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Lincoln County


Updated:  April 4, 2008

Lincoln County was formed in 1809 from Bedford County.

The county seat is Fayetteville.

 

CENSUS RECORDS 

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

 

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • Historical Study of the Elk River from Fayetteville to Elkton, Tennessee : A Resource Intern Report (Sorrells, 1973)
  • In the Beginning: Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1809 (Marsh, 19??)
  • *Lincoln County : A Tribute to our Past (Dickey, 1977)
  • Pictorial History of Fayetteville & Lincoln County, Tennessee (Lindquist, 1994)

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

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

  • *1880 Census, Lincoln County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1998)
  • Abstracts of Wills, Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1810-1895 (Marsh, 1977)
  • *Cemetery Records of Lincoln - Moore Counties, Tennessee (Marsh, 1996)
  • Cemetery Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee (Marsh, 1972)
  • County Court Minutes of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, 1810 (WPA, 1940)
  • *Early Unpublished Court Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee : Guardians, Settlements, Land Deeds, Tax Lists (Marsh, 1993)
  • *First County Court Minutes of Lincoln County, Tennessee (Marsh, 1989)
  • Index to Lincoln County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1830-1832 (Rossman & Sterken, 1985)
  • *Land Deed Genealogy of Lincoln County, Tennessee [vol. 1 1809-1818; vol. 2 1818-1828; vol. 3 1828-1834] (Marsh, 1996)
  • Lincoln Co. Tennessee Pioneers (19??)
  • Lincoln County Black History Journal (St. Paul A.M.E. Church. Lay Organization, 1998-1999)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1840 Census (Waller, 1970)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1850 Census (Porch, 1970)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee Administrator Settlement Book, 1863-1868 (McGee & O'Neal, 2002?)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee Bible Records [6 vols.] (Tucker & Waller, 1971-)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee, Church Records (WPA, 1938)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee Circuit Court Enrolling Docket, 1856-1860 (West & O'Neal, 1993)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee County Court Inventory, 1828-1841 (Clark & O'Neal, 1993)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee County Court Minute Book, 1844-1849 (West & O'Neal, 19??)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee County Court Minute Book, 1866-1868 (Clark & O'Neal, 19??)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1814-1817 (WPA, 1940)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1823-1828, 1838-1860 (WPA, 1938)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee, Minute Docket, book 1, 1811-1812 (WPA, 1936)
  • *Lincoln County, Tennessee : Miscellaneous Court House Records (O'Neal, 1986)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee Official Marriage Records, 1838-1880 (Marsh, 1974)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee Tax List, 1829-1832 (Marsh, 1981)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee, Will Book, 1827-1850 (WPA, 1936)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee : Wills, Inventories, and Miscellaneous, March 1809-April 1824 (Ingmire, 1984)
  • Lincoln County, Tennessee, Wills & Inventories, 1810-1824 (WPA, 1936)
  • *Marriage Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1880-1899 (Casey, 1995)
  • *Marriage Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1900-1910 (Casey, 1996)
  • Marriage Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee, January 1, 1911-December 31, 1920 (Casey, 1998)
  • Mount Moriah and Holman Cemeteries (1991)
  • Name Index to History of Tennessee ... Together with ... Sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin, and Moore Counties (Marsh, 1971)
  • Records of Lincoln County, Tennessee (Jones & Gandrud, 1932)
  • South Central Tennessee Regional Polk City Directory : Including Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore Counties (R.L. Polk & Co., 1999)
  • Wills & Inventories of Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1810-1921 (Marsh, 1989)

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

  • marriages from 1838
  • wills from 1809
  • deed index from 1810
  • chancery court minutes from 1838
  • county court minutes from 1810
  • circuit court minutes from 1849
  • tax books from 1829

 

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

  • *Deed Index -- 1810-1907 (#134, 1 reel)
  • *Inventories of Estates -- 1840-1854; 1867-1876 (#72, 1 reel)
  • *Inventory of Estates -- 1853-1863 (#A1567, 1 reel)
  • *Marriages -- 1838-1890 (#78, 1 reel)
  • *Settlements Administrator's & Executors -- 1842-1861 (#125, 1 reel)
  • *Settlements of Estates -- 1842-1849 (#A1567, 1 reel)
  • *Wills -- 1809-1861 [gaps] (#131, 1 reel)
  • *WPA Records, Lincoln County (Record Group #107, Roll 51, 1 reel) Roll includes Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Minutes (1810, 1814-1817), Minute Docket Book 1 (1811-1812), Marriages (1823-1828, 1838-1866), Wills & Inventories (1810-1824), Will Book (1827-1850) and Church Records (undated).

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Fayetteville.  Scattered early issues are available from 1817, and a complete run begins in 1976.  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.

 

SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS MATERIAL

 

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