Contents of Jefferson County Bible Records, compiled by W. A. Lyle, circa 1937

Transcribed by the Tennessee Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration circa 1940


Note:  The information transcribed here is from the WPA's index to its transcription of Mr. Lyle's records.  A copy of this volume is available on WPA microfilm reel #39 from the Tennessee State Library and Archives.  It may also be ordered at any LDS Family History Center worldwide.  The LDS film accession number is 0024708.


This is an alphabetical listing by original owners' names.  Numerous individuals appear in more than one Bible record.  Also, many neighbors' and in-laws' events were often recorded.  Use the Search feature on this site to locate an individual in any of the records in which (s)he appears.

Click here to go to the Research Aids/Families section of this Web site, where these Bible record transcriptions are located.

  • Ailey, William Anderson
  • Allen, James W.
  • Allen, L. H.
  • Anderson, J. C.
  • Anderson, James Thomas
  • Anderson, Robert Meek
  • Anderson, Samuel T.
  • Bales, John
  • Ball, Cawood
  • Baxter, W. H.
  • Bell, Calvin
  • Bell, Luther
  • Bettis, Allen
  • Bettis, John
  • Bettis, S. O.
  • Blackburn, Alex
  • Blackburn, W. W.
  • Blazer, Lemuel
  • Bledsoe, Barnabas R.
  • Bogle, Andrew
  • Bolden, J. E.
  • Bonds, Gaithor
  • Bradford, James' Slaves
  • Bradshaw Family
  • Brazelton, William
  • Brimer, James H.
  • Brimer, Robert, Sr.
  • Brimer, Vineyard
  • Brooks, M. C.
  • Brotherton, R. P.
  • Caldwell, Anthony, Jr.
  • Caldwell, Anthony, Sr.
  • Caldwell, David
  • Caldwell, James A.
  • Caldwell, John, Sr.
  • Caldwell, John M.
  • Caldwell, Robert
  • Cannon, A. B.
  • Cannon, W. T.
  • Carmichael, William A.
  • Carter, George W.
  • Cate, George B.
  • Cate, I. M.
  • Cate, John, Sr.
  • Cate, Joshua, Sr. (1792-1876)
  • Cate, Joshua, Sr. (1852-1931)
  • Cate, Madison
  • Cate, Perry
  • Cate, William
  • Clark, Eliza
  • Cline, Joseph H.
  • Cline, William Baxter
  • Coile, David Jackson
  • Colvin, James Oscar
  • Cooper, Thomas J.
  • Corbett, J. O.
  • Corbett, James H.
  • Corbett, John C.
  • Corbett, Michael M.
  • Couch, G. N.
  • Courtney, Thomas
  • Cowan Family
  • Cox, John
  • Cox, William N.
  • Cresswell, Adam F.
  • Cresswell, Carroll
  • Crumley, C. P.
  • Curry, John C.
  • Davis, James Bradshaw
  • Dawson, Drury
  • Denton, William Eli
  • Dick, William
  • Dinwiddie, Elizabeth
  • Dockery, Elizabeth
  • Dukes, N. M. Dr.
  • Duncan/Dunkin, John
  • Duncan, John H.
  • Eckel Family History (Births, Deaths, Marriages, Notes)
  • Edgar, Andrew, Sr.
  • Elder, Charles
  • Elder, Charles G.
  • Elder, W. T.
  • Elliott, Margaret M.
  • Ellis, W. M.
  • Ellison, T. S.
  • Fain, John, Sr.
  • Fain, Thomas W.
  • Ferguson, Thomas
  • Fine, George Paul
  • Fox, J. C.
  • Fox, W. C.
  • Frame, John Howard
  • Franklin, Benjamine, Jr.
  • Franklin, Caswell F.
  • Franklin, George M.
  • Franklin, Luther
  • Franks, G. S.
  • French, J. R.
  • French, James
  • Fry, John
  • Fry, John, Sr.
  • Fry, William A.
  • Gaddis, Edward Glenn
  • Gaddis, Jack
  • Gaddis, James, Sr.
  • Gaddis, W. T.
  • Gann, Charles G.
  • Gass, E. L.
  • Gaut, John
  • Gaylor, C. H.
  • Gray, Lewis
  • Gray, W. R.
  • Greenlee, William A.
  • Gregory, Andrew Jackson
  • Gregory, Lester Lee
  • Hale, Henry
  • Hall, Harrison
  • Hammer, M. B.
  • Hammer, S. B.
  • Hance, Joseph
  • Harris, Temple
  • Harris, William
  • Harrison, James R.
  • Harrison, John
  • Hart, Floyd
  • Hart, William H.
  • Haworth, Grant
  • Hays, G. E.
  • Hays, James
  • Heck, M. W.
  • Henry, Silas H. M.
  • Hickman, Jake
  • Hickman, O. H. Mrs.
  • Hicks, Lewis L.
  • Hill, A. O. P.
  • Hill, George E.
  • Hill, James M.
  • Hill, James P.
  • Hill, Nathaniel Taylor
  • Hinkle, Arthur A.
  • Hinkle, Henry
  • Hinkle, Roy
  • Hinshaw, William
  • Hodges, Charles Bright Calloway
  • Hodges, Edmund
  • Hodges, Mary Mrs.
  • Hodgson, T. R.
  • Homer, J. W.
  • Horton, J. A.
  • Hudson, Joseph Manning
  • Hudson, Margaret Elizabeth Mrs.
  • Hudson, W. A.
  • Huff, J. J.
  • Huggins, J. I.
  • Humpston, John W.
  • Hynds, Robert H.
  • Jarnagin, Milton P.
  • Jarnagin, Thomas Barton
  • Jett, Horace
  • Johnson, Samuel P.
  • Jones, A. E.
  • Jones, David V.
  • Jones, James P.
  • Ketner, Betsey
  • Koontz, Frank A.
  • Koontz, Harve Arthur
  • Lancaster, George
  • Lane, Columbus
  • Large, J. S.
  • Layman, Arthur W.
  • Layman, Jacob
  • Leeper, J. M.
  • Lester, Johnson A.
  • Lindsey, James Preston Rev.
  • Line, John
  • Lyle, Daniel
  • Lyle, J. Nat
  • Lyle, John M.
  • Lyle, Joseph R.
  • Malone, James
  • Manard, J. W. (J. N.?)
  • Martin, Isaac N.
  • Mathes History (family of Dr. John Mathes)
  • McAndrew, E. M.
  • McCrary, Dorcus (McGuire Family)
  • McDanniel, J. L. Prof.
  • McGuire, Michael
  • McGuire, S. M.
  • McKay, Vernie Mrs.
  • McKnight, James
  • McMurray, Benjamin W.
  • McSpadden, Samuel, Sr.
  • Meek, John M.
  • Messer, John
  • Mills, R.
  • Minnis, William
  • Monday, J. S.
  • Moore, Arthur
  • Moore, Hugh Henry
  • Moore, William
  • Morgan, William
  • Moyers, J. L.
  • Nelson, William T.
  • Newman, Catherine Bradshaw
  • Newman, Samuel B.
  • Newman, Samuel B. (#2)
  • Nicholson, Henry E.
  • North, John
  • North, Porter R.
  • Norton, John
  • O'Neil Family
  • Otey, J. M. Rev.
  • Owen, Beverly J.
  • Owen, Samuel
  • Owens, Robert Cline
  • Park, W. F.
  • Pate, Ira Thomas
  • Patterson, James H.
  • Peck, Jacob
  • Peck, Wiley
  • Phillips, C. A.
  • Phillips, James
  • Poe, Dorcas
  • Pollard, W. M.
  • Pritchett, R. B. Rev.
  • Rainwater, A. H.
  • Rainwater, Jesse
  • Rankin, A. T.
  • Rankin, Carroll Mrs.
  • Rankin, James L.
  • Rankin, James, Sr.
  • Rankin, John Fain
  • Rankin, John G.
  • Rankin, Patric M.
  • Rankin, Richard Doffield
  • Rankin, Samuel E.
  • Rankin, Thomas, Jr.
  • Reese, Rendle
  • Reneau, J. P.
  • Reneau, Thomas
  • Reneau, Thomas (#2)
  • Rickard, William P.
  • Rimmer, William, Sr.
  • Roberts, Charles F.
  • Roberts, Edward
  • Rollins, William P.
  • Romines, J. E.
  • Sartain, John Riley
  • Sartain, John Riley (#2)
  • Sartain, S. M.
  • Satterfield, Selathiel C.
  • Scarlett, John
  • Scarlett, N. A. Mrs.
  • Scott, Jacob R.
  • Seahorn, J. Ponder
  • Seahorn, Jacob
  • Seahorn, W. R.
  • Sellars, John
  • Shadden, George Montgomery
  • Shadden, James S.
  • Shader, Blaine
  • Sheddan, Alexander Family
  • Sikes, Fanny Miller Mrs.
  • Skeen, James E.
  • Skeen, James M.
  • Skeen, Marshall Henderson
  • Smelcer, Adam
  • Smith, Thomas Luther
  • Snapp, William
  • Snodgrass, A. W.
  • Stepp, John H.
  • Stepp, Robert W.
  • Swan, Elizabeth
  • Swann, A. R.
  • Taylor, R. M.
  • Thomas, George F.
  • Thomas, J. C.
  • Thompson, Z. S.
  • Thornton, James Bamey
  • Thornton, James J.
  • Thornton, Jesse B.
  • Thornton, Joe M.
  • Thornton, Nicholas S.
  • Timmons, George S.
  • Turner, Frank
  • Wagner, Lucian / Lucius
  • Walker, Mitchell
  • Walker, S. G.
  • Webb, Ben H.
  • Webb, George
  • Weldon, W. E.
  • Whalen, Gardner
  • Willock, Lefford L.
  • Williams, Edd S.
  • Williams, Oliver
  • Williams, Westeley
  • Williford Family
  • Williford, James
  • Wine Family
  • Wood, Charlie
  • Woody, William T.
  • Wooten, E. E.
  • Wooten, W. J.
  • Wyatt, Frank
  • Zimmerman, M. C.
  • Zirkle, Benjamine, Sr.