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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

Access Genealogy - Tennessee African American Cemeteries

Genealogy Center - Funeral Home Programs and Obituaries, Henderson County, Tennessee

Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Slave Schedule of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Slave Schedule of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Henderson County

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Caffey Cemetery

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - ​ Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Clippings Saved by the Late Elsie Johnson

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Henderson County, Tennessee

Archives and Libraries

Facebook - Everett Horn Public Library

FamilySearch Wiki - Henderson County, Tennessee

Henderson County Clerk - Lexington, TN

Henderson County Clerk of Circuit Court - Lexington, TN

Henderson County Register of Deeds - Lexington, TN

Lexington-Henderson County Everett Horn Public Library - Lexington, Tennessee

Tennessee Secretary of State - Henderson County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee

Bible Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Aunt Betsy Milam

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Autobiography and Reminiscences

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Biographical Sketches for Decatur County and Henderson County

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Chalk Lowery

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Dorothy J. Kizer Thomas

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Dr. Cornelia Huntsman

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Fallen but not Forgotten, the legacy of Albert S. Cook

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Interesting Person: Carolyn Hart

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Jo Ann Beal

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1826-1828 Letters Written to Nathaniel Carrington, Rougemont, NC 

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Mary Eugenia Rushing

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Stephen Henry Essary

Books

TNGenWeb Project - A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee – volume I

TNGenWeb Project - Books Published by Brenda Kirk Fiddler

TNGenWeb Project - Henderson County

TNGenWeb Project - History of Henderson County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - History of Sardis, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - The History of Scotts Hill, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - The Life and Labors of Major W. E. Penn

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Henderson County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Henderson County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Henderson Co. Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Henderson Co. Cemetery Database

TNGenWeb Project - Map of Henderson County Cemeteries

The Political Graveyard - Henderson County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Antioch Cemetery

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Granny Austin Cemetery

Census Records

Census Online - Henderson Co., Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Census of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Census of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Henderson County Civil Districts

TNGenWeb Project - Mortality Schedules, United States Censuses, Henderson County, Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Slave Schedule of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Slave Schedule of Henderson County, TN

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Church Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Henderson County, Tennessee

Court Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Estate Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Family Trees

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Counterpanes of Susannah Austin

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Genealogies/Family Pages

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Hamlett-Smith Home

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Kolwyck’s of Darden

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Mary Louise Oakley

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Rhodes Town

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Goodspeeds History Henderson County Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - 1922 History of Henderson County, TN

Genealogy Trails History Group - 1930 History of Henderson County, TN 
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Genealogy Trails History Group - Resources of Henderson County, TN

National Register of Historic Places - Henderson County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Henderson County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee Letters

Wikipedia.org - Henderson County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Lexington, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Parkers Crossroads, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Sardis, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Scotts Hill, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1922 The Big 10

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1995 The Big Ten

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Commercial Appeal Plant to Prosper Competition

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - Early Settlement

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1820-1978 Agriculture 

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Agriculture Over the Years

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Blue Goose Community Has Long Interesting History

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Business and Industry

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​By-Laws Bargerton Lodge No. 577 I.O.O.F.

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​County Fair Was Always a Big Hit

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Doctors and Medicine

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1916 The Fourth Celebrated

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Goose Supper at Daddy Dyer's

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Government and Politics

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Henderson County, Farmville

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1930 Henderson County Roads

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Henry E. Graper’s Summer Home “Overlook”

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Hinson Springs Hotel

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​History of Darden

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​History of the Henderson County Fair

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A History of Pioneer Women in Education in Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​History of Sardis, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​I Remember Henderson County

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Imogene Oakley's Scrapbook

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1861 Letter from Mifflin

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​1997 Lexington Little League 11-12 Year Old All Star Team

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Lexington, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Memories of Old Alberton

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Memucan Howard Hunt's Recollections

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Middlefork: A Forgotten Community

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Princess Theater

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Pulling Together: Ox Trainer, Wife Keep Yesterday's Skills Alive

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Red Mound Area in Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Reeds, Joseph and "Polly"

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Reports of the Bureau of Agriculture for the State of Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Reagan, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Salute to Agribusiness in Henderson County

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Scotts Hill's History Lives on Thru Fire & Storm

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​ 1950 Ski Jumping

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Tolley Baseball Team

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Women of Henderson County

Land Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee​

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Early Land Grants, Henderson County, Tennessee

Maps

My Genealogy Hound - Henderson County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves


Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Historical and Genealogical Research Maps

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Nineteenth Century Survey Sections and Civil Districts

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee

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


USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee​

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Henderson County, Tennessee

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Books Published by Brenda Kirk Fiddler

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​The Alberton News and Mrs. John L. Hare

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Antioch News and Other Articles

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee

Photographs

National Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee

​Tennessee Encyclopedia - Henderson County Courthouse in Lexington

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Natchez Trace State Park Shelter in Henderson County

Tennessee Encyclopedia - United States Post Office in Lexington

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​1953 Aerial Views of Lexington ​

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​The Center Hill Story-Yesterday and Today

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Clearing the Way for the Farmers State Bank Branch

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Ernest Reed, Sr. and His Tractor

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Fairgrounds Log Cabin Ed Buck's Labor of Love

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​The Funeral of John S. McPeake

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​The Glory Days: A Look at Lexington's Past

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Granny Austin Cemetery

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​Herbert Powers and His Oxen

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Historic Photographs of Middlefork

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​History of Broadway-Sand Ridge

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​1910 Homes of Lexington

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​The Hot Springs Tourist Thing

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Huron, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​James Family farm

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Luray Spring

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Middlefork, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Mt. Gilead School Pictures

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​The Original Big 10

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​An Outing at Warren's Bluff

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​1931 Princess Theatre Program

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Scotts Hill Historical Photographs

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​1918 Warren's Bluff

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Wildersville; One of Henderson County's Liveliest Business Towns

School Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Henderson County, Tennessee

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Schools, Henderson County

Societies

City of Lexington - Henderson County, Tennessee

Facebook - Beech River Heritage Museum

Henderson County - Lexington, Tennessee

Henderson County Chamber of Commerce - Lexington, Tennessee

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

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Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​​Natchez Trace State Park

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, TN Death Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Henderson County, TN Marriage Records

Tennessee Deaths - Henderson County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1908-1909 Birth Records of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 19081910 Death Records of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1910-1911 Death Records of Henderson County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1893-1900 Marriage Records of Henderson County, TN

USGenWeb Archives - Henderson County, Tennessee
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VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records

​Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records

Yesterday's Henderson Co. - ​A Genealogical Miscellany Henderson County Tennessee
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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