Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Jackson County, North Carolina.

Official Website

This area was part of Cherokee Nation homelands at the time of European encounter. While most Cherokee were forced out of the area through succeeding treaties for land cessions, followed by removal to Indian Territory in the late 1830s, hundreds of Cherokee stayed in Western North Carolina. Their descendants form most of the federally recognized Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), the only tribe in the state to have this status. It was not organized until 1851 and was named for President Andrew Jackson.

Several movies have been filmed in the county. These include the action-adventure The Fugitive (1993), starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones; the 1972 drama Deliverance, and the 1996 comedy My Fellow Americans starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner.

Adjacent Counties

• Haywood County
• Swain County
• Transylvania County
• Macon County
• Oconee County, South Carolina

Towns, Townships, Villages & Communities

Addie | Baker's Creek | Balsam | Beta | Canada | Caney Fork | Cashiers | Cherokee | Cullowhee | Dillsboro | Forest Hills | Gay | Glenville | Greens Creek | Hamburg | Mountain | Qualla | River | Savannah | Scotts Creek | Sylva (County Seat) | Tuckasegee | Webster | Whittier | Willets | Wilmot

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of North Carolina

Links

Wikipedia

National Register of Historic Places

Blue Ridge Parkway (part)

Nantahala National Forest (part)

Qualla Boundary

Jackson County Genealogical Society

Genealogy Trails

NC Gen Web

RAOGK

Southern Appalachian Digital Collections

Genealogy Village

Forebears.io

Jackson County Journal Birth Records