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Weakley County
The county seat is Dresden.
There was a fire at the Weakley County courthouse in 1948.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- Cary Lawn : A Special Place (Vaughan, 1991)
- Historical Address Delivered by Col. John A. Gardner, on the Early Times in Weakley County (Gardner & Bolling, 1876)
- History of Tennessee from the Earliest times to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley and Lake Counties (Goodspeed, 1978)
- Life and Times of Greenfield, Tennessee with Sketches of Weakley County (Prins, 1965)*
- Weakley County (Vaughan, 1983)*
- Weakley County Bank : Since 1887 (Freeman, 1987)
- Weakley County, Tennessee : History & Families, 1823-1998 (Weakley County Genealogical Society, 1999)
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Weakley County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- 1880 Census of Weakley County, Tennessee (Weakley County Genealogical Society, 1982)*
- Family Bible Records, Weakley County, Tennessee Families
- Guide to the Weakley County Court Records : Held by the University of Tennessee at Martin, Special Collections Department (Weakley County Genealogical Society, 1999)*
- Minutes of the County Court of Weakley County, 1827-1846, 1853-1857 [3 vols. in 7 pts.] (WPA, 1941-1942)
- Neighbors in Weakley County, Tennessee : A Land ownership Map, 1827-1833 (Vowell, 1986)*
- Private Acts of Weakley County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1994)
- They Served the Flag : The Second World War Veterans of Weakley County, Tennessee (Saunders & Downing, 2001)*
- Weakley County Obituaries [1967-2006 -- each volume covers one year]
- Weakley County, Tenn. Census of 1860 (Willis & Sellers, 1999)
- Weakley County, Tenn. Tax Lists, 1828-29-30-31-32 (Simmons & Willis, 1996)
- Weakley County, Tenn., Wills & Administrations [vol 1. 1828-1853; vol. 2 1851-1875; vol. 3 1875-1889; vol. 4 1889-1900] (Willis, 1996- )*
- Weakley County, Tennessee: 1850 Census (Porch, 1973?)*
- Weakley County, Tennessee, 1880 Census (Sistler, 2001)*
- Weakley County, Tennessee Cemetery Listings [2 vols.] (Daughters of the American Revolution. James Buckley Chapter, 1980)*
- Weakley County, Tennesse Deed Book [1822-1833] (Crumpton, 2003)*
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Grant Book, 1794-1844 (WPA, 1941)
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Marriage Book, no. 1, 1843-53, no. 2, 1846-54 (WPA, 1939)
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Marriage Records [vol. 1 1843-1854; vol. 2 1854-1865; vol. 3 1866-1873; vol. 4 1873-1880] (Martin & Willis, 1996-)
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Marriage Records [vol. 1 1843-Sept. 4, 1863; vol. 2 Sept. 4, 1863-1878] (Weakley County Genealogical Society, 1980)*
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Marriage Records [vol. 4 1873-1880; vol. 5 1880-1886*] (Willis & Griffith, 1997-)
- Weakley County, Tennessee Marriages : July 9, 1878-November 20, 1886 (Smith, 1998)*
- Weakley County, Tennessee Miscellaneous Records (Hays, 1996)
- Weakley County Tennessee Record and Will Book B, 1840-1861 (WPA, 1938)
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Record of Occupant Entry, 1827-1833 (WPA, 1941)
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Register Survey Books, 1784-1857 [2 vols.] (Willis, 1995-)*
- Weakley County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1908-1912 (Willis, 1997)
- Weakley Remembered (Weakley County, Tennessee) [4 vols.] (Baker, 1981)*
- Will & Record book, 1828-1842 (WPA, 1938)
- Wills from Weakley County Will and Record Book, 1828-42 (Daughters of the American Colonists. Isaac Dawson Chapter, 1979)
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Weakley County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1843
- wills from 1828
- deed index from 1822
- chancery court minutes from 1827
- county court minutes from 1828
- circuit court minutes from 1844
- tax books from 1842
The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:
- Deed Index -- 1825-1876 (#56, 1 reel)*
- Inventories -- 1852-1858 (#30, 1 reel)*
- Inventories -- 1858-1881 (#31, 1 reel)*
- Marriages -- 1843-1866 (#34, 1 reel)*
- Wills -- 1828-1842; 1834-1861 (#53, 1 reel)*
- WPA Records, Weakley County (Record Group #107, Roll 88, 1 reel). Roll includes County Court Minutes, vol. 1, pts. 1-3 (1827-1835), County Court Minutes, pts. 1 & 2 (1835-1846 & 1853-1857), Marriage License Records No. 1 (1843-1853), Marriage License Records Book 2 (1846-1854), Grant Book (1794-1844), Wills & Records, Book A (1828-1842), Wills & Records, Book B (1840-1861) and Record of Occupant Entry (1827-1833).*
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in Dresden, Greenfield, Martin and Sharon. Scattered early issues are available from 1840, and a complete run begins in 1935. 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.
- Archelaus Hughes Diaries, 1847-1893 (Microfilm Manuscript #1258, 1 reel)*
- Archelaus Madison Hughes Diary, 1867-1884 (Microfilm Manuscript #414, 1 reel)*
- Bondurant Family Papers. Weakley County, 1734-1978 (Microfilm Manuscript #914, 7 reels)*
- Conner Family Papers, 1817-1940 (Microfilm Manuscript #1176, 1 reel)*
- First Presbyterian Church Records. Weakley County, 1868-1962 (Microfilm Manuscript #783, 1 reel)*
- First Baptist Church of Dresden Records. Weakley County, 1910-1983 (Microfilm Manuscript #807, 2 reels)*
- Galloway Family Papers, 1832-1889 (Microfilm Manuscript #1117, 1 reel)*
- Gardner Family Papers, 1809-1975 (Microfilm Manuscript #571, 1 reel)*
- Gardner Family Records, ca. 1800-ca. 1950 (Microfilm Manuscript #638, 1 reel)*
- Hickory Grove Methodist Episcopal Church, South Records. Weakley County, 1866-1928 (Microfilm Manuscript #846, 1 reel)*
- Jolley Springs Missionary Baptist Church Records. Weakley County, 1888-1983 (Microfilm Manuscript #750, 1 reel)*
- Macedonia Primitive Baptist Church Records. Martin, 1824-1969 (Microfilm Manuscript #288, 1 reel)*
- Martin Church of Christ Records. Weakley County, 1874-1899 (Microfilm Manuscript #756, 1 reel)*
- Mt. Moriah Methodist Church Records. Weakley County, 1913-1958 (Microfilm Manuscript #966, 1 reel)*
- New Hope Methodist Church Records. Weakley County, 1831-1983 (Microfilm Manuscript #733, 1 reel)*
- New Salem Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. Weakley County, 1874-1978 (Microfilm Manuscript #728, 1 reel)*
- Olivet United Methodist Church Records. Weakley County, 1887-1982 (Microfilm Manuscript #766, 1 reel)*
- Thomas Elbert Reavis Diaries, 1908 - 1958 (Microfilm Manuscript #903, 1 reel)*
- Thompson Creek Baptist Church Records. Weakley and Henry Counties, 1831-1982 (Microfilm Manuscript #732, 1 reel)*
- Weakley County Cemetery Records, 1939 [Restricted] (Microfilm Manuscript #820, 1 reel)
- West Tennessee Funeral Home Records: Benton, Carroll, Gibson, Henry, and Weakley Counties (Microfilm Manuscript #1786, 86 reels)*
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Weakley County: 1830-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1830-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Weakley County census records in book form: 1850, 1860*, 1880*
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR WEAKLEY COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated December 11, 2008
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