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Macon County
The county seat is Lafayette.
There were fires at the Macon County
courthouse in 1860, 1901 and 1932.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- Cal's Column (Gregory, 1986)
- History, Macon County, Tennessee (Blankenship, 1986)*
- History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together With an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale (Goodspeed, 1979)
- Letter to the Editor : Newspapers Published in Macon County, Tennessee, and Their Preservation, Report 1978.1a, Together With a June 29, 1978, Update (Roddy, 1978)*
- Macon County, Tennessee History and Families (2001)*
- Thousands to Cure : On the Early Story of Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee, With Selected Supporting Materials (Roddy, 1991)*
- What Ever Happened to Epperson Springs? (Roddy, 1974)*
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Macon County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- 1880 Census, Macon County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1993)*
- 1900 Census, Macon County, Tennessee (Crumpton, 1988)
- Campbell County, Tennessee (Commissioner Certificates Only), Clay County, Tennessee, Hancock County, Tennessee, Macon County, Tennessee, Pickett [1891 enumeration of male voters] (Reed, 1990)
- Fairview Cemetery of Macon County, Tennessee Burials and Families (Bronner, 2003)*
- Index to Harold G. Blankenship's History of Macon County, Tennessee : A Genealogists' Name Index (Cannon, 1998?)*
- Macon County Death Certificates 1908-1940 (Denning, 2003-2008)
- Macon County, Tennessee, 1850 Census (Porch, 1975)
- Macon County, Tennessee, 1850 & 1860 Census (Cothron, 1997)*
- Macon County, Tennessee, 1870 & 1880 Census (Cothron, 1995)*
- Macon County, Tennessee, Bible and Cemetery Records (WPA, 1938)
- Macon County, Tennessee Bonds and Marriages [vol. 1 April 1901-July 1929; vol. 2 July 1929-September 1994] (2001)*
- Macon County, Tennessee, Cemeteries [2 vols.] (Macon County Historical Society, 1987)*
- Macon County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Minutes, 1844-1860 (WPA, 1936)
- Macon County, Tennessee, Execution Docket, 1846-55 & Trial Docket, 1854-74 (WPA, 1937)
- Macon County, Tennessee Obituaries and Articles [vol. 1 late 1800's - December 1936; vol. 2 January 1937 - May 1944; vol. 3 June 1944 - December 1946] (Scott, 2003-2005)*
- Macon Roots : A Record of the Families of Macon County, Tennessee in 1850 (Macon County Historical & Genealogical Society, 2008) [name index]*
- Name Index to History of Tennessee ... Together With ... Sketch of the Counties of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale (Marsh, 1971)
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Macon County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1901
- wills from 1940
- deed index from 1901
- chancery court minutes from 1844
- county court minutes from 1905
- circuit court minutes from 1901
- tax books from 1845
The following reel is available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:
- WPA Records, Macon County (Record Group #107, Roll 53, 1 reel). Roll includes Chancery Court Minutes (1844-1860), Execution Docket (1846-1855), Trial Docket (1854-1874) and Bible & Cemetery Records (undated).*
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in Red Boiling Springs and Lafayette. Scattered early issues are available from 1892, and a complete run begins in 1931. 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.
- Bennett & Cook Account Books. Hartsville, Macon County, 1915-1958 (Microfilm Manuscript #773, 2 reels)*
- E.E. Thomas Papers, 1905-1934 (Microfilm Manuscript #889, 1 reel)*
- Edgar Grant King Store Ledger. Macon County, 1904-1905 (Microfilm Manuscript #791, 1 reel)*
- Hillsdale Baptist Church Records. Macon County, 1831-1928 (Microfilm Manuscript #215, 1 reel)*
- J. A. Bradley General Store Account Book, 1911-1913. Macon County (Microfilm Manuscript #898, 1 reel)
- J. R. Holland Account Books. Lafayette, Macon County, 1870-1883 (Microfilm Manuscript #790, 1 reel)*
- Johnson Family Ledgers, Macon County, Tn., 1887-1919 (Microfilm Manuscript #1739, 1 reel)*
- Kerley Store / Post Office Account Books. Macon County, 1914-1928 (Microfilm Manuscript #781, 1 reel)*
- Masonic Lodge No. 543 Records. Lafayette, Macon County, 1898-1922 (Microfilm Manuscript #785, 1 reel)*
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Macon County: 1850-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1850-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Macon County census records in book form: 1850*, 1860*, 1870*, *1880*, 1900
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MACON COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated February 4, 2009
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