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Warren County
Warren County was formed in 1807 from Jackson,
Smith & White counties and Indian lands
(Acts of Tennessee 1807, Chapter 28).
The county seat is McMinnville.
There was a fire at the Warren County courthouse in 1852.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- 175 Years of Progress, 1810-1985 : McMinnville, Warren County, Tennessee (1985?)
- Concise Description of Middle Tennessee (Baker, 1868)
- Distinguished Personalities of Warren County History, 1800-1996 (Dillon, 1996)*
- Early History of Warren County (Hale, 1930)*
- History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Cannon, Coffee, Dekale [sic], Warren, White (Goodspeed, 1979)
- Legacy of the Circuit Riders : The Methodist Churches of Warren County, Tennessee (Boyd, 1984)*
- Life on a Warren County Farm (Wood, 1993)
- McMinnville at a Milestone, 1810-1960 (Womack, 1960)
- Warren County [Images of America series] (Wanamaker and Chris Keathley, 2007)
- Warren County, Its Organization, Scenery, Resources and Representative Men (Killebrew, 1871)
- Warren County Story (Wiseman, 1995)*
- Warren County, Tennessee, Pictorial History (Jackson, 1997)*
- Warren County, Tennessee. The region of Health, Wealth and Happiness*
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Warren County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- 1840 Federal Census of Warren County, Tennessee (Bridgewater, 1985)
- 1870 Warren County, Tennessee (Hillis, 1988)*
- 1880 Warren County TN Census (Hillis, 1988)*
- 1900 Warren County TN Census (Hillis, 1988)*
- 1910 Warren County TN Census (Hillis, 1988)*
- Alphabetical Listing of the Marriage Records of Warren County, Tennessee, 1852-1900 (Clark, 19??)*
- Deeds / Prepared by the Historical Records Survey [4 vols. in 5 pts. 1808-1820 & 1823-1826] (WPA, 1936-38)
- Inventories, Sale Bills, Statements, etc., Book 1, 1827-1844 [2 vols.] (WPA, 1938)
- Marriage Records Warren County, Tennessee [1852-1900] (1965)
- Marriage Records, Warren County, Tennessee, 1951-1975 (Hillis, 1988)*
- Name Index to History of Tennessee ... Together with ... Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb and Cannon ... (Marsh, 1972)
- Obituaries Extracted from the New Era & Southern Standard (1867-1934) (Reggio, 1999?)
- Obituaries Extracted from Southern Standard Newspaper, Warren County ... [vol. 1 1867-1934; *vol .2 1935-1940; vol. 3 1941-1944; vol. 4 1944-1946] (Reggio, 1999-)
- Our Families at Rest in Cherry, Jacksboro, King, Rains Cemeteries (Jones, 1988)
- Warren County Tax Lists, 1805, 1812, 1836 (Scribes, 1988)
- Warren County, Tennessee, 1860 Census (Greathouse, 1980)
- Warren County, Tennessee Cemetery Book [4 vols.] (Cunningham & Holt, 1993-1994)*
- Warren County, Tennessee, Census of 1850 (1958)
- Warren County, Tennessee Deed Book A (1808-1818) (Majors, 1992)*
- Warren County, Tennessee Land Grants : Books 1 Through 3, 1824-1827 (Williams, 1999)*
- Warren County, Tennessee, Marriage License Record, Vol. A, 1852-64 (WPA, 1937)
- Warren County, Tennessee, Plat Book [4 vols. 1824-1894] (Williams, 1997-)*
- Warren County, Tennessee, Research Information & 1830 Census, with Index (Gant, 1994?)*
- Warren County, Tennessee, Research Information & 1836 Tax List, with Index (Gant, 1994?)*
- Warren County, Tennessee Will Books [vol. 1 1827-1858; vol. 2 1858-1887; vol. 3 1887-1910] (Majors, 1992-1996)*
- Warren County, TN Marriages, 1852-1865 (Sistler, 1986)*
- Warren County TN Marriages, 1900-1950 (Hillis, 1988)*
- Warren County, TN, Research Information and 1838 Tax List, with Index (Gant, 1994?)*
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Warren County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1852
- wills from 1827
- deeds from 1810 (deed index from 1925)
- chancery court minutes from 1847
- county court minutes from 1848
- circuit court minutes from 1842
- tax books from 1876
The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:
- Marriage records -- 1852-1877 (#47, 1 reel)*
- Wills, Inventories, sales & settlements -- 1827-1858 (#83, 1 reel)*
- WPA Records, Warren County (Record Group #107, Roll 83, 1 reel). Roll includes Deeds, Books A, B, C & E (1808-1820 & 1823-1826), Inventories, Sale Bills, Statements, etc. Book 1, pts. 1&2 (1827-1844) and Marriage License Records, vol. A (1852-1864).*
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in McMinnville. Scattered early issues are available from 1816, and a complete run begins in 1933. 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.
- Blanch (Spurlock) Bentley Papers, 1761-1942 (Microfilm Manuscript #1063, 1 reel)*
- Blue Spring Baptist Church Minutes. Viola, 1807-1858 (Microfilm Manuscript #1043, 1 reel)*
- Caney Fork Primitive Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1816-1935 (Microfilm Manuscript #178, 1 reel)*
- John Custer Account Books, 1861-1885 (Microfilm Manuscript #510, 1 reel)*
- Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912 (Microfilm Manuscript #259, 1 reel)*
- Methodist Church Records. Warren and Coffee Counties, 1898-1967 (Microfilm Manuscript #375, 1 reel)*
- Shellsford Missionary Baptist Church Records. McMinnville, 1855-1960 (Microfilm Manuscript #286, 1 reel)*
- Thomas Jefferson Barnes Papers, 1812-1956 (Microfilm Manuscript #654, 1 reel)*
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Warren County: 1830-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1830-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Warren County census records in book form: 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870*, 1880*, 1900*, 1910*
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR WARREN COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated November 7, 2008
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