Lincoln County Archives

Records

Bible Records

Vol. 1-6 by Tucker and Waller

Births - Registry Only

•1881-1883 •1909-1911 •1934-1937 (Birth Certificate info available at www.tn.gov)

Black History Journal

( Vol 1; 1998; Vol. 2: 1999; Vol. 3 2000) pub. By Lay Org. of St. Paul A.M.E. Church

Lincoln County Census

1820-1900 Published, except 1870 & 1890

1840 Census (includes 1836 formation of districts)

Chancery Court

Chancery Minutes (Bound volumes; 1840 -1984)

Chancery Court Files ( Loose records indexed by plaintiff and defendant)

Circuit Court

Bound Volumes

(1854-1976) with some exceptions

County Clerk

First County Court Minutes of Lincoln County Tennessee (1810-1819 •1820-1826) by Marshes

Minutes (1830-1931) bound volumes

Deaths (registry only) D.C. info at tn.gov

Deeds

Land Deed Genealogy (Vol 1-3, 1809-1834) by Marshes

Land Deed Index (microfilm, 1809 -1907) and through 1940

Deed Books (A - 1 through G - 7, 1809-1963) - Seven deed books missing F-!, Q-1, T-1, U-1, W-1, X-2, Y-2

Trust Deeds - Bound Volumes 1-86 - (1871-1946)

Chattel Mortgages Vol. 1-150 (1903-1964)

Estates

Executors and Administrators Record (bound volumes, 1842-1970's; a few exceptions)

Inventories of Estates (bound volumes, 1828 - 1938, a few exceptions)

Marriages

License and/or Bond, (1834-1987)

Annual Index (1834-1899, 1900-1954)

Grooms Index: (1834-1899 • 1900-1954)

Brides Index: (1834-1899 • 1900-1954)

Early Middle Tennessee Marriages (Grooms) by Sistler

Early Middle Tennessee Marriages ( Brides) by Sistler

Moore County, TN

Genealogies ( extracted from Chancery Court Loose Records) by Phillips and Cato

1880 Moore County Census - transcribed by Phillips

Records ( Marriages, 1872 - 1901; Guardianships; Wills) Transcribed by Cato, Phillips & others

Official Marriage Records of Moore County, TN by Joe & Jewel Casey, 2007

Property Tax

Bound volumes (1828-1974, a few exceptions), through 2003

Probate

Index (1840 - 1920

Probate files (loose papers: guardianship, wills, estate inventories and accounts, petitions, name changes) by surname

Surveys

Vol. 1 -4 (1824 - 1903)

Wills ( 1809-1953)

Will books, Vol. 1-4 on microfilm; 1-9 on DVD

Will Books Indexes: 1-9

Wills & Inventories (abstracts) by Marshes

Wills & Inventories: 1809-1861 (microfilm)

References

Cemetery Records of Lincoln Co., TN -- Tim and Helen Marsh -- 1972

Cemetery Records of Lincoln Co., TN -- Linc. Co. Genealogical Society -- 2012

Beasley Funeral Home (1915 - 1962)

Tennessee Land Grants : Vol. 1 & 2

Other:

Legacies of Our Great Grandmothers, - 2 Vol. TN Society Day of American Revolution *Early TN Women

Founding of the Cumberland Settlements: Thoroughfare & Freedom

Thoroughfare and Freedom

The First Southwest

Founding of the Cumberland Settlements, The First Atlas: (1779 - 1784) - Data Supplements 1&2

Land Grant Genealogy; The Second Atlas: (1779 - 1804) - Data Supplements 3&4

Land Grant Genealogy: The Third Atlas - Data Supplement 4 Compiled by Jack Masters & Others

Lincoln County Tennessee (History and Genealogy Journals)

Pioneers: Vol. 1-26

Lincoln Lineage

The Volunteer

County history/heritage books:

Franklin Co., TN

Giles, Co., TN

Lincoln Co., TN; Lincoln Co, TN Pictorial History, Vol 1 & 2

Marshall Co., TN

Moore Co., TN

Limestone Co., AL

Family books donated:

Benson/Templetoon

Bryant

Clark

Dollins

Gambill

Gipson (FCT)

Groce

Luna

Luttrell

McCown

Moore

Mullins

Pitts

Reese

Shofner

Stephens

Hemphill/Mullins/McCown/Cheeves

Packets:

Johnson/Gattis

Emmons

FPU Calendars (1996 - 2012)