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Trousdale County


Updated:  July 9, 2007

Trousdale County was formed in 1870 from parts
of Macon, Smith, Sumner and Wilson counties.

The county seat is Hartsville.

There were fires at the Trousdale County courthouse
in 1874, 1877, 1900, 1902 and 1905. There have been.
multiple floods at the courthouse, including 1927.


 

CENSUS RECORDS 

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

 

SELECTED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • *Goodspeed Histories of  Sumner, Smith, Macon, Trousdale Counties of Tennessee  (Goodspeed, 1972 reprint)
  • *Hartsville and Trousdale County  (Oliver, 1997)
  • *History of Trousdale County  (McMurty, 1970)
  • "Remembrances and Reflections" : A Pictorial Collection of Trousdale County's Past  (Trousdale County Historical Society, 1985)
  • *Trousdale County Courthouse : Facts, Fables & Suppositions  (Buckingham, 1997)
  • *Trousdale County, Tennessee History  (Allen, 1991)

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

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS

  • *1880 & 1900 Trousdale County, Tennessee Census Records  (Scott & Cannon, 1998)
  • *1910 & 1920 Trousdale County, Tennessee Census  (Scott & Bronner, 2000)
  • *1930 Trousdale County, Tennessee Census (Bronner & Buckingham, 2005)
  • *Cemeteries of Trousdale County  (Scott and Cannon, 1996)
  • *Early Coffin Maker : F.W. Throp and Throp & Oakley Funeral Home Records, 1852-1972 (Scott & Bronner, 2005)
  • *Green Grove Cemetery : A Family Record of Burials  (Scott, 1999)
  • Trousdale County, Tennessee, Marriage Index, 1905-1950  (Walker, 1995)
  • *Trousdale County, Tennessee Obituaries, Articles, and Scrapbook Clippings, August 1862-December 1954  (Scott, 2002)
  • *Trousdale County, Tennessee Obituaries & Articles, Volume 2 Through December 1958 (Scott, 2004)
  • *Update and Corrections March 1996 Through 2005 for Cemeteries of Trousdale County, Tennessee (Scott, 2006)

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Trousdale County records is available on the TSLA web site.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.  

Earliest records include:

  • marriages from 1906
  • wills from 1905
  • deed index from 1905
  • chancery court minutes from 1906
  • circuit court minutes from 1906
  • county court minutes from 1906
  • tax books from 1906

Some loose records of the county have also been microfilmed.

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Hartsville.  Scattered early issues are available from 1862, and a complete run begins in 1945.  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.

 

SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS MATERIAL

 

*  Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan.


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