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)