Tennessee Genealogical Records: Records of Early Settlers from State and County [Paperback]

Edythe Rucker Whitley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

This work offers important source data and is a major advance in Tennessee genealogical reference material. From records in the State Archives in Nashville, and from over twenty county courthouses, the record abstracts relate to over 18,000 early Tennessee settlers. There are Revolutionary warrants, grants and certificates of survey, will abstracts, tombstone inscriptions, deed abstracts, marriages--including the valuable Sumner County marriages, 1791-1813--and court orders and petitions. Many of these came from the counties of Bedford, Bledsoe, Carter, Davidson, Dyer, Franklin, Hawkins, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Maury, Montgomery, Overton, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Washington, White, Williamson, and Wilson. There also are genealogical notes on some two dozen families.

Product Details

• Paperback: 402 pages
• Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806308737
• ISBN-13: 978-0806308739
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 3.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,900 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #18 in Books > Education & Reference > Genealogy > United States

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A genealogical book of records from the State Archives, November 13, 1998

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This review is from: Tennessee Genealogical Records: Records of Early Settlers from State and County (Paperback)

This book is an excellent resource book for the out-of-area reader. Ms. Whitley not only gives you the actual archives information, her book is well indexed and organized.

This book contains the actual information contained on the records in the archives. With the information in this book, you can write to the State archives and get certified copies of the originals for your own documentation.

This is one book I will be recommending from my website.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting collection!, June 14, 2011

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This review is from: Tennessee Genealogical Records: Records of Early Settlers from State and County (Paperback)

I enjoy helping my friends research their family trees. I'm president of the Red Bank-White Oak Historical Society in Tennessee. It was delightful to find some useful information in this book that helped to shed more light on our early settlers and ancestors. Excellent reference book for our home library.