African-American Genealogy
Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Death Record for Dollie Elizabeth Dotson
TNGenWeb Project - Dotson Family Record
TNGenWeb Project - 1924 Letter from Robert Dotson to His Sister Eva Wilson
TNGenWeb Project - 1844 Macon County TN Tax List, Schedule of Slave Owners
TNGenWeb Project - Death Record for Dollie Elizabeth Dotson
TNGenWeb Project - Dotson Family Record
TNGenWeb Project - 1924 Letter from Robert Dotson to His Sister Eva Wilson
TNGenWeb Project - 1844 Macon County TN Tax List, Schedule of Slave Owners
Archives and Libraries
Facebook - Red Boiling Springs Branch Library
FamilySearch Catalog - Macon County, Tennessee
Macon County Public Library - Lafayette, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Macon County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
FamilySearch Catalog - Macon County, Tennessee
Macon County Public Library - Lafayette, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Macon County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
Bible Records
TNGenWeb Project - Brawner/Sullivan
TNGenWeb Project - Calvert, Porter, and Russell
TNGenWeb Project - Goad, Reuben Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Harpe Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Hicks/Ragsdale Bible
TNGenWeb Project - King, George C. Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Turner Bible Record
TNGenWeb Project - Calvert, Porter, and Russell
TNGenWeb Project - Goad, Reuben Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Harpe Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Hicks/Ragsdale Bible
TNGenWeb Project - King, George C. Bible
TNGenWeb Project - Turner Bible Record
Bibliography
Biographies
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, Tennessee
My Genealogy Hound - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Macon County Biographies
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
My Genealogy Hound - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Macon County Biographies
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
Cemeteries
ePodunk - Macon County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Macon County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Macon County Cemetery Database
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Macon County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Macon County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Macon County Cemetery Database
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Macon County, Tennessee
Census Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1844 Macon County TN Tax List, Schedule of Slave Owners
TNGenWeb Project - 1844 Macon County TN Tax List, Schedule of Slave Owners
Court Records
Macon County Clerk of Circuit Court - Lafayette, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Macon County Records For Research
TNGenWeb Project - Macon County Records For Research
Family Trees
Funeral Home Records
General Resources
History
National Register of Historic Places - Macon County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed's History of Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1868 letter by Rev. Samuel Davis
TNGenWeb Project - 1965 letter by Charles J. Simmons
Wikipedia.org - Macon County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Macon County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed's History of Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1868 letter by Rev. Samuel Davis
TNGenWeb Project - 1965 letter by Charles J. Simmons
Wikipedia.org - Macon County, Tennessee
Land Records
Macon County Register of Deeds - Lafayette, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Heritage Farms of Macon County
TNGenWeb Project - 1834 Petition for Macon County
TNGenWeb Project - 1837 Petition for Macon County
TNGenWeb Project - Heritage Farms of Macon County
TNGenWeb Project - 1834 Petition for Macon County
TNGenWeb Project - 1837 Petition for Macon County
Maps
Military Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
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 - Cherokee By Blood
TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast
Newspapers
Obituaries
Photographs
Queries
Societies
Facebook - Macon County Tennessee Historical Society
Macon County Historical & Genealogical Society - Lafayette, TN
Macon County Historical Society - Lafayette, TN
Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society - Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Macon County, TN
Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association - Cookeville, TN
Macon County Historical & Genealogical Society - Lafayette, TN
Macon County Historical Society - Lafayette, TN
Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society - Nashville, Tennessee
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Macon County, TN
Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association - Cookeville, TN
Tax Records
Towns, Cities & Townships
City of Lafayette - Lafayette, TN
City of Red Boiling Springs - Red Boiling Springs, TN
Wikipedia.org - Lafayette, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
City of Red Boiling Springs - Red Boiling Springs, TN
Wikipedia.org - Lafayette, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee
Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, TN Birth Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, TN Marriage Records
Macon County Clerk - Lafayette, TN
Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1949-2014 Death Records Index
TNGenWeb Project - 1914-1933 Macon County Death Index
USGenWeb Project - Macon County, Tennessee
VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records
Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Macon County, TN Marriage Records
Macon County Clerk - Lafayette, TN
Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1949-2014 Death Records Index
TNGenWeb Project - 1914-1933 Macon County Death Index
USGenWeb Project - Macon 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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