African-American Genealogy
Google Books - 1790-1865 The Negro in Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Black History of Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - People of Color in the Old Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Black History of Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - People of Color in the Old Tennessee
Archives and Libraries
Facebook - Vonore Public Library
FamilySearch Catalog - Monroe County, Tennessee
Monroe County Archives - Madisonville, Tennessee
Madisonville Public Library - Madisonville, TN
Sweetwater Public Library - Sweetwater, TN
Tellico Plains Public Library - Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Monroe County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
FamilySearch Catalog - Monroe County, Tennessee
Monroe County Archives - Madisonville, Tennessee
Madisonville Public Library - Madisonville, TN
Sweetwater Public Library - Sweetwater, TN
Tellico Plains Public Library - Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Monroe County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Bible Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Bible Records
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Bible Records
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Bibliography
East Tennessee Roots - East Tennessee Roots Historical/Genealogical Magazine
Hodges Library - The Icehouse Bottom Site (40MR23): 1977 Excavations
Tennessee Secretary of State - Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources > Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Local Resources & Great Books
Hodges Library - The Icehouse Bottom Site (40MR23): 1977 Excavations
Tennessee Secretary of State - Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources > Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Local Resources & Great Books
Biographies
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Monroe County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Who's Who Monroe County Biographies
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Sequoyah
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Monroe County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Who's Who Monroe County Biographies
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Sequoyah
Cemeteries
ePodunk - Monroe County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Monroe County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Monroe County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Moser and Blackman Inscription Book
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Cemeteries
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Monroe County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Monroe County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
The Political Graveyard - Monroe County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Moser and Blackman Inscription Book
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Cemeteries
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Monroe County, Tennessee
Census Records
Church Records
Court Records
Monroe County Clerk of Circuit Court - Madisonville, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Law, the Early Days
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Law, the Early Days
Estate Records
Family Trees
TNGenWeb Project - DNA Projects Links
TNGenWeb Project - USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Pages
TNGenWeb Project - Home Pages with Family Ties to Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Pages
TNGenWeb Project - Home Pages with Family Ties to Monroe County
General Resources
Donna's Old Town Cafe - Madisonville, Tennessee
FamilySearch Wiki - Monroe County, Tennessee
National Archives - Tennessee Census Records Research Guide
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce - Madisonville, TN
Monroe Government - Monroe County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - American Local History Network, Monroe Co., TN
TNGenWeb Project - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Monroe
TNGenWeb Project - Local Resources & Great Books
FamilySearch Wiki - Monroe County, Tennessee
National Archives - Tennessee Census Records Research Guide
Monroe County Chamber of Commerce - Madisonville, TN
Monroe Government - Monroe County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - American Local History Network, Monroe Co., TN
TNGenWeb Project - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Monroe
TNGenWeb Project - Local Resources & Great Books
History
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 East Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Recipes From Our Ancestors
TNGenWeb Project - Audie Murphy War Hero & Movie Star has Deep Roots in Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Black History of Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Coker Creek History
TNGenWeb Project - Early History
TNGenWeb Project - Formation of the County
TNGenWeb Project - The County Seat
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Monroe County, Tennessee
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 East Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Recipes From Our Ancestors
TNGenWeb Project - Audie Murphy War Hero & Movie Star has Deep Roots in Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Black History of Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Coker Creek History
TNGenWeb Project - Early History
TNGenWeb Project - Formation of the County
TNGenWeb Project - The County Seat
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Monroe County, Tennessee
Historic Places
First Presbyterian Church - Sweetwater, Tennessee
Fort Loudoun State Historic Park - Vonore, Tennessee
Fowler, William J., Mill and House - Monroe County, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places - Monroe County, Tennessee
Tennessee Archaeology - Revisiting the Mialoquo Site (40MR3)
TNGenWeb Project - Bald River Falls after a Heavy Rain Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Coker Creek History
TNGenWeb Project - Historic Sites in Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Summer Photo of Bald River Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Winter Photo of Bald River Falls
University of Tennessee - Robert Cooke Kefauver House in Madisonville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Calderwood Dam
Wikipedia.org - Chota (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Citico (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Fort Loudoun (Tennessee)
Wikipedia.org - Icehouse Bottom
Wikipedia.org - John McCroskey House
Wikipedia.org - Mialoquo (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Monroe County Courthouse
Wikipedia.org - Tanasi
Wikipedia.org - Tellico Blockhouse Site
Wikipedia.org - Tomotley Site
Wikipedia.org - Toqua Site
Fort Loudoun State Historic Park - Vonore, Tennessee
Fowler, William J., Mill and House - Monroe County, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places - Monroe County, Tennessee
Tennessee Archaeology - Revisiting the Mialoquo Site (40MR3)
TNGenWeb Project - Bald River Falls after a Heavy Rain Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Coker Creek History
TNGenWeb Project - Historic Sites in Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Summer Photo of Bald River Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Winter Photo of Bald River Falls
University of Tennessee - Robert Cooke Kefauver House in Madisonville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Calderwood Dam
Wikipedia.org - Chota (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Citico (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Fort Loudoun (Tennessee)
Wikipedia.org - Icehouse Bottom
Wikipedia.org - John McCroskey House
Wikipedia.org - Mialoquo (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Monroe County Courthouse
Wikipedia.org - Tanasi
Wikipedia.org - Tellico Blockhouse Site
Wikipedia.org - Tomotley Site
Wikipedia.org - Toqua Site
Land Records
Letters
Maps
My Genealogy Hound - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves
TNGenWeb Project - 1769 Map of Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - The Maps Our Ancestors Followed
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Census Maps
TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves
TNGenWeb Project - 1769 Map of Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - The Maps Our Ancestors Followed
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Census Maps
Military Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Audie Murphy War Hero & Movie Star has Deep Roots in Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Military Records
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Tennesseans In The Revolutionary War
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 - Monroe County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Audie Murphy War Hero & Movie Star has Deep Roots in Monroe County
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Military Records
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Tennesseans In The Revolutionary War
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 - Monroe County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War
Native American Genealogy
Chota Memorial - Vonore, TN
Federal Register - Vol. 76, No. 229 History and Description of the Remains
Hodges Library - The Icehouse Bottom Site (40MR23): 1977 Excavations
Tanasi Memorial - Vonore, TN
Tennessee Archaeology - Revisiting the Mialoquo Site (40MR3)
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Chota
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Overhill Cherokees
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Toqua
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Treaties
The Chickasaw Nation - Ada, Oklahoma
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee By Blood
TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast
TNGenWeb Project - Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary
TNGenWeb Project - The Intruders
Wikipedia.org - Chota (Cherokee Town)
Wikipedia.org - Chilhowee (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Citico (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Icehouse Bottom
Wikipedia.org - Mialoquo (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Overhill Cherokee
Wikipedia.org - Tallassee (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Tanasi
Wikipedia.org - Tomotley Site
Wikipedia.org - Toqua Site
Wikipedia.org - Tuskegee (Cherokee town)
Federal Register - Vol. 76, No. 229 History and Description of the Remains
Hodges Library - The Icehouse Bottom Site (40MR23): 1977 Excavations
Tanasi Memorial - Vonore, TN
Tennessee Archaeology - Revisiting the Mialoquo Site (40MR3)
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Chota
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Overhill Cherokees
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Toqua
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Treaties
The Chickasaw Nation - Ada, Oklahoma
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee By Blood
TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast
TNGenWeb Project - Sequoyah, Inventor of the Cherokee Syllabary
TNGenWeb Project - The Intruders
Wikipedia.org - Chota (Cherokee Town)
Wikipedia.org - Chilhowee (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Citico (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Icehouse Bottom
Wikipedia.org - Mialoquo (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Overhill Cherokee
Wikipedia.org - Tallassee (Cherokee town)
Wikipedia.org - Tanasi
Wikipedia.org - Tomotley Site
Wikipedia.org - Toqua Site
Wikipedia.org - Tuskegee (Cherokee town)
Newspapers
Advocate Democrat - Monroe County's Weekly Newspaper
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
Obituaries
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Obituaries
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Obituaries
Photographs
National Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Bald River Falls after a Heavy Rain Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Summer Photo of Bald River Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Courthouse Photograph
TNGenWeb Project - Winter Photo of Bald River Falls
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Bald River Falls after a Heavy Rain Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Summer Photo of Bald River Falls
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Courthouse Photograph
TNGenWeb Project - Winter Photo of Bald River Falls
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
Queries & Mailing List
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 East Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Subscribe to a Monroe County Mailing List
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Subscribe to a Monroe County Mailing List
School Records
Societies
Charles Hall Museum - Tellico Plains, Tennessee
East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum - Vonore, TN
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association - Etowah, TN
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Monroe County, TN
Vonore Historical Society - Vonore, TN
East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee
Sequoyah Birthplace Museum - Vonore, TN
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association - Etowah, TN
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Monroe County, TN
Vonore Historical Society - Vonore, TN
Towns, Cities & Townships
City of Madisonville - Madisonville, TN
City of Sweetwater - Sweetwater, TN
Town of Tellico Plains - Tellico Plains, TN
Town of Vonore - Vonore, TN
TNGenWeb Project - The County Seat
Wikipedia.org - Madisonville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Sweetwater, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Vonore, Tennessee
City of Sweetwater - Sweetwater, TN
Town of Tellico Plains - Tellico Plains, TN
Town of Vonore - Vonore, TN
TNGenWeb Project - The County Seat
Wikipedia.org - Madisonville, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Sweetwater, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Tellico Plains, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Vonore, Tennessee
Topography and Migration Patterns
Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, TN Birth Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, TN Marriage Records
Monroe County Clerk - Madisonville, TN
Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1949-2014 Death Records Index
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Vital Records
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe County, Tennessee
VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records
Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Monroe County, TN Marriage Records
Monroe County Clerk - Madisonville, TN
Shelby County Register of Deeds - 1949-2014 Death Records Index
TNGenWeb Project - Monroe County Vital Records
USGenWeb Archives - Monroe 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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