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Welcome to Tennessee Genealogy

Research in Tennessee can be an exciting and rewarding experience. With records available for more than 200 years of the state's history, your family is sure to be found in a variety of records available online and at the many archives and libraries located throughout the state.

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African-American Genealogy

Genealogy Center - New Hope Colored Graveyard, Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee

Genealogy Center - Pruitt Hill Cemetery, Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee

Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Nelly, A Woman of Property and Means

Archives and Libraries

Daughters of the American Revolution - Greene County, Tennessee

Facebook - Greene County Public Library

Facebook - T Elmer Cox History & Genealogy Library

Greene County Public Library - Greeneville, Tennessee

Greeneville Greene County History Museum - Greeneville, TN

Mosheim Public Library - Mosheim, TN

T. Elmer Cox Genealogical & Historical Library - Greeneville, TN

Tennessee Secretary of State - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Bible Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Greene County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Greene County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

The Political Graveyard - Greene County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Campbell Family Burials

TNGenWeb Project - Cemetery Transcriptions by the T. Elmer Genealogical & Historical Library

TNGenWeb Project - Graceland Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Harman/Harmon Family Burials

TNGenWeb Project - The History of the Old Cooper Burial Ground

TNGenWeb Project - Jamieson/Jamison/Jemison/Jameison/Jamesion/Jamerson/Jameson

TNGenWeb Project - Jennings Burials In Various Cemeteries-Part 1

TNGenWeb Project - Lambert/Lamberte/Lampert Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Liberty Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Lucas Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Mathew Family Burials

TNGenWeb Project - Marshall Family Burials

TNGenWeb Project - Mathes/Mathis Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Martin/Martyn Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - May/Mays Family Burials

TNGenWeb Project - Merriman/Merryman Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Middleton Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Miles/Myles Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Miller Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Milsap/Millsap/Millsaps Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery/Montgomerie Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Moore Family Burials in Various Cemeteries – Part 1

TNGenWeb Project - Moore Family Burials In Various Cemeteries – Part 2

TNGenWeb Project - Morgan Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Morris Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Moseley/Mosley/Mosely Burials

TNGenWeb Project - Mullins Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - New Hope MM Church and Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Nicholson/Nicolson/Nickelson Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Norman Burials In Various Cemeteries – Part 1

TNGenWeb Project - Parker Family Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Robinson/Robison Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Roger Family Burials in Various Cemeteries – Part 1

TNGenWeb Project - Thomas Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Tucker Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Tyler Burials In Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Wall Burial in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Walton Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - ​Waters Burials in Various Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - ​Wilkins Burials in Various Cemeteries

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Greene County, Tennessee

Census Records

Census Online -Greene Co., Tennessee

Cyndi's List - 1850 Census, Greene Co., Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Church Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Court Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Estate Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​ Estate of Richard Woods Brown

TNGenWeb Project - ​1923 Index to Will Books

TNGenWeb Project - ​1823 Will of Jesse Davis

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1893 Will of Martin Van Buren Brown

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1826 Will of Thomas Davis

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Family Trees

TNGenWeb Project - Babb family of Greene Co.

TNGenWeb Project - Benjamin Brown with related families

TNGenWeb Project - Bowers Family of Greene and Knox County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Brown Family of Greene Co., Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Cooper Family of Greene Co., Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Cox Family of Greene Co., TN

TNGenWeb Project - Cox Family of Greene Co., Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Fann Families of East TN

TNGenWeb Project - Foster Family of Greene Co., Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Hatley Family of Greene, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project -  Jotham Brown, Sr.

TNGenWeb Project - Jotham Brown, Jr.

TNGenWeb Project - Joseph Johns(t)on

TNGenWeb Project - John Johns(t)on

TNGenWeb Project - Kerbaugh Family of Greene Co., Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - Maloney Family of Greene, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Perkins of Greene Co. and Kentucky

TNGenWeb Project - Willis Family of Greene Co., Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Zopher Johns(t)on the Elder

TNGenWeb Project - Zopher Johns(t)on, Senior

TNGenWeb Project - ​Zopher Johnston, Junior

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

National Archives - From George Washington to Citizens of Greene County

National Register of Historic Places - Greene County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Greene County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Greene County Century Farms

TNGenWeb Project - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Greene County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Greeneville, Tennessee

Land Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Heritage Farms of Greene County

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Maps

My Genealogy Hound - Greene County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Colonial Period Cherokee Land Cessions in Northeastern Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Early Private Land Purchases in Northeastern Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Federal Period Cherokee Land Cessions in Northeastern Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves

TNGenWeb Project - ​1839 Map of Greene County

TNGenWeb Project - ​1888 Map of Greene County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Map Showing Civil Districts of Greene County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Map Showing Communities of Greene County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Map showing Rivers and Streams of Greene County

TNGenWeb Project - ​1814 Northern East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1834 Northern East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1788 State of Franklin

Military Records

National Archives - U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee


National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Birth Records from WWI Draft Registration Cards

TNGenWeb Project - ​Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Index

TNGenWeb Project - ​Casualties from Persian Gulf War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Civil War Photos

TNGenWeb Project - ​1861-1865 Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers

TNGenWeb Project - ​1891-1965 Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows

TNGenWeb Project - ​East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association

TNGenWeb Project - ​Heitman’s Register and Dictionary of the US Army

TNGenWeb Project - ​Korean War Casualties

TNGenWeb Project - ​ 1812 War Pension Files

TNGenWeb Project - ​​World War I Veterans, Greene County

TNGenWeb Project - ​​WWII US Air Force Photos

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Chronicling America

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

Pensions

TNGenWeb Project - ​1812 Capt. Robert Maloney Company

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1796-1811 Commissions of Officers in the Green County Tennessee Militia

TNGenWeb Project - ​1813 Commissions of Officers in the Green County Tennessee Militia

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Cooper, Sr., Christopher – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Davis, James – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Doty, Azariah – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​​​Hull, John – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Johnston, Sr., Zopher – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Kesterson, John – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Kent, Peter – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Morgan, Thomas – Rev War

TNGenWeb Project - ​​​1840 Census of Rev War Soldiers

TNGenWeb Project - ​​​Waddle, Martin – Rev War

Photographs

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Greene County Slideshow

TNGenWeb Project - ​Civil War Photos


TNGenWeb Project - ​​Greene County Postcards

Queries

TNGenWeb Project - Greene County, Tennessee

School Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, Tennessee

Societies

East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee

Fall Branch Historical Society - Fall Branch, TN

Greene County Genealogical Society - Greeneville, TN

Greeneville Greene County History Museum - Greenville, TN

Tax Records

Cyndi's List - 1783 Greene County Tax List, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1783 – 1800 & 1805 All Browns Tax Lists

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1809-1816 All Browns Tax Digests

TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Brown Family in Civil Districts

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1840-1851 Brown Family Men In  Districts 11 and 12 Tax Lists

TNGenWeb Project - ​1805 Greene Co. Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1809 Greene Co. Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817 Willis Family Tax Lists 

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, TN Death Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Greene County, TN Marriage Records

TNGenWeb Project - Birth Records from WWI Draft Registration Cards

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1780 – 1837 Marriages, Greene Co., Tennessee from WPA records

USGenWeb Archives - Greene County, Tennessee

VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records

​Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records
Many Tennessee family records can be found online and at various archives and libraries located throughout the state of Tennessee. Many millions of records aren't yet available online, though, and many of these are awaiting your discovery at the local level at county courthouses, historical societies, churches, county clerks' offices, cemeteries, and elsewhere in Tennessee. To find these and other records, click on the links below to find more information about the specific counties where your ancestors lived in Tennessee. You'll find information on these pages that will lead you to the specific documentation you're searching for.

It is important to keep in mind when doing research that the names and boundaries of certain counties in Tennessee have changed over the past two hundred years. Your ancestors may have lived on a certain farm in one county and when borders were redrawn records relating to your family history might have been located in another area entirely. When searching for land, court, tax, and other records it is also a good idea to search for these records in adjacent counties. Following is a complete list of Tennessee's 95 counties along with their formation dates, county seats, and names of parent counties.
County

Anderson County

Bedford County

Benton County

Bledsoe County

Blount County

Bradley County

Campbell County

Cannon County

Carroll County

Carter County

Cheatham County


Chester County


Claiborne County

Clay County

Cocke County

Coffee County

Crockett County


Cumberland County


Davidson County

Decatur County

DeKalb County


Dickson County

Dyer County

Fayette County

Fentress County

Franklin County

Gibson County

Giles County

Grainger County

Greene County

Grundy County

Hamblen County

Hamilton County

Hancock County

Hardeman County

Hardin County

Hawkins County

Haywood County

Henderson County

Henry County

Hickman County

Houston County


Humphreys County

Jackson County

Jefferson County

Johnson County

Knox County

Lake County

Lauderdale County

Lawrence County

Lewis County


Lincoln County

Loudon County


Macon County

Madison County

Marion County

Marshall County


Maury County

McMinn County

McNairy County

Meigs County

Monroe County

Montgomery County

Moore County

Morgan County

Obion County

Overton County

Perry County

Pickett County

Polk County

Putnam County


Rhea County

Roane County

Robertson County

Rutherford County


Scott County


Sequatchie County

Sevier County

Shelby County

Smith County

Stewart County

Sullivan County

Tipton County

Trousdale County


Unicoi County

Union County


Van Buren County

Warren County


Washington County

Wayne County

Weakley County

White County

Williamson County

Wilson County
Formation Date

1801

1807

1835

1807

1795

1836

1806

1836

1821

1796

1856


1879


1801

1870

1797

1836

1871


1855


1783

1845

1837


1803

1823

1824

1823

1807

1823

1809

1796

1783

1844

1870

1819

1844

1823

1819

1786

1823

1821

1821

1807

1871


1809

1801

1792

1836

1792

1870

1835

1817

1843


1809

1870


1842

1821

1817

1836


1807

1819

1823

1836

1819

1796

1871

1817

1823

1806

1819

1879

1839

1854


1807

1801

1796

1803


1849


1857

1794

1819

1799

1803

1779

1823

1870


1875

1850


1840

1807


1777

1817

1823

1806

1799

1799
County Seat

Clinton

Shelbyville

Camden

Pikeville

Maryville

Cleveland

Jacksboro

Woodbury

Huntingdon

Elizabethton

Ashland City


Henderson


Tazewell

Celina

Newport

Manchester

Alamo


Crossville


Nashville

Decaturville

Smithville


Charlotte

Dyersburg

Somerville

Jamestown

Winchester

Trenton

Pulaski

Rutledge

Greeneville

Altamont

Morristown

Chattanooga

Sneedville

Bolivar

Savannah

Rogersville

Brownsville

Lexington

Paris

Centerville

Erin


Waverly

Gainesboro

Dandridge

Mountain City

Knoxville

Tiptonville

Ripley

Lawrenceburg

Hohenwald


Fayetteville

Loudon


Lafayette

Jackson

Jasper

Lewisburg


Columbia

Athens

Selmer

Decatur

Madisonville

Clarksville

Lynchburg

Wartburg

Union City

Livingston

Linden

Byrdstown

Benton

Cookeville


Dayton

Kingston

Springfield

Murfreesboro


Huntsville


Dunlap

Sevierville

Memphis

Carthage

Dover

Blountville

Covington

Hartsville


Erwin

Maynardville


Spencer

McMinnville


Jonesborough

Waynesboro

Dresden

Sparta

Franklin

Lebanon
Parent County

Knox and Grainger

Rutherford County

Humphreys County

Roane & Indian lands

Knox County

Indian lands

Anderson & Claiborne

Rutherford, Smith & Warren

Indian lands

Washington County

Davidson, Dickson, Montgomery, & Robertson

Henderson, McNairy & Madison

Grainger & Hawkins

Jackson & Overton

Jefferson County

Bedford, Warren & Franklin

Haywood, Madison, Dyer & Gibson

White, Bledsoe, Rhea, Morgan, Fentress & Putnam

Part of North Carolina

Perry County

Franklin, Cannon, Jackson & White

Montgomery and Robertson

Indian lands

Indian lands

Morgan, Overton & White

Rutherford & Indian lands

Indian lands

Indian lands

Hawkins & Knox counties

Washington County

Coffee, Warren & Franklin

Jefferson, Grainger & Greene

Rhea & Indian lands

Hawkins & Claiborne

Hardin & Indian lands

Indian Lands

Sullivan County

Indian lands

Indian lands

Indian lands

Dickson County

Dickson, Humphreys, Montgomery & Stewart

Stewart County

Smith County & Indian lands

Greene & Hawkins

Carter County

Greene & Hawkins

Obion County

Haywood, Dyer & Tipton

Hickman & Indian lands

Hickman, Lawrence, Maury & Wayne

Bedford County

Roane, Monroe, Blount & McMinn

Smith and Sumner counties

Indian lands

Indian lands

Giles, Bedford, Lincoln & Maury

Williamson & Indian lands

Indian lands

Hardin County

Rhea County

Indian lands

Tennessee County

Bedford, Lincoln & Franklin

Anderson & Roane

Indian lands

Jackson & Indian lands

Humphreys & Hickman

Fentress & Overton

McMinn & Bradley

Fentress, Jackson, Smith, White & Overton

Roane County

Knox & Indian lands

Tennessee & Sumner

Davidson, Williamson & Wilson

Anderson, Campbell, Fentress & Morgan counties

Hamilton, Marion & Warren

Jefferson County

Chickasaw Nation lands

Sumner & Indian lands

Montgomery County

Washington County

Shelby County

Wilson, Macon, Smith
& Sumner counties

Washington & Carter

Grainger, Claiborne, Campbell, Anderson & Knox

Warren & White

White, Jackson, Smith & Indian lands

Part of North Carolina

Hickman County

Indian lands

Jackson & Smith

Davidson County

Sumner County

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