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Research Assistance

Current as of March 1, 1995.

Census Records:

  • Microfilm records for 1830-1920 include Jefferson County.
  • They are indexed in statewide census indexes for 1830-1870 and microfilm indexes for 1880 and 1900-1920.
  • Records for 1840, 1850, and *1880 are also in book form.

Selected County Histories:

  • *Bent Twigs in Jefferson County (Bible, 1991)
  • Heritage (Jefferson County Bicentennial Committee, 1976)
  • *Guide to Genealogical Research in Jefferson County (McNamara)
  • Jefferson County, TN, Families and History 1792-1996 (Jefferson County Historical Society)
  • *Goodspeed's (1887).

Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources:  Jefferson County.  The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.

Published Local Records:

  • Marriages 1792-1870 (d'Armand)
  • Marriages 1797-1836 (Whitley)
  • Marriage Records 1792-1829 (Jefferson County Genealogical Society, 1996)
  • Wills 1792-1826 (Douthat)
  • *County Court Minutes 1792-1795 (Douthat)
  • *Cemetery Records (Templin)
  • *Land Deeds 1792-1814 (Holdaway)
  • *Death Records 1914-1925 (Wiefering)
  • Grant Book 1792-1794 (Douthat)
  • *Wills 1826-1833 (Prevost)
  • *Wills 1833-1848 (Prevost)
  • Wills 1811-1826 (Douthat)
  • *Miscellaneous Bonds (McNamara)
  • List of Free White Males 1861 (McNamara)
  • Ration Book Three 1943:  WWII Index to Registrants (Jefferson County Genealogical Society, 1996)
  • County Boundary and Civil Districts 1792-1998 (Jefferson County Archives, 1998)
  • Civil War Claims 1868 (Jefferson County Historical Society, 1998)
  • *WPA typescripts include:
    • Deed index 1792-1846
    • Wills 1792-1844
    • Guardian report 1805-1832
    • Court order book 1801-1807
    • County court minutes 1792-1831
    • Circuit court minutes 1810-1831
    • Chancery court minutes 1836-1846

Local Records Microfilm:

  • An inventory of microfilmed county records is available for purchase.
  • Individual reels may also be purchased.
  • Earliest records include:
    • county court minutes, marriages, wills and settlements from 1792
    • settlement of estates from 1891
    • deeds from 1846
  • The following are available on interlibrary loan:
    • marriages 1792-1881 (1 reel)
    • wills 1792-1826 (1 reel)
    • wills 1826-1845 and 1891-1921 (1 reel)
    • wills 1792-1876 (1 reel)

Newspapers:

Newspapers were published in Dandridge and Jefferson City.  Scattered early issues are available from 1854, and a complete run begins in 1965.  Microfilms are provided to Tennessee libraries on interlibrary loan.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.

Selected Manuscript Material:

  • *Confederate Veterans Association of Upper East Tennessee (#167, 1 reel)
  • *Reuel B. Pritchett collection (#544, 1 reel)
  • *Westminster and St. Paul's Presbyterian Church records (#162, 174, 2 reels)
  • *White Pine Presbyterian Church records (#177, 1 reel)
  • *Hopewell Presbyterian Church records (#672, 1 reel)

*Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary loan.

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