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Sequatchie County


Updated:  June 21, 2004

Sequatchie County was formed in 1857 from
Hamilton, Marion and Warren counties.

The county seat is Dunlap.


 

CENSUS RECORDS 

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

 

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • *Sequatchie County (Camp, 1984)
  • Sequatchie County : A Story of a Place and its People (Camp, 1997)
  • *Sequatchie County : History and Development  (Layne,  1969)
  • *Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Pictorial History (1997)

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

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

  • *1880 Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1994)
  • Abstracts From ... Sequatchie County, Tennessee [deeds 1858-1897] (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • *Abstracts From Deed Book A, 1858-1875, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • *Abstracts From Deed Book B, 1875-1883, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • *Abstracts From Deed Book C, 1883-1887, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • *Abstracts From Deed Book D, 1887-1890, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • *Abstracts From Deed Book E, 1890-1897, Sequatchie County, Tennessee (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • *Birth Records of Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1881-1938 (Hobbs & Goins, 1988?)
  • *Death Records of Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1881-1938 (Hobbs & Goins, 1988?)
  • Cemeteries of Sequatchie Valley : Approximately 145 cemeteries, Approximately 7800 graves (Raulston, 19??)
  • Marriage Records, Small Book O, 1858-1874 (WPA, 1939)
  • *Marriage Records of Sequatchie County, Tennessee [5 volumes: vol.1 1858-1897; vol. 2 1897-1911; vol. 3 1911-1922; vol. 4 1922-1936; vol. 5 1936-1962] (Hobbs & Goins, 1986?)
  • Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Church Minutes, 1868, 1896-1899 (WPA, 1938)
  • Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Court Minutes, 1858-1874 (WPA, 1936)
  • Sequatchie County, Tennessee Marriages, 1858-1881 (Douthat, 1982)
  • Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1858-1922 (Brown, 1976)
  • *Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1914 through 1925 (Wiefering, 1994)
  • *Sequatchie County, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories, 1858-1895 (WPA, 1938)
  • *Sequatchie Valley Bible Records (Douthat, 1985)
  • *United States Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1860 (Hobbs & Goins, 1986)
  • *United States Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1870 (Hobbs & Goins, 198?)
  • *United States Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1880 (Hobbs & Goins, 1986)
  • *United States Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1900 (Hobbs & Goins, 1986)
  • *United States Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1910 (Hobbs & Goins, 1986)
  • *United States Census, Sequatchie County, Tennessee, 1920 (Hobbs & Goins, 1994)

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

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

Earliest records include:

  • marriages from 1858
  • wills from 1858
  • deed index from 1858
  • chancery court minutes from 1869
  • county court minutes from 1858
  • circuit court minutes from 1898
  • tax books from 1861

 

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan:

  • Deed Index -- 1858-1968  (#21, 1 reel)
  • Marriage records -- 1858-1922  (#9, 1 reel)
  • Wills and settlements -- 1858-1968  (#20, 1 reel)
  • WPA Records, Sequatchie County  (Record Group #107, Roll 74,  1 reel)    Roll includes County Court Minutes (1858-1874),  Wills & Inventories (1858-1895),  Marriage Records (1858-1874) and Dunlap Baptist Church Minutes (undated).

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Dunlap.  Scattered early issues are available from 1890, and a complete run begins in 1952.  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.

 

 

 

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