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Wilkes County Genealogy Records

Genealogy Records Available to Members

• 1833 Wilkesboro, North Carolina Map
• Price-Strother Map Map
• Miscellaneous List of Records 1775 to 1946 in North Carolina State Archives
• List of Wills 1778 to 1970

The county was formed in 1777 from parts of Surry County and Washington District (now Washington County, Tennessee). It was named for the English political radical John Wilkes, who lost his position as Lord Mayor of the City of London due to his support for the colonists during the American Revolution. During the year of 1799 the northern and western parts of Wilkes County became Ashe County. In 1841 parts of Wilkes County and Burke County were combined to form Caldwell County. In 1847 another part of Wilkes County was combined with parts of Caldwell County and Iredell County to become Alexander County. In 1849 additional parts of Wilkes County and Caldwell County were combined with parts of Ashe County and Yancey County to form Watauga County. The county seat is Wilkesboro.

Images of Wilkes County Wills and Estates 1778 to 1799 

Names of Testators:

1. Alexander, Dolley
2. Alexander, Jesse
3. Bagby, John
4. Baldwin, Elisha
5. Baldwin, John
6. Barnes, John
7. Brown, Gabriel
8. Brown, George
9. Brown, James
10. Brown, John
11. Clayton, Henry
12. Cleveland, Benjamin
13. Coffee, Joel
14. Cornelius, Mary
15. Downey, James
16. Dodson, John
17. Dyer, Elisha
18. Edmonton, James
19. Fletcher, James
20. Foster, John
21. Freeman, James
22. Garrison, Isaac
23. Green, Ann
24. Glover, Benjamin
25. Gordon, Charles
26. Gray, John
27. Green, Joshua
28. Grier, John
29. Hardgrave, Francis
30. Henderson, Joseph
31. Herndon, Benjamin
32. Hesling, Carlton
33. Isbell, Francis
34. James, Charles
35. Jennings, John
36. Johnson, Jeffrey
37. Jones, Edmund
38. King, Charles
39. Lewis, Benjamin
40. Lindsey, John
41. Malone, George
42. Martin, Benjamin
43. Mayes, James
44. McDaniels, Daniel
45. McKenzie, Kenneth
46. McNeil, George
47. Parker, John
48. Parks, John
49. Pate, Anthony
50. Redman, Benjamin
51. Rhodes, John
52. Roberts, Elizabeth
53. Robinson, Jesse
54. Rose, Emmanuel
55. Rowe, James
56. Sails, Elijah
57. Scott, Hugh
58. Shepherd, James
59. Smith, Hugh
60. Stalling, Leonard
61. Stampers, Jonathan
62. Standley, Elizabeth
63. Sutton, John
64. Teague, Magnus
65. Witherspoon, David
66. Witherspoon, John

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