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First in 4-volume set. Alphabetic index (for letters A-H) of every name mentioned in 7300 early grants and deeds in the northeast portion of Buncombe County, NC. Covers the area north of Beaverdam Creek north of Asheville and east of the French Broad River. Deed book and grant file number references are given for each name, with a brief location description. Also shown is the role each person played in each transaction, such as grantor, grantee, chain bearer, witness, adjoining property owner, etc. Any biographical information contained in the source document is included. Each property is identified by an item number and map grid which ties to Volume 4, where the property locations can be fo...
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Cabins & Castles was first completed in 1981, a joint effort of the Historic Resources Commission and the North Carolina Division of Archives and History. The book became enormously popular with natives, tourists, historians, and preservationists as a primary source of knowledge about the richly historic Buncombe County. Cabins & Castles contains a historical overview as well as the specific record of individual properties built in the area, primarily those constructed prior to 1930. Rapid development in the urban and rural areas of Buncombe County makes this record timely and valuable.
Second in 4-volume set. Continues alphabetic index (for letters I-Z) of every name mentioned in 7300 early grants and deeds in the northeast portion of Buncombe County, NC.Color endpapers illustrate an original land entry, grant, survey and county recorder's notes, and the same grant as found on microfilm.