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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

Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee

Genealogy Center - History Vault: Slavery in Antebellum Southern Industries

Archives and Libraries

FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: Montgomery County

FamilySearch Catalog - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Montgomery County Archives - Clarksville , TN

Montgomery Public Library - Clarksville, Tennessee

Montgomery Public Library - Clarksville, TN Genealogy

Tennessee Secretary of State - Montgomery County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Bible Records

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County, Tennessee Bible Records

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Bibliography

Montgomery County Historical Society - Montgomery County Publications

Tennessee Secretary of State - Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources > Montgomery County

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - John Montgomery (pioneer)

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Find A Grave - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

RootsWeb - Folk Finders: Tombstone Transcriptions and Old News

The Political Graveyard - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Clarksville’s Historic Cemetery Trails

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Cemetery Transcriptions

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Tennessee Virtual Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - War of 1812 Virtual Cemetery

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Census Records

FamilySearch.org - 1940 United States Census

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1820 Montgomery County TN Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1830 Montgomery County TN Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1840 Census for Montgomery County

TNGenWeb Project - 1841 Enumeration of Free White Male Inhabitants

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Index to Mortality Schedule

TNGenWeb Project - 1880 Index to Mortality Schedule

TNGenWeb Project - 1870 Residents Of The Orphan Home

Church Records

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County, Tennessee Church Records

Court Records

Montgomery County Historical Society - Montgomery County, TN Minute Book

Montgomery County Clerk of Circuit Court - Clarksville, TN

Tennessee Secretary of State - Montgomery Co. Cases Heard in TN Supreme Court

TNGenWeb Project - 1807-1855 Landowners From Lost Circuit Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Law, the Early Days

Estate Records

FamilySearch.org - 1795-1927 Montgomery County, Tennessee Probate Court Books

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Commissioners

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Tennessee Probate Records

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Family Trees

TNGenWeb Project - ​DNA Projects Links

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Surname List

TNGenWeb Project - ​Montgomery County Tennessee Family Histories

TNGenWeb Project - ​USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Pages

General Resources

FamilySearch Wiki - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Montgomery County Government - Clarksville, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Project and Page Links on the TNGenWeb

TNGenWeb Project - The Montgomery County Genealogical Journal

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Genealogical Sources in Clarksville, Tennessee

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Early City Officials List

TNGenWeb Project - History of Montgomery County Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Montgomery County, Tennessee

Historic Places

Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center - Clarksville, Tennessee

Historic Collinsville - Southside, Montgomery County, Tennessee


National Register of Historic Places - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Sevier Station Park - Clarksville, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places Listings in Montgomery County, Tennessee

Land Records

Montgomery County Register of Deeds - Clarksville, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1807-1855 Landowners From Lost Circuit Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - Kentucky Land Grants "South of Walker's Line" in Montgomery and Stewart County

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Deeds

TNGenWeb Project - 1824-1827 Montgomery County Land Entries

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Letters

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Letter from Ralph Winters- Yarbrough, Trotter, Whitehead and Dickson

TNGenWeb Project - Letter to J. B. Mansell from Sgt. Cecil W. Martin - World War II

TNGenWeb Project - ​1915 Letter to Mrs. W. W. McLaughlin from Son William

Maps

My Genealogy Hound - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves

TNGenWeb Project - ​1836 Map of Montgomery County

TNGenWeb Project - 1865 Map of Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1865 Map, Montgomery County Section

TNGenWeb Project - ​The Maps Our Ancestors Followed

TNGenWeb Project - Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Census Maps

Miscellaneous

TNGenWeb Project - Old Christmas Card

TNGenWeb Project - 1860-61 Tennessee Gazeteer and Business Directory

TNGenWeb Project - 1876-77 Tennessee Gazeteer and Business Directory

TNGenWeb Project - Transactions of Montgomery County

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery Countians and the War of 1812

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County, Tennessee War Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee and the Civil War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennesseans in the War of 1812

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennesseans in World War I

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Fort Campbell

Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War

Native American Genealogy

The Chickasaw Nation - Ada, Oklahoma

TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee By Blood

TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast

TNGenWeb Project - The Intruders

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Tennessee Secretary of State - Clarksville Newspapers on Microfilm

The Library of Congress - ​1855-1895 Digitized Clarksville Newspapers

TNGenWeb Project - ​Cumberland Lore Articles

TNGenWeb Project - ​Notes From Early Clarksville Papers

​Wikipedia.org - The Leaf-Chronicle

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Montgomery County Historical Society - Montgomery County, TN Obituaries

TNGenWeb Project - ​Obituaries for Early Montgomery County Residents

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Photographs

National Archives - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​
Early Clarksville Photo Gallery


TNGenWeb Project - ​Hall of the Unknown

TNGenWeb Project - ​Montgomery County Photo Album of Schools

TNGenWeb Project - ​People and Places of Montgomery County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Courthouse Photograph

Queries & Mailing List

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Queries

School Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Class Rosters of Montgomery County Tennessee Schools

TNGenWeb Project - 1878 Clarksville Female Academy Catalogue and Announcement

TNGenWeb Project - 1911 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1912 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1915 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1916 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1925 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1926 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1927 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1928 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1929 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1930 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1931 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1932 Clarksville High School Yearbook

​TNGenWeb Project - 1933 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1936 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1939 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1940 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1941 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1942 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1943 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1944 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1945 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1946 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1947 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1948 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1949 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1950 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1951 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1952 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1953 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1954 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1955 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1956 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1957 Clarksville High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County School Histories 

TNGenWeb Project - 1932 School District Maps

TNGenWeb Project - 1898 Southside Preparatory School

TNGenWeb Project - 1907-1908 Southside Preparatory School Catalog

TNGenWeb Project - 1946 The Birtite Burt High School Yearbook

TNGenWeb Project - 1901 Walnut Bluff School, Rose Hill

TNGenWeb Project - 1895 Liberty School

TNGenWeb Project - 1895 Liberty School, Names

Wikipedia.org - Austin Peay State University

Societies

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center - Clarksville, Tennessee

Fort Campbell Historical Foundation - Montgomery County, Tennessee

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society - Nashville, Tennessee

Montgomery County Historical Society - Clarksville , TN

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

The New Gallery - Clarksville, TN

State Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1796-1850 Acts of the Tennessee General Assembly

TNGenWeb Project - Biographical Directory of General Assembly

TNGenWeb Project - Petitions To The General Assembly

TNGenWeb Project - Private Acts affecting Montgomery County

Swain Genealogical Collection

TNGenWeb Project - Dr. A. Eldridge Ledgers

TNGenWeb Project - Allen Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - ​Baggett Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Baker Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Bone Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Boone Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Bridgewater Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Broom(e) Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Byrd Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Cherry Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Cocke Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Coke Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Ferguson Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Ferrell Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Fort Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Foster Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Hackberry Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Ham/Hams/Hamm Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Hayes Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Hodges Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Hughes Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Hunt Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Karnes Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Lee Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Letters from Geneva Suggs Swain

TNGenWeb Project - Louise Wyatt Collection

TNGenWeb Project - Martin Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Miller Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - ​ Miss Powers' Scrapbook

TNGenWeb Project - ​Nolen Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Outlaw Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Powers Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Randal Rubel Collection

TNGenWeb Project - Reynolds Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Schmittou Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - ​Slayden Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Sugg Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Suiter Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Swain Photos

TNGenWeb Project - Webb Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - ​White Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Wickham Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Wyatt Family Notebook

TNGenWeb Project - Young Family Notebook

Tax Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1798 Property Tax Lists of Montgomery County Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1800 Tax Lists of Montgomery County Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1801 Montgomery County TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1836 Montgomery County TN Tax List

Towns, Cities & Townships

City of Clarksville - Clarksville, TN

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TNGenWeb Project - Early Days in the Ringgold Area

TNGenWeb Project - Hickory Grove/Noah Springs Community

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Communities

TNGenWeb Project - Post Office and Place Names

Wikipedia.org - Clarksville, Tennessee

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Montgomery County, TN Death Records

Montgomery County Archives - Marriage Index

Montgomery County Archives - Obituary Collection Search

Montgomery County Clerk - Clarksville, TN

Montgomery County Historical Society - Montgomery County Obituaries

Montgomery Public Library - Death Notices

Montgomery Public Library - Leaf-Chronicle Obituary Index

Montgomery Public Library - Montgomery County Marriages

Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1949-2014 Death Records Index

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery County Tennessee Death Certificates

TNGenWeb Project - 1908-1912 Montgomery County Death Index 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Montgomery County Marriage Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Obituaries for Early Montgomery County Residents

USGenWeb Archives - Montgomery 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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