African-American Genealogy
Archives and Libraries
East Polk Public Library - Ducktown, TN
FamilySearch Catalog - Polk County, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Polk County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
West Polk Library - Benton, Tennessee
FamilySearch Catalog - Polk County, Tennessee
Tennessee Secretary of State - Polk County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
West Polk Library - Benton, Tennessee
Bible Records
Bibliography
RootsWeb - Cherokee Research Publications
RootsWeb - A listing of a few publication for Polk County Research
Tennessee Secretary of State - Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources > Polk County
RootsWeb - A listing of a few publication for Polk County Research
Tennessee Secretary of State - Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources > Polk County
Biographies
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Biographies of People Associated with the Cherokees
RootsWeb - A Brief biography of Sequoyah
RootsWeb - Dragging Canoe's Biography
RootsWeb - Jacob D. Clemmer Clemmers of Polk, McMinn & Monroe
RootsWeb - 1744-1788 Will Emory of the Cherokee & Chickamauga
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Polk County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Arp, Laura Ann
TNGenWeb Project - Dixon, Andrew
TNGenWeb Project - Howell, Christopher Lamanthus
TNGenWeb Project - Ledford, James K
TNGenWeb Project - Lemons, L. H.
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Samuel Henry
TNGenWeb Project - Womack, Dr. Riley B.
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Biographies of People Associated with the Cherokees
RootsWeb - A Brief biography of Sequoyah
RootsWeb - Dragging Canoe's Biography
RootsWeb - Jacob D. Clemmer Clemmers of Polk, McMinn & Monroe
RootsWeb - 1744-1788 Will Emory of the Cherokee & Chickamauga
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Polk County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Arp, Laura Ann
TNGenWeb Project - Dixon, Andrew
TNGenWeb Project - Howell, Christopher Lamanthus
TNGenWeb Project - Ledford, James K
TNGenWeb Project - Lemons, L. H.
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County Biographies
TNGenWeb Project - Samuel Henry
TNGenWeb Project - Womack, Dr. Riley B.
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Cemeteries
ePodunk - Polk County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Polk County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Bear Paw Church Cemetery
RootsWeb - Some Polk County Cemetery Records
The Political Graveyard - Polk County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Ducktown Cemetery Photo Gallery
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County, Tennessee Cemeteries
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Polk County, Tennessee
Find A Grave - Polk County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Bear Paw Church Cemetery
RootsWeb - Some Polk County Cemetery Records
The Political Graveyard - Polk County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Ducktown Cemetery Photo Gallery
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County, Tennessee Cemeteries
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
USGenWeb Tombstone Project - Polk County, Tennessee
Census Records
Census Finder - Tennessee Census Records
Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheet
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Mortality Sch.
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Pensioners
RootsWeb - 1850 Polk County Mortality Schedule
TNGenWeb Project - Information Provided on Each Census Year Schedule
TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Polk Census Index
TNGenWeb Project - 1870 Polk Census Index
TNGenWeb Project - 1851 Polk Cherokee Census
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheet
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Mortality Sch.
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Pensioners
RootsWeb - 1850 Polk County Mortality Schedule
TNGenWeb Project - Information Provided on Each Census Year Schedule
TNGenWeb Project - 1850 Polk Census Index
TNGenWeb Project - 1870 Polk Census Index
TNGenWeb Project - 1851 Polk Cherokee Census
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Church Records
RootsWeb - 1883 A List of Churches in Existence
RootsWeb - Listing of Churches Mentioned in Polk Heritage Book
TNGenWeb Project - 1826 Friendship Baptist Church Memberships
RootsWeb - Listing of Churches Mentioned in Polk Heritage Book
TNGenWeb Project - 1826 Friendship Baptist Church Memberships
Court Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - 1851 Polk County, TN Lawyers
Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court - Benton, TN
RootsWeb - 1840 to 1960's Early Polk County Officials
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Law, the Early Days
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County Supreme Court Cases
TNGenWeb Project - Polk's Earliest Available Court Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - 1851 Polk County, TN Lawyers
Polk County Clerk of Circuit Court - Benton, TN
RootsWeb - 1840 to 1960's Early Polk County Officials
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Law, the Early Days
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County Supreme Court Cases
TNGenWeb Project - Polk's Earliest Available Court Records
Estate Records
Family Trees
RootsWeb - Some Ancestral History of the Gaston family of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Polk County
RootsWeb - Jeptha Marian Hawkins and Family from Cager Hawkins Jr and Paula Bicket
RootsWeb - Josephine’s Journal
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Jesse Dodson/Dotson/Dobson
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of William Cochran
TNGenWeb Project - DNA Projects Links
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County, TN Pioneers
TNGenWeb Project - The Samuel Mantooth Family of Cocke, Polk & Bradley Co.
TNGenWeb Project - The Solomon Fouts Family
TNGenWeb Project - USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Page
RootsWeb - Jeptha Marian Hawkins and Family from Cager Hawkins Jr and Paula Bicket
RootsWeb - Josephine’s Journal
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of Jesse Dodson/Dotson/Dobson
TNGenWeb Project - Descendants of William Cochran
TNGenWeb Project - DNA Projects Links
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County, TN Pioneers
TNGenWeb Project - The Samuel Mantooth Family of Cocke, Polk & Bradley Co.
TNGenWeb Project - The Solomon Fouts Family
TNGenWeb Project - USGenWeb Lineage Researcher Page
General Resources
Census Tools - Electronic Census Spreadsheets
FamilySearch Wiki - Polk County, Tennessee
Polk County Chamber of Commerce - Benton, TN
Polk County Government - Benton, TN
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
Tennessee Valley Authority - Polk County, Tennessee
Yesterday's Perry Co. - Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee
FamilySearch Wiki - Polk County, Tennessee
Polk County Chamber of Commerce - Benton, TN
Polk County Government - Benton, TN
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
Tennessee Valley Authority - Polk County, Tennessee
Yesterday's Perry Co. - Introduction to the Resources of Tennessee
History
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Organization of Early Settlers
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - 165th Anniversary of Polk County
TNGenWeb Project - The Birth of the Ocoee's
RootsWeb - Boarding Houses of Early East Tennessee
RootsWeb - 1822-1830 The Calhoun Ledger of a List of 170 Names of Calhoun County, TN
RootsWeb - Index to King's Mountain Men
RootsWeb - 1773-1794 Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers of Southwest Virginia
RootsWeb - Tennessee Timeline
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Polk County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1837 List of Rejected Claims
TNGenWeb Project - The Death of Mollie Miller
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Polk County History of Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Regimental Sketches
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County, Tennessee History in Brief
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 East Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - William Riley Smith and Sue Smith
Wikipedia.org - Polk County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Benton Fireworks Disaster
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - 165th Anniversary of Polk County
TNGenWeb Project - The Birth of the Ocoee's
RootsWeb - Boarding Houses of Early East Tennessee
RootsWeb - 1822-1830 The Calhoun Ledger of a List of 170 Names of Calhoun County, TN
RootsWeb - Index to King's Mountain Men
RootsWeb - 1773-1794 Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers of Southwest Virginia
RootsWeb - Tennessee Timeline
Tennessee Encyclopedia - Polk County, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1837 List of Rejected Claims
TNGenWeb Project - The Death of Mollie Miller
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Polk County History of Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Regimental Sketches
TNGenWeb Project - Polk County, Tennessee History in Brief
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 East Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - William Riley Smith and Sue Smith
Wikipedia.org - Polk County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Benton Fireworks Disaster
Historical Places
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Ocoee Dam
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Ocoee River
Lower Ocoee River Put-In - Benton, TN
National Register of Historic Places - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Bradley Co Landmarks
Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Ocoee Dam
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Ocoee River
Lower Ocoee River Put-In - Benton, TN
National Register of Historic Places - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Bradley Co Landmarks
Wikipedia.org - National Register of Historic Places listings in Polk County, Tennessee
Land Records
Polk County Register of Deeds - Benton, TN
RootsWeb - The American State Papers Public Lands Index 1 - 8
RootsWeb - The American State PapersVolume 1, Indian Affairs Selected Documents
Tennessee Century Farms - Polk County, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Records Repository (Deed Book K)
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District Clickable Map To View the Plat Book Pages
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District Land Grants
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District Search Engine, Index, And Image Viewer For All Ocoee District Books
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book B
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book E
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book F
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book G
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book H
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book I
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book J
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book K
RootsWeb - The American State Papers Public Lands Index 1 - 8
RootsWeb - The American State PapersVolume 1, Indian Affairs Selected Documents
Tennessee Century Farms - Polk County, TN
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Records Repository (Deed Book K)
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District Clickable Map To View the Plat Book Pages
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District Land Grants
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District Search Engine, Index, And Image Viewer For All Ocoee District Books
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book B
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book D
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book E
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book F
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book G
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book H
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book I
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book J
TNGenWeb Project - Ocoee District State Grants, Book K
Letters from the Past
Maps
Appalachian Regional Commission - Research, Maps, and Data
My Genealogy Hound - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - 1810-1838 Cherokee Nation East Maps
RootsWeb - Cherokee Trail of Tears Map
RootsWeb - 1902 A list of Cherokee's Being Removed from the Census Rolls
RootsWeb - 1761 Map of the Path Taken by the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokee
RootsWeb - TN Surveyors District Maps
TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed’s 1886 Tennessee Map
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Census Maps
TNGenWeb Project - 1818 Tennessee Map
TNGenWeb Project - The Maps Our Ancestors Followed
TNGenWeb Project - Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee
My Genealogy Hound - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - 1810-1838 Cherokee Nation East Maps
RootsWeb - Cherokee Trail of Tears Map
RootsWeb - 1902 A list of Cherokee's Being Removed from the Census Rolls
RootsWeb - 1761 Map of the Path Taken by the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokee
RootsWeb - TN Surveyors District Maps
TNGenWeb Project - Maps by Charles Reeves
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed’s 1886 Tennessee Map
TNGenWeb Project - Tennessee Census Maps
TNGenWeb Project - 1818 Tennessee Map
TNGenWeb Project - The Maps Our Ancestors Followed
TNGenWeb Project - Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee
Misc
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Men Killed In Mines
Genealogy Trails History Group - 1796-1969 Polk County, TN General Assembly
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Law Enforcement Heroes
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Post Offices
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Post Masters
RootsWeb - Old Federal Road Worker's Index
RootsWeb - Polk County Post Offices and Postmasters
RootsWeb - Postcards from Southeast TN
RootsWeb - Polk Post Offices
RootsWeb - Polk's Proposed Railway from Copperbasin to Cleveland
RootsWeb - Stinnett Page from Sudie Clemmer Collection
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennesse
Genealogy Trails History Group - 1796-1969 Polk County, TN General Assembly
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Law Enforcement Heroes
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Post Offices
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Post Masters
RootsWeb - Old Federal Road Worker's Index
RootsWeb - Polk County Post Offices and Postmasters
RootsWeb - Postcards from Southeast TN
RootsWeb - Polk Post Offices
RootsWeb - Polk's Proposed Railway from Copperbasin to Cleveland
RootsWeb - Stinnett Page from Sudie Clemmer Collection
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennesse
Military Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
RootsWeb - Polk County Confederate Pension Applications
RootsWeb - 1890 Polk Co Veteran's Widow's Census
RootsWeb - Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook
RootsWeb - War of 1812
TNGenWeb Project - Company C Third TN Infantry
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Regimental Sketches
TNGenWeb Project - Major John H Hannah, Co.F 19th Tennessee Inf.
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
TNGenWeb Project - 3RD (Vaughn's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Pacs
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War
National Archives - WWII Army Casualties: Tennessee
RootsWeb - Polk County Confederate Pension Applications
RootsWeb - 1890 Polk Co Veteran's Widow's Census
RootsWeb - Tennessee Civil War Sourcebook
RootsWeb - War of 1812
TNGenWeb Project - Company C Third TN Infantry
TNGenWeb Project - Goodspeed Regimental Sketches
TNGenWeb Project - Major John H Hannah, Co.F 19th Tennessee Inf.
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
TNGenWeb Project - 3RD (Vaughn's) Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Pacs
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Tennessee in the American Civil War
Native American Genealogy
Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Cherokee, NC
RootsWeb - The American State PapersVolume 1, Indian Affairs Selected Documents
RootsWeb - Biographies of People Associated with the Cherokees
RootsWeb - A Brief biography of Sequoyah
RootsWeb - 1690-1760 Carolina Traders Among the Overhill Cherokees
RootsWeb - Cherokee Beloved Woman
RootsWeb - Cherokee Indian Inhabitants
RootsWeb - 1835 The Cherokee Man Known as Sequoyah
RootsWeb - 1838 Cherokee Removal Records
RootsWeb - Cherokee Research Publications
RootsWeb - Cherokee Trail of Tears Map
RootsWeb - 1700's The Cherokee Village of Tomotley
RootsWeb - Dragging Canoe's Biography
RootsWeb - General Wool and Information About the Cherokee Removal
RootsWeb - 1773-1794 Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers of Southwest Virginia
RootsWeb - Jack Hildabrand
RootsWeb - Jack Hildabrand Testimony
RootsWeb - Journal of Cherokee Studies
RootsWeb - Lewis Hildebrand and James Brown Detachment
RootsWeb - 1761 Map of the Path Taken by the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokee
RootsWeb - Nora Nicholson's Cherokee Guion Miller/Dawes Application and Appeal
RootsWeb - Peter and James V. Hildabrand Detachment Trail of Tears
RootsWeb - A Route Through Cherokee Lands
RootsWeb - 1730-1842 Southeastern Native American Documents
RootsWeb - Traders of the Native AmericanTribes of the Southeast
RootsWeb - 1744-1788 Will Emory of the Cherokee & Chickamauga
TNGenWeb Project - 1851 Chapman Rolls
The Chickasaw Nation - Ada, Oklahoma
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee By Blood
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee Scout Obituary Index
TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast
TNGenWeb Project - 1851 Polk Cherokee Census
TNGenWeb Project - The Intruders
Wikipedia.org - Fort Marr in Benton
RootsWeb - The American State PapersVolume 1, Indian Affairs Selected Documents
RootsWeb - Biographies of People Associated with the Cherokees
RootsWeb - A Brief biography of Sequoyah
RootsWeb - 1690-1760 Carolina Traders Among the Overhill Cherokees
RootsWeb - Cherokee Beloved Woman
RootsWeb - Cherokee Indian Inhabitants
RootsWeb - 1835 The Cherokee Man Known as Sequoyah
RootsWeb - 1838 Cherokee Removal Records
RootsWeb - Cherokee Research Publications
RootsWeb - Cherokee Trail of Tears Map
RootsWeb - 1700's The Cherokee Village of Tomotley
RootsWeb - Dragging Canoe's Biography
RootsWeb - General Wool and Information About the Cherokee Removal
RootsWeb - 1773-1794 Indian Atrocities Along the Clinch, Powell and Holston Rivers of Southwest Virginia
RootsWeb - Jack Hildabrand
RootsWeb - Jack Hildabrand Testimony
RootsWeb - Journal of Cherokee Studies
RootsWeb - Lewis Hildebrand and James Brown Detachment
RootsWeb - 1761 Map of the Path Taken by the Grant Expedition Against the Cherokee
RootsWeb - Nora Nicholson's Cherokee Guion Miller/Dawes Application and Appeal
RootsWeb - Peter and James V. Hildabrand Detachment Trail of Tears
RootsWeb - A Route Through Cherokee Lands
RootsWeb - 1730-1842 Southeastern Native American Documents
RootsWeb - Traders of the Native AmericanTribes of the Southeast
RootsWeb - 1744-1788 Will Emory of the Cherokee & Chickamauga
TNGenWeb Project - 1851 Chapman Rolls
The Chickasaw Nation - Ada, Oklahoma
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee By Blood
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee Scout Obituary Index
TNGenWeb Project - First People of Tennessee and the American Southeast
TNGenWeb Project - 1851 Polk Cherokee Census
TNGenWeb Project - The Intruders
Wikipedia.org - Fort Marr in Benton
Newspapers
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Articles
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Court News
RootsWeb - Abstracts from Tennessee Newspapers
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - The Sudie Clemmer Collection
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Court News
RootsWeb - Abstracts from Tennessee Newspapers
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - The Sudie Clemmer Collection
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Obituaries
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Obituaries From South East Tennessee
RootsWeb - 2009 Obituary Index beginning June to the Present
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee Scout Obituary Index
TNGenWeb Project - Noted Moonshiner and Outlaw Killed - Jan. 16, 1908 - Garrett Hedden
TNGenWeb Project - 2009 Obituary Index beginning in June
TNGenWeb Project - 2010 Obituary Index beginning in January
TNGenWeb Project - 2010 Obituary Index beginning in July
TNGenWeb Project - 2011 Obituary Index for January thru June
TNGenWeb Project - 2011 Obituary Index for July thru December
TNGenWeb Project - 2011 Obituary Index for Late December thru January 2012
TNGenWeb Project - 2012 Obituary Index for June thru July
TNGenWeb Project - 2012 Obituary Index for August & September
TNGenWeb Project - 2012 Obituary Index for September thru January 2013
TNGenWeb Project - 2013 Obituary Index for January thru May 1, 2013
TNGenWeb Project - 2013 Obituary Index for May 5 thru August 8
TNGenWeb Project - 2014 Obituary Index for March 12 thru June 4
TNGenWeb Project - 2014 Obituary Index for June 11 thru September 3
TNGenWeb Project - 2014 Obituary Index for September 9 thru December 31
TNGenWeb Project - 2015 Obituary Index for January 1 thru May
TNGenWeb Project - 2015 Obituary Index for November thru February 2016
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Obituaries From South East Tennessee
RootsWeb - 2009 Obituary Index beginning June to the Present
TNGenWeb Project - Cherokee Scout Obituary Index
TNGenWeb Project - Noted Moonshiner and Outlaw Killed - Jan. 16, 1908 - Garrett Hedden
TNGenWeb Project - 2009 Obituary Index beginning in June
TNGenWeb Project - 2010 Obituary Index beginning in January
TNGenWeb Project - 2010 Obituary Index beginning in July
TNGenWeb Project - 2011 Obituary Index for January thru June
TNGenWeb Project - 2011 Obituary Index for July thru December
TNGenWeb Project - 2011 Obituary Index for Late December thru January 2012
TNGenWeb Project - 2012 Obituary Index for June thru July
TNGenWeb Project - 2012 Obituary Index for August & September
TNGenWeb Project - 2012 Obituary Index for September thru January 2013
TNGenWeb Project - 2013 Obituary Index for January thru May 1, 2013
TNGenWeb Project - 2013 Obituary Index for May 5 thru August 8
TNGenWeb Project - 2014 Obituary Index for March 12 thru June 4
TNGenWeb Project - 2014 Obituary Index for June 11 thru September 3
TNGenWeb Project - 2014 Obituary Index for September 9 thru December 31
TNGenWeb Project - 2015 Obituary Index for January 1 thru May
TNGenWeb Project - 2015 Obituary Index for November thru February 2016
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
Photographs
National Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Benton Banking Company
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Photo of Mrs. Martha McKissack at the Age of 104
RootsWeb - Benton Banking Company
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
RootsWeb - Photo of Mrs. Martha McKissack at the Age of 104
Queries & Mailing Lists
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 East Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1998 January thru March Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 1998 July thru September Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 1999 January thru March 26 Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 1999 July Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 2000 January thru July Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1998 January thru March Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 1998 July thru September Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 1999 January thru March 26 Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 1999 July Archived Queries
TNGenWeb Project - 2000 January thru July Archived Queries
School Records
RootsWeb - 1902 Cumberland Shed School Pictures of Polk County
RootsWeb - 1883 Facts about Polk County Schools
RootsWeb - 1913-1928 Polk County High School Students
RootsWeb - Schools of mostly Polk County, TN
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1913 - 1928 Polk County High School Graduates
TNGenWeb Project - 1926 Polk County High School Graduates
TNGenWeb Project - 1909 Puddin Foot School
Wikipedia.org - Polk County High School
RootsWeb - 1883 Facts about Polk County Schools
RootsWeb - 1913-1928 Polk County High School Students
RootsWeb - Schools of mostly Polk County, TN
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
TNGenWeb Project - 1913 - 1928 Polk County High School Graduates
TNGenWeb Project - 1926 Polk County High School Graduates
TNGenWeb Project - 1909 Puddin Foot School
Wikipedia.org - Polk County High School
Societies
Ducktown Basin Museum - Ducktown, TN
East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee
Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Cherokee, NC
Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society - Benton, TN
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association - Etowah, TN
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Polk County, TN
East Tennessee Historical Society - Knoxville, Tennessee
Museum of the Cherokee Indian - Cherokee, NC
Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society - Benton, TN
Tennessee Overhill Heritage Association - Etowah, TN
Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution - Polk County, TN
Tax Records
Towns, Cities & Townships
City of Ducktown - Ducktown, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Caney Creek
RootsWeb - Columbus Polk's First Town
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Benton, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Copperhill, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Ducktown, Tennessee
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Caney Creek
RootsWeb - Columbus Polk's First Town
RootsWeb - The Polk County News - Benton, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Benton, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Copperhill, Tennessee
Wikipedia.org - Ducktown, Tennessee
Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Birth Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Marriage Records
RootsWeb - 1849-1860 Polk County Death Records
RootsWeb - Polk County Marriages
RootsWeb - Polk County, Tennessee Births
RootsWeb - 1882 Polk Co., TN Births and Deaths
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
Polk County Clerk - Benton, TN
USGenWeb Archives - Polk County, Tennessee
VitalChek - Tennessee Vital Records
Vitalrec.com - Tennessee Vital Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Death Records
Genealogy Trails History Group - Polk County, TN Marriage Records
RootsWeb - 1849-1860 Polk County Death Records
RootsWeb - Polk County Marriages
RootsWeb - Polk County, Tennessee Births
RootsWeb - 1882 Polk Co., TN Births and Deaths
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
Polk County Clerk - Benton, TN
USGenWeb Archives - Polk 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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Formation Date
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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 |
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