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Stewart County
The county seat is Dover.
There was a fire at the Stewart County courthouse in 1862.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- 1985 Bear Spring, Tennessee, Historical Directory (1985)
- Arlington, Cumberland City, Erin, Tennessee, and the Wells Creek Valley (Lovelady, 1989)*
- History of Stewart County, Tennessee (Brandon, 1944)
- History of Stewart County, Tennessee (McClain, 1965)*
- History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphreys, Stewart (Goodspeed, 1979)
- Houston County Area : Excerpts from the Goodspeed Histories of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphreys, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham and Houston Counties of Tennessee (Friends of the Houston County Library, 19??)
- Life of Duncan Stewart : Founder of Stewart County, Tennessee (Saunders, 1997)
- Stewart County Tennessee Heritage (Stewart County Historical Society, 1980)
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Stewart County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- 1880 Census, Stewart County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1999)*
- Benton Co., Tennessee, Carroll Co., Tennessee, Henry Co., Tennessee, Houston Co., Tennessee, Stewart Co., Tennessee [1891 enumeration of male voters] (Reed, 1989)
- Cemetery Records of Land Between the Lakes, (Betwixt the Rivers) 1814-1973 (Maupin, 1974)
- Cemetery Records of Stewart County, Tennessee (Stewart County Historical Society, 1983)
- County Court Minutes, Stewart County [vol. 1 1813-1815; vol. 2 1815-1819] WPA, 1941)
- Deed Records [vol. 1 1804-06; vol. 3 1789-1818; vol. 4 Abstracts, 1810-13 & Marriage Records 1838-1848] (WPA, 1937-1939)
- Marriage Records, Stewart County, Tenn., 1849-1866 (Simmons, 1973)*
- Marriage Records, Stewart County, Tenn., 1865-1881 (Simmons, 1973)*
- Marriages of Stewart County, Tennessee, 1838-1866 (Whitley, 1982)*
- Name Index to History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Montgomery (Marsh, 1972)
- Stewart Co., Tenn., Marriage Records, 1838-1848 (Simmons, 1974)*
- Stewart Co., Tenn., Marriage Records, 1881-1896 (Simmons, 1993)*
- Stewart County, Tennessee Census of 1850 (Willis, 2000)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Census of 1850 (Partlow, 1998)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Census of 1860 (Partlow, 1994)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Census of 1870 (Partlow, 1994)*
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Census of 1900 (Partlow, 1994)*
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Federal Census of 1880 (Partlow, 1993)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Court Minutes, vol. 3, 1811-1812 (WPA, 1941)
- Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Book 4 or D, 1811-1813 ; Deed Book 5 or E, 1814-1818 (Crumpton, 1999)
- Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Book 6 or O, 1819-1823 ; Deed Book 7 or G, 1823-1826 (Crumpton, 1999)
- Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Book F, 1826-1829 [and] Deed Book 9, 1829-1832 (Crumpton, 1999)
- Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Books 1,2,3 or A,B,C, 1804-1819 (Crumpton, 1999)
- Stewart County, Tennessee Deeds [*vol. 1 1791-1806; vol. 2 1803-1814; *vol. 3 1813-1817; vol.4 1817-1819] (Willis, 1995)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Federal Census of 1880 (Partlow, 1993)*
- Stewart County, Tennessee, General Index to Deeds, vol. 1, 1804-43 (WPA, 1939)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Minute Docket, 1807-1807 (WPA, 1936)
- Stewart County, Tennessee Slave Schedule of 1860 (Partlow, 1996)
- Stewart County, Tennessee, Tax Book, vol. 2, 1808-1812 (WPA, 1938)
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Stewart County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1849 (there is a typed WPA index for 1838-1848 Stewart County marriages)
- wills from 1812
- deed index from 1803
- chancery court minutes from 1865
- county court minutes from 1804
- circuit court minutes from 1821
- tax books from 1808
The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:
- Deed Index -- 1800-1938 (#63, 1 reel)*
- Marriage records -- 1849-1893 (#29, 1 reel)*
- Wills -- 1812-1840 (#52, 1 reel)*
- Wills -- 1840-1854 (#53, 1 reel)*
- Wills -- 1854-1866 (#54, 1 reel)*
- WPA Records, Stewart County (Record Group #107, Roll 79, 1 reel). Roll includes General Index to Deeds (1804-1843), Deed Book Volume 1 (1804-1806), Deed Book Volume 3 (1789-1818), Abstract of Deed Book Volume 4 (1810-1813), Marriage Records (1838-1848), County Court Minute Docket (1804-1807), County Court Minutes 1813-1819), and Tax Book (1808-1812).*
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in Cumberland City and Dover. Scattered early issues are available from 1876, and a complete run begins in 1949. 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.
- Indian Mound Methodist Church, Stewart County, 1842-1962; Hopewell Methodist Church, Montgomery County, 1861-1961 (Microfilm Manuscript #128, 1 reel)
- Land Between the Lakes Project, 1965-1969. J. Milton Henry Collection, 1800-1969 (Microfilm Manuscript #1051, 3 reels)
- Mattie Lewis Diaries, 1933-1946 (Microfilm Manuscript #1335, 1 reel)
- Saline Creek Baptist Church Records. Stewart County, 1810-1964 (Microfilm Manuscript #710, 1 reel)
- Vinson, Edmond James, Daybook, 1856-1891 (Microfilm Manuscript #1599, 1 reel)
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Stewart County: 1830-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1830-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Stewart County census records in book form: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880*, 1900
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR STEWART COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated October 8, 2009
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