CENSUS RECORDS 

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

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• *150 Years of Growth and Progress in McNairy County; A Pictorial History of McNairy County, Tennessee (Whitlow & Wright, 1973)
• 1890's : A Documentation of McNairy County, Tennessee (Kennedy, 1995)
• History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy (Goodspeed, 1978)
• McNairy County Blue Book for 1986 (Houston, 1986)
• Old Purdy, the History of the First County Seat of McNairy County, Tennessee (Adams, 1952)
• Purdy and Her People, 1825-1891 (Wagoner, 1986)
• Reflections : A History of McNairy County, Tennessee, 1823 - 1996 (Reflections Committee, McNairy, Tenn., 1996)
• *Reminiscences of the Early Settlement and Early Settlers of McNairy County, Tennessee (Wright, 1968)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1830 & 1840 Census Index, McNairy County, Tennessee (Brown, 1994)
• *1835, 1840, & 1883 Pensioners Indexes, McNairy County, Tennessee (Brown, 1989)
• *1880 Census, McNairy County, Tennessee (Sistler, 2002)
• *1890 Tax Record of McNairy County, Tennessee (Brown, 1994)
• *Cemeteries, McNairy County, Tennessee, 1824-1984 (Brown, 1993)
• *Funeral Records from McNairy County, Tenn. / Copied from the Funeral Records at the Shackelford Funeral Home, Selmer (Brown, 1993)
• History of Liberty Church and School (Brown, 1993)
• Index to Deed Book "A" 1824-18381 (Brown, 1994)
• *Index to McNairy Co. TN Guardians Settlements : Jul. 1866 - Jul. 1902 (Brown, 1994)
• *Index to the 1870 Census, McNairy County, Tennessee (Brown, 1994)
• *Land Grant, 1823-1851, McNairy County (Brown, 1992)
• McNairy Co., Tn., 1880 Census (Brown, 1993)
• McNairy County, Tennessee, 1850 Census (Porch, 1975)
• McNairy County, Tennessee 1850 Census (Brown, 1993)
• McNairy County, Tennessee, 1860 Census (Brown, 1994)
• McNairy County, Tennessee Administrators Record Index, Dec. 1865 - Sep. 1896 (Brown, 1994)
• McNairy County, Tennessee Deed Book [*vol. 1 1823-1838; vol. 2 1838-1845; *vol. 3 1845-1851] (Crumpton, 2003)
• McNairy County, Tennessee, Deed Book A, 1823-1838 (WPA, 1938)
• McNairy County, Tennessee, Deed Book "B", 1838-1845 (WPA, 1942)
• McNairy County, Tennessee, Marriage Books B-D, 1861-1869 (WPA, 1939)
• McNairy County, Tennessee, Minutes of Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian, 1869-99 (WPA, 1938)
• *Marriages, McNairy Co., Tenn., 1861-1881 (Brown, 1993)
• Mt. Zion Cemetery of Enville, Tennessee (Wade, 1984)
• Tennessee DAR Genealogical Records Committee Report. Miscellaneous Tennessee records (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1993)
• *Voters in the 26 Jul 1890 Election, McNairy Co., Tennessee (Brown, 1988)
• Will Index, 1858-1967, from Court Minute Books & Will Books (Brown, 1993)
• Willbook Abstracts of McNairy County, Tennessee (Kennedy, 1994)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1861
• wills from 1872
• deed index from 1824
• chancery court minutes from 1866
• county court minutes from 1858
• circuit court minutes from 1856
• tax books from 1867

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Deed Index -- 1835-1901  (#24, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, McNairy County (Record Group #107, Roll 53, 1 reel) Roll includes Deed Books A & B (1823-1845), Marriage Books B-D (1861-1869), Church Minutes of Pleasant Ridge, TN, Mar 21, 1869 - Sept 15, 1899 (1869-1899).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Adamsville, Falcon, Purdy and Selmer.  Scattered early issues are available from 1857, and a complete run begins in 1969.  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.

• Edmondson Family Papers, 1848-1885 
• *Florence (Abernathy) Hockaday Scrapbooks, ca. 1880-ca. 1910  (Microfilm Manuscript #194, 1 reel)
• *Thomas Earl Wade Genealogical Papers  (Microfilm Manuscript #1608, 10 reels)
• *William Riley Thacker Ledger/Journal, ca. 1905-ca. 1919  (Microfilm Manuscript #1718, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.