Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States   Tennessee    Wayne County Middle Tennessee county. Established 1817.

Quick Dates
Wayne County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse


Wayne County Courthouse 200 Court Square Waynesboro, TN 38485 Phone: 1-931-722-5517

Wayne County Clerk Marriage and probate records 100 Court Circle P.O. Box 367 Waynesboro, TN 38485 Phone: 1-931-722-5544

Wayne County Register of Deeds Land records 100 Court Circle Waynesboro, TN 38485 Phone: 1-931-722-5518

Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne (1745-1796).

Parent County
1817--Wayne County was established 24 November 1817 from Hickman and Humphreys Counties. Early records may be found under Hickman and Humphreys Counties. County seat: Waynesboro

County Pronunciation

 * 1) Hear it spoken (female)
 * 2) Hear it spoken (male)

Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the My Tennessee Genealogy website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Record Loss
1973--Fire damaged records


 * Lost census: 1890
 * Lost marriage records: 1817 to 1856
 * Lost probate records: 1817 to 1847

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Arlene Eakle, When the Records are Gone in Tennessee Genealogy Blog
 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Research Guides

 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Wayne County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

African Americans
United States African Americans Tennessee African Americans

Census takers found no free African Americans living in Wayne County, Tennessee in 1820.

Bible Records

 * Family Bible Records - Wayne County, Tennessee. Paducah, Ky.: Turner's Publishing Co. Purchase at publisher's website.

Biographies

 * Douthat, James L. Wayne County, Tennessee Biographies. 1887; reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free Surname Index and purchase details at Mountain Press website.

Cemeteries

 * Wayne County Historical society (Waynesboro, Tennessee) Wayne County, Tennessee, cemetery and death records Collinwood, Tennessee : Byler Press, 1987. Free lookups available!


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Wayne County linking to the information about the people buried there,


 * Wayne Co. TN Cemetery Records, part of the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database, lists many cemeteries in the county, often with indexes and transcripts of the burials.


 * Wayne County, Tennessee, USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project lists many cemeteries in the county and has transcripts of the tombstones arranged by cemetery.


 * TheFamily History Library Cataloglists some . Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * ePodunk list of Wayne County cemeteries

Census
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Wayne County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Wayne County, Tennessee census assignments, including links to transcribed files. [The USGenWeb Census Project®].

1820


 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.
 * Byler, Edgar D. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975 Vol. 1.
 * Lauderdale County Library. Vertical files, Census records. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. Item 2.

1830


 * Byler, Edgar D. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975. Vol. 1.

1840


 * Byler, Edgar D. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975. Vol. 1.

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. . 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. [See Tennessee, Middle District, Wayne County on page 158.]

1850


 * Byler, Edgar D. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975. Vol. 2.
 * Porch, Deane. Wayne County, Tennessee 1850 Census. Franklin, Tennessee: Louise G. Lynch, 19--?.

1860


 * Byler, Edgar D. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975. Vol. 2.
 * Miller, Judy M. Slave Owners 1860 Census, Wayne County, Tennessee. S.l.: Judy M. Miller, 200-?. Digital version available at BYU Family History Archives.

1870


 * Byler, Edgar D. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975. Vol. 3.

1880


 * Brown, Delores R. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census Records. Collinwood, Tennessee: Byler Press, 1975. Vol. 4.
 * Sistler, Barbara and Byron Sistler. 1880 Census Wayne County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee : B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1999.

1890 - Lost, but substitutes are available:

The 1891 registration has been published and indexed twice:


 * Bridges, Alec F. Special, 1891, Tennessee Census, Wayne County: Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward. [Columbia, Tenn.: A.F. Bridges], 1994..
 * Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. . [Wayne County is included in Vol. 8.]

There is also the 1890 Census of Civil War Veterans:


 * Moore, Gerald K. 1890 census of Wayne County, Tennessee : (Census Made in February, 1891) S.l.: G.K. Moore, 200-?. Digital version available at BYU Family History Archives.


 * Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978..

1910


 * Brown, Doris R. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census 1910. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: X-Press Graphics, 1992.

1920


 * Brown, Doris R. Wayne County, Tennessee, Census 1920. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: X-Press Graphics, 1992.

1930


 * Moore, Gerald K. The 1930 census of Wayne County, Tennessee [S.I.]:G.K. Moore,[200-?] . Digital version available at BYU Family History Archives.

Court

 * Berry, Nelle J. (transcribed by) Wayne County, Tennessee, Chancery Court loose records [Iron City, Tennessee] : N.J. Berry, c1994-1997 [Lawrenceburg, Tennessee : Family Tree Press) Free lookups available!

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Wayne County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Brown] Descendant of John Franklin Brown, b. abt 1830, d. aft 1920 of Wayne County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kits 79837). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 3), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.

Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


 * Locate publications about direct ancestors
 * Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
 * Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Wayne, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 55,000 entries.


 * Wayne County Historical Society. Wayne County, Tennessee History and Families. 2 vols. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub. Co., 1995. ff.

Bibliography


 * [Cook] See Grimes
 * [Creacy] Holt, Stacey E. The Creacy/Creecy Family of Wayne County, Tennessee. Collinwood, Tenn.: S.E. Holt, 1993..
 * [Creacy] Daily-Geary, Jessica L. and James P. Geary. The Compiled Book of Creecy: Addendum 2001. Provo, Utah : Geary Genealogical Services, 2001.  Free digitized copy.
 * [Grimes] Grimes, Jay Cook. Grimes, Cook and Related Families of Wayne County, Tennessee: A Genealogy. Related Families, Johnson, Morris, Montague, 1800-1960. Auburn, Alabama: J.C. Grimes, 1960. Available at and ; digital versions available at Ancestry ($); Heritage Quest Online ($); and World Vital Records ($).
 * [Haddock] Koontz, Dewie Lucas. The Haddock Family of Cypress Inn, Wayne Co., Tn.: and Descendants. Arlington, Texas: D. Koontz, 1989..
 * [Hasty] Hasty, Warren H. William Jordan Hasty and descendants Minneapolis, Minnesota:W.H. Hasty,2004. . Digital version available at BYU Family History Archives.
 * [Horton] Lancaster, Beverly. Some Shipman and Horton Families of Wayne County, Tennessee and Searcy County, Arkansas. Orchard Lake, Mich.: Beverly M. Lancaster, 1986..
 * [Johnson] See also Grimes
 * [Johnson] Massat, Theresa Fickling. History and Genealogy of John Johnson of Wayne County, Tennessee, and His Descendants, 1777-1990. n.p.: T.F. Massat, 1990?..
 * [Kyle] Raymond, Edith Madeline Replogle and German Burnett Kyle. German Burnett (G.B.) Kyle of Logan County, Arkansas and His Wayne County, Tennessee Ancestors: Duckworth, Kyle, Nesbitt, Staggs, Wilson and Their Descendants and Allied Families. Pullman, Washington: E.M.R. Raymond, 1990..
 * [Lackey] Nelson, Mary Lee Lackey. The Lackey Lines of Northern Arkansas: Their Descendants and Related Families. Independence, Missouri: M.L.L. Nelson, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L118n.
 * [Moore] Culver, Lillye Moore and C.W. Moore. The Moore's of Wayne County, Tennessee. n.p.: L.M. Culver, 1969?..
 * [Morris] See Grimes
 * [Montague] See Grimes
 * [Rose] Rose, Christine. Ancestors and Descendants of Frederick Rose: of Sussex County, Virginia, Orange County, North Carolina, and Wayne and Hardin Counties, Tennessee. San Jose, Calif.: C.C. Rose, 1980..
 * [Shipman] Lancaster, Beverly. Some Shipman and Horton Families of Wayne County, Tennessee and Searcy County, Arkansas. Orchard Lake, Mich.: Beverly M. Lancaster, 1986..
 * [Simmons] Jenkins, Jack S. William Simmons of Wayne County, Tennessee and Descendants. San Antonio, Texas: J.S. Jenkins, 1987..
 * [Sinclair] Sinclair, Thomas Graham. The Samuel Sinclair and Hettie Jane Roach Family of Wayne County, Tennessee. Palm Desert, Calif.: T.G. Sinclair, 1996..
 * [Whitten] Byler, Edgar D. and Rolla Whitten. The Whitten Family of Wayne County, Tennessee. Microfilmed in 1980..

Land

 * Gray, James A. Wayne County, Tennessee abstracts of deed records, 1820-1839 Hot Springs, Arkansas : J.A. Gray, c1985.  Free lookups available!


 * Gray, James A. Wayne County, Tennessee abstracts of deed records, 1839-1853 Hot Springs, Arkansas : J.A. Gray, c1987.  Free lookups available!


 * Moore, Gerald K. Landowners, Wayne County, Tennessee [S.I.]:G.K. Moore,[200-?] (1877,1886,1895,1905,1915,1925,1935,1945,1955.). Digital version available at BYU Family History Archives.

Law and Legislation

 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names. January 25, 2005. [In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service.] TSLA has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource Click here. The searchable index is available at TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Local Histories

 * Moore, Gerald K. Early Life in Wayne County, Tennessee. 2008. Digital version at BYU Family History Archives.
 * Wayne County Historical Society (Waynesboro, Tennessee) Wayne County, Tennessee history and families Paducah, Kentucky : Turner Pub. Co., c1995.   Free lookups available!

Military
Revolutionary War

The following Wayne County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Revolutionary War Pension Abstracts and Bounty Land Warrant Applications Wayne County, Tennessee Residents

Additional resources include:


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. . 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. [See Tennessee, Middle District, Wayne County on page 158.]
 * Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, courtesy: TNGenWeb. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.]

War of 1812


 * Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 3 (Jul. 1961):95-98; Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct. 1961):122-124. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. [Includes Wayne County pensioners (p. 122).]
 * War of 1812 Pension Application Abstracts, Wayne County, Tennessee Residents Courtesy:TNGenWeb

Civil War


 * Civl War Research Database $
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Civil War service men from Wayne County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Wayne County.

Confederate Soldiers

 * 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company B.
 * 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Gantt's) - CSA - Company F.
 * 19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company K.
 * 20th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA
 * 22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Nixon's) - CSA
 * 54th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Wayne County:

 * McMurray, William Joseph. History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Nashville, Tennessee: s.p., 1904. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
 * USGenWeb Archives, Wayne County Tennessee Archives, (accessed 1 Feb 2012). MIlitary Records.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Wayne County, (accessed 1 Feb 2012). Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
 * United States Pension Bureau,List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ...(Washington Printing Office; 1883), (accessed 1 Feb 2012). Online at Internet Archive. Wayne County, page 385.
 * TNGenWeb, The Civil War in Wayne County, (accessed 1 Feb 2012).

Korean War


 * Wayne County Historical Society (Waynesboro, Tenn.). Korean War Veterans: Wayne County, Tennessee. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub. Co., 2004..

Newspapers
Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Wayne County click on the following cities:


 * Clifton
 * Collinwood
 * Waynesboro

Occupations

 * Miller, Alan N. Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. . Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Wayne County.]
 * Moore, Gerald K. Business Licenses, 1879-1890, Wayne County, Tennessee [S.I.]:G.K. Moore,[200-?] Digital version available at BYU Family History Archives.

Periodicals
Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers who are new to their area would not likely discover. This type of material may be found in local, regional, or statewide genealogical society journals. The following periodicals cover this county:


 * Ansearchin' News
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of Wayne County, Tennessee records have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly
 * Family Findings
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of Wayne County, Tennessee records have been published in Family Findings, the quarterly of the Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society (42+ vols.). The Family History Library has most issues of this quarterly.
 * Tables of contents for some volumes are available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb Project:
 * Volumes 1-10 (1969-1978)
 * Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)
 * Volumes 21-24 (1989-1992)
 * Volumes 32-35 (2000-2003)
 * Many articles from this publication have been reproduced on the TNGenWeb Project website, try this specialized Google search.
 * The River Counties
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of Wayne County, Tennessee records were published in The River Counties Quarterly, (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett. The Family History Library has a complete collection
 * The Wayne County Historian
 * The Family History Library has all volumes to the present. Indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) For further information see website: http://www.tngenweb.org/wayne/wchs.htm Digital version of The Wayne County Historian, Volumes 19 and 20 available at BYU Family History Archives.

Prisons
Learn if your Wayne County ancestors went to prison!


 * Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850, free index available online, courtesy: TSLA.
 * Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870, free index available online, courtesy: TSLA.

Probate
Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within a few months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept.

The Wayne County Court has responsibility for the probate records.

For free lookups of Wayne County, Tennesse wills and administrations 1848-1920 click here.

The following Wayne County probate records have been abstracted, indexed, or both:


 * [1848-1920] Berry, Nell J. and June L. Scott. Wayne County, Tennessee Wills &amp; Letters of Administration 1848-1920. Waynesboro, Tennessee: Wayne County Historical Society, 1990.
 * [1848-1861] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills &amp; Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1990. . [Includes an index to this county's probate records.]

Taxation
The following Wayne County tax records have been abstracted:


 * [1836] Tax List, 1836, Wayne County Historian, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Jun. 1992); Vol. 5, No. 3 (Sep. 1992); Vol. 5, No. 4 (Dec. 1992); Vol. 6, No. 1 (Mar. 1993).
 * [1836] Murphy, Jerry W. "1836 Wayne County Tennessee Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. [Includes 1836 Civil District Map, and 1836 Commissioner's Report.]
 * [1838] Tax List, 1838, Wayne County Historian, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Sep. 1993).
 * [1838] Murphy, Jerry W. "1838 Wayne County Tennessee Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1866] Byler, Edgar D. "Registered Voters in the 10th &amp; 11th Civil Districts - 1866, Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1866] Byler, Edgar D. "1866 Commissioners' Report to Redistrict Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1877] Moore, Gerald K. "1877 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1886] Moore, Gerald K. "1886 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1890] Moore, Gerald K. "1890 Tax List Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1890] Moore, Gerald K. 1890 Taxpayers in Wayne County, Tennessee. S.l. : G.K. Moore, 200-?. Free online digital copy.
 * [1891] Higdon, Barbara. "1891 Voter's List Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1895] Moore, Gerald K. "1895 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1905] Moore, Gerald K. "1905 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1915] Moore, Gerald K. "1915 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1925] Moore, Gerald K. "1925 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1935] Moore, Gerald K. "1935 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * [1945] Moore, Gerald K. "1945 Land Owners Wayne County, Tennessee," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.

The following article, based on Wayne County's tax records, was published in 2007:


 * Tax and Assessment Statistics, 1877-1955, Wayne County Historian, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Sep. 2007).

Marriage
The following Wayne County marriage records have been abstracted and/or indexed:


 * Wayne County Freedmen's Marriages
 * [1857-1871] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1988. ff. [Indexes names of brides and grooms, and marriage or marriage bond dates for weddings in this county for the specified years.]
 * [1857-1929] Plott, Irma Matthews Marriage records of Wayne County, Tennessee, 1857-1929 [S.I. : s.n., 1983?] Free lookups available!

Death
For deaths of Methodists in Wayne County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try:


 * Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. ff; digital versions at David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository. [Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.]

Libraries
Wayne County Public Library Highway 64 East, PO Box 630 Waynesboro, TN 38485 931-722-5537 Phone: 1-931-722-5537 Wayne County Public Libraries The Wayne County Public Library is affiliated with the library system that serves Wayne County, TN.

Societies
Wayne County Historical Society P.O. Box 866 Waynesboro, TN 38485-0866 Website: http://www.tngenweb.org/wayne/wchs.htm Quarterly periodical: The Wayne County Historian The society was founded in 1970. It has programs designed around topics that relate to the history, genealogy, folklore and archaeology of the county

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society PO Box 330948 Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507 The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Wayne County is one. It publishes The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, a quarterly containing articles of genealogical and historical interest. Little-known Tennessee records are published and indexed, along with family genealogies, Bible records and material submitted by members. There is an alphabetical Index to articles in the Journal 1988-summer 2005

LDS Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

There are no LDS family history centers in Wayne County, Tennessee. To find the nearest family history center, click here.

Web Sites

 * (FamilySearch)
 * Mailing List: TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L (South Central Tennessee List) (RootsWeb)
 * Mailing List: SW-TN-L (Southwest Tennessee List) (RootsWeb)
 * Wayne County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Wayne County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Wayne County, TN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Wayne County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * Wayne County, TN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (MyTennesseeGenealogy)