CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for Hardin County:  1820-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1820-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• Hardin County census records in book form:  *1820, *1830, *1840, *1850, *1880

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• Autobiography of W.M. Wagner (Wagner & Hays, 2000)
• From Forest to Farm : Hardin County History to 1860 (Hays, 1987)
• *Hardin County, Tennessee : A Pictorial History (Hardin County Historical Society, 1994)
• History of Hardin County, Tennessee. Nashville, Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1885 (Brazelton, 1965)
• History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy (Goodspeed, 1978)
• Laurels of Big Ivy (Kerr, 1981)
• *Moving Forward : Hardin County History from 1870 to 1930 (Hays, 1987)
• No Man's Land : The Civil War and Reconstruction in Hardin County (Hays, 1986)
• *On the Banks of the River : A History of Hardin County, Tennessee (Hays, 1996)
• Pickwick People and TVA : How it was 1935, How it is 1985 (Roberts, 1985)
• Shiloh Stories : Fact, Fiction & Folklore from the Battle of Shiloh (Hays, 2000)
• Short Life Sketches of Some Prominent Hardin Countians (Hitt, 1988)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1820-1840 U.S. Census, Hardin County, Tennessee (1994?)
• *1833 Census of Hardin County, Tennessee (Brewington, 1992)
• 1840 U.S. Census, Hardin County, Tennessee (Curtis, 1972)
• *1850 U.S. Census, Hardin County, Tennessee (Schunk, 1987)
• *1880 Census Hardin County, Tennessee (Sistler, 2001)
• *1880 Census of Hardin County, Tennessee (Brown, 1994)
• *1980 Cemetery Census of Hardin County, Tennessee (Hardin County Historical Society, 1994)
• Civil War Direct Tax, Hardin County, Tennessee (Brewington, 1992)
• *Death Notices and Obituaries, Savannah Courier, 1885-1890, Savannah, Tennessee, Hardin County, Tennessee (Brewington, 1992)
• *First Hundred Years : Hardin County, Tennessee Records, 1818-1918 (Hays, 1999)
• Genealogical Research Maps of Hardin County, Tennessee (Hanna, 1991)
• *Hardin Countians in the 19th Century : A Supplement to Hardin County's People (Hays, 1986)
• Hardin Countians in the Civil War : A Listing of all Men from Hardin County Known to have Served in the Confederate or Union Armies (Hays, 2000)
• *Hardin County Court Minutes : An Annotated Index (Hays, 1999)
• *Hardin County Death Records, 1820-1900 (Willey & Hays, 1988)
• Hardin County Deeds, 1820-1855 (Hays, 1989)
• Hardin County Directory 1820-1850 (Hays, 1987)
• *Hardin County Hodgepodge (Hays, 1987)
• *Hardin County, Tennessee Deed Books [vol. 1 Aug 1835 - Feb 1851; vol. 2 Feb 1851 - June 1854] (Hutchings, 2002-)
• Hardin County Tennessee General Administration Settlement B 1836-42 (WPA, 1939)
• Hardin County Tennessee Marriage Records 1865-1868 (WPA, 1938)
• Hardin County, Tennessee Records, 1820-1860 (Hays, 1985)
• *Hardin County's People : Miscellaneous Records from the 19th Century (Hays, 1985)
• Marriage Records of Hardin County, Tennessee [Book 1, 1859-1878; Book 2, Jan. 1878-Feb. 1881] (Brewington, 1991-)
• Private Acts of Hardin County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1981)
• *Slave Schedules for Hardin County, Tennessee, 1850 & 1860 (Brewington, 1992)
• Tennessee Records of Hardin County : Record A County Court Minutes 1820-1825 (WPA, 1936)
• Tennessee Records of Hardin County : Record D Inventory Book 1842-1849 (WPA, 1937)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Hardin County records is available on our web site.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.  

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1863
• wills from 1836
• deed index from 1835
• chancery court minutes from 1836
• county court minutes from 1820
• circuit court minutes from 1840
• tax books from 1913

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Deed Index -- 1835-1903 (#28, 1 reel)
• *Settlements & Wills -- 1842-1900 [gaps] (#27, 1 reel)
• *Wills -- 1836-1842 (#27, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Hardin County (Record Group #107, Roll 32, 1 reel) Roll includes County Court Minutes, Record A (1820-1825), General Administration Settlements B (1836-1842), Inventory Books, Record D (1842-1849) and Marriage Records (1865-1868).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Savannah.  Scattered early issues are available from 1873, and a complete run begins in 1923.  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.

• *Hardin County Miscellaneous Records, 1772-1911 (Microfilm Manuscript #539, 2 reels)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.