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Moore County

Moore County

Moore County was formed in 1871 from
Bedford, Franklin and Lincoln counties
(Acts of Tennessee 1871, Chapter 96).

The county seat is Lynchburg.

SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • Goodspeed Histories of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee (Goodspeed, 1972 reprint)*
  • Heritage of Moore County, Tennessee, 1871-2005 (Moore County Heritage Book Committee, 2005)*

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

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS


  • 1880 Moore County, Tennessee Census  (Phillips, 1986)*
  • Cemetery Records of Lincoln - Moore Counties, Tennessee  (Marsh, 1983)*
  • Cemetery Records of Lincoln - Moore Counties, Tennessee  (Marsh, 1996)*
  • Cemetery Records of Moore County, Tennessee  (Marsh, 1975)
  • Moore County, Tennessee, Genealogies Extracted From Chancery Court Loose Records  (Phillips, 1990)*
  • Obituaries from the Moore County News, Lynchburg, TN   [v.1  1960-1970;   v.2  1971-1979;   v.3  1980-1986]  (Casey,  1994)
  • Pioneer Cemetery of Moore County  (East Middle School,  1993)*

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Moore 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 1872
  • circuit court minutes from 1872
  • tax books from 1872

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Lynchburg.  Scattered early issues are available from 1873, and a complete run begins in 1957.  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

 

CENSUS RECORDS

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

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MOORE COUNTY

 

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

 

 

Updated December 22, 2008