CENSUS RECORDS 

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

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• *Meigs County, Tennessee : A Documented Account of its European Settlement and Growth (Lillard, 1975)
• *Rhea and Meigs Counties (Tennessee) in the Confederate War (Allen, 1908)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1840 United States Census, Meigs County, Tennessee (Broyles, 1983)
• 1850 Meigs Co. Tn. Census (Broyles & Snell, 1985)
• *1880 Census, Meigs County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1991)
• *Chickamauga Reservoir Cemeteries (Douthat, 1986)
• Compendium of Rhea and Meigs Counties Tennessee 1808 Through 1850 (Broyles, 1980)
• Marriage Records, 1838-1902 [vol. 1& 2 1838-46, 1846-57; vol. 3 1857-81; vol. 4 1881-95; vol. 5 1895-1902] (WPA, 1937-38)
• Meigs County, Tennessee, 1870 Census (Maddux, 19??)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, Cemetery Records (Meigs County Historical Society, 1996)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee Census and Marriage Records : 1850 Through 1900 (Broyles, 1983)
• Meigs County, Tennessee, County Commissioners, 1836-1840 (WPA, 1936)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, County Court Minute Book (Broyles, 1992-)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1865 (Sistler, 1988)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee Records, 1836-1881 (Boyer, 1984)
• Meigs County, Tennessee, School Book, vol. 1, 1838-1848 (WPA, 1941)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1914 through 1925 (Wiefering, 1993)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1926 through 1930 (Wiefering, 1997)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1931 through 1935 (Wiefering, 1998)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1936 through 1941 (Wiefering, 1999)
• *Meigs County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1942 through 1946 (Wiefering, 1999)
• Meigs County, Tennessee, Wills, Inventories, and Sales, Vol. 1, 1836-50 (WPA, 1937)
• Minutes of the County Court of Meigs County ... [vol. 1 1836-1841; vol. 2 1841-1846] (WPA, 1939)
• Tennessee Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 Meigs County (Maddux, 1966)
• Watts Bar Reservoir Cemeteries (Douthat, 1986)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Meigs 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 1902 (deeds from 1879)
• chancery court minutes from 1854
• county court minutes from 1836
• circuit court minutes from 1844
• tax books from 1839

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Marriages -- 1838-1916 (#16, 1 reel)
• *Wills, Inventories, & Settlements -- 1836-1881 (#34, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Meigs County (Record Group #107, Roll 59, 1 reel) Roll includes County Court Minutes, Vols. 1 & 2 (1836-1841, 1841-1846), School Book, Vol. 1 (1838-1848), Wills, Inventories, Sales, Vol. 1 (1836-1850), Marriage Records, Vols. 1-5 (1838-1902) and County Commissioners (1836-1840).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Decatur.  Scattered early issues are available from 1898.  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.

• Allen Family Papers—Addition, 1834-1942 
• *Bradley County Miscellaneous Records, 1835-1960  (Microfilm Manuscript #561, 4 reels)
• *Eastanallee Baptist Association Records, 1891, 1908-1913, 1916-1923  (Microfilm Manuscript #276, 1 reel)
• *Eaves and Eaves Store Ledger Books. Meigs County, 1891-1951  (Microfilm Manuscript #1224, 2 reels)
• *Good Hope Baptist Church Records. Meigs County, 1898-1969  (Microfilm Manuscript #277, 1 reel)
• *Goodfield Baptist Church Records. Meigs County, 1827-1879  (Microfilm Manuscript #671, 1 reel)
• *Hiwassee Baptist Association Records. Kingston, 1878-1967  (Microfilm Manuscript #319, 1 reel)
• *Lillard Family Papers, 1806-1913  (Microfilm Manuscript #117, 2 reels)
• *McKenzie's General Store Account Book. Meigs County, 1935-41  (Microfilm Manuscript #325, 1 reel)
• *Moore Collection of Ledgers and Church Register. Meigs County, 1830-1920  (Microfilm Manuscript #1225, 1 reel)
• *Notes on the History of Meigs County, by Jasper Worth Lillard, 1866-1947  (Microfilm Manuscript #158, 1 reel)
• *Pisgah Baptist Church of Christ Records. Decatur, 1846-1905  (Microfilm Manuscript #1516, 1 reel)
• *Robert C. Powell Daybook and Ledgers, 1839-1840, 1857-1894  (Microfilm Manuscript #218, 4 reels)
• *Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (Meigs County, Tenn.) Records, 1923-1942; 1954-1965  (Microfilm Manuscript #1602, 1 reel)
• *Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Records. Meigs County, 1840-1895  (Microfilm Manuscript #275, 1 reel)
• *Walnut Grove Baptist Church Records. Decatur, 1910-1963  (Microfilm Manuscript #321, 1 reel)
• *William Abel Store Ledger Books. Meigs County, 1840-1896  (Microfilm Manuscript #1222, 1 reel)
• *William Moses Grant Medical Ledgers. Meigs County, 1870-1920  (Microfilm Manuscript #1223, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.