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Clay County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1861
County Seat	Hayesville
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Clay County Courthouse
Hayesville, NC 28904-0118
Phone: 828-389-6301

Registrar of Deeds has birth, death and military records from 1913
marriage records from 1879 and land records from 1870^[1]

History

The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).^[2]

Parent County

1861--Clay County was created 20 February 1861 from Cherokee County.
County seat: Hayesville ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1870--Fire (not courthouse) destroyed all records of the county.

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cherokee
• Macon
• Rabun County, Georgia
• Towns County, Georgia
• Union County, Georgia

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Clay County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers 

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clay County, North Carolina. Page 507 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Henry Clay," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).