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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

Archives and Libraries

Facebook - Wartburg Public Library

FamilySearch Catalog - Morgan County, Tennessee

Coalfield Public Library - Coalfield, TN

Deer Lodge Public Library - Deer Lodge, TN

Oakdale Public Library - Oakdale TN

Petros Public Library - Petros, TN

Sunbright Public Library - Sunbright, TN

Tennessee Secretary of State - Morgan County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Morgan County, Tennessee

Wartburg Public Library - Wartburg, TN

Bible Records

TNGenWeb Project - Brotherton-Pittman Bible Records

TNGenWeb Project - Hawn-Hall Family Bible

TNGenWeb Project - Langley, James O. & Margarete 

TNGenWeb Project - Laymance, Isaac C.

TNGenWeb Project - Mathis, Peter L. & Louisa Ann Laymance Cross

TNGenWeb Project - Sheldon Family

TNGenWeb Project - Stinesipher, Daniel

TNGenWeb Project - Taylor, David Alexander & Sarah Arcena Hall

TNGenWeb Project - Walls, Joseph Shaw Sheldon & Lula Honor 

Bibliography

East Tennessee Roots - East Tennessee Roots Historical/Genealogical Magazine

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

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Biographies of Morgan County

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1936 Brock, William Riley

TNGenWeb Project - Morgan County Biographies

Wikipedia.org - Daniel Morgan

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Morgan County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Morgan County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, Tennessee

The Political Graveyard - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Ashe-Forester Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Bingham and Brown

TNGenWeb Project - Brotherton – Pittman- Galloway Tombstones

TNGenWeb Project - Brown-Evans Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Camp Austin Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Crab Orchard Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Elizabeth Cemetery #1

TNGenWeb Project - Elizabeth Cemetery #2

TNGenWeb Project - Flat Fork Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Flat Fork-Holder Graves

TNGenWeb Project - Hamby Cemetery – Gobey

TNGenWeb Project - Honeycutt Cemetery #1

TNGenWeb Project - Honeycutt Cemetery #2

TNGenWeb Project - Jackson Cemetery – Corbin Hill

TNGenWeb Project - Langley Cemetery – Joyner

TNGenWeb Project - Lavender Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Lester Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Liberty Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Liberty Cemetery – pg 2

TNGenWeb Project - Liberty Cemetery – pg 3

TNGenWeb Project - McCartt Cemetery – Gobey

TNGenWeb Project - McCartt Cemetery – Greasy Creek

TNGenWeb Project - McCoy Cemetery – Caney Branch

TNGenWeb Project - Montgomery Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Morgan Memorial Gardens

TNGenWeb Project - Mossy Grove Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Morris Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Mount Hope Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Mt. Vernon Cemetery – Burrville

TNGenWeb Project - Nelson Cemetery, Catoosa

TNGenWeb Project - Piney Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Pleasant Ridge Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Potter Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Potters Chapel Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Snow Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Sunbright Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Union Cemetery

TNGenWeb Project - Union Grove Cemetery – Glades

TNGenWeb Project - Wartburg Cemetery

USGenWeb Archives - Morgan County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Morgan County, Tennessee

Census Records

FamilySearch.org - 1820 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1830 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1840 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1850 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1860 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1870 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1880 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1900 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1910 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1920 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1930 US Census

FamilySearch.org - 1940 US Census

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - 1820 Manufactures Census

USGenWeb Archives - Morgan County, Tennessee

Court Records

Morgan County Clerk of Circuit Court - Wartburg, TN

TNGenWeb Project - 1853, 1853, 1854 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1856 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1857 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1859 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1861 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1874 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1875 Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Law, the Early Days

USGenWeb Archives - Morgan County, Tennessee

Family Trees

TNGenWeb Project - Aytes Family Page

TNGenWeb Project - Cox Cousins

TNGenWeb Project - Barger Family

TNGenWeb Project - ​DNA Projects Links

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TNGenWeb Project - Germans to Wartburg

TNGenWeb Project - Wilson & Shown Families

TNGenWeb Project - ​USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Pages

General Resources

FamilySearch Wiki - Morgan County, Tennessee

Genealogy Quest - Old Medical Terms

Morgan County Chamber of Commerce - Wartburg, TN

Morgan County, Tennessee - Public Service Directory

Morgan County, Tennessee - Wartburg, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Words Found in Old Deeds

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1887 Goodspeed’s History of Morgan County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Seventy Years in the Coal Mine

TNGenWeb Project - ​2002 Tornadoes in Morgan County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Morgan County, Tennessee

Historic Places

Historic Brushy Mtn State Pen - Petros, TN

Historic Rugby - Robbins, Tennessee

National Register of Historic Places - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Samuel Hall's Log Home

Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Morgan County, Tennessee

Land Records

Morgan County Register of Deeds - Wartburg, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Documents, Deeds & Tax Lists

TNGenWeb Project - Heritage Farms of Morgan County

Maps

TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Census Maps

TNGenWeb Project - 1818 Tennessee Map

TNGenWeb Project - ​The Maps Our Ancestors Followed

TNGenWeb Project - Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Topography of Morgan County

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, Tennessee

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - A Civil War Diary

TNGenWeb Project - Civil War Documents

TNGenWeb Project - Civil War Correspondence #1

TNGenWeb Project - Civil War Correspondence #2

TNGenWeb Project - Marriage Records from Civil War Pension Files

TNGenWeb Project - Pension Records

TNGenWeb Project - Revolutionary War Soldiers of Morgan County

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

TNGenWeb Project - 2nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Company B 

TNGenWeb Project - 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Infantry, Company C

TNGenWeb Project - Union POW Soldiers from Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Veterans of Morgan County, TN

USGenWeb Archives - Morgan County, Tennessee

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 - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Morgan County Newspaper Clippings

TNGenWeb Project - ​​Morgan County News

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Morgan County Centenarians

TNGenWeb Project - Obituaries of Morgan County

Photographs

National Archives - Morgan County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Morgan County Photo Album

Queries & Mailing Lists

TNGenWeb Project - Morgan County Queries & Mailing Lists

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

Societies

East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee

Facebook - Morgan County (TN) Genealogical and Historical Society

Morgan County Genealogical and Historical Society - Wartburg, TN

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

Tax Records

TNGenWeb Project - Documents, Deeds & Tax Lists

TNGenWeb Project - ​1814 Roane County Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​1815 Roane County Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​1816 Roane County Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​1817 Roane County Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - ​​1836 Tax List

Towns, Cities & Townships

City of Harriman - Harriman, TN

Genealogy Trails History Group - Deer Lodge, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Rugby, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sunbright, Tennessee

Town of Oliver Springs - Oliver Springs, TN

Wikipedia.org - Harriman, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Oakdale, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Oliver Springs, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Sunbright, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Wartburg, Tennessee

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Morgan County, TN Death Records

Morgan County Clerk - Wartburg, TN

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

TNGenWeb Project - Death Record Extracts and Certificates

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages, A, B, C

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages, D, E, F, G

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages, H, I, J, K, L

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages, M, N, O, P

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages, R, S, T

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages, U, V, W, Y, Z

TNGenWeb Project - Marriage Certificates

TNGenWeb Project - Marriages from Civil  War Pension Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1800’s Marriages, Lutheran Church

TNGenWeb Project - June 1901 - July 1906 Marriage Records 

TNGenWeb Project - July 1906 - June 1910 Marriage Records

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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