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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

East Tennessee State University - Preserving rural African American heritage in Hawkins County

Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee

Google Books - The Older Black Families of Rogersville, Tennessee

Archives and Libraries

Church Hill Public Library - Church Hill, Tennessee

H B Stamps Memorial Library - Rogersville, Tennessee

Mt Carmel Library - Mt Carmel, TN

Surgoinsville Public Library - Surgoinsville, Tennessee

Tennessee Secretary of State - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Rogersville Library’s Genealogy Room

TNGenWeb Project - Spoden Collection Donated to Kingsport Archives

​USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Bible Records

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Biographies

 Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Abraham Molsbee Biography

TNGenWeb Project - 1790-1862 Absolom Looney

TNGenWeb Project - Alexander Smith

TNGenWeb Project - Andrew D. Simpson

TNGenWeb Project - 1776-1860 Andrew Galbraith

TNGenWeb Project - Andrew Galbraith and Mary Kyle

TNGenWeb Project - 1808-1875 Andrew Johnson

TNGenWeb Project - Andrew Larkins Galbraith and Orlena McCraw

TNGenWeb Project - Arthur Galbraith

TNGenWeb Project - Benjamin Coffey Family

TNGenWeb Project - Capt. Clinton G. Lyons

TNGenWeb Project - Captain William L. Armstrong

TNGenWeb Project - Christopher C. Spears

TNGenWeb Project - 1789-1862 Cleon Moore 

TNGenWeb Project - 1806 Daniel Huff’s Travels from Surry County, NC, to Leesburg, OH

TNGenWeb Project - David C. Tunnel

TNGenWeb Project - Edward Watterson

TNGenWeb Project - Ellis Cocke

TNGenWeb Project - 1782-1862 George Hale

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1884 George Kenney

TNGenWeb Project - 1807-1873 George Rutledge Powel

TNGenWeb Project - Henry C. Armstrong

TNGenWeb Project - J. M. Phipps

TNGenWeb Project - Jacob Hamilton

TNGenWeb Project - 1828-1880 Jacob Hamilton

TNGenWeb Project - 1795-1867 Jacob M. Bewley

TNGenWeb Project - 1776-1843 Jacob Miller

TNGenWeb Project - 1813-1864 Jacob Miller

TNGenWeb Project - 1790-1871 James Amis

TNGenWeb Project - 1798-1865 James Britton

TNGenWeb Project - 1805-1888 James Madison Hord

TNGenWeb Project - James White

TNGenWeb Project - 1828-1897 James White

TNGenWeb Project - James Wright

TNGenWeb Project - James Young

TNGenWeb Project - 1754-1825 Joel Dyer

TNGenWeb Project - 1789-1873 John Alexander Rogers

TNGenWeb Project - 1813-1863 John Ball

TNGenWeb Project - John Crawford, 18th Century Settler

TNGenWeb Project - John E. Starnes

TNGenWeb Project - 1824-1901 John Fletcher White

TNGenWeb Project - John M. Gray

TNGenWeb Project - 1792-1874 John McGaughey

TNGenWeb Project - John R. Moore

TNGenWeb Project - 1760-1849 John Tenant Balch

TNGenWeb Project - 1823-1913 Joseph Brown Heiskell

TNGenWeb Project - 1758-1824 Joseph McMinn

TNGenWeb Project - 1768-1834 Joseph Park

TNGenWeb Project - Joseph Rogers & Mary Amis

TNGenWeb Project - Langley: The William Cocke Home

TNGenWeb Project - Lawson D. Franklin Papers

TNGenWeb Project - Letter from George W. Lee to Abner Grisham Lee

TNGenWeb Project - 1890 Letter from Henry Webb to Nancy Elizabeth Webb Weese

TNGenWeb Project - Letter from Richard Mitchell to Lewis Mitchell

TNGenWeb Project - 1889 Letter from Rosa Horton to Her Sister

TNGenWeb Project - Letter from William L. Rogers to James B. Rogers

TNGenWeb Project - 1923 Letter from William Leroy Rogers

TNGenWeb Project - Letters to Lewis Mitchell from John Mitchell

TNGenWeb Project - Letters to Miss Nan Kinkead

TNGenWeb Project - Lewis W. Guthrie

TNGenWeb Project - Luther B. Lyons

TNGenWeb Project - 1818 Major S. Temple 

TNGenWeb Project - 1805-1852 Michael Baugh

TNGenWeb Project - Michael Roark and Family

TNGenWeb Project - Mrs. Jeanetta Mountcastle Carden

TNGenWeb Project - Murder of Richard M. Bishop

TNGenWeb Project - Nathaniel Bassett, Revolutionary War Veteran

TNGenWeb Project - 1736-1789 Nathaniel Henderson

TNGenWeb Project - 1782-1849 Nicholas Fain

TNGenWeb Project - 1794-1845 Orville Thomas Caldwell Bradley

TNGenWeb Project - P. L. Pearson

TNGenWeb Project - Peter Parsons

TNGenWeb Project - 1792-1879 Philip Critz

TNGenWeb Project - Phillip S. Hale

TNGenWeb Project - Regional History and Genealogy Materials at Carson-Newman

TNGenWeb Project - Richard P. Mitchell, M. D.

TNGenWeb Project - 1834-1869 Robert Johnson

TNGenWeb Project - Robert M. Kyle

TNGenWeb Project -  1897 Robert Sparks Walker’s Trip Journal

TNGenWeb Project - 1759-1814 Rodham Kenner

TNGenWeb Project - Rufus Hunter

TNGenWeb Project - Samuel H. Gault, M. D.

TNGenWeb Project - Samuel L. Moore’s Letter to Nancy McCullough

TNGenWeb Project - 1821-1902 Samuel Powell

TNGenWeb Project - 1752-1805 Stockley Donelson

TNGenWeb Project - The Story of Marble Hall & Orville Rice

TNGenWeb Project - 1744-1797 Thomas Amis

TNGenWeb Project - Thomas Amis, Pioneer Settler

TNGenWeb Project - Thomas Arthur Galbraith

TNGenWeb Project - Thomas J. Parrott

TNGenWeb Project - 1805 Thomas King

TNGenWeb Project - Thomas Lee

TNGenWeb Project - Hawkins County Biographies

TNGenWeb Project - W. C. Bishop Family

TNGenWeb Project - Walker Family Letter

TNGenWeb Project - 1764-1845 William Bradley

TNGenWeb Project - William Dykes, Sr.

TNGenWeb Project - William F. Lyons

TNGenWeb Project - William H. Price

TNGenWeb Project - William H. Watterson

TNGenWeb Project - 1764-1825 William Hord

TNGenWeb Project - William M. Arnott

TNGenWeb Project - William M. Francisco

TNGenWeb Project - William Marshall

TNGenWeb Project - William P. Gillenwaters

TNGenWeb Project - William S. Phipps

TNGenWeb Project - William Skelton, Revolutionary War Veteran

TNGenWeb Project - William T. Robertson

TNGenWeb Project - William W. Legg

TNGenWeb Project - 1777-1826 William Young

TNGenWeb Project - World War I Veterans

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Businesses & Professionals

TNGenWeb Project - ​Frederick Steidinger Heiskell

TNGenWeb Project - ​Galbraith Springs Resort

TNGenWeb Project - ​Lawson D. Franklin Papers


TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Letter from Christopher Haynes to Jasper Meeks

TNGenWeb Project - ​Phipps Bend Abandoned Nuclear Power Site

TNGenWeb Project - ​Railroad Resources


TNGenWeb Project - ​Tribute to Deceased Attorneys in Hawkins County

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

The Political Graveyard - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Bussell Cemetery (Partial Listing)

TNGenWeb Project - ​Gonce Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County Cemeteries Listing

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County Cemetery Database

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Hawkins County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Census Records

Census Online - Hawkins Co., Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1860 Census Enumeration

TNGenWeb Project - ​1920 Census Carr, Collier, Cox, Hall, Hammond, Rutledge Families

TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Civil Districts Map

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Church Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​1807-1853 Copper Creek Church Members

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hickory Cove Baptist Church Members, Undated

TNGenWeb Project - ​1820-1836 Hickory Cove Baptist Church Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​History of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Mount Carmel

TNGenWeb Project - 1877-1899 ​Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1900-1909 Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1910-1919 Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1920-1929 Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1930-1939 Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1940-1949 ​Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1950-1955 Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​Index to Obituaries from Eastern District Primitive Baptist Association Minutes, Undated

TNGenWeb Project - ​Regional Baptist Archives

TNGenWeb Project - ​Records from Blackwater Church

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817-1887 Regional Presbyterian Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817-1887 Regional Presbyterian Memorials

Court Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Chancery Court Cases

TNGenWeb Project - ​Circuit Court Cases

TNGenWeb Project - ​1810 Circuit Court Minutes 

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Administration – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​Court Record Images

TNGenWeb Project - ​First Chancery Court Session in Hawkins County

TNGenWeb Project - ​The Murder of Alzina (“Allie”) Berry — Part 1

TNGenWeb Project - ​The Murder of Alzina (“Allie”) Berry — Part 2

TNGenWeb Project - ​Murder at Marble Hall

TNGenWeb Project - ​Probate Documents

TNGenWeb Project - ​1801 Petition to Amend Certain Laws

TNGenWeb Project - ​Searchable Index to Tennessee Supreme Court Cases

TNGenWeb Project - 1796-1801 Official Commissions

TNGenWeb Project - ​1902 Statute Laws of Tennessee 

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Estate Records

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Family Trees

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Descendants of Michael Shanks

TNGenWeb Project - Elizabeth Galbraith & Green T. Lee

TNGenWeb Project - Elizabeth Galbraith and William Armstrong, III

TNGenWeb Project - John E. Ellis, Pre-1800 Settler

TNGenWeb Project - John Galbraith & Martha Larkins

TNGenWeb Project - John Montgomery Galbraith & Elizabeth Harmon

TNGenWeb Project - Joseph Beckner and Sarah Moore Family Record

TNGenWeb Project - 1720-1779 Joseph Kinkead

TNGenWeb Project - Kenner and Shanks Family Notes

TNGenWeb Project - Margaret Galbraith & John Young

TNGenWeb Project - Martha Priscilla Simpson and Marvel Charles Church

TNGenWeb Project - Mary Elizabeth “Polly” Armstrong & James Amis

TNGenWeb Project - Matilda Galbraith and William Hagood

TNGenWeb Project - Mauk, Lockmiller, Loughmiller Families

TNGenWeb Project - Priscillia Galbraith & Robert Wright

TNGenWeb Project - Sarah Galbraith & James Waterson

TNGenWeb Project - Surnames in 1994 “Families” Book

TNGenWeb Project - The Galbraith Family

TNGenWeb Project - Thomas C. Morrison, Pre-Statehood Settler

TNGenWeb Project - William Jenkins and Judia Fitch

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Business & Mfg.

Genealogy Trails History Group - 1887 Goodspeed's History of TN 

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County Resources

Genealogy Trails History Group - The Shadow Of King's Mountain

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County Epidemics and Fevers

Genealogy Trails History Group - History of Allandale

Genealogy Trails History Group - History of Amis

Genealogy Trails History Group - History of Bulls Gap
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Genealogy Trails History Group - History of Burem

Genealogy Trails History Group - History of Persia

Genealogy Trails History Group - Rogersville Postoffice

Genealogy Trails History Group - St. Clair Tennessee

National Register of Historic Places - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Early History of Hawkins County, by Prentiss Price

TNGenWeb Project - ​Current and Historic Post Offices in Hawkins County

TNGenWeb Project - 1887 Hawkins ​County History 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County History (from Goodspeed)

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County History, by Kyle

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County Pioneer Women

TNGenWeb Project - ​Historic Locations in Hawkins County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Rogersville, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1936 Sesquicentennial County History

TNGenWeb Project - ​The Postmaster Stories

TNGenWeb Project - ​Top Ten Tennessee History Books

TNGenWeb Project - ​Top Ten Tennessee History Reference Books

TNGenWeb Project - ​1860 Twenty Wealthiest Hawkins County Families

TNGenWeb Project - ​1824 Unclaimed Letters in Red Bridge P. O. 

Wikipedia.org - Bulls Gap, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Church Hill, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Eidson, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org- Hawkins County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Kingsport, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Mooresburg, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Mount Carmel, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Persia, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Rogersville, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Russellville, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Saint Clair, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Surgoinsville, Tennessee

Immigration Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​First Hawkins County Naturalizations

Land Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County Stray Master’s Books, 1787-1791

TNGenWeb Project - ​Joseph Wallen’s Land Grant

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817 Kilpatrick Legislative Petition

TNGenWeb Project - ​1792 Rogersville Town Plat

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sims’ Big Survey – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​Surnames in Land Grant Books 1 & 2

TNGenWeb Project - ​1835 Petition (2 of 2) to Form a New County

TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Civil District Boundaries

Legislative Petitions & Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​1799 Petition Regarding Distance to Courthouse from Northwest of Clinch Mountain

TNGenWeb Project - ​1799 Petition to Form New County

TNGenWeb Project - ​1801 Petition to Amend Certain Laws

TNGenWeb Project - ​1801 Petition to Form a New County

TNGenWeb Project - ​1806 Petition to Incorporate Rogersville

TNGenWeb Project - ​1806 Petition to Organize Hawkins Rangers

TNGenWeb Project - ​1813 Petition Regarding Militia Companies North of Clinch Mountain

TNGenWeb Project - ​1813 Petition Regarding Road Repair in Rogersville

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817 Kilpatrick Legislative Petition 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817 Petition to Open a Bank

TNGenWeb Project - ​1835 Petition (1 of 2) to Form a New County

TNGenWeb Project - ​1902 Statute Laws of Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Administration – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Boundaries – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Elections – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Roads – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sims’ Big Survey – Private Legislative Acts

Maps

My Genealogy Hound - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Civil District Boundaries

TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Civil Districts Map

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Boundaries – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​County Roads – Private Legislative Acts

TNGenWeb Project - ​ 1790 Hawkins County Boundaries

TNGenWeb Project - 1883 ​Map: Agricultural Regions in East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves

TNGenWeb Project - ​1888 Map: Hawkins County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Map: Proposed Powell County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Map: Boundaries of Carter’s Valley

TNGenWeb Project - ​Map: Location of Hawkins County Today

TNGenWeb Project - ​Maps at TN State Library & Archives

TNGenWeb Project - ​1911 Postal Delivery Map

TNGenWeb Project - ​1792 Rogersville Town Plat

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sims’ Big Survey – Private Legislative Acts

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

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

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

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​A Brief Overview of Hawkins County’s Early History

TNGenWeb Project - ​Argenbright’s Militia Company, War of 1812

TNGenWeb Project - ​Captain William Gillenwaters’ Company, War of 1812

TNGenWeb Project - ​Civil War Battle of Bean’s Station

TNGenWeb Project - ​Civil War Diary of William Stringfield

TNGenWeb Project - ​Claim of Montgomery Woods with the Southern Claims Commission

TNGenWeb Project - ​Claims Filed for Property Losses in the Civil War

TNGenWeb Project - ​David Lawson — Revolutionary War Pension Record

TNGenWeb Project - ​Gaines Lawson, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient

TNGenWeb Project - ​Gordon Aronhime Index Cards

TNGenWeb Project - ​Harrison Collins, Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient

TNGenWeb Project - ​1788 John Blair’s Militia Company

TNGenWeb Project - ​Links to Civil War-era Research Sources

TNGenWeb Project - ​Miss Nan — Beloved Rebel: A True Civil War Love Story

TNGenWeb Project - ​Muster Roll: Co. D, 63rd TN Inf. Reg’t

TNGenWeb Project - ​Nathaniel Bassett, Revolutionary War Veteran

TNGenWeb Project - ​Partial List of Voters, 1867

TNGenWeb Project - ​Revolutionary War Pension Roll of 1835

TNGenWeb Project - ​Samuel Marion — Revolutionary Service Pension Application

TNGenWeb Project - ​60th Tennessee Infantry in the Civil War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Women in the Civil War

TNGenWeb Project - ​William Skelton, Revolutionary War Veteran

TNGenWeb Project - ​World War I Veterans

TNGenWeb Project - ​World War II Veterans’ Histories

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Native American Genealogy

TNGenWeb Project - ​East Tennessee Indian League 

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Knoxville Newspapers Digitization Project

TNGenWeb Project - ​Rogersville Review Available On-Line

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins County, Tennessee

Photographs

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hawkins County Slideshow

TNGenWeb Project - Hawkins County Photo Galleries

Queries

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County, Tennessee

School Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Amyx’ History of Rogersville and Area

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hawkins County Teachers, About 1915

TNGenWeb Project - ​ 1933 Longs Bend School

TNGenWeb Project - ​1851 Oddfellows’ Female Institute Student Roster

TNGenWeb Project - ​Okalona School

TNGenWeb Project - ​Presbyterian Colleges in East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1916 Sun Rise School

Societies

Bays Mountain Planetarium - Kingsport, Tennessee

Bulls Gap Railroad Museum - Bulls Gap, TN

East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee

General Longstreet Museum - Russellville, TN

Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society - Rogersville, Tennessee

Netherland Inn Museum - Kingsport, Tennessee
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Rogersville Heritage Association - Rogersville, Tennessee

Rogersville, Tennessee - Main Street Program

Tennessee Newspaper & Printing Museum - Rogersville, Tennessee

Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Hawkins County, TN

Tennessee Genealogical Society - Memphis, Tennessee

Tennessee Historical Society  - Nashville, Tennessee

Watauga Association of Genealogists - Johnson City, Tenessee

Tax Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1810 Hawkins County ​Partial Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​1811 Hawkins County Partial Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​1812 Hawkins County Partial Tax List

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, TN Death Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Hawkins County, TN Marriage Records

Tennessee Deaths - Hawkins County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Abstracts of Early Marriages & Wills, by Lucy McGhee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Births, Marriages & Deaths from Thomas T. Ross’ Diary, 1881-1893

TNGenWeb Project - ​First Marriage Recorded in Hawkins County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Marriage Licenses/Bonds Book 1

TNGenWeb Project - ​Some 1824-1846 Marriages

TNGenWeb Project - ​Some 1847-1858 Marriages

TNGenWeb Project - ​Some 1865-1867 Marriages

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Some 1899-1900 Marriages

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Some 1817-1887 Regional Presbyterian Deaths

USGenWeb Archives - Hawkins 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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