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Pickett County
Pickett County was formed in 1879 from
Fentress and Overton counties
(Acts of Tennessee 1879, Chapter 34).
The county seat is Byrdstown.
There was a fire at the Pickett County courthouse in 1934.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- History & Genealogy of Families in Pickett County (Pickett County Book Committee, 1991)*
- History of Pickett County, Tennessee (Huddleston, 1973)*
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Pickett County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- Gone But Not Quite Forgotten : Pickett County Cemeteries (Pierce, 1994)*
- Pickett County census, 1900 (Pierce, 1988)*
- Pickett County, TN Death Certificates, 1914-1925 (Gray, 1999)*
- Pickwick Landing Reservoir Cemeteries (Douthat, 1987)*
- Pioneer families of Pickett County, Tennessee (Huddleston, 1968)
- Thirteenth Census of the United States, Pickett County, Tennessee : 1910 census (Pierce, 1990)*
- Veterans of Pickett County (Hassler, Groce & Maiwald, 2004)
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Pickett County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1934
- wills from 1933
- deed index from 1934
- chancery court minutes from 1934
- county court minutes from 1934
- circuit court minutes from 1935
- tax books from 1932
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in Byrdstown. Scattered early issues are available from 1963, and a complete run begins in 1963. 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.
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Pickett County: 1820-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1820-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Pickett County census records in book form: 1900*, 1910*, 1930*
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR PICKETT COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated December 12, 2008
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