African-American Genealogy
Arcadia Publishing - Black America Series
Find A Grave - Castellaw African American Cemetery
Genealogy Center - Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War
Genealogy Trails History Group - Searching for Justice
Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee
Google Books - Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Haywood County, Tennessee
National Archives - Citations to Record Group 105, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Tennessee Secretary of State - A Selected Bibliography of African American
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hardin Smith
Tennessee Encyclopedia - John Haywood
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tent City, Fayette And Haywood Counties
TNGenWeb Project - 1872-1873 Brownsville Population
TNGenWeb Project - !883-1889 Representative Samuel A. McElwee
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Pension Applications for CSA Service
Find A Grave - Castellaw African American Cemetery
Genealogy Center - Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War
Genealogy Trails History Group - Searching for Justice
Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee
Google Books - Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Haywood County, Tennessee
National Archives - Citations to Record Group 105, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Tennessee Secretary of State - A Selected Bibliography of African American
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hardin Smith
Tennessee Encyclopedia - John Haywood
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tent City, Fayette And Haywood Counties
TNGenWeb Project - 1872-1873 Brownsville Population
TNGenWeb Project - !883-1889 Representative Samuel A. McElwee
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Pension Applications for CSA Service
Archives and Libraries
Elma Ross Public Library - Brownsville, TN
Tennessee Secretary of State - Haywood County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Haywood County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Bible Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Biographies
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
My Genealogy Hound - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hardin Smith
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - 1833-1918 Nunn, David Alexander
TNGenWeb Project - 1831-1878 Vaughan, William Wirt
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - John Haywood
My Genealogy Hound - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Hardin Smith
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - 1833-1918 Nunn, David Alexander
TNGenWeb Project - 1831-1878 Vaughan, William Wirt
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - John Haywood
Cemeteries
ePodunk - Haywood County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Haywood County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Haywood County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood County Cemetery Burials
TNGenWeb Project - Rawls Funeral Home
TNGenWeb Project - Brownsville Funeral Home
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Haywood County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Haywood County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood County Cemetery Burials
TNGenWeb Project - Rawls Funeral Home
TNGenWeb Project - Brownsville Funeral Home
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Census Records
Church Records
Court Records
Estate Records
Family Trees
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Atkinson, John Louis Family Tree
TNGenWeb Project - Baxter, William Family Genealogy
TNGenWeb Project - Bedsole, Travis Family
TNGenWeb Project - Bond Family
TNGenWeb Project - Bradford-Wilson Family
TNGenWeb Project - Browning, Hugh Conway Papers
TNGenWeb Project - Currie, James Jr. Family
TNGenWeb Project - Dixon, Ray
TNGenWeb Project - Deupree/Foard
TNGenWeb Project - Edwards – Crutchfield Families
TNGenWeb Project - Ellington Family
TNGenWeb Project - Graves Family
TNGenWeb Project - Keathley Family
TNGenWeb Project - Dr. Thomas Richard Muex
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Thomas Clark Tinsley
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Alexander White
TNGenWeb Project - Atkinson, John Louis Family Tree
TNGenWeb Project - Baxter, William Family Genealogy
TNGenWeb Project - Bedsole, Travis Family
TNGenWeb Project - Bond Family
TNGenWeb Project - Bradford-Wilson Family
TNGenWeb Project - Browning, Hugh Conway Papers
TNGenWeb Project - Currie, James Jr. Family
TNGenWeb Project - Dixon, Ray
TNGenWeb Project - Deupree/Foard
TNGenWeb Project - Edwards – Crutchfield Families
TNGenWeb Project - Ellington Family
TNGenWeb Project - Graves Family
TNGenWeb Project - Keathley Family
TNGenWeb Project - Dr. Thomas Richard Muex
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Thomas Clark Tinsley
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Alexander White
History
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Searching for Justice
National Archives - Cold Mountain's Inman: Fact Versus Fiction
National Register of Historic Places - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Enclopedia - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - John Haywood
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Temple Adas Israel
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tennessee Historical Society
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tent City, Fayette And Haywood Counties
TNGenWeb Project - 1872-1873 City Directory of Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN
TNGenWeb Project - Cities, Towns & Communities
TNGenWeb Project - County Historical Markers
TNGenWeb Project - Dancyville Letters
TNGenWeb Project - Misc. Haywood County Abstracts
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Belle Eagle, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Brownsville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Christmasville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Haywood County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Nutbush, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Stanton, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Searching for Justice
National Archives - Cold Mountain's Inman: Fact Versus Fiction
National Register of Historic Places - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Enclopedia - Haywood County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - John Haywood
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Temple Adas Israel
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tennessee Historical Society
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tent City, Fayette And Haywood Counties
TNGenWeb Project - 1872-1873 City Directory of Brownsville, Haywood Co., TN
TNGenWeb Project - Cities, Towns & Communities
TNGenWeb Project - County Historical Markers
TNGenWeb Project - Dancyville Letters
TNGenWeb Project - Misc. Haywood County Abstracts
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Belle Eagle, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Brownsville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Christmasville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Haywood County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Nutbush, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Stanton, Tennessee
Land Records
TNGenWeb Project - 1793-1821 Land Grants
TNGenWeb Project - 1820-1834 Land Grants
TNGenWeb Project - 1842-1902 Land Entries (Vol. E)
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1820-1834 Land Grants
TNGenWeb Project - 1842-1902 Land Entries (Vol. E)
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Maps
Military Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
National Archives - U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War
TNGenWeb Project - American Service Men and Women Buried At Trinity
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service
TNGenWeb Project - Thomas Jefferson Walker Civil War Story
TNGenWeb Project - Veterans of Zion Baptist Church
TNGenWeb Project - 1812-1865 War
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
National Archives - U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War
TNGenWeb Project - American Service Men and Women Buried At Trinity
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service
TNGenWeb Project - Thomas Jefferson Walker Civil War Story
TNGenWeb Project - Veterans of Zion Baptist Church
TNGenWeb Project - 1812-1865 War
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Native American Genealogy
Newspapers
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Brownsville States-Graphic
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Brownsville States-Graphic
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Obituaries
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood County, TN Obituary Database
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood County, TN Obituary Database
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
Photographs
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Haywood County Slideshow
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tent City, Fayette And Haywood Counties
TNGenWeb Project - Charles M. Delaney
TNGenWeb Project - Deborah McCree Alexander
TNGenWeb Project - Gazebo at Bomar Park
TNGenWeb Project - James Newton Alexander
TNGenWeb Project - Martha Ellen Johnson Taylor
TNGenWeb Project - Robert Bruce Saunders
TNGenWeb Project - 1935 Sumners/Dunaway Family Reunion
TNGenWeb Project - Unidentified Photos
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Tent City, Fayette And Haywood Counties
TNGenWeb Project - Charles M. Delaney
TNGenWeb Project - Deborah McCree Alexander
TNGenWeb Project - Gazebo at Bomar Park
TNGenWeb Project - James Newton Alexander
TNGenWeb Project - Martha Ellen Johnson Taylor
TNGenWeb Project - Robert Bruce Saunders
TNGenWeb Project - 1935 Sumners/Dunaway Family Reunion
TNGenWeb Project - Unidentified Photos
School Records
TNGenWeb Project - Early Schools of Haywood County
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood High School
TNGenWeb Project - 1907 Holly Grove School Picture
TNGenWeb Project - Sunny Hill School Photo
TNGenWeb Project - Wellwood School
TNGenWeb Project - Haywood High School
TNGenWeb Project - 1907 Holly Grove School Picture
TNGenWeb Project - Sunny Hill School Photo
TNGenWeb Project - Wellwood School
Societies
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Haywood County, TN
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - City of Brownsville, Tennessee
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - Haywood County, Tennessee
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - Tina Turner Museum
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - City of Brownsville, Tennessee
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - Haywood County, Tennessee
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - Tina Turner Museum
Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, TN Marriage Records
Tennessee Deaths - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1925 Haywood County Death Certificates
TNGenWeb Project - 1850-1900 County Marriages (partial list)
TNGenWeb Project - Curry/Currie Marriages
TNGenWeb Project - Bond, Waller, Jordan and Gray Marriages
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (A-B)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (C-F)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (G-K)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (L-O)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (P-S)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (T-Z)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (A-B)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (C-F)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (G-K)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (L-O)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (P-S)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (T-Z)
TNGenWeb Project - Misc. Marriages
TNGenWeb Project - Powell
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood County, Tennessee
VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records
Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Haywood County, TN Marriage Records
Tennessee Deaths - Haywood County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1925 Haywood County Death Certificates
TNGenWeb Project - 1850-1900 County Marriages (partial list)
TNGenWeb Project - Curry/Currie Marriages
TNGenWeb Project - Bond, Waller, Jordan and Gray Marriages
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (A-B)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (C-F)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (G-K)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (L-O)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (P-S)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Bride Index (T-Z)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (A-B)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (C-F)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (G-K)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (L-O)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (P-S)
TNGenWeb Project - 1859-1908 Marriages – Groom Index (T-Z)
TNGenWeb Project - Misc. Marriages
TNGenWeb Project - Powell
USGenWeb Archives - Haywood 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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