CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for Henderson County:  1830-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1830-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• Henderson County census records in book form:  *1850, 1870, *1880

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• *Henderson County (Stewart, 1979)
• Henderson County Historical Calendar, 1821-1996 (Fiddler, 1995)
• *Henderson County, Tennessee : A Pictorial History (Fiddler & Davis, 1996)
• Henderson County's History (Bolen, 1922)
• History of Henderson County (Powers, 1930)
• History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy (Goodspeed, 1978)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1880 Census Henderson County, Tennessee (Sistler, 2001)
• Crossing the Dark River : Henderson County, Tennessee, Obituaries, 1827-1950 (Fiddler, 1999)
• Genealogical Miscellany, Henderson County, Tennessee [7 vols.] (Smith, 1997)
• *Henderson County, Tennessee, Cemetery Inscriptions [2 vols.] (Harris, 1976)
• Henderson County, Tennessee, Court Minutes, 1860-66 (WPA, 1938)
• Henderson County, Tennessee, Will Book no. 3, 1895-1932 (WPA, 1938)
• *Lexington Cemetery (Henderson County, Tennessee) (Donahue, 2001)
• Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Henderson County Tennessee (Green, 1983?)
• Promise of Good Things : Longfield Baptist Church, 1831-1981 (Hutton, 1982)
• *Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Henderson County, Tennessee (Carpenter, 1971)
• Tennessee, Records of Henderson County, Bible Records & Tombstone Inscriptions (WPA, 1939)
• *Tombstone Inscriptions From Black Cemeteries in Henderson County, Tennessee (Smith, 1995)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1893
• wills from 1895
• deed index from 1856
• chancery court minutes from 1880
• county court minutes from 1860
• circuit court minutes from 1895
• tax books from 1895

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Deed Index -- 1856-1935 [gaps in years] (#13, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Henderson County (Record Group #107, Roll 34, 1 reel) Roll includes Will Book 3 (1895-1932), County Court Minute Book (1860-1866) and Bible Records & Tombstone Inscriptions (undated).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Lexington, Sardis and Scotts Hill.  Scattered early issues are available from 1858, and a complete run begins in 1932.  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.

• *Christian Chapel Church of Christ Records. Henderson County, 1860-1943  (Microfilm Manuscript #550, 1 reel)
• *Henderson County Miscellaneous Records, 1789-1953  (Microfilm Manuscript #521, 1 reel)
• *Middlefork Primitive Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1823-1978  (Microfilm Manuscript #694, 1 reel)
• *Rock Hill Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1884-1985  (Microfilm Manuscript #888, 1 reel)
• *Union Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1842-1986  (Microfilm Manuscript #909, 3 reels)
• *Union Baptist Church Records. Lexington, 1915-1993  (Microfilm Manuscript #1433, 1 reel)
• *Widersville Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1871-1976  (Microfilm Manuscript #924, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.