CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for DeKalb County:  1840-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1840-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• DeKalb County census records in book form:  *1840,  *1850,  1860,  *1870,  *1880,  *1900,  *1910,  *1920

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• Bicentennial History of DeKalb County, Tennessee (Webb, 1995)
• *DeKalb County (Webb, 1986)
• History of DeKalb County, Tennessee (Hale, 1969)
• *History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Cannon, Coffee, Dekale [sic], Warren, (Goodspeed, 1979)
• History of the DeKalb County Fair : The Grandpa Fair of the South, 1856-1996 (19??)
• Pictorial Sampling of DeKalb County, Tennessee (1989)
• *Turning Ground  (Evans,  1995)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1839 DeKalb County, Tennessee, Tax List (Douthat, 2005)
• *1840 Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1985)
• *1880 Census, DeKalb County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1993)
• *Death Certificates from Tennessee State Archives, 1914-1925, for DeKalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1994?)
• *DeKalb County Cemeteries (Gilbert, 1989)
• *DeKalb County Marriage Book, 1901-1950 (Gilbert, 1994?)
• DeKalb County, Tennessee, Cemetery & Church Records [Baptist Church of Christ minutes] (WPA, 1936)
• DeKalb County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Minutes, 1844-1891 (Partlow, 2000)
• DeKalb County, Tennessee, Chancery Court records, 1844-1892 (Partlow, 2001)
• DeKalb County, Tennessee, Deed Books [vol 1. 1838-1869; vol. 2 1869-1885; vol. 3 1885-1900] (Partlow, 1997)
• Dekalb County, Tennessee Genealogy from Administrator's Settlement Books (1846-1907) (Majors, 1992)
• DeKalb County, Tennessee, Marriage Book B, 1848-1859 (WPA, 1936)
• *DeKalb County, TN Marriages 1848-1880 (Sistler, 1985)
• *Index to History of DeKalb County Tennessee by Will T. Hale  (Bowman,  1974)
• Land Deed Genealogy of DeKalb County, Tennessee, 1838-1869 (Partlow, 1999)
• Land Deed Genealogy of DeKalb County, Tennessee, 1868-1885 (Partlow, 2006)
• *Marriages Recorded in DeKalb County, Tennessee, 1848-1900 (Parsley & Gilbert, 1990)
• *Name Index to History of DeKalb County Tennessee  (Marler,  1970)
• Name Index to History of Tennessee ... Together with ... Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb and Cannon (Marsh, 1972)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (seventh census) for De Kalb County, Tennessee (Webb & Thornton, 1965)
• Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (seventh census) for DeKalb [sic] County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1988)
• Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1860 (eighth census) for DeKalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1979)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1870 (ninth census) for Dekalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1985)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1880 for DeKalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 198?)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1900 for DeKalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1988)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1910 for DeKalb County, Tennessee) (Parsley, 1992)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1920 for DeKalb County, Tennessee (Parsley, 1992)
• Private Acts of DeKalb County, Tennessee (McIntyre & King, 1984)
• Tennessee, Records of DeKalb County : Salem Baptist Church Minutes, 1809-1908 (WPA, 1938)
• Tennessee, Records of DeKalb County, Will book A, 1838-1854 (WPA, 1936)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1848
• wills from 1846
• deed index from 1838
• chancery court minutes from 1844
• county court minutes from 1838
• circuit court minutes from 1860
• tax books from 1857

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Administrators' Settlement Books -- 1846-1907 (#39, 1 reel)
• *Deed Index -- 1838-1925 (#78, 1 reel)
• *Marriages -- 1848-1887 (#49, 1 reel)
• *Minutes of Insolvent Estates -- 1856-1946 (#47, 1 reel)
• *Will Books -- 1838-1968 (#77, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, DeKalb County  (Record Group #107, Roll 17,  1 reel)    Roll includes Will Book A (1838-1854),  Marriage Book B (1848-1859),  Salem Baptist Church Minutes (1808-1908), and Tombstone Inscriptions & Baptist Church of Christ Minutes (undated).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Alexandria, Liberty and Smithville.  Scattered early issues are available from 1896, and a complete run begins in 1958.  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.

• New Bildad Primitive Baptist Church of Jesus Christ Records. DeKalb County, 1854-1919  (Microfilm Manuscript #881, 1 reel)
• Old Bildad Church of Christ Records. DeKalb County, 1812-1925  (Microfilm Manuscript #703, 1 reel)
• Overall Family Papers, 1811-1976  (Microfilm Manuscript #1533, 1 reels)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.