African-American Genealogy
Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee
Archives and Libraries
Tennessee Secretary of State - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County Library
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County Library
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Bible Records
TNGenWeb Project - Cherry Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Darnell, Ananias Family
TNGenWeb Project - Graves, Sarah East Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Lamb, Henry Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Lee, William Edward Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - McLemore Bible Record
TNGenWeb Project - Porter, William Roane Family Bible Record
TNGenWeb Project - Watson Family Bible Records
TNGenWeb Project - Watson, James L. Family
TNGenWeb Project - Watson, John and Wife Martha L.
TNGenWeb Project - Watson, William Russell Family
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Darnell, Ananias Family
TNGenWeb Project - Graves, Sarah East Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Lamb, Henry Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Lee, William Edward Family Bible
TNGenWeb Project - McLemore Bible Record
TNGenWeb Project - Porter, William Roane Family Bible Record
TNGenWeb Project - Watson Family Bible Records
TNGenWeb Project - Watson, James L. Family
TNGenWeb Project - Watson, John and Wife Martha L.
TNGenWeb Project - Watson, William Russell Family
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Biographies
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - James F. Morris, M.D.
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - James F. Morris, M.D.
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Cemeteries
ePodunk - Hardin County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Hardin County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Cemetery Additions & Corrections
TNGenWeb Project - Corinth National Cemetery
TNGenWeb Project - Garrett Cemetery
TNGenWeb Project - Newman Cemetery
TNGenWeb Project - Shiloh National Cemetery
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Hardin County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Hardin County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Cemetery Additions & Corrections
TNGenWeb Project - Corinth National Cemetery
TNGenWeb Project - Garrett Cemetery
TNGenWeb Project - Newman Cemetery
TNGenWeb Project - Shiloh National Cemetery
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Hardin County, Tennessee
Census Records
Census Online - Hardin Co., Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1890 Civil War Veterans Census of Hardin County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1890 Civil War Veterans Census of Hardin County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Church Records
Court Records
Estate Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Will Book B
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Inventory Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Guardian Settlement Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Dougal P. Gillis, Estate Settlement
TNGenWeb Project - Will of Daniel B. Beasley
TNGenWeb Project - Will of Emily Richardson Stricklin
TNGenWeb Project - Will of John Watson
TNGenWeb Project - Will of Mary Richardson
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Will Book B
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Inventory Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Guardian Settlement Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Dougal P. Gillis, Estate Settlement
TNGenWeb Project - Will of Daniel B. Beasley
TNGenWeb Project - Will of Emily Richardson Stricklin
TNGenWeb Project - Will of John Watson
TNGenWeb Project - Will of Mary Richardson
Family Trees
TNGenWeb Project - Adams, Johnson, Joyce, Maddox, Murphy, Perkins, Ruth, Sloan
TNGenWeb Project - Akin Notes
TNGenWeb Project - Allen & Watson Families of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Bingham Family
TNGenWeb Project - Cossey, Luke Family
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Luke Cossey
TNGenWeb Project - Harden County, TN Family Trees
TNGenWeb Project - Haynes Family Info from the "Savannah Courier" Microfilm
TNGenWeb Project - Hitchcock Family
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of John Howard
TNGenWeb Project - Kemp Family Chronicles
TNGenWeb Project - Benjamin Huddleston Lineage
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of William Johnson
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Noah G. Lilley
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of William Barnell Love
TNGenWeb Project - John Maddox Family
TNGenWeb Project - Mangum Family
TNGenWeb Project - Garrison Genealogy and Martin Notes
TNGenWeb Project - McCann Genealogy
TNGenWeb Project - Mills Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Moses Preston Couch of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Elisha Pack Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Phillips Genealogy
TNGenWeb Project - Robertson Family
TNGenWeb Project - Patrick Ross Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Henry Harris(on) Smith
TNGenWeb Project - Tacker Family
TNGenWeb Project - White Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Whitlow Family History
TNGenWeb Project - My Wicker Family History: Shiloh Remembered
TNGenWeb Project - Woods/Roberts Families
TNGenWeb Project - Akin Notes
TNGenWeb Project - Allen & Watson Families of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Bingham Family
TNGenWeb Project - Cossey, Luke Family
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Luke Cossey
TNGenWeb Project - Harden County, TN Family Trees
TNGenWeb Project - Haynes Family Info from the "Savannah Courier" Microfilm
TNGenWeb Project - Hitchcock Family
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of John Howard
TNGenWeb Project - Kemp Family Chronicles
TNGenWeb Project - Benjamin Huddleston Lineage
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of William Johnson
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Noah G. Lilley
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of William Barnell Love
TNGenWeb Project - John Maddox Family
TNGenWeb Project - Mangum Family
TNGenWeb Project - Garrison Genealogy and Martin Notes
TNGenWeb Project - McCann Genealogy
TNGenWeb Project - Mills Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Moses Preston Couch of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Elisha Pack Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Phillips Genealogy
TNGenWeb Project - Robertson Family
TNGenWeb Project - Patrick Ross Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Henry Harris(on) Smith
TNGenWeb Project - Tacker Family
TNGenWeb Project - White Family of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Whitlow Family History
TNGenWeb Project - My Wicker Family History: Shiloh Remembered
TNGenWeb Project - Woods/Roberts Families
History
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places - Hardin County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - An Account of the Aboriginal Ruins at Savannah
TNGenWeb Project - Early History of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed's History of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - A History of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hooker's Bend, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Adamsville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Battle of Shiloh
Wikipedia.org - Crump, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Hardin County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Saltillo, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Savannah, Tennessee
Wikipedia - Shiloh National Military Park
Wikipedia.org - Milledgeville, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places - Hardin County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - An Account of the Aboriginal Ruins at Savannah
TNGenWeb Project - Early History of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed's History of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - A History of Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hooker's Bend, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Adamsville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Battle of Shiloh
Wikipedia.org - Crump, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Hardin County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Saltillo, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Savannah, Tennessee
Wikipedia - Shiloh National Military Park
Wikipedia.org - Milledgeville, Tennessee
Land Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Henry Garner, Petition to Sell Land
TNGenWeb Project - Paul Bratton, Petition to Sell Land
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book G
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book H
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book I
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book J
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book B
TNGenWeb Project - 1820-1835 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - 1820-1840 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - 1839-1843 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book Vol. 3
TNGenWeb Project - 1842-1853 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - Henry Garner, Petition to Sell Land
TNGenWeb Project - Paul Bratton, Petition to Sell Land
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book G
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book H
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book I
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Book J
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book B
TNGenWeb Project - 1820-1835 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - 1820-1840 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
TNGenWeb Project - 1839-1843 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book Vol. 3
TNGenWeb Project - 1842-1853 Hardin County, Tennessee Survey Book
Maps
Military Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Forgotten Soldiers
TNGenWeb Project - Revoutionary War Pension, John Perkins
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County, Forgotten Soldiers
TNGenWeb Project - Revoutionary War Pension, John Perkins
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Newspapers
The Courier - Hardin County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
The Jackson Sun - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Miscellaneous Newspaper Abstracts
TNGenWeb Project - Savannah Courier Abstracts
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
The Jackson Sun - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Miscellaneous Newspaper Abstracts
TNGenWeb Project - Savannah Courier Abstracts
Obituaries
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Virgil Henderson Gean, Sr.'s Clergyman’s Records & Obituaries
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Virgil Henderson Gean, Sr.'s Clergyman’s Records & Obituaries
USGenWeb Archives - Hardin County, Tennessee
Photographs
Societies
Facebook - Tennessee River Museum
Hardin County Convention & Visitor Bureau - Savannah, Tennessee
Shiloh National Military Park - Shiloh, Tennessee
Tennessee River Museum - Savannah, TN
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Hardin County, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County Historical Society
Hardin County Convention & Visitor Bureau - Savannah, Tennessee
Shiloh National Military Park - Shiloh, Tennessee
Tennessee River Museum - Savannah, TN
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Hardin County, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Hardin County Historical Society
Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, TN Birth Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, TN Marriage Records
Tennessee Deaths - Hardin County, Tennessee
VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records
Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Hardin County, TN Marriage Records
Tennessee Deaths - Hardin 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.
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.
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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 |
USA State Resources
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