OBCGS Regional History & Genealogy Library

12/24/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201172690842

This book is a continuation of the extensive research by Styles into the descendants of the Turner and Banks families who were early settlers of Western N.C. Differing from his first book “Turner and Banks, Pioneer Families of Western N.C., 1738-2002”, which covered the family of pioneer Joseph ...

12/24/2025

Please share with your Yancey County friends:)

WOW! Here is a great local history book. This softcover book titled, "Descendants of Andrew E Banks and Rachel Ruth Turner of Yancey County, North Carolina". This is a great 624 page book by Marshall Styles. Lots of great genealogy information and photos! Good Luck!! See Book Review below:

This book is a continuation of the extensive research by Styles into the descendants of the Turner and Banks families who were early settlers of Western N.C. Differing from his first book “Turner and Banks, Pioneer Families of Western N.C., 1738-2002”, which covered the family of pioneer Joseph Turner, this new book focuses on the descendants of one of Joseph’s granddaughters, Rachel Ruth Turner. She was the only grandchild to stay and settle in Yancey County, N.C. while all the other grandchildren moved to other states. Styles begins the book with 20+ pages of newspaper accounts of Andrew Banks and his family from 1834-1903 and continues on to build all nine generations of descendants of this married couple leading to Styles’ own grandchildren. Many stories and documented facts stage the family’s history to make this interesting reading and a must-have book for anyone researching the connections to this family.

This book is $60 and is available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone, or in our eBay store.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great RARE genealogy and history books.

Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Please join OBCGS and become an active volunteer. You will have FUN and we need YOU!

12/23/2025

The library will be closed on Wednesday, December 24 and Thursday, December 25.
We'll be open and ready to help with your research on Friday, December 26 and Saturday, December 27, 10am - 3 pm.

12/21/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202810429157

Baltimore Maryland area to North Carolina. Uriah arrived in the US in 1732. Proceeds benefit the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society located in western North Carolina.

12/21/2025

Great last minute Christmas gift!

Title: Uriah Davis,. Sr. From Wales to America and His Descendants

Author: George Neil Davis

Soft bound,
585 pages,
with index and illustrations

This is an update of a previous book by the author that follows the Uriah Davis, Sr family from the
Baltimore Maryland area to North Carolina. Uriah arrived in the US in 1732.
Other families include O'Kelley, Warren, Miller, Morgan, McCarson, Lewis, Dockery, and Smathers.

This book is $65 and is available at our library in Asheville, over the phone, or in our eBay store :)

Proceeds benefit the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society located in western North Carolina. Please see our ebay store for other interesting genealogy and history titles. Please JOIN OBCGS and become an active member. You will have fun and we need you :)

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12/17/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195593205194

Counties of Burke, Albemarle, and Buncombe. Joshua Jones of the Misty Blue Mountains. Jones, Nancy Jones, and Joshua Jones, Jr. The ancestors of these offspring are traced to recent. Sold only as the complete set.

12/17/2025

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JOSHUA JONES of the MISTY BLUE MOUNTAINS, Buncombe Co, NC NEW Book, 3 Volumes (905 pgs total)

Joshua Jones of the Misty Blue Mountains,

by Kenneth Davidson Israel and Evelyn Peace Campbell

This set of three volumes is the second printing of the original book published in 2003. That

hard bound book was about 1000 pages. Volunteers at OBCGS have kept the original content

but separated it into 3 softbound volumes. There is a table of contents in each volume, but the

index is at the back of Volume 3. The page numbers are the original page numbers.

Documentation for this book begins with Joshua Jones’ birth in Albemarle County, Virginia in

the mid 1700’s. In 1778, the family moved from Virginia to North Carolina and lived in the

counties of Burke, Albemarle, and Buncombe. Each child of Joshua and Elender Medley Jones is

presented with a descendant chart showing three generations to include grandchildren. The

children are Steven Jones, Mary Jones, Jackson Jones, William Jones, Russell Jones, Thomas

Jones, Nancy Jones, and Joshua Jones, Jr. The ancestors of these offspring are traced to recent

times.

These volumes include the original photo galleries, family maps, and kinship charts. Total

number of pages in the three volumes is 1,114. Sold only as the complete set.

All proceeds go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society's Library (OBCGS) operations. Please join OBCGS! There is a link to the membership form pinned to the top of this page.

We ship fast and package books so they arrive as shipped.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great RARE genealogy and history books. Also, please consider joining our society and becoming an active member. We need YOU!

12/14/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204440731424

1, Second Edition, By OBCGS Volunteers, (2023) 495 pages, soft bound. OBCGS volunteers have scanned the book to make it available again. There are two fold out pages at the back of the book – a WNC county formation chart and an 1891 Birds Eye View of the City of Asheville.

12/14/2025

NEW!! Old Buncombe County NC Heritage Book Volume 1 & 2 Genealogy SALE!!!!!!!!!!

For $90 you get BOTH books! Vol 1 is SPIRAL bound, while Vol 2 is HARDBACK.

NEW! Buncombe County Heritage Book, Vol. 1, Second Edition, By OBCGS Volunteers, (2023) 495 pages, soft bound. The original edition of this book was published in 1981 and has been out of print for some time. OBCGS volunteers have scanned the book to make it available again. You will find an exact copy of the original book with one exception that may be an improvement. There are two fold out pages at the back of the book – a WNC county formation chart and an 1891 Birds Eye View of the City of Asheville. These were both cover liners in the original copy instead of fold out pages. There are 249 pages that provide an excellent history of the area, including many pictures. The remaining pages are paragraphs of specific family histories and more pictures. There is a name index. Price: $45.00, NC Tax: $3.15, P&H: $9.00. (D–34)

Spiral bound brand new book.

These are available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone, or in our eBay store.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great books like this!

Proceeds from this sale goes to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society (OBCGS).

Also, please consider joining our society and becoming an active volunteer. We need YOU!

12/12/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/196248394034

(The item numbers were assigned by DeedMapper (from DirectLine Software) during several years of research.). Extensive bibliography. Proceeds from this sale goes to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.

12/12/2025

The BEST Christmas gift for someone who's relatives lived in Northeast Buncombe County :)

EARLY NE BUNCOMBE Co, NC LAND RECORDS 4 Vols Books, by Whitley, 2014

Product Information
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 found on topographic maps. (The item numbers were assigned by DeedMapper (from DirectLine Software) during several years of research.) The item numbers can also be used to discover all the participants in a given transaction (in Volume 3).This volume begins with a chapter of North Carolina county formation, migration, political and Cherokee treaty history, illustrated with color maps (both antique and newly-drawn). The second chapter gives detailed descriptions and illustrations of surveying, mapping, the land grant process, and little-known resources for discovering where people actually lived. Extensive bibliography. Color endpapers offer orientation maps and instructions on how to use this multi-volume set.

Please note that these are brand new books in very good condition, but in the printing process the last page of each volume is slightly stuck to the next page.

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 found on topographic maps. (The item numbers were assigned by DeedMapper (from DirectLine Software) during several years of research.) The item numbers can also be used to discover all the participants in a given transaction (in Volume 3).This volume begins with a chapter of North Carolina county formation, migration, political and Cherokee treaty history, illustrated with color maps (both antique and newly-drawn). The second chapter gives detailed descriptions and illustrations of surveying, mapping, the land grant process, and little-known resources for discovering where people actually lived. Extensive bibliography. Color endpapers offer orientation maps and instructions on how to use this multi-volume set.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great books like this!

Proceeds from this sale goes to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Please consider joining OBCGS!

These books are $170 for the set and are available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone, or in our eBay store.

we ship quickly and carefully.