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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 - ​1851 Free Persons of Color Mentioned in County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Stewart County Slave Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Stewart County Slave Census

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Brooks Cemetery

Archives and Libraries

FamilySearch Catalog - Stewart County, Tennessee

Stewart County Public Library - Dover, TN

Tennessee Secretary of State - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Archives

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Genealogy

USGenWeb Archives - Stewart County, Tennessee

Bible Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​Bible Records of Stewart County 

Bibliography

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

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1896 Stewart County Abstracts of Settlements, Wills and Bonds

TNGenWeb Project - 1821-1850 Index to Stewart Circuit Court Minutes, Vols. 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3 & 4, 

TNGenWeb Project - 1821-1850 Stewart Circuit Court Minutes, Vols. 1, 1A, 1B, 2, 3 & 4, 

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1812 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1813-1819 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1819-1828 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1828-1831 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1831-1844 Index to Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1786-1884 Stewart County Deed Book Indexes

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1879 Stewart County Election Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1806-1842 Stewart County Guardian Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1842-1850 Stewart County Guardian Records
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TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1881 Stewart County Tennessee Marriages Revisited

Biographies

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Biographies

USGenWeb Archives - Stewart County, Tennessee

Cemeteries

ePodunk - Stewart County, Tennessee

Find A Grave - Stewart County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

The Political Graveyard - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Houston County Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Map of Stewart County Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County, Tennessee Cemeteries

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart Co. TN Cemetery Records
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​USGenWeb Archives - Stewart County, Tennessee

USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Stewart County, Tennessee

Census Records

Census Finder - Tennessee Census Records

Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheet 

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Information Provided on Each Census Year Schedule

TNGenWeb Project - 1820 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1830 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1836 Explanation of Civil Districts

TNGenWeb Project - 1840 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1840 Pensioners from American Revolution

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Stewart County Slave Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Stewart County Mortality Schedules

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Stewart County Agriculture Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Stewart County Slave Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1860 Stewart County Mortality Schedules

TNGenWeb Project - 1870 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1880 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1880 Stewart County Mortality Schedules

TNGenWeb Project - 1890 Stewart County Union Veterans Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1900 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1900 Stewart County Census Map

TNGenWeb Project - 1910 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1920 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1920 Stewart County Census Map

TNGenWeb Project - 1930 Stewart County Census

TNGenWeb Project - 1930 Stewart County census maps: Northwest

TNGenWeb Project - 1930 Stewart County census maps: Northeast 

TNGenWeb Project - 1930 Stewart County census maps: Southwest

TNGenWeb Project - 1930 Stewart County census maps: Southeast

TNGenWeb Project - ​1940 Stewart County Census

Church Records

RootsWeb - Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records

​TNGenWeb Project - Early Churches and their Beginnings

TNGenWeb Project - Crockett's Creek Baptist Church Deed 

TNGenWeb Project - Indian Mound Methodist Church 

TNGenWeb Project - Liberty Baptist Church Excerpts and Membership 

TNGenWeb Project - Lick Creek Methodist Church Excerpts and Membership

TNGenWeb Project - 1815-1862 McKendree Church Bible and Membership

TNGenWeb Project - Rushing Creek Baptist Church Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - Saline Creek Baptist Church Minutes Excerpts

TNGenWeb Project - Saline Creek Baptist Church Minutes Additional Abstracts

TNGenWeb Project - 1810-1883 Saline Creek Baptist Church Minute Books

TNGenWeb Project - 1810-1849 Index to Saline Creek Baptist Church Minute Book 1

TNGenWeb Project - 1850-1883 Index to Saline Creek Baptist Church Minute Book 2

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Baptist Association History

Court Records

Stewart County Clerk of Circuit Court - Dover, TN

Stewart County Government - Records Request

TNGenWeb Project - 1826-1827 County Court Execution Docket

TNGenWeb Project - Extracts of Stewart County Circuit Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1851 Free Persons of Color Mentioned in County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1804 - 1807 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1808 - 1812 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1813 - 1817 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1815 - 1817 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1817 - 1819 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1819 - 1821 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1821 - 1824 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1828 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - Feb. 1829 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - May 1829 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​1833 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1835 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - 1844 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - Jan. - July 1845 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - July - Dec. 1845 Stewart County Court Minutes

TNGenWeb Project - ​Tennessee Law, the Early Days

State Court Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1803-1841 ​Acts of the Tennessee Legislature

TNGenWeb Project - ​1822-1923 Stewart County Cases Heard in the Tennessee Supreme Court

TNGenWeb Project - ​1831 - 1870 Stewart County Tennessee State Penitentiary

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Petitions to the Tennessee General Assembly

TNGenWeb Project - ​1828 Petition to Gov. Sam Houston by "Walker's Line" Stewart Co. Residents

TNGenWeb Project - ​Private Acts of Stewart County, Tennessee 

Estate Records

FamilySearch.org - Digital images of Microfilmed Stewart County Probate Records

Stewart County Government - Records Request

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Index of Wills
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TNGenWeb Project - 1836-1841 Stewart County Insolvent Estates

TNGenWeb Project - 1896-1910 Stewart County Selected Settlements and Bonds Extracts

TNGenWeb Project -  1804-1807 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds

TNGenWeb Project - 1806-1812 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds

TNGenWeb Project -  May 1812 - May 1814 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book A

TNGenWeb Project - Nov 1814 - Nov 1824 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book 3

TNGenWeb Project - Nov 1824 - Feb 1829 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book B

TNGenWeb Project - May 1829 - May 1836 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book C 

TNGenWeb Project - June 1836 - June 1840 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book D 

TNGenWeb Project - Aug 1840 - Feb 1843 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book E 

TNGenWeb Project - Mar 1843 - Jun 1848 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book F 

TNGenWeb Project - Apr 1848 - Dec 1851 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book G 

TNGenWeb Project - Jan 1852 - Aug 1854 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book XX 

TNGenWeb Project - Aug 1854 - Jul 1858 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book H 

TNGenWeb Project - Aug 1858 - Feb 1866 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book I 

TNGenWeb Project - Feb 1866 - Nov 1869 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book J 

TNGenWeb Project - Aug 1869 - Jul 1876 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book K 

TNGenWeb Project - Feb 1876 - Sep 1882 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book L 

TNGenWeb Project - Sep 1882 - Aug 1889 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book M 

TNGenWeb Project - Sep 1889 - Jun 18 Stewart County Settlements and Bonds Book N

USGenWeb Archives - Stewart County, Tennessee

Family Trees

TNGenWeb Project - ​DNA Projects Links

TNGenWeb Project - ​Genealogy Calculators

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Ancestors
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TNGenWeb Project - ​USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Page

General Resources

Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheets

FamilySearch Wiki - Stewart County, Tennessee

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

Stewart County Government - Stewart County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - ​19th Century Medical Terminology

TNGenWeb Project - Other Counties Mentioned in Stewart County Records

TNGenWeb Project - Other Counties whose Records Mention in Stewart County

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Genealogy Research Guide

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Research

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County, Stew's Page

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County, Tennessee Genealogy Research Databases

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County, Tennessee Records

Stewart County Visitor Center - Dover, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Web Site Search Engine

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

History

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TN Penitentiary

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed’s History of Stewart County

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County History

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Post Offices and Postmasters

TNGenWeb Project - 1814-1855 William Williams Letters

Wikipedia.org - Stewart County, Tennessee

Historical Places

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

Land Records

Stewart County Register of Deeds - Dover, TN

Stewart County Government - Records Request

TNGenWeb Project - 1803-1804 Deed Book A (1): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1809 Deed Book B (2): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1809-1811 Deed Book C (3): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1811-1813 Deed Book D (4): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1813-1818 Deed Book E (5): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1819-1823 Deed Book O (6): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1823-1826 Deed Book F (7): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1826-1829 Deed Book G (8): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1829-1832 Deed Book 9: Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1832-1834 Deed Book H (10): Deeds Registered 

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1905 Deed Indexes, Excel Spreadsheet

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1905 Deed Index, Vols. I, II and III, Direct (Grantor) Surnames A-Z

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1905 Deed Index, Vols. I, II and III, Reverse (Grantee) Surnames A-Z

TNGenWeb Project - 1800 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1803 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1808 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1813 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1814 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1815 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1816 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1818 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1819 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1824 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1831 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1841 Deed Map between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek

TNGenWeb Project - 1825-1923 Kentucky Grants South of Walker's Line

TNGenWeb Project - 1834-1942 Misc. Deed Extracts

TNGenWeb Project - 1828 Petition to Gov. Sam Houston by "Walker's Line" Stewart Co. Residents

TNGenWeb Project - 1786-1884 Stewart County Deed Book Indexes

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Deeds and Deed Extracts

TNGenWeb Project - 1788-1795 Stewart County Lands in Davidson County Deed Books 

TNGenWeb Project - 1789-1809 Stewart County Lands in Montgomery County Deed Books 

Maps

My Genealogy Hound - Stewart County, Tennessee
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TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed’s 1886 Tennessee Map

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

Military Records

Fort Donelson National Battlefield - Dover, TN

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TN Fort Donelson

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 - ​Stewart County Civil War

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Revolutionary War Veterans

TNGenWeb Project - ​1809-1815 Stewart County Record of Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia

TNGenWeb Project - ​1890 Stewart County Union Veterans Census

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County War Dead from World War I, World War II, Korean Conflict and Vietnam

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County War of 1812

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County W.W. I Soldier Abstracts

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 - Stewart County, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War

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 - The Intruder

Newspapers

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

RootsWeb - Abstracts from Tennessee Newspaper

Stewart County Standard - Dover, TN

Stewart County Standard - Stewart County, TN

TNGenWeb Project - ​1859 Excerpts from the Dover Weekly Intelligencer

TNGenWeb Project - ​List of Stewart County Newspapers

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1875 ​Name Index for Stewart County in Newspapers

TNGenWeb Project - ​1804-1875 Place Index for Stewart County in Newspapers

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Newspaper Clippings

TNGenWeb Project - ​1804-1875 Stewart County in Newspapers

Obituaries

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​1839-1919 Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - ​1843-1953 Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Obituary Extracts from the River Counties

TNGenWeb Project - ​1970 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
   
TNGenWeb Project - ​1971 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times   

TNGenWeb Project - ​1972 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times   

TNGenWeb Project - ​1973 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times   

TNGenWeb Project - ​1974 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times   

TNGenWeb Project - ​1975 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times   

TNGenWeb Project - ​1976 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times

TNGenWeb Project - ​Obituaries of Stewart County

Photographs

National Archives - Stewart County, Tennessee

Tennessee Encyclopedia - Stewart County, Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - ​Stewart County Feltner Photo Archive

Queries & Mailing Lists

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 East Tennessee 

TNGenWeb Project - ​Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Queries

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County E-mail List

School Records

Stewart County School System - Dover, TN

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Tip Top School History

Societies

Land Between The Lakes - Homeplace 1850s Working Farm

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society - Nashville, TN

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

Tax Records

TNGenWeb Project - 1836 Explanation of Civil Districts 

TNGenWeb Project - 1798 Montgomery Co. Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1800 Montgomery Co. Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1804-1840 Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists

TNGenWeb Project - 1841-1866 Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists

TNGenWeb Project - 1804 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1805 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1806 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1807 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1808 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1809 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1810 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1811 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1812 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1827 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1829 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1830 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1836 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1837 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1828-1851 Stewart County, TN Tax List

TNGenWeb Project - 1852-1866 Stewart County, TN Tax List

Towns, Cities & Townships

Town of Dover - Dover, TN

Wikipedia.org - Dover, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Cumberland City, Tennessee

Wikipedia.org - Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee

Vital Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TN Birth Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TN Death Certificates

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TN Death Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TSLA Death Records

Genealogy Trails History Group - Stewart County, TN Marriage Records

Stewart County Clerk - Dover, TN

Stewart County Government - Records Request

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 - ​1839 - 1919 Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - ​1843 - 1953 Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - 1844 - 1862​ Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - 1881-1883 Stewart County Birth Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​1908-1912 Stewart County Death Index

TNGenWeb Project - ​1914 Stewart County Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - ​1915 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1916 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1917 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1918 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1919 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1920 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1921 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1922 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1923 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1924 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1925 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1926 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1927 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1928 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1929 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1930 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1931 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1932 Stewart County Deaths 

TNGenWeb Project - ​1933 Stewart County Deaths

TNGenWeb Project - 1817-1833 Stewart County Divorces

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Brown

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Carney

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Coppedge

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Dortch

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Downs

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Green

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Jones

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Lightfoot

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Parchman

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriages, Hargis-Hinson License

TNGenWeb Project - Stewart County Marriage Records Submitted by Volunteers

TNGenWeb Project - ​1850 Stewart County Mortality Schedules

TNGenWeb Project - ​1860 Stewart County Mortality Schedules

TNGenWeb Project - ​1880 Stewart County Mortality Schedules

TNGenWeb Project - ​1882-1883 Misc. Death Records

TNGenWeb Project - ​1915 - 1918 Undertaker Reports from Model Area 

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

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Erin


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Selmer

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Union City

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Linden

Byrdstown

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Springfield

Murfreesboro


Huntsville


Dunlap

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Memphis

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Dover

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Erwin

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Spencer

McMinnville


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Dresden

Sparta

Franklin

Lebanon
Parent County

Knox and Grainger

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Roane & Indian lands

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Indian lands

Anderson & Claiborne

Rutherford, Smith & Warren

Indian lands

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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

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Jefferson, Grainger & Greene

Rhea & Indian lands

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Hardin & Indian lands

Indian Lands

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Indian lands

Indian lands

Indian lands

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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

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Rhea County

Indian lands

Tennessee County

Bedford, Lincoln & Franklin

Anderson & Roane

Indian lands

Jackson & Indian lands

Humphreys & Hickman

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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

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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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