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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

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Ethnic Research

Archives and Libraries

Anna Porter Public Library - Gatlinburg, TN

FamilySearch Catalog - Sevier County, Tennessee

FamilySearch - Family History Center Locator: Sevier County

King Family Library - Sevierville, TN

Knox County Public Library Historical Resources - Sevier County, TN

Kodak Branch Library - Kodak, TN

Pigeon Forge Library - Pigeon Forge, TN

Sevier County Preservation of Records Department - Sevierville TN

Sevier County Public Library System - Sevierville, TN

Seymour Branch Library - Seymour, TN

Tennessee Secretary of State - Sevier County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Bible Records

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Bibliography

East Tennessee Roots - Historical/Genealogical Magazine

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

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Sevier, Catherine Sherrill

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Sevier, John

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - ​​John Sevier

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Sevier County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Sevier County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Funeral Home Records

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Cemeteries

Genealogy Village - ​​Sevier County, TN Funeral Parlors

The Political Graveyard - Sevier County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Cemeteries & Undertakers
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​USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Sevier County, Tennessee

Census Records

Census Finder - Tennessee Census Records

Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheet

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Census

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Censuses

TNGenWeb Project - Information Provided on Each Census Year Schedule

​USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Church Records

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Churches

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Religious Institutions

Court Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

Sevier County Clerk of Circuit Court - Sevierville, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Courts & Councils

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Legislative Petitions & Acts

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Public Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Law, the Early Days

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Estate Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Wills

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Wills-Miscellaneous

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Wills

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Wills, Estates & Guardianships

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Family Trees

Nashville Genealogy - Dolly Parton Family Tree

Genealogy Village - Sevier County, TN Brick Walls

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Families

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Reunions

Genealogy Village - Sevier County, TN Surnames

Sevierville, Tennessee - First Families of Sevier County Approved Applications

TNGenWeb Project - ​DNA Projects Links

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Families & Individuals

TNGenWeb Project - ​Genealogy Calculators

TNGenWeb Project - ​USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Page

General Resources

Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheets

FamilySearch Wiki - Sevier County, Tennessee

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Libraries

Genealogy Village - ​​Sevier County, TN Links

RootsWeb - The Association for Gravestone Studies

RootsWeb - Create a timeline of History

RootsWeb - Deciphering Old Handwriting

RootWebs - Epidemics in the United States

RootsWeb - ​Historical Collections of Tennessee

RootsWeb - Search the DAR Library Catalog

Sevier County - Sevier County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​19th Century Medical Terminology

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sevier County External Links

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sevier County FAQs

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Libraries, Archives & Museums

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sevier County Local Info

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sevier County Miscellaneous

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sevier County Research Guidance

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Searchable Databases

Yesterday's Perry Co. - Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Doctors

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Local History

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Sevier County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Businesses & Professionals

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Doctors & Healthcare

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County's History

​USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Sevier County, Tennessee

Historical Places

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

National Park Service - Great Smoky Mountains

National Register of Historic Places - Sevier County, Tennessee
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TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Historic Sites & Landmarks

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

Land Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Deeds

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Land Grants

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Deeds

Sevier County Register of Deeds - Sevierville, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Land & Property

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Maps

My Genealogy Hound - Sevier County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project -  Sevier County Geography & Topography
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TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed’s 1886 Tennessee Map

TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves 

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Maps & Gazetteers

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Census Maps

TNGenWeb Project - 1818 Tennessee Map

TNGenWeb Project - ​The Maps Our Ancestors Followed

TNGenWeb Project - Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee

Military Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Veterans

RootsWeb - Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook

RootsWeb - War of 1812

National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​A Salute To Our Fallen Heroes

TNGenWeb Project - ​American Civil War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Civil War Soldiers

TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Regimental Sketches

TNGenWeb Project - ​Hidden Ancestors Veteran Project

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Military

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 - Sevier County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War

Museums

Alcatraz East Crime Museum - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Chasing Rainbows Museum - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Christ in the Smokies Museum and Gardens - Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Cooter's Place in Gatlinburg - Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Elvis & Hollywood Legends Museum - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Facebook - Sevier County Heritage Museum

Guinness World Records Adventure - Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Hollywood Star Cars Museum - Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Hollywood Wax Museum - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Ripley's Believe It or Not - Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum - Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame and Museum - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Tennessee Museum of Aviation - Sevierville, Tennessee

Titanic Museum Attraction - Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Native American Genealogy

Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Cherokee, NC

RootsWeb - 1730-1842 Southeastern Native American Documents

The Chickasaw Nation - Ada, Oklahoma

TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee By Blood

TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County ​Ethnic Research

TNGenWeb Project - The Intruder

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

RootsWeb - Abstracts from Tennessee Newspaper

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County News

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Newspapers & Publications​

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, Tennessee

Genealogy Village - ​​Sevier County, TN Obituaries

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Photographs

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Photographs

National Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Photo Album

USGenWeb Archives - Sevier County, Tennessee

Queries & Mailing Lists

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Social Networking

School Records

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Schools

Sevier County Schools - Sevier County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Schools & Education

Societies

East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee

Facebook - Sevier County Heritage Museum

Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Gatlinburg, TN

Smoky Mountain Historical Society  - Sevierville, TN

Tennessee Museum of Aviation - Sevierville, TN

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

Tax Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Sevier County Taxes & Assessments

Towns, Cities & Townships

City of Gatlinburg - Gatlinburg, TN

City of Pigeon Forge - Pigeon Forge, TN

City of Sevierville - Sevierville, TN

Town of Pittman Center - Pittman Center, TN

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Communities

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Elkmont

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Harrisburg

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Kodak

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Sevierville

Wikipedia.org - ​​Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - ​Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - ​Pittman Center, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - ​​Sevierville, Tennessee

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - 1899-1912 Sevier County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Death Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Sevier County, TN Marriage Records

Genealogy Village - Sevier County, TN Births

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Death Certificates

Genealogy Village - ​Sevier County, TN Marriages

Sevier County Clerk - Sevierville, TN

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

Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1980-2014 Divorce Records Index 

Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1980-2014 Marriage Records Index

TNGenWeb Project - Sevier County Vital Statistics

​USGenWeb Archives - Sevier 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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