CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for Johnson County:  1840-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1840-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• Johnson County census records in book form:  *1840,  *1850,  1860,  1870,  *1880,  *1900,  1910,  *1920

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• From This Valley  (Cook,  2003)
• History of Johnson County, 1986 (Johnson County Historical Society, 1986)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• 1880 Census, Johnson County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1994)
• Abstracts of Death Records for Johnson County, Tennes[s]ee, 1908 to 1941 (Nikazy, 1992)
• Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891 [Johnson County] (Reed, 1992)
• *Johnson County, Tennessee 1836 Tennessee Civil Districts and Tax Lists (Douthat, 1993)
• Johnson County, Tennessee, 1860 Census (Wilson, 1979)
• Johnson County, Tennessee, 1870 Census (Gentry, 1982)
• *Johnson County, Tennessee, 1880 Census (Gentry, 1982)
• *Johnson County, Tennessee, 1900 Census (Gentry, 1995)
• Johnson County, Tennessee, 1910 Census (Gentry, 1995)
• *Johnson County, Tennessee, 1920 Census (Gentry, 199?)
• Johnson County, Tennessee Bible & Tombstone Records (WPA, 1936)
• Johnson County, Tennessee Census Records, 1840-50 (Wilson, 1974)
• Johnson County, Tennessee, Court Minutes vol.1, 1836-54 (WPA, 1936)
• Johnson County, Tennessee Marriage Book 1, 1838-1857 (Douthat, 1982)
• Johnson County, Tennessee, Marriage Records vol.1 & 2, 1838-57, 1857-60 (WPA, 1936)
• *Johnson County, Tennessee, Tax List, 1836-1839 (Douthat, 1998)
• Johnson County, Tennessee Tax List vol.1, 1836-39 (WPA, 1937)
• Johnson County Tennessee Will Book #1, 1827-1860 (Douthat, 1982)
• Marriage Records of Johnson County, Tennessee, 1796-1880 [2 vols.] (Johnson & Hawkins, 1979)
• Upon a Lonely Hill : The Cemeteries of Johnson County, Tennessee (Carrier, 1985)
• Watauga Reservoir Cemeteries : TVA Grave Removal Records (Douthat, 1992)
• Wills and Letters of Administration, vol.1, book 1, 1827-1867 (WPA, 1936)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1838
• wills from 1836
• deed index from 1836
• chancery court minutes from 1856
• county court minutes from 1836
• circuit court minutes from 1836
• tax books from 1836

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Administrator's Settlements -- 1848-1874  (#10,  1 reel)
• *Deed Index -- 1836-1910  (#19,  1 reel)
• *Marriage Records -- 1838-1902  (#11,  1 reel)
• *Settlements -- 1837-1884 [gaps]  (#18,  1 reel)
• *Wills -- 1836-1932 [gaps]  (#18,  1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Johnson County  (Record Group #107, Roll 42,  1 reel)    Roll includes Wills & Letters of Administration (1827-1867), Tax List (1836-1839), County Court Minutes Book 1 (1830-1854), Marriage Record Book 1 (1838-1857), Marriage Records (1857-1860) and Bible & Tombstone Records (undated).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Mountain City.  Scattered early issues are available from 1882, and a complete run begins in 1954.  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.

• *Paul M. Fink Collection, 1862-1869  (Microfilm Manuscript #146, 1 reel)
• *Shoun Family Papers, 1795-1926  (Microfilm Manuscript #460, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.