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James County


Updated:  November 10, 2004

James County was formed in 1871 from
Bradley and Hamilton counties.

It was abolished in 1919 and incorporated into
Hamilton County where its records are held.

The county seat was Ooltewah.

 

CENSUS RECORDS 

  • Census on microfilm for James County:  1880, 1900-1910
  • State-wide census index:  1880
  • State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1910
  • James County census records in book form:  *1880

 

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • *James County : A Lost County of Tennessee (Donnelly, 1983)

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

  • *1880 Census, James County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1991)
  • *James County, TN Marriages, 1913-1919 (Douthat, 1986)

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

Most James County records were destroyed by fire. A few scattered records are stored at the Hamilton County courthouse and the Chattanooga Bicentennial Library. These records have not been microfilmed.

SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS MATERIAL

 

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