolina from Mountain Area Information Network. Lots of good stuff here.
- "Should Men Tell the Truth by Dr. B. C. Waddell Courtesy of Gail Ferver
- Letter from W. H. Younce to his sister, 1874
- Newspapers
- Parks
- New River State Park
- Mount Jefferson State Natural Area
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Appalachian National Scenic Trail
- Photographs
- Go to Photos on New River Notes to see a collecion of Ashe County, North Carolina Photos and Postcards
- Politics
- Postal History
- Records
- Statistics
- Schools and Education
- Literacy Statistics for 1850 for Southwest Virginia, Northeast Tennessee, and Northwestern North Carolina
- Educational Development in Ashe County by Alfred Burman Hurt
- Libraries in North Carolina
- Ashe County Public Library
- Ashe County Schools
- Baldwin School, Old Fields Township, Ashe County, North Carolina 1914 - Courtesy of Warren Houck
- Three Top School ca. 1901, Creston Township, Ashe County, North Carolina; Courtesy of Warren Houck
- Tolliver School - 1911 Creston Township, Ashe County, North Carolina; Courtesy of Warren Houck
- Virginia Carolina High School, early 1960s, Grassy Creek Community Ashe County, NC/Grayson County, VA; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Riverview High School, Creston, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Riverview High School, Creston, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Healing Springs High School, Crumpler, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Lansing High School, Lansing, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Idelwild School, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Fleetwood High School, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Jefferson High School, Jefferson, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Helton Academy, Sturgill's, Ashe County, NC; Courtesy of the Jefferson Times via Bette Nelson
- Healing Springs High School Class of 1932 from Gail Ferver
- Catalogue of the Jefferson High School, Jefferson, NC 1924-1925 From Gail Ferver
- Special Events
- Towns & Communities
- Transportation & Roads
- Wills
- Last Will and Testament of William B. Smith, 1864 Courtesy of Bette Nelson
