CENSUS RECORDS 

• Census on microfilm for Madison County:  1830-1880, 1900-1930
• State-wide census index:  1830-1880
• State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
• Madison County census records in book form:  1840, *1850, *1860, *1870, *1880, *1900, *1910, *1920

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• Aaron Russell's Personal Ledger, 1861-1878 : Marion County, Tennessee; Dade County, Georgia (Rushing, 1997)
• *Along the River (Harris, 1997)
• Ancient Owners of Marion Farms ; & Early History of Owen Methodist Church (Lasater, 1985)
• Digging for your Roots in Marion County, Tennessee (Marion County Genealogical Group, 199?)
• Exploring the Oldest Historical Map of Marion County, Tennessee (Webb, 1999)
• Hale's Bar Lock & Dam ; Guild, Marion County, Tennessee History : Its Past, its People and its Events (Webb, 1991?)
• Hale's Bar School, 1920-1941 (Webb, 1996-1998)
• *Keepsake Memories, Vol. II, Cherokees and First Settlers Early Records Compiled, Marion County, Tennessee (Webb, 2002)
• *Marion County in Vintage Postcards (Morrison, 2005)
• *Marion County, Tennessee : History & Keepsake Memories (Webb, 1996)
• *Memoirs of Marion County, Tennessee 1893-1946 (Cameron, 1946)
• Memories of Hicks Chapel (Harris, 19??)
• Murder, Mayhem and More (Harris, 1991?)
• *Old Miners & Mining in Marion, 1800's, Marion County, Tennessee (Webb, 1993)
• Sequachee ValleyNnews, Marion County, Tennessee, Gossip Columns [vol. 1 1895-1896; vol. 2 1897-1898 ] (Harris, 199?)
• Sequachee, Victoria, Tennessee Tidbits (Harris, 1997)
• Story of Ketner's Mill, Located Near the Community of Oak Grove in Whitwell, Marion Co., Tennessee, 1824-1991 [2 vols.] (Webb, 1991)
• *Sulphur Springs, Tennessee, Tidbits (Harris, 199?)
• Upon the Mountain (Harris, 1997)
• Whitwell High School's Whitwell, Tennessee, 1923 to 1977 (Turner, Webb & Layne, 1990)
• *Whitwell Scrapbook (Harris, 19??)
• Ye Olde Court House at Jasper Towne (Harris, 1991?)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• 1836 Marion County, Tennessee Tax List (Harris, 19??)
• 1840 Census, Sequatchie Valley, Bledsoe-Marion Counties (Douthat, 1982)
• 1850 Marion Co., Tenn., Census (Douthat, 1982)
• *1862 Tax list, Marion County, Tennessee (Tate, 1996)
• 1880 Census, Marion County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1995)
• Abstracts of Marion County, Tennessee, Death Certificates [vol. 1 1908-1919; vol. 2 1920-1925] (Tate, 199?)
• Ancestor Charts, Marion County, Tennessee [2 vols.] (Harris, 1996)
• Births, Deaths and Marriages Extracted from the Sequachee Valley News 1891-1910 (Harris, 1985)
• Civil War Tidbits of Marion County, Tennessee (Harris, 199?)
• *Early Land Records, Marion County, Tennessee (Harris, 1996)
• Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Minutes of Session and Church Register, 1889-1918 [includes Family Record of the Hall's, 1794-1933] (WPA, 1939)
• First Baptist Church of Whitwell : 100 Years of Ministry, 1893-1993 (Harris, 1993?)
• Index to the Wills of Marion County, Tennessee [ ] (Harris, 19??)
• *Marion County, Tennessee Cemetery Records (Harris, 1987)
• *Marion County, Tennessee, Deed Book C, Abstract, 1831-1836 (Hobbs & Goins, 1993?)
• Marion County, Tennessee, Marriages [vol. 1 1881-1910; vol. 2 1911-1925] (Harris, 199?)
• Marion County Tennessee Population Schedule of the Sixth Census of the United States, 1840 (Broyles, 1983)
• *Marion County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1914 Through 1925 (Wiefering, 1995)
• Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church book, 1888-1916 : Church Located in the New Hope Community, Marion County, Tennessee (Blevins, 1988)
• Obituaries of Marion County, Tennessee [vol. 1 1895-1920; vol. 2 1920-1989, A-G; vol. 3 1920-1989, H-L; vol. 4 1920-1989, M-R; vol. 5 1920-1989, S-Z] (Harris, 1993?)
• Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Marion County, Tennessee, Free Population Schedules (Carpenter, 1971)
• *Tennessee Records of Marion County, 1819-1830 [deeds - 2 vols., 1819-1830] (19??)
• Union Primitive Baptist Church Book, 1821-1868 (Blevins, 1987)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1850 (Hobbs & Goins, 1986)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1860 (Hobbs & Goins, 1987?)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1870 (Goins and Hobbs Genealogy Service, 1990)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1880 (Hobbs & Goins, 1989?)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1900 (Hobbs & Goins, 198?)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1910 (Hobbs & Goins, 19??)
• *United States Census, Marion County, Tennessee, 1920 (Hobbs & Goins, 1994)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1881
• wills from 1875
• deed index from 1819
• chancery court minutes from 1922
• county court minutes from 1842
• circuit court minutes from 1922
• tax books from 1875

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Deed Index -- 1819-1921  (#42, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Marion County (Record Group #107, Roll 57, 1 reel) Roll includes Deed Book A of A & B (1819-1830), Deed Book B of A & B (1819-1830), Ebenezer Cumberland Presbyterian Register (1889-1918), Register of Sulphur Spring M.E. Church, South (1887-1928) and A Family Record of the Halls (1794-1933).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Jasper, Sequatchie and South Pittsburg.  Scattered early issues are available from 1873, and a complete run begins in 1922.  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.

• Jackson Pryor Papers, 1830-1897 
• *Mamie Frances (Moser) Dyche Scrapbooks, 1870-1966   (Microfilm Manuscript #246, 2 reels)
• *McKenzie and Son, Surveyors Maps. Chattanooga, 1880-1916   (Microfilm Manuscript #1477, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.