CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for Humphreys County:  1820-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1820-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• Humphreys County census records in book form:  1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• *History of Humphreys County, Tennessee (Garrett, 1963)
• *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)
• *History of Tumbling Creek, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Ethridge, 1985)
• 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??)
• Humphreys County Heritage : A Collection of Historical Sketches and Family Histories [2 vols.] (Whitfield, 1979 & 1983)
• *Humphreys County, Tennessee : A Pictorial History (Humphreys County Historical Society, 1995)
• Pie Suppers and Cake Walks : A History of Liberty School Located on Little Blue Creek, McEwen, Tennessee (Bullington, 1994)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• 1860 Census, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Johnson, 1976)
• 1870 Census of Humphreys County, Tennessee (Clifton, 1979)
• 1880 Census, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Fischer & Burns, 1987)
• Bakerville Review : Abstracts (Humphreys County, Tennessee) [vol. 1 1896-1897; *vol. 2 1897-1898; *vol. 3 1898-1899] (Fischer, 1978-)
• Cheatham County, Tennessee, Dickson County, Tennessee, Hickman County, Tennessee, Humphreys County, Tennessee, Lawrence County, Tennessee [1891 enumeration of male voters] (Reed, 1992)
• Histories of the Churches of Humphreys County (Humphreys County Historical Society, 19??)
• History of Humphreys County, Tennessee, Surname Index : and a Complete Listing of All Family Histories, to be Used in Conjunction with Volumes I & II, Humphrey (Savage, 1984)
• Humphreys County, Tennessee, 1850 Census : and Additional Notes (Garrett, 1962)
• Humphreys County, Tennessee, Cemetery Records (Anderson & Garrett, 1966)
• Humphreys County Tennessee Court Minutes vol. 1, 1842-1850 (WPA, 1936)
• Humphreys County Tennessee Deed Book A, 1810-16 (WPA, 1938)
• *Humphreys County Tennessee Marriage Records, 1861-1888 (Fischer & Burns, 1984)
• Humphreys County Tennessee Marriage Records, vol. A, 1864-1868 (WPA, 1938)
• *Humphreys County Tennessee Records [Tax Lists, 1837-1843; Marriages, 1888-1900] (Fischer & Burns, 1987)
• Humphreys County Tennessee Wills and Inventories, 1838-1844 (WPA, 1938)
• *Humphreys County, TN deeds [vol. 1. Books A-D, July, 1810-June, 1832] (Hutchings, 2003)
• Humphreys County [Tennessee] Burials, 1969-1975 (Anderson, 1976)
• Minutes of Sycamore Landing Church of Christ, 1917-1937 (WPA, 1938)
• Name Index to History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a BiographicalS Sketch of Montgomery [Humphryes County] (Marsh, 1972)
• Private Acts of Humphreys County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1994)
• Supplement to 1880 Census, Humphreys County, Tennessee (Fischer & Burns, 1988)
• Tennessee Humphreys County Bible, Family, and Tombstone Records [includes Church Minutes Waverly M.E. Church South, History of the Shannon Family, and Minutes of Church of Christ, Bakerville](WPA, 1938)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1862
• wills from 1837
• deed index from 1810
• chancery court minutes from 1898
• county court minutes from 1842
• circuit court minutes from 1898
• tax books from 1877

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Deed Index -- 1816-1907 (#12, 1 reel)
• *Wills & Inventories -- 1837-1843; 1889-1904 (#8, 1 reel)
• *Wills & Inventories -- 1847-1852 (#10, 1 reel)
• *Wills & Inventories -- 1852-1857; 1868-1878 (#9, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Humphreys County (Record Group #107, Roll 38, 1 reel) Roll includes Deed Book A (1810-1816), Wills & Inventories, pt. 1 (1838-1844), County Court Minute Book 1 (1842-1850), Marriage Records Book A (1864-1868), Minutes of Sycamore Landing Church of Christ (1917-1937), History of the Shannon Family (1822), Minutes of the Church of Christ, Bakersville (undated) and Bible, Family & Tombstone Records (undated).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Bakersville, McEwen and Waverly.  Scattered early issues are available from 1875, and a complete run begins in 1957.  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.

• *Foresee Family Papers, 1785-1945 
• *Francis McGavock Papers, 1784-1854  (Microfilm Manuscript #742, 1 reel)
• Herbert Family Business Records, 1867-1947 
• *Jill Knight Garrett Collection, 1800-1969  (Microfilm Manuscript #1196, 5 reels)
• *Jonathan K. T. Smith Genealogical Collection, Benton County  (Microfilm Manuscript #851, 2 reels)
• *Liberty Baptist Church Records. Humphreys County, 1880-1985  (Microfilm Manuscript #890, 1 reel)
• *Willow Springs Primitive Baptist Church Records. Hickman County, 1883-1942  (Microfilm Manuscript #512, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.