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Crockett County


Updated:  May 25, 2007

Crockett County was formed in 1871 from
Dyer, Gibson, Haywood and Madison counties.

The county seat is Alamo.


 

CENSUS RECORDS 

  • Census on microfilm for Crockett County:  1880, 1900-1930
  • State-wide census index:  1880
  • State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
  • Crockett County census records in book form:  *1880

 

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • *History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Lauderdale, Tipton, Haywood and Crockett (Goodspeed, 1978)

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

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

  • *1880 Census, Crockett County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1992) [alphabetical by head of household]
  • Crockett (Haywood) County, TN Deeds, 1785-1872 (Mayo, 1985) [surname index]
  • *Crockett County Courthouse Centennial; Souvenir Booklet (Crockett County Historical Society, 1974)
  • Crockett County, Tennessee, Marriage Book [vol. 1 1872-1884; vol. 2 1884-1886] (WPA, 1938) [name index]
  • *Lebanon Methodist Church, Crockett County, Tennessee (Murray, 1965)
  • Tombstone Inscriptions from Black Cemeteries in Crockett County, Tennessee (Smith, 1997) [surname index]

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Crockett County records is available on our web site.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.  

Earliest records include:

  • marriages from 1872
  • wills from 1872
  • deed index from 1872
  • chancery court minutes from 1872
  • county court minutes from 1871
  • circuit court minutes from 1872
  • tax books from 1928

 

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

  • *WPA Records, Crockett County (Record Group #107, Roll 13, 1 reel) Roll includes Marriage Books (1872-1888).

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Alamo,  Bells,  Bellville and Friendship.  Scattered early issues are available from 1874, and a complete run begins in 1946.  Microfilms are loaned to Tennessee libraries.  Individual reels may also be purchased.  An Inventory of Newspapers on Microfilm at TSLA is available on our web site.

 

SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS MATERIAL

 

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.


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