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Updated: June 15, 2007
- Census on microfilm for Chester County: 1900-1930
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1900-1930
- *Brief History of Chester County, Tennessee, Then and Now : An Historical Comparison, Facts of the Past and Present Which the Future Will Want to Remember (Reid, 1967)
- *Chester County, Tennessee, 1882-1995, History and Families (Chester County Historical Society, 1995) [surname index]
- History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy (Goodspeed, 1978) [name index]
- History of the Friendship Community of Chester County, Tennessee (King, 1996)
- Reflections (Williams, 1979)
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Chester County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
- Burial Locations for Confederate Soldiers in Chester County, Tennessee (Barnes, 1989)
- Cemeteries in Chester County, Tennessee (Jones, 1982) [name index]
- Chester County, Tennessee, Tombstone Records (WPA, 1938)
- Private Acts of Chester County, Tennessee (Lobertini, 1995)
- Service Record Book of Men and Women of Henderson, Tennessee and Community [WWI & WWII] (19??)
- Tombstone Inscriptions, Et Cetera, From the Black Cemeteries of Chester County, Tennessee (Smith, 2000) [surname index]
An inventory of microfilmed Chester County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1891
- wills from 1891
- deed index from 1891
- chancery court minutes from 1891
- county court minutes from 1891
- circuit court minutes from 1882
- tax books from 1890
The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:
- *WPA Records, Chester County (Record Group #107, Roll 6, 1 reel) Roll includes Tombstone Records (undated).
Newspapers were published in Henderson. Scattered early issues are available from 1878, and a complete run begins in 1930. 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.
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.
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