CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for Lawrence County:  1820-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1820-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• Lawrence County census records in book form:  *1820, *1840, *1850, *1860, 1870, *1880, *1900, *1910, *1920

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• *Brief History of Early Lawrence County, Tennessee (Morrison, 1968)
• *Communities of Lawrence County, Tennessee (Alford, 1999)
• *Factory Creek : the People, the Place, and the Times (Hollis, 1998)
• *Glimpses of Lawrence County history : A Class Anthology for American History 2121 (Moore, 1970)
• *History of Lawrence County, Tennessee [3 vols.] (Alford, 1994-)
• History of Loretto, Tennessee Area : As We Remember; As We've Been Told (Cole, 1986)
• History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman and Lewis (Goodspeed, 1979)
• History of West Point, Tennessee (Welch, 1999)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee, Pictorial History (Lawrence County Historical Society, 1994)
• Life in the Holler Near Iron City, Tennessee (Marshall, 1996)
• Our Hometown, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee : The Crossroads of Dixie (Carpenter & Carter, 1986)
• Places in Lawrence County, Tennessee : "Then and Now" (Cole, 1994)
• Private Acts of Lawrence County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1984)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1820 Lawrence County, Tennessee Census (Douthat, 2003)
• *1850 Census, Lawrence County, Tennessee (Including Some Other Early Records) (Carter & Hudgins, 1973)
• *1880 Census Lawrence County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1999)
• *Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee : At Rest, With Supplement (Old Cemeteries Society of Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1984)
• Cemetery Records of Lawrence County, Tennessee, November 1998-December 1999 (Myhan, 2000?)
• Cheatham County, Tennessee, Dickson County, Tennessee, Hickman County, Tennessee, Humphreys County, Tennessee, Lawrence County, Tennessee [1891 enumeration of male voters] (Reed, 1992)
• Early Sales and Wwnership of Lots in Lawrenceburg : Lawrence County, Tennessee (Morrison, 1970)
• Excerpts Copied from the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Lawrence County, Tennessee ... of the July Term, 1822 to October Term (1957)
• "In Their Own Words" (Myhan, 1998)
• "In Their Own Words" : Book 2 (Myhan, 1999)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1860-1840 Census, Private Acts, Miscellaneous (Carpenter & Carter, 1977)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1870 Census (Carpenter & Carter, 1977)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1880 Census (Carpenter & Carter, 1982?)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Bible, Family, and Tombstone Records (WPA, 1938)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee, Census Records : 1900 (Franks & Rice, 1994)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee : Census Records: 1920 (Franks & Rice, 1994)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee, Census Records : b 1910 (Franks & Rice, 1995)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Court Minutes, vol. 1, 1818-1823 (WPA, 1936)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee Deed Books [Vol. 1, Books A-E, August 1819-January 1836; Vol. 2, Books F-H, March 1836-March 1846] (Hutchings, 2001-)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, General Index to Deed Books A-P, 1819-1871 (WPA, 1939)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriage Record, 1838-60 (WPA, 1939)
• *Lawrence County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1818-1923 (Carter, 1979)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1861-1866 (WPA, 1938)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1818-1838 (Lawrence County Historical Society, 1965)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1838-1923 (Lawrence County Historical Society, 1961)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Road Record Book, 1853-1883 (WPA, 1938)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Rule Docket, Chancery Court, 1848-1871 (WPA, 1936)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee Wills [vol. 1 1829-1838; vol. 2 1838-1843] (Willis, 2003)
• Lawrence County, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories, vol. B, 1829-1847 (WPA, 1938)
• *Marriage Index Lawrence County, Tennessee [vol. 1 1924-1959; vol. 2 1960-1999] (Crowder, 200?)
• Marriages of Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1818-1854 (Whitley, 1982)
• *Minute Book : Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Lawrence County, Tennessee, 1818-1822 (Carpenter & Carter, 1980?)
• Name Index to History of Tennessee ... : Together with ... Sketch of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis counties (Marsh, 1972)
• Second Creek Church, Book #1 : June 26, 1830 to December, 1906 (Williams, 19??)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1818
• wills from 1829
• deed index from 1820
• chancery court minutes from 1840
• county court minutes from 1827
• circuit court minutes from 1832
• tax books from 1859

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:

• *Deed Index -- 1820-1908 (#33, 1 reel)
• *Marriage Bonds -- 1818-1829 (#63, 1 reel)
• *Marriage Bonds -- 1830-1839 (#64, 1 reel)
• *Marriage Bonds -- 1840-1849 (#65, 1 reel)
• *Marriage Bonds -- 1850-1859 (#66, 1 reel)
• *Marriages -- 1818-1889 (#14, 1 reel)
• *Wills -- 1829-1855 (#30, 1 reel)
• *Wills -- 1856-1868 (#31, 1 reel)
• *Wills -- 1858-1868; 1887-1919 (#32, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Lawrence County (Record Group #107, Roll 50, 1 reel) Roll includes County Court Minutes, Vol. 1 (1818-1823), General Index to Deed Books, A-P (1819-1871), Wills, Inventories, Etc., Book B (1829-1847), Marriage Records (1838-1860 & 1861-1866), Rule Docket, Chancery Court (1848-1871), Road Record Book (1853-1883) and Bible, Family & Tombstone Records (undated).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Crestview, Lawrenceburg, Loretto and Summertown.  Scattered early issues are available from 1846, and a complete run begins in 1939.  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.

• *Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. Lawrenceburg, 1904-1973  (Microfilm Manuscript #463, 1 reel)
• *Emma Bloom Schindler Diaries, 1890-1916  (Microfilm Manuscript #537, 1 reel)
• *First Presbyterian Church Records. Lawrenceburg, 1938-1973  (Microfilm Manuscript #464, 1 reel)
• *First United Methodist Church Records. Lawrenceburg, 1909-1979  (Microfilm Manuscript #653, 3 reels)
• *Flat Woods Methodist Church Records. Lawrence County, 1915-1948  (Microfilm Manuscript #700, 1 reel)
• *Freewill Baptist Church Records. Lawrence County, 1915-1946  (Microfilm Manuscript #589, 1 reel)
• *Lawrence County (Tenn.) Store & Miscellaneous Account Books, 1855-1939  (Microfilm Manuscript #1654, 4 reels)
• *Lawrence County Miscellaneous Records, ca. 1800-1940  (Microfilm Manuscript #566, 3 reels)
• *Loretto United Methodist Church Records. Loretto, 1918-1971  (Microfilm Manuscript #481, 1 reel)
• *Richland Presbytery Minutes. Lawrence County, 1894-1903  (Microfilm Manuscript #896, 1 reel)
• *St. Joseph Methodist Episcopal Church, South Records. Lawrence County, 1918-1972  (Microfilm Manuscript #476, 1 reel)
• *Second Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records. Lawrence County, 1830-1973  (Microfilm Manuscript #462, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.