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Smith County
Smith County was formed in 1799 from
Sumner County and Indian lands
(Acts of Tennessee 1799, Chapter 2).
The county seat is Carthage.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- County of Smith (1903)
- History of Smith County, Tennessee (Maggart, 1987)*
- History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of Sumner, Smith (Goodspeed, 1979)*
- Lost Town of Bledsoesborough, Tennessee : Its Beginning, Its End (Roddy, 1984)*
- Promise of Good Things : Longfield Baptist Church, 1831-1981 (Hutton, 1982)
- Smith County History : Some Account of the People of Smith From the First Organization of the County (Bowen, 19??)
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Smith County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- 1850 Census, Smith County, Tennessee, and Index (McKinney, 1976)
- 1880 Census Smith County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1993)*
- Campbell County, Tennessee (Commissioner Certificates Only), Clay County, Tennessee, Hancock County, Tennessee, Macon County, Tennessee, Pickett [Smith County - 1891 enumeration of male voters] (Reed, 1990)
- Cemetery Records of Smith County, Tennessee (Lynch, 1978)*
- Carthage-Smith County, TN Newspapers [vol. 1- 1809-1913; vol. 2. 1808-1817 & 1913-June 8, 1916] (Scott, 2004-)*
- Deeds, Smith County, Tennessee [1800-1807] (Crumpton, 1987-)*
- Family Records of Smith County, Carthage, Tennessee as Given the United States Census Taker 1850 (Burns, 1952)*
- Family Records of Smith County, Tennessee (Carthage, Tennessee, County Seat) as Given the United States Census Taker in 1820 and 1830 (Burns, 1954?)
- Family Records of Smith County, Tennessee : United States Census of 1880 (Smith, 198?)
- Index of Loose Records, Chancery Court, Smith County, Tennessee [4 vols.] (19??)
- Index to Smith County, Tennessee, Marriage Schedules, Part 1, Part 2, 5 Feb. 1838-15 March 1854 (McKinney, 1976)
- [Index to] Smith County Wills (Key, 1965)
- Minute Book [vol. 3 1808-1811; vol. 5 1813-1815; vol. 6 1815-1817; vol. 8 1819-1820; vol. 9 1820-1822; vol. 10 1822-1824 ] (WPA, 1938-1941)
- Name Index to History of Tennessee ... Together with ... Sketch of the Counties of Sumner, Smith, Macon and Trousdale (Marsh, 1971)
- Private Acts of Smith County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1994)
- Smith County Death Certificates 1908-1925 (Denning, 2004)
- Smith County Marriages 1838 and 1845 to 1854 (Embry, 1962)
- Smith County, Tenn. Census of 1830 (Willis, 1999)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Bible and Tombstone Records (WPA, 1938)
- Smith County, Tennessee Birth Records, 1881-1882 : Compiled from the Records of Smith County, Tennessee (McKinney, 1972)*
- Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries North of the Cumberland River (Daughters of the American Revolution. Caney Fork Chapter, 1981)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Cemeteries, North of the Cumberland River (Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society & Daughters of the American Revolution. Tennessee Society. Caney Fork Chapter, 1983)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Cemeteries South of the Cumberland River (Key, Maggart & Turner, 1984)*
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1850 (Partlow, 1988)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1860 (Partlow, 1994)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1870 (Partlow, 1994)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1900 (Partlow, 1994)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1910 (Partlow, 1995)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1920 (Partlow, 1995)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Census of 1930 (Partlow, 2003)
- Smith County, Tennessee Chancery Court Records, 1824-1871 (Partlow, 2000)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Chancery Court Records, 1824-1871 (Partlow, 2001)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Deaths, 1881-1882 (McKinney, 1972)*
- Smith County, Tennessee, Deed Books [1801-1811] (Douthat, 1991)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Deed Books [5 vols. 1860-1912] (Douthat, 1994-)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Deed Books [Book C : 1807-1811] (Douthat, 1991)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Deed Books [vol. 1 B-M, 1800-1835; vol. 2 N-U, 1835-1852*] (Partlow, 1986-)
- Smith County, Tennessee Deed Books [vol. 3 1852-1860; vol. 4 1860-1876] (Partlow, 2006)
- Smith County, Tennessee Deeds [June 1800 - Aug. 1804] (Willis & Sellers, 1997)*
- Smith County, Tennessee, Dixon Creek Baptist Church Minutes [vol. 1 1807-1811; vol. 2 1812-1818 (WPA, 1938)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Dixon's Creek Baptist Church Minutes, 1799-1853 (WPA, 1938)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Federal Census of 1880 (Partlow, 1993)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Lists by Years, 1799-1805 [court minutes] (McKinney, 19??)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Marriage Books 1838, 1845-1854 (19??)
- Smith County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1838-1881 (DAR, Caney Fork Chapter, 1980)*
- Smith County, Tennessee, Minute Book, 1799-1804, and 1835 (WPA, 1937)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Minutes, United Baptists Section, 1838-1850 (WPA, 1938)
- Smith County, Tennessee Slave Schedule of 1850 (Partlow, 1996)
- Smith County, Tennessee Slave Schedule of 1860 (Partlow, 1996)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Will Book no. 4, 1816-20 (WPA, 1939)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Will Book no. 4, 1820-1823 (WPA, 1936)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Will Book no. 5, 1805-1809 (WPA, 19??)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Wills, 1803-1896 (Key, Maggart & Turner, 1985)*
- Smith County, Tennessee Wills and Administration [vol. 2 Dec 1808 - Feb 1815; *Vol. 4 Aug 1816 - May 1818] (Willis & Seller, 1997-)
- Smith County, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories [vol. 1 1812-1814; vol. 2 1814-1816] (WPA, 1936)
- Some Abstracts From and Persons Mentioned in Will Book B, Smith County, Tennessee [3 vols.] (McKinney, 1976-)
- Some Persons Mentioned as Deceased in Smith County, Tennessee, Records, 1800-1855 (McKinney, 1976)
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Smith County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1838
- wills from 1805
- deed index from 1801
- chancery court minutes from 1825
- county court minutes from 1799
- circuit court minutes from 1811
- tax books from 1860
The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:
- Deed Index -- 1801-1828; 1858-1873 (#109a, 1 reel)*
- Deed Index -- 1868-1922 (#109, 1 reel)*
- Estate Settlements -- 1846-1856 (#33, 1 reel)*
- Estate Settlements -- 1857-1886 (#34, 1 reel)*
- Inventories -- 1823-1827 (#79, 1 reel)*
- Inventories -- 1827-1840 (#80, 1 reel)*
- Inventories -- 1840-1846; 1848-1853 (#81, 1 reel)*
- Inventories -- 1859-1878 (#82, 1 reel)*
- Marriage licenses and bonds -- 1838-1881 (#88, 1 reel)*
- Wills -- 1805-1809; 1812-1833 (#104, 1 reel)*
- Wills -- 1828-1895 (#105, 1 reel)*
- WPA Records, Smith County (Record Group #107, Roll 78, 1 reel). Roll includes Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions, Minute Book (1799-1800, 1808-1811), County Court Minute Book (1799-1804, 1813-1817, 1819-1824 & 1835), Will Book 4 & 5 (1805-1809, 1816-1823), Wills & Inventories (1812-1816), Bible & Tombstone Records (undated), United Baptist Section Minutes (1838-1850), and Dixon Creek Baptist Church, Minutes (1799-1853).*
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in Carthage. Scattered early issues are available from 1836, and a complete run begins in 1913. 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.
- Alexander Family Papers, 1803-1885 (Microfilm Manuscript #1291, 1 reel)*
- Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records. Smith County, 1802-1971 (Microfilm Manuscript #389, 1 reel)*
- David Burford Papers, 1810-1915 (Microfilm Manuscript #1181, 2 reels)*
- Defeated Creek Missionary Baptist Church Records. Smith County, 1837-1980 (Microfilm Manuscript #704, 1 reel)*
- Grissim Family Papers, 1813-1905 (Microfilm Manuscript #1278, 1 reel)*
- Harper Family Genealogical Data, 1807-1988 (Microfilm Manuscript #1082, 1 reel)*
- Hillsdale Baptist Church Records. Macon County, 1831-1928 (Microfilm Manuscript #215, 1 reel)*
- James H. Stonecipher Papers, 1814-1929 (Microfilm Manuscript #572, 1 reel)*
- Kempville Funeral Home Records, 1933-1971 (Microfilm Manuscript #1846, 1 reel)*
- Macedonia Baptist Church Records. Smith County, 1830-1876 (Microfilm Manuscript #1528, 1 reel)*
- Macon and Smith County Court Records, 1st District, 1836-1852 (Microfilm Manuscript #947, 1 reel)*
- Peyton's Creek Baptist Church Records. Smith County, 1834-1953 (Microfilm Manuscript #216, 1 reel)*
- Plunkett Creek Missionary Baptist Church Records. Smith County, 1913-1977 (Microfilm Manuscript #551, 1 reel)*
- Plunketts Creek Missionary Baptist Church Records. Carthage, Smith County, 1965-1981 (Microfilm Manuscript #697, 1 reel)*
- Polly (Draper) Langford Diary, 1888-1889 (Microfilm Manuscript #1006, 1 reel)*
- Smith County Debating Club Records, 1849-1850, 1855-1878 (Microfilm Manuscript #130, 1 reel)*
- Smith County, Tenn. Masonic Records, 1867-1962 (Microfilm Manuscript #221, 5 reels)*
- Thomas Fuller Diary, 1861-1865 (typed transcript) (Microfilm Manuscript #121, 1 reel)*
- Wilkerson and Allied Families Genealogical Materials, 1758-2002. Smith and Wilson County (Microfilm Manuscript #1771, 1 reel)*
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Smith County: 1820-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1820-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Smith County census records in book form: 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880*, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR SMITH COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated February 4, 2009
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