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Williamson CountyWilliamson County
Updated:  November 7,  2008

Williamson County was formed in 1799
from Davidson County
(Acts of Tennessee 1799, Chapter 3).

The county seat is Franklin.

SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • Back Home in Williamson County  (Pewitt,  1996)*
  • Beechville, Then, Now and In Between (Lee, 2006)
  • Burwood  (1996?)
  • Granny White and Her Pumpkins and Other Tales of Brentwood (Little, 1993)
  • Harpeth River : A Biography (Crutchfield, 1972)
  • Heritage of Grandeur (Crutchfield, 1981)*
  • Historic Brentwood (Lyttle, 1985)
  • Historic Places in Davidson, Williamson, Maury and Giles Counties (Tennessee Historical Commission, 1921)*
  • Historic Williamson County; Old Homes and Sites  (Bowman, 1971)*
  • Historical Markers of Williamson County, Tennessee : A Pictorial Guide (Warwick, 1999)
  • History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson (Goodspeed, 1988)
  • Hold Us Not Boastful : A History of Thompson's Station, Tennessee and its People (Oden, 1996)*
  • Invitation to Enterprise. [The Story of Franklin, Tennessee in Williamson County] (Marshall Morgan Associates, 1952)
  • Leiper's Fork & Surrounding Communities  (Warwick,  1999)*
  • Murder on the Wilson Pike  (Little,  1996)
  • National Register Properties : Williamson County, Tennessee (Tennessee : Division of Historic Preservation, 1995)*
  • Pictorial History of Williamson County  (2000)*
  • Portraits in Time: Williamson County Bicentennial, 1799-1999  (Williamson County Bicentennial Committee,  1999)*
  • Tennessee Town (Morgan, 1936)*
  • Triune : Two Centuries at the Crossroads (Warwick, 2004)*
  • Two Centuries at Meeting of the Waters (Wills, 199?)
  • Williamson Adventure : Settlement of Williamson County, Tennessee (Fulcher, 1999)
  • Williamson County  (Marshall,  1970)
  • Williamson County : A Pictorial history (Crutchfield, 1980)
  • Williamson County in Black & White (Warwick, 2000)*

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

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS


  • 1850 Census of Williamson County, Tennessee (Williamson County Historical Society, 1970)*
  • 1860 Census of Williamson County, Tennessee (Williamson County Archives, 2003?)*
  • 1870 Census of Williamson County, Tennessee (Williamson County Archives, 2003?)*
  • 1880 Census, Williamson County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1999)*
  • Bible Records, Williamson County, Tennessee (Lynch, 1970)
  • Birth Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1881-1882 and 1909-1912 ( Hollingsworth, 1997)
  • Cemeteries in the Sixteenth District of Williamson County (Vance, 1967)
  • Cemetery Records of Williamson County, Tennessee (Lynch & Hays, 1969)*
  • County Court of Williamson County, Tennessee, Lawsuits, 1821-1872 : Books 2 Through 8 (Lynch, 1974)*
  • Death Notices and Other Gleanings from the Western Weekly Review, Franklin, Tennessee, 1831-1840 (Smith, 2004)
  • Death Records of Williamson County, Tennessee (Lynch, 1983)*
  • Deaths of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1881-1882 and 1909-1912 (Hollingsworth, 1997)
  • Directory, Williamson County, Tennessee: Burials [3 vols.] (Williamson County Historical Society, 1973)*
  • Early Families of Northeastern Williamson County (Vance, 1996)*
  • Early Obituaries of Williamson County, Tennessee (Lynch, 1977)*
  • Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891 [Williamson County] (Reed, 1992)
  • Family Records (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1925)
  • Guardian Records of Williamson County, Tennessee [vol. 1 1799-1832; vol. 2 1833-1844; vol. 3 1845-1865; vol. 4 1859-1929] (Johnson, 2000)*
  • Historic Nolensville Cemetery (Little, 1998)
  • Index to Maury and Williamson Counties : Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, 1886 (Lightburne, 1964)
  • "Marriage Bonds" From County Court Records, Williamson County, Tennessee, 1804-1820 (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1927?)
  • Marriage Records of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1804-1850 (Hamilton & Cook, 1979)
  • Marriages of Williamson County, Tennessee, 1804-1850 (Whitley, 1982)
  • Minute Book, 1800-1817 [Williamson County] [vol. 1  1800-1812 (in 2 parts);   vol. 2  1812-1815;   vol. 3  1816-1817] (WPA, 1937)
  • Miscellaneous Records, Williamson County, Tennessee  [7 volumes]  (Lynch, 1973)
  • Name Index to History of Tennessee ... : Together with ... Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall Counties (Marsh, 1971)
  • Newspaper Excerpts, 1822-1835, Williamson County, Tennessee (Lynch, 1985)*
  • Our Valiant Men : Soldiers and Patriots of the Revolutionary War who Lived in Williamson County, Tennessee (Lynch, 1976)*
  • Record Book, Letters of Administration no. I, 1838-1855 (Lynch, 1971)*
  • Survey and Entry book, Williamson County, Tennessee, 1824-1902 (Lynch, 1985)
  • Tax Book I, Williamson County, Tennessee, 1800-1813 (Lynch, 1971)*
  • Who's Who in Williamson County [vol. 1 A-E; vol. 2 F-K; vol. 3 L-R; vol. 4 R-Z] (Owen, 2003-)*
  • Will Book [Williamson County] [4 vols. 1800-1830] (WPA, 1936)
  • Williamson 101 (Little, 1970)*
  • Williamson County Confederates (Cotten, 1996)
  • Williamson County State Cases, 1800-1899 (Williamson County Archives, 2003?)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee 1830 US Census (Ehresman, 1994)
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, 1840 Census (Lynch, 1980)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee : A Genealogical Abstract of the County Court Minutes, 1800-1804 (Wells, 198?)
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, Bible, Family, and Tombstone Records (WPA, 1938)
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, County Court Minutes, May 1806-April 1812 (Wells, 1994)
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, Deed Abstracts, 1799-1811 : Abstracts of Deed Books, Volume A, no. 1, Volume A-2 and Volume B (Murray, 1991)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, Deed Books [Books C, D & E, Vol. II, 1811-1820] Lynch, 1992)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, July 1812-October 1815 (Wells, 1994)
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1800-1850 (Bejach & Gardiner, 1957)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1851-1879 (Lynch, 1979)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Population Schedules of the United States of 1820 (Presley, 1970?)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee Will Book [vols. 3-5, 1819-Oct. 1834) (Hays & Duke, 1949)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, Wills and Administrations, 1800 to 1861 : An Index (Sistler, 1989)*
  • Williamson County, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories [Book I & II,  1800-1818] (Lynch, 1992)
  • Wills and Inventories of Williamson County, Tennessee [vol.1  1800-1812;   vol. 2  1811-1818;   vol. 3  1819-1825 (in 3 parts);  vol. 4  1825-1830 (in 2 parts)] (Lynch, 1969)*

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Williamson County records is available on our web site.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.  Some loose records of the county have also been microfilmed.   

Earliest records include:

  • marriages from 1800
  • wills from 1800
  • deed index from 1799
  • chancery court minutes from 1837
  • county court minutes from 1803
  • circuit court minutes from 1810
  • tax books from 1800

 

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:

  • Marriage Records -- 1800-1866 (#70, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1800-1825  (#87, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1825-1834  (#88, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1835-1842  (#89, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1843-1851  (#90, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1851-1855  (#91, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1855-1864  (#92, 1 reel)*
  • WPA Records, Williamson County (Record Group #107, Roll 91,  1 reel). Roll includes County Court Minutes Vols. 1-2 (1800-1815),  Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions (1816-1817),  Will Books (1800-1830),  Tax Book No. 1 (1800-1813),  and Bible Family & Tombstone Records (undated).*

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Fairview and Franklin.  Scattered early issues are available from 1839, and a complete run begins in 1921. 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

 

CENSUS RECORDS

  • Census on microfilm for Williamson County:  1820-1880, 1900-1930
  • State-wide census index:  1820-1880
  • State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
  • Williamson County census records in book form:  1820*,  1830,  1840*,  1850*,  1860*,  1870*,  1880*

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR WILLIAMSON COUNTY

 

* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
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