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CENSUS RECORDS 

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

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

• Dusty Bits of the Forgotten Past  (Smith,  1985)
• *Pictorial History of Scott County, Tennessee (Scott County Historical Society, 1992)
• *Remembering Coal Hill (Barger, 1987?)
• *Scott County and its Mountain Folk  (Sanderson,  1972)
• *Scott County in the Civil War  (Roy,  2001)
• *Scott County : Gem of the Cumberlands  (Sanderson,  1974)

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

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

• *1850 Scott County, Tennessee Census : Annotated Population, Mortailtiy [sic], Slave & Agricultural Schedules (Bailey, 1994)
• *1860 Census, Scott County, Tennessee (Scott County Historical Society, 1985?)
• 1860 Scott County, Tennessee, Census (Douthat, 1985)
• *1870 Census, Scott County, Tennessee (Scott County Historical Society, 1986?)
• *1880 Census Scott County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1994)
• *1880 Census, Scott County, Tennessee (Scott County Historical Society, 1986?)
• *1900 Census, Scott County, Tennessee (Reed, 1987)
• *1910 Census, Scott County, Tennessee (Carson, Mabe & Jeffers, 1994)
• *1920 census, Scott County, Tennessee (Lemasters, 1994)
• *Cooper Funeral Home Records : Oneida (Scott County), Tennessee [vol. 1 1932-1942 & 1948-1953;   vol. 2 1927-1932 & 1943-1947)] (Bailey, 1994-)
• Cumberland Co., Tennessee, Fentress Co., Tennessee, Jackson Co., Tennessee, Loudon Co., Tennessee, Morgan Co., Tennessee, Overton Co., [1891 enumeration of male voters -- includes Scott County] (Reed, 1990)
• *Index to Dusty Bits of the Forgotten Past : A History of Scott County  (Smith,  1985)
• *Marriages, Scott County, Tennessee : 1880-1893 (Lemasters, 1991)
• *Marriages, Scott County, Tennessee, 1893-1904 (Lemasters, 1991)
• *Minutes of the First Baptist Church, Huntsville, Tennessee, June, 1894 to November, 1945 (19??)
• *Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 (seventh census) for Scott County, Tennessee (Creekmore, 1980)
• Private Acts of Scott County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1985)
• *Profiles of Scott Countians  (Sanderson,  1990)
• Scott Co., Tenn., Court Minutes, 1850-55 (WPA, 1940)
• [Scott County Cemeteries] [Bk. 1 Cotton Cemetery (High Point) and others;   Bk. 2 Black Creek Cemetery, Black Creek Crossroads and others;   Bk. 3 Acres Cemetery and others] (Rader, 1983?-)
• *Scott County Cemetery Records  [vol. 2]  (Lemasters, 1985)
• Scott County County Court minutes, 1850-1855 (Scott County Historical Society, 1988?)
• *Scott County Death Records, 1901-1968, Kept by Alta Presley, Oneida, Tennessee (Presley & Reed, 198?)
• *Scott County, Tennessee and its Families (Scott County Historical Society, 1988)
• *Scott County, Tennessee County Court Clerk Professional License Registers, Physicians, May 1905-June 1968 (2003?)
• *Scott County, Tennessee Deeds of Conveyance, 1863-1866 (2003)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Divorces, 1850-1910 (Lemasters, 1993)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, Vol. A, B, & c, 1854-1880 (WPA, 1938)
• *Scott County, Tennessee Marriages, 1854-1880 (Sistler, 1988)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1904-1912 (Lemasters, 1995)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Minute Book Deeds, vol. C, 1859-1861 (WPA, 1938)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Obituaries, 1926-1930 (Lemasters, 1997)
• Scott County, Tennessee, Original Wills, Estates, Guardian Bonds, Administrators Bonds, Executors Bonds, 1850-1900 (Lemasters, 1996)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Some Original Marriage Licenses & Bonds [vol. 1 1850-1919; vol. 2 1850-1933] (Lemasters, 1991-)
• *Scott County, Tennessee Surveyor's Book 1 (1850-1867) & surveyor's book 2 (1868-1887) (Lemasters, 1992)
• *Scott County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1914 through 1925 (Wiefering, 1994)
• *Scott County, TN Deputy Sheriff's Bond Records  [vol. 1  Sept. 1911 - Nov. 1925;    vol. 2  Nov. 1925- Jan 1947]  (2003?)
• *Scott County, TN Record of Countersigned Licenses (Business Licenses), Jan. 1921-May 1931  (2003?)
• *Tennessee Records of Scott County :Minute Book (deeds)  [1859-1861]   (WPA, 1938)
• *West-Murley Funeral Home Records, Oneida (Scott County), Tennessee (1949-1964) (Bailey, 1996)
• *Wills, Scott County, Tennessee : 1850-1927 (Lemasters, 1991)

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

• marriages from 1854
• wills from 1892
• deed index from 1850
• chancery court minutes from 1858
• county court minutes from 1850
• circuit court minutes from 1850
• tax books from 1875

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

• *Deed Index -- 1850-1915  (#73, 1 reel)
• *Marriages -- 1854-1893  (#39, 1 reel)
• *WPA Records, Scott County  (Record Group #107, Roll 74,  1 reel)    Roll includes County Court Minutes (1850-1855),  Minute Books, Deeds, Vol. C (1859-1861) and Marriage Records, Vols. A-B-C (1854-1880).

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Helenwood, Huntsville, and Oneida.  Scattered early issues are available from 1887, and a complete run begins in 1964.  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.

• Bethlehem Baptist Church Records. Scott County, 1839-1935  [RESTRICTED]  (Microfilm Manuscript #818, 1 reel)

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.