Sumner County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Sumner County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for American Revolutionary War hero General Jethro Sumner. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Sumner County Courthouse 355 North Belvedere Dr. Gallatin, TN 37066 County Courthouse Phone: 615-452-4282 County Clerk Phone: 615-452-4063 County Register of Deeds Phone: 615-452-3892 County Circuit Court Clerk Phone: 615-452-4367

Sumner County Archives 365 North Belvedere Dr. Gallatin, TN 37066 County Archives Phone: 615-452-0037 The archives is the official depository and research facility for county records. Almost all early county records are housed in the Archives.

County Clerk has marriage and probate records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

History Timeline
Additional Information Middle Tennessee county established in 1786. Sumner County belonged to the pioneer Cumberland Settlements.

The county is named after Jethro Sumner (1733-1785), an American colonist who defended North Carolina against the British in 1780.

Business, Commerce, and 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 Sumner County.]

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

Census Records
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Sumner County are available online. 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 Sumner County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project®.

1790 Lost - Only statistics survive, but substitutes are available:


 * Eakle, Arlene. Tennessee Research. 2010. Purchase information at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Genealogy Blog. Includes a reconstructed 1790 census, sources: "Contemporary lists–tax lists, militia rolls, land grants and deeds, claims for pre-emption lands, names recorded in diaries and journals. And numerous histories compiled by local historians from records that we have not seen or read ourselves."
 * Fulcher, Richard Carlton, comp. 1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements: Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee Counties (In what is now Tennessee). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987. Available at ; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
 * McGhee, Lucy Kate. Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as Taken from the North Carolina Land Grants. 3 Parts. Microfilmed in 1990..

1800 Lost A substitute is available, see Taxation.

1810 Lost - A substitute is available:


 * Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. ; Google Books.

1810-1891


 * Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry $

1820


 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.
 * Presley, Leister E. Sumner County, Tennessee, Population Schedules of the United States Census of 1820. n.p.: n.p., n.d..
 * Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. IncludesAfrican Americans in this county.

1820 Manufactures


 * The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies:.


 * The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. Aonline index, provided by Lineages, will help researchers determine if this resource can be of assistance:


 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. ; digital version at Lineages. Covers this county.

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, Sumner County on page 157.

1850


 * Porch, Deane. Sumner County, Tennessee, 1850 Census. Franklin, Tenn.: Louise G. Lynch, 1972..

1860


 * Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1860 Sumner County, Tennessee Census, available online, courtesy: Christine's Genealogy Website: Who are Your People?

1870


 * 1870 U.S. Census, Sumner County, Tennessee. Gallatin, Tenn.: Sumner County Archives, (1995)..

1880


 * Sumner County Archives and Samuel D. Sistler. 1880 Census, Sumner County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler &amp; Assoc., 1991..

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry $

Church Records
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Records early Latter-day Saint families kept in Utah may contain information about their cousins who were not members of the Church that stayed put in Tennessee. Early Latter-day Saints with Sumner County roots include:


 * Henry and Rachel (Stillwell) Thomas. Henry died in Far West, Missouri in 1837.
 * Daniel Stillwell Thomas and his wife Martha Paine (Jones) Thomas who migrated to Utah in 1849.
 * John and Elizabeth (Bell) Bennett. John died in Iowa; his widow settled in Orem, Utah.

Methodist Episcopal
 * Mathews, Reverend John D.D. Peeps into Life Autobiography. Methodist Episcopal Church Tennessee Conference, 1904. Free digital copy.

Presbyterian
 * 1793-1885 - Presbyterian Church, Gallatin, Baptism Index 1793-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches and
 * 1793-1885 - Presbyterian Church, Gallatin, Marriage Index 1793-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches.

Court Records

 * Wilson, Shirley Sumner County, Tennessee: index to the loose records, 1786 to 1930 Richley Enterprises, 1988. Free lookups available!

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. The 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  the TSLA; another version is available at  World Vital Records.

Emigration and Immigration
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding 6 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Gallatin and Sumner County. Ancestry $

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans
 * Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1860 Sumner County, Tennessee Census website, available online, courtesy: Christine's Genealogy Website: Who are Your People?
 * Patton, Juanita. Land, Slaves and Other Courthouse Transactions, 1808-1863; Abstracts of Sumner County, Tennessee Records. Purchase through Sumner County Archives site.
 * Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. IncludesAfrican Americans in this county.

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


 * Brown - Descendant of Dance Brown, b. abt 1776/1777 Virginia, d. 1860 Sumner County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 25 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 96783). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 57), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.
 * Brown - Multiple descendants of Leonard Brown, b. 1740 Orange County, Virginia, d. 1833 Sumner County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 12 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 96759, 103390). Genetic signatures available online (labeled Group No. 79), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study.
 * Doss - Descendant of William Doss, b. abt 1780s of Franklin County, Virginia, d. 1820s Sumner County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 49304). Genetic signature available online (labeled Ju-3), genealogical description available online, courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families. Matches have been found.

General


 * As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Sumner, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 85,000 entries.


 * Cisco, Jay Guy. Historic Sumner County, Tennessee, with Genealogies of the Bledsoe, Gage and Douglass Families and Genealogical Notes of Other Sumner County Families. Nashville, Tenn. Folk-Keelin Printing Company, 1909. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive. 1909 edition: . 1984 index: . 1977 index:.
 * East Tennessee Historical Society. First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. . Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.
 * Masters, Jack and Bill Puryear. Founding of the Cumberland Settlements: The First Atlas 1779-1804: Showing Who Came, How They Came, and Where They Put Down Roots. Gallatin, Tenn.: Warioto Press, 2009. . Supplements: ff. Purchase at Cumberland Pioneer Settlers.
 * Schell, William Buck. Genealogical Records: Schell, Cantrell, Sanders, Douglas, Baker Families, Sumner County, Tennessee - Fort Worth, Texas. Typescript, Clayton Library, Houston, Texas. Microfilmed in 1982..
 * Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Red River Settlers: Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980. Available at . Digital versions available at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).


 * Abbott - See Lem(m)on.
 * Allen - Allen, Granville O. Our Allens from Maryland to Muscle Shoals via the Mid-west. Cullman, Alabama: Gregath, 1995..
 * Alley - Stever, Frank. Our Common Heritage: The Descendants of: Wiley Alley (1823-1906) and Charlottie Shelton Alley (1820-1906) &amp; Horotio Gower (1809-1869) and Leah McCarty Gower (1819-1897). Odessa, Missouri: F. Stever, 1986-1987..
 * Alley - Lake County, California Genealogical Society. Alley Family Research File. MSS., microfilmed 1991. Item 11.
 * Barkley - Fischer, Kathryn Barkley The Barkley Brigade: The Story of John Barkley of Smith County, Tennessee and His Descendants, 1753-1994. Covington, Louisiana: Barkley-Symons Enterprises, 1994. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Bennett - White, Dayle Duncan. "Bennett," 1653-4 American Colonists, 1851 Utah Pioneers, 1510-1978. Salt Lake City, Utah: D.D. White, 198-. Item 2.
 * Bledsoe - See also General section.
 * Bledsoe - Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1922. Vol. 2. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Bradley - Clegg, Reed L. Richard Bradley and Descendants: Lives and Times of Richard, Thomas, Henry, Samuel Carroll, James Harvey Bradley Families. Salt Lake City, Utah: R.L. Clegg Publishers, [1999?]..
 * Brigance - Brigance, Albert H. Brigance Genealogy. Maryville, Tenn.: Brigance Enterprises, 1982..
 * Brown - Brown Family Bible Records, 1754-1856. Microfilmed 1943. Item 1.
 * Brown - Brown, Freddy Joe. Dance Steps: Six Generation History &amp; Genealogy of Dance Brown (1776-1860). Scottsville, Ky.: F.J. Brown, 1996..
 * Bruce - Fossum, Crystal Burnett et al. Crystal B. Fossum Genealogical Collection. Microfilmed 2003. Item 7.
 * Butler - Butler, Julia Mae. Genealogical Record of the Butler Family: Ancestors, Descendants, Relatives. St. Louis, Mo.: J.M. Butler, 1971. Item 13.
 * Carmack - Bumpus, Paul Franklin et al. Carmack: The Edward Ward Carmack Story. Franklin, Tenn.: Distributed by P.F. Bumpus, 1977..
 * Condley - Johnson, Mrs. Ross B. Some Early Settlers in Hickory County, Missouri from Sumner and Wilson Cos., Tenn.: with Some Genealogical Data on the Jordan L. Rhea Family, the Thomas Davis Family, the Robert Davis Family, the John S. Williams Family, the Elisha T. Condley Family. Typescript, microfilmed in 1975. Item 13.
 * Cuffman - Shinn, Josiah Hazen. Pioneers and Makers of Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark.: Democrat Printing and Lithographing Co., 1908. Digital version at Internet Archive.
 * Davis - Johnson, Mrs. Ross B. Some Early Settlers in Hickory County, Missouri from Sumner and Wilson Cos., Tenn.: with Some Genealogical Data on the Jordan L. Rhea Family, the Thomas Davis Family, the Robert Davis Family, the John S. Williams Family, the Elisha T. Condley Family. Typescript, microfilmed in 1975. Item 13.
 * Defrees - Gart, Jeanne Brooks, Frank W Defriece, and Elva Ann Bishop. James Defrees and His Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: Tennessee Valley Pub., 1992..
 * Dement - Holmes, Marilyn and Dement Family Association. Dements through the Ages. Florissant, Missouri: Dement Family Association, 1987..
 * Dement - Holmes, Marilyn. Dements through the Ages. Florissant, Missouri: M. Holmes, 1993..
 * Douglas - See also General section.
 * Douglas - Harris, Ruth Eleanor Poole. Ruth Eleanor Douglas Journal: with Genealogies of Douglas, Noell, Callaway, Clemens, Moorman and Other Related Bedford County, Virginia Families, also Genealogies of Douglas Families of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri. Nashville, Tenn.: Douglas Family Publishers, 1979..
 * Durham - Cragon, Henry D. et al. Tennessee Cragons and Their Kinfolk. 1974..
 * Ferrell - Ferrell, Ed. Ferrell Family Records, ca. 1789-1930. [Juneau, Alaska]: E. Ferrell, 1991..
 * Fleming - Tuttle, Gertrude Fleming and Fred Miller Robinson. The Flemings of Bransford. Mount Pleasant, S.C.: F.M. Robinson, 1994. ; digital version of FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Gage - See also General section.
 * Garrison - Garrison, Lloyd Russell. The Descendants of John Garrison of Sumner County, Tennessee. Denton, TX: Terrill Wheeler Print. Co., 1961. Digital version available at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Gilliam - Gilliam, Bobby E. Notes on the Gilliam Family of Virginia and the Carolinas. MSS., microfilmed 1978. Item 27.
 * Gleaves - Barnes, Hilda H. Gleaves Families in Middle Tennessee. n.p.: Gleaves Family Association, 2009..
 * Green - Williams, Mary Lou. Our Southern Family: The Greens, Malcolms, Thomas, Cooper, Williams and Magness Families of Kentucky and Tennessee. Warren, Mich.: M.L. Williams, 1970. Item 5.
 * Green - Green, Elmore Allen. Edward Green of Sumner County, Tennessee: and Descendants. (Portland, Tenn.: n.p., 1972)..
 * Gregory - Gregory and Related Lines. MSS., microfilmed 1987. Item 8.
 * Groves - Groves, James and Elma Keller Groves. Groves and Allied Families. Commerce, Calif.: Grove, 1977. Item 9.
 * Groves - Groves, James and Elma Keller Groves. Groves and Allied Families: 1982 Supplement Plus Complete New Genealogical Encyclopedia Plus Corrected and Expanded Basic Book of 1977. City of Commerce, Calif.: J. and E. Groves, 1982..
 * Hamilton - Hamilton, Thomas. Autobiography of Thomas Hamilton. Typescript, microfilmed 1972. Item 2.
 * Harper - Harper Family Bible Records, 1827-1860. Microfilmed 1943. Item 1.
 * Harris - Elder, Pat Spurlock and Shelly Fingerett. Harris Portraits. Memphis, Tenn.: P.H. Elder, 1991..
 * Harrison - Bianchi, Ann Herod. A Working Report on Robert Henry Harrison: and His Descendants. (Conroe, Texas: A.H. Bianchi, 2000)..
 * Haw - Haw, Joseph Lindsey. The Haw Family Ancestry: Haw, Vernon, Moore, Swank, Van Meter, Thomas, Hardin, Rolph, Rider, Quinn, Dubois. Houston, Texas: J.L. Haw III, 1978..
 * Heermans - Heermans Family Bible Records, 1785-1893. Bible published 1850. Item 1.
 * Henson - Chapman, Jeanette Henson. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny. 1976..
 * Hobdy - Law, Bob. History of the Hobdy (Hobday), Law, Helm, Cornwell, Lucas, Hanes and Related Families. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Law, (1981?)..
 * Hodges - Patton, Juanita M. The Family of Isham and Betsy Hodges from Virginia to Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: J.M. Patton, 1990..
 * Hollis - Buryear, Grace Hollis. Hollis Pioneers: Kin, and Kin to Kin; Including Pigg, Clack, Marlin, Rogers, Randles, Howerton, Hauffaker and Half the Southwest. Tulsa, Oklahoma: Tuttle, 1973..
 * House - Chilton, Shirlene Martin. Matthew House and His Family. Benton, Arizona: S. Chilton, (198-)..
 * House - House, Luther Porter and Henry B. Brackin. Chronological Summary for Jacob and Micajah House Families and Descendants: Edgecombe County, North Carolina to Sumner County, Tennessee (1772-1988). (Atlanta?, Ga.: L.P. House?), 1990..
 * Hunley - Duncan, Ruth Henley. The Captain and Submarine CSS H.L. Hunley. (Memphis, Tenn.: R.H. Duncan, 1965)..
 * Jones - Thomas, Martha Pane Jones and Kate Woodhouse Kirkham. Daniel Stillwell Thomas Family History. 1927. . Includes the Journal of Martha Pane Jones Thomas.
 * Jones - Kirkham, E. Kay. Daniel Stillwell Thomas and Martha Paine Jones Thomas, Early Members of the LDS Church and Utah Pioneers of 1849. (Salt Lake City, Utah): E.K. Kirkham, 1985..
 * Keen - Keen, H.T. Genealogy of the Keen Family of Wayne County, Illinois. Lawrenceville, Ill.: H.T. Keen, 1965..
 * Kirkpatrick - French, Marline R. The Bradford and Kirkpatrick Ancestry of Virginia, Tennessee and Texas and Some of Their Descendants, 1729. Typescript, National Library, DAR, 1959. Item 3.
 * Latimer - Love, Louise. "Jonathan Latimer of New London, Conn. and Sumner County, Tennessee," The American Genealogist, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Jan. 1975):56-57.
 * Latimer - Patch, Olivia C. Descendants of Nathaniel Latimer (1768-1793) and Mary Lattimore (ca.1766/67-?) of New London County, Connecticut. Tolland, Connecticut: O.C. Patch, 1984..
 * Latimer - White, Myrtle Alice. The Latimer Family of New London, Conn. Cairo, Ill.: M.A. White, 1989..
 * Lauderdale - Lauderdale, Charles J. The Lauderdales of Scotland and America, 1056-1936. Joplin, MO: Gahagan Print. Co., 1937. Item 5, digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Layne - James, Larry Alan. The Layne Family of Washington County, Arkansas. Neosho, Missouri: L.A. James, 1985..
 * Leddy - Giles, Sharon Estis. John Leddy: Descendants of John Leddy, Born 1797 Ireland. n.p.: S.E. Giles, 2003..
 * Lem(m)on - Lemmon, Gene Charles and the Lem(m)on Genealogical Society. A Genealogical Biography of John Lem(m)on, Sr. Lancaster, Calif.: G.C. Lemmon, 2003. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Loving - Hubbs, Ferol Frost. Hubbs - Frost and Allied Families. 1958..
 * McAdams - Towell, Roy H. Isaac Towell and His Family: Including Towell-McAdams-Whitworth-Shaw-Fitzgerald &amp; Others, 1764-1990. Beaumont, Texas: R.H. Towell, 1990..
 * McMurtry - McMurtry, Otis D. Chronology of the Life of John McMurtry, Esq., Soldier, Privateer of the American Revolution: Progentior of the McMurtry Clan of Tennessee. Typescript, TSLA. Item 2.
 * Mastin - Aronhime, Gordon. Thomas Mastin: Important Unknown of the Early Clinch River Settlement. 1982..
 * Matherly - Anderson, Bobby. Matherly/Matherlee: The Family of John Woodford Matherly (1829-1894). Goodlettsville, Tenn.: B. Anderson, 199-?..
 * Mills - Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Thurman Lineage: Descent of Mrs. Helen Goodpasture of Nashville, Tennessee. Typescript, 1950. Item 8; digital version at BYU FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Mitchell - Monroe, Ruby Moore. The Mitchell/Williams Families. Typescript, microfilmed 1996. Item 34.
 * Morrison - Morrison, William Mann. Morrison--Williams. Marietta, Ga.: W.M. Morrison, 1989..
 * Neel - Neel, Charles Wayne. Neel and Allied Families. Grass Valley, Calif.: Memory Maker Productions,2007. ; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Owsley - Owsley, Harriet. Owsley Charts: Master Charts Compiled from the Unpublished Census, 1850-1860. Microfilmed 1959..
 * Pritchett - Horlacher, Doris Melissa Pritchett. Pritchett in America, Waller, Pritchard, Prickett, Phelan, 1987. Orem, Utah: Horlacher and Sons, 1987. Item 9.
 * Pyles - Pyle, Irma Jean and Sandra Kaye Laughery Gorin. The Pyle/Pyles Family of Franklin County, Illinois: A Tribute to John Franklin Pyle. Glasgow, Ky.: Gorin Genealogical Publishing, 1994..
 * Pyles - Melvin, Doreen Broy. Family of James N. Pyles. 199-?..
 * Rhea - Johnson, Mrs. Ross B. Some Early Settlers in Hickory County, Missouri from Sumner and Wilson Cos., Tenn.: with Some Genealogical Data on the Jordan L. Rhea Family, the Thomas Davis Family, the Robert Davis Family, the John S. Williams Family, the Elisha T. Condley Family. Typescript, microfilmed in 1975. Item 13.
 * Robertson - Baily Family Bible Records, ca. 1838-1958. Item 8.
 * Savely - Lawler, James H.L. Book of Remembrance and Research Notes. MSS., microfilmed 1965. -.
 * Shelby - Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1922. Vol. 2. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Stinson - Stinson, Jerry and Delois Stinson. Stinson Family History. Fairborn, Ohio: J. &amp; D. Stinson, 1978..
 * Stubblefield - McMorrough, Eileen Stubblefield. The Stubblefields of Calhoun County, Mississippi and Related Families. Aberdeen, Mississippi: E.S. McMorrough, 1980..
 * Tate - Carpenter, Evelyn Yates. Tate and Allied Families of Robertson County, Tennessee: Includes the Nearby Tennessee Counties of Davidson, Sumner, and Wilson. Includes Virginia and North Carolina, the States of Tate Family Origin. Includes Counties in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Throughout the United States Where Many Tate Families Migrated. Clarksville, Tenn.: Jostens, 1987..
 * Thomas - Thomas, Martha Pane Jones and Kate Woodhouse Kirkham. Daniel Stillwell Thomas Family History. 1927. . Includes the Journal of Martha Pane Jones Thomas.
 * Thomas - Kirkham, E. Kay. Daniel Stillwell Thomas and Martha Paine Jones Thomas, Early Members of the LDS Church and Utah Pioneers of 1849. (Salt Lake City, Utah): E.K. Kirkham, 1985..
 * Thomas - Wise, Holly L. History of a Family Named Thomas: This Family is Related to a Family Named Wise, through the Marriage of Louisa Hundley Thomas to William Joseph P. Wise, on October 7, 1849, in Johnson County, Illinois. St. Louis, Missouri: H.L. Wise, 19--?..
 * Towell - Towell, Roy H. Isaac Towell and His Family: Including Towell-McAdams-Whitworth-Shaw-Fitzgerald &amp; Others, 1764-1990. Beaumont, Texas: R.H. Towell, 1990..
 * Trigg - Trigg--Brown Family Bible Records, 1765-1818. Item 2.
 * Watson - DeMay, Maybelle Watson. Some Descendants of John Ketchem Watson: and Related Families of Bergland, Campbell, Harmon, Curtis, DeMay, Clark, Stark, Burns, Ellis, Jones, Young, Dumay, Miller, Johnson, Lovelady. Newberg, Oregon: DeMay Press, 1982..
 * Watts - Brooks, Dorothy Claybroke Watts. Thomas Watts and Alexander McElwain, Their Ancestors, Descendants, and Related Families. Memphis, Tenn.: D.C.W. Brooks, 1980..
 * Weir - Fieber, Dora Reid. Some of the Descendants of Wm. Weir. Typescript, 1972. Item 16.
 * West - Giulvezan, Isabel Stebbins. Notes on Amos West (1766-1819) of Sumner County, Tennessee, and Logan County, Kentucky. 1960. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * West - Ikelman, Joy Hagen. Leonard West (1760-1842) and Descendants: A History of the West Family in Sumner County, Tennessee, Simpson County, Kentucky, and Pueblo County, Colorado: Includes Information on Couwenhoven, Dorris, Frost, Hendricks, Holloway, McMurry, Morgan, Schenck, Wyckoff. Longmont, Colo.: J.H. Ikelman, 1983..
 * Wilson - Johnson, Mrs. Ross B. Some Early Settlers in Hickory County, Missouri from Sumner and Wilson Cos., Tenn.: with Some Genealogical Data on the Jordan L. Rhea Family, the Thomas Davis Family, the Robert Davis Family, the John S. Williams Family, the Elisha T. Condley Family. Typescript, microfilmed in 1975. Item 13.
 * Youree - Seminole Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, West Palm Beach, Florida. A Collection of Records: Cemetery, Family, Bible, and an Index of Revolutionary Soldiers in Maine. Typescript, National Library, DAR. Microfilmed 1971. Item 4.

Land and Property Records
Deeds

Online limited every name index to early Sumner County Archive land records.

Online Records and Indexes
 * 1797-1798 Deed Book A: 1797-1798 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1793-1797 Deed Book 1: 1793-1797 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1798-1802 Deed Book 2: 1798-1802 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1800-1805 Deed Book 3: 1800-1805 Strictly By Name - Index only

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Sumner County land entries issued by North Carolina are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. On their website, users can bring up a list of land entries issued in Sumner County, both before and after its land became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1780-1803.

Instructions:


 * 1) Follow this link to conduct a "Call Number Search" using the MARS Catalog on their site.
 * 2) Using the pull down window, change "Call Numbers starting" to "A MarsID matching."
 * 3) Type 12.14.18 (Windows Vista users may need to include a period after the last digit, for example 12.14.18.) and click Search. This is the specific MarsID for Sumner County.
 * 4) Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Sumner County."
 * 5) In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Sumner County land entries will be produced. Browse to find abstracts of the original records.

N.B. You can also search by name through the Basic Search, but it lacks soundex capabilities.

Land Grants


 * Free index to 1500+ Pioneer Cumberland Settlements Land Grants, available online, courtesy: Cumberland Pioneer Settlers. The Cumberland Settlements region covered what is now this county. To view the land grants platted on maps, purchase the books described on this site, or access those available at the Family History Library.

Local Histories

 * Albright, Edward. Early History of Middle Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Co., 1909. Free digitzed copy.
 * Jay Guy. Historic Sumner County, Tennessee, with genealogies of the Bledsoe, Gage and Douglass families and genealogical notes of other Sumner County families. Nashville, Tenn. Folk-Keelin printing company, 1909. Free digital copy.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1777-1985 - Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * 1786 Reeves, Charles A. Hawkins &amp; Sumner Counties [Tennessee] - Created in 1786. Published 2000. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.

Migration

 * Johnson, Mrs. Ross B. Some Early Settlers in Hickory County, Missouri from Sumner and Wilson Cos., Tenn.: with Some Genealogical Data on the Jordan L. Rhea Family, the Thomas Davis Family, the Robert Davis Family, the John S. Williams Family, the Elisha T. Condley Family. Typescript, microfilmed in 1975..

Military Records
Online limited every name index to early Sumner County Archive military records.

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Cisco, Jay Guy Sumner County in War - Revolutionary Soldiers From Historic Sumner County, Tennessee 1909
 * Select Sumner County, Tennessee Revolutionary War pension records

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, Sumner County on page 157.
 * 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. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Sumner County pensioners (pp. 96-97).
 * Durham, Walter T. War of 1812 Muster Rolls from Old Sumner, A History of Sumner County, TN, from 1805-1861 Courtesy:TNGenWeb

Civil War

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry  (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry  (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1891-1965 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Confederate Soldiers


 * 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company F.
 * 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies H, I, and K.
 * 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Robison's) (Walker Legion) - CSA
 * 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's) - CSA - Companies B and F.
 * 7th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Bennett's) - CSA - Companies A, B, C, D, and F.
 * 7th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - CSA
 * 7th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA
 * 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Smith's) - CSA
 * 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ward's) - CSA - Companies A, B, E, F, G, and H.
 * 18th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company B.
 * 20th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company F.
 * 22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's)- CSA - Companies D, E, F, and G.
 * 24th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company E.
 * 30th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company C, D, E, F, H, and I.
 * 44th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company H, Captain James L. McKoin's Company, and Captain J. H. Joyner's Company.
 * 55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's) - CSA - Henry B. Day, unlettered company; James H. Joyner, unlettered company.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Sumner County:


 * Duke, Basil Wilson. History of Morgan's Cavalry. Cincinnati: Miami Printing and Publishing Co., 1867. Free digital copy. Includes 9th Regiment, Tennessee Calvary (Ward's).
 * McMurray, William Joseph. History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Nashville, Tennessee: s.p., 1904. Free digital copy.
 * Ferguson, Edwin L., Sumner County in the Civil War Chapter Two, 2nd (Bates) Tennessee Infantry Regiment Companies H, I, and K.
 * Ferguson, Edwin L., Sumner County in the Civil War Chapter Three, 7th Tennessee Infantry Companies C and E.
 * Sumner County, Tennessee In the Civil War, By Edwin L. Ferguson, Chapter Six.
 * Sumner County, Tennessee In the Civil War, By Edwin L. Ferguson, Chapter Seven.
 * Ferguson, Edwin L., Sumner County in the Civil War Chapter Ten, 44th Tennessee Infantry Regiment.
 * Ferguson, Edwin L., Sumner County in the Civil War Chapter Eleven, 2nd Cavalry Battalion, Company F.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Sumner County. 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). Online at Internet Archive. Sumner County, page 378-379.
 * 1890 Civil War Veterans Census Sumner County, Tennessee. Transcribed by Joyce Stark Blocker &amp; Diane Payne.
 * USGenWeb, Sumner County Military Histories and Muster Rolls.

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 Sumner County click on the following cities or towns:


 * Gallatin
 * Hendersonville
 * Portland
 * Westmoreland
 * White House


 * 1847 - 1851 - 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. (Largely Methodist?)


 * 1820-1944 - Shrum, Shelta R. Sumner County Marriages, Tennessee Newspapers. Lafayette, Tennessee: Ridge Runner, 2004-2008. 3 vols.

Obituaries

 * Sumner County Obituaries (1900s-present),online database, courtesy: Sumner County Archives.

Prisons

 * 1831-1850 - Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850 at Tennessee State Library and Archives
 * 1851-1870 - Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870 at Tennessee State Library and Archives

Periodicals

 * Ansearchin' News: Quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. For a keyword search, go to the county index. Read previous issues on their website;
 * Bits and Pieces: Published by Sumner County Historical Society.
 * The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History: Quarterly magazine of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. For surnames, use the volume-by-volume index, or do a keyword search of the Article Index..

Probate Records
The Sumner County Court has responsibility for the probate records. Many probate records are held by the Sumner County Archives.

Online limited every name index to early Sumner County Archive probate records.

Online Records and Indexes
 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry  $
 * 1789-1822 Will Book 1: 1789-1822 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1789-1967  Sumner County portion of  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.
 * 1823-1842 Will Book 2: 1823-1842 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1842-1870 Will Book 3: 1842-1870 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1870-1891 Will Book 4: 1870-1891 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1891-1906 Will Book 5: 1891-1906 Strictly By Name - Index only

Book Abstracts and Indexes
 * Sumner County, Tennessee Abstracts of Will Books 1 and 2 (1788-1842) at Ancestry $
 * 1808-1821 - Sumner County, Tennessee, Inventories, Settlements, and Guardian Accounts, Volume A, March 1808-February 1821. Nashville, Tennessee: G.W. Bamman, 1984. Indexed. (FHL book 976.847 P28b.)
 * 1787-1808 - Bamman, Gale Williams and Debbie Williams Spero. Sumner County, Tennessee Probate Data, 1787-1808. Nashville, Tennessee: Gale W. Bamman, 1984. Indexed. (FHL book 976.847 P28s.)
 * 1788-1861 - 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 wills.
 * 1789-1906 - Strictly By Name (see above).
 * 1787-1835 - Wilson, Shirley. Sumner County, Tennessee, Bond Book, 1787-1835. Hendersonville, Tennessee: S. Wilson, 1994. Indexed. (FHL book 976.847 V2wi.)
 * 1788-1882 - Wilson, Shirley. Sumner County, Tennessee, Will Abstracts, 1788-1882. Hendersonville, Tennessee: Wilson, 1987.  Free lookups available!

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.


 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records
Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1787 - Moore, Betty Givens. "Sumner County, Tennessee, (1787]) Tax List and (1817) Petition," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1967):133-135. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Sumner.
 * 1787 - Tax List, 1787, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Dec. 1979).
 * 1787 - Tax List, 1787, Tennessee Genealogy and History, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1999).
 * 1787 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Taxable Property in Sumner County for the Year 1787," available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb. (Source: Sumner County Tax Book, Sumner County Archives, Catalog #976.847SN-T.)
 * 1787-1794 - Tax list, 1787-1794, Sumner County, Tennessee. Typescript, Historical Records Collection. Nashville: TSLA. Item 3
 * 1787-1795 - Online limited every name index to Sumner County Archive tax records.
 * 1787, 1792, 1811, 1816, 1823 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. Includes 1787, 1792, 1811, 1816, and 1823 tax lists.
 * 1788 - Tax List, 1788, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1980).
 * 1788 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Taxable Property in Sumner County for the Year 1788," available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb. (Source: Sumner County Tax Book, Sumner County Archives.)
 * 1789 - Cumberland Settlements, Tax List, 1789, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Fall 1990). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Sumner.
 * 1789 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Tax, Paid for the paying of, the Militia employed in cutting the road and escorting families from the town and of Clinch Mountain to the Cumberland Settlements August 25th 1789, Part I," Surnames A-H, available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb. Part II, Surnames J-W, available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1790 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Tax for the year 1790, Part I," Surnames A-H, available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb. (Source: Sumner County Tax Book, Sumner County Archives, Catalog #976.847SN-T.] Part II, Surnames J-Y, available online, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1792 - Agricola, David and Diane Payne. "Record of the Taxes in Sumner County for the Year 1792, Part I," available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb. Part II, available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1794 - Agricola, David, Diane Payne, Linda Carpenter, and Danene Vincent. "Record of the Taxes in Sumner County for the Year 1794, Part I," available online, published 1997-2001, courtesy: USGenWeb. Part II, available online, published 1997, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1802 (Partial) - "Record of the Taxes in Capt. Bruces Company, Sumner County, TN 1802," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1810 - Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. . Cites Sumner County 1810 Tax List, from Early Tax Lists microfilm reel #5; TSLA, Nashville.
 * 1811 (Partial) - "A List of Taxable Property &amp; Polls in Capt. Strators (Stratons) Company for the year 1811," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1812) (Partial) - "A List of Taxable Property &amp; Polls in Capt. Strators (Stratons) Company for the year 1812," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1814 - "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3(Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Sumner. Includes Sumner County.
 * 1817 - "U.S. Holds 1817 Public Sale of Federal Tax-Delinquent Properties in Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer 1996):63-68. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Sumner. Includes Sumner County.
 * 1817 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Taxable Property, 1817 - Alphabetical Index, Sumner Co. TN," available online, published 2002, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1818 - Payne, Diane and Danene Vincent. "Record of the Taxable Property, 1819 Sumner Co. TN," available online, published 2001, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1821 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Taxable Property, 1821 - Alphabetical Index Sumner Co. TN," available online, published 2002, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1822 - Payne, Diane. "Record of the Taxable Property, 1822 Sumner Co. TN," available online, published 2003, courtesy: USGenWeb.
 * 1826 - Collins, Robyn and Diane Payne. "Tax List, 1826," available online, published 2003, courtesy: USGenWeb. Source: Sumner County Archives, Misc. Loose Records #64.
 * 1838 - Payne, Diane and Danene Vincent. "Sumner County, TN 1838 Tax List - District 6," available online, published 1997, courtesy: USGenWeb. Source: Original loose records at the Sumner County Archives; also available on Microfilm #5174-B1-302.
 * 1872 - Payne, Diane and Joyce Stark Blocker. "1872, Tax on Gallatin Town Lots," available online, published 2003, courtesy: USGenWeb. Source: Sumner County Archives.

Birth

 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1881-1882 - Births, 1881-1882, are indexed online in Limited All Name Index, courtesy: Sumner County Archives.
 * 1886-1928 - Sumner County Birth Index 1886-1928 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batches
 * 1908-1912 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Marriage
Online indexes and Records


 * 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at FindMyPast $
 * 1780-2002 - Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002 at Ancestry $
 * 1780-2002 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1787-1838 - Marriages of Sumner County,Tennessee, 1787-1838 at Ancestry$
 * 1787-1838 - Marriage Records, 1787-1838, Sumner County, Tennessee. FHL Film 24839 Item 6-7 (Click on camera to open)
 * 1787-1923 - Sumner County Marriage Index 1787-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1790-1962 - [1790-1962] - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
 * 1796-1950 - (Indexes only) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1787-1870 - 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870. 3 vols. ff. Abstracts include names of brides, grooms, bondsmen, marriage bond dates, and officiators for this county for specified years.
 * 1787-1835 - Sumner County, Tennessee, bond book, 1787-1835.
 * 1787-1875 - Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols.  ff. Indexes names of brides, grooms, marriage dates for this county for specified years.
 * 1787-1915 - Loose marriage records, at Tennessee State Library & Archives:. (on Microfilm)
 * 1839-1875 - Sumner County, Tennessee Marriages, 1839-1875.
 * 1903-1950 - Sumner County, Tennessee Marriage Lookups 1903-1950 Free lookups.
 * Bowen, Zoie L. Sumner County, Miscellaneous Records. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1997.
 * Grimsley, Mildred S. Early Tennessee Marriages: Giles, Henry, Montgomery, Shelby and Sumner counties. FHL Film 1598122 Item 6

Death

 * 1780-1805 - Meier, Oveda. Tennessee Ancestors: The Brave and the Dead, Probate and Death Records of Early Middle Tennessee, 1780–1805. Salt Lake City, Utah: O. Meier, 1990. (Family History Library .) This source contains abstracts of probate, Bible, and court records, county histories, and military death records for Davidson and Sumner counties. It includes a surname index.
 * 1874-1955 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1881 Sumner County Death Index 1881 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1881-1882 - Death Index, 1881-1882, indexed online in Limited All Name Index, courtesy: Sumner County Archives.
 * 1908-1933 - Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1908-1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908-1958 at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1912 - Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1914-1933 - Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1914-1966 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1949-2014 - Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce
Online Records Online Titles
 * 1796 - 1850 - Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1980-2014 - Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index
 * W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FamilySearch Books Online

Libraries
Gallatin Public Library 123 East Main Street Gallatin, TN 37066 Phone: 615-452-1722 website

Edward Ward Carmack - Sumner County Public Library 658 Hartsville Pike Gallatin, TN 37066 Phone: 615-452-1722

Portland Public Library 301 Portland Blvd. Portland, TN 37148 Phone: 615-325-2279 E-mail: portlandlibrary@bellsouth.net Website

Hendersonville Public Library 140 Saundersville Road Hendersonville, TN 37075 Phone: 615-824-0656 Website

Westmoreland Public Library 2305 Epperson Springs Rd. Westmoreland, TN 37186 Phone: 615-644-2026 Website

White House Inn Library 105 College Street White House, TN 37188 Phone: 615-672-0239 Fax: 615-672-9733 Website

Museums
White House Inn Library and Museum 412 Hwy 76 White House, TN 37188 Phone: 615-672-0239 Fax: 615-672-9733 Website

Societies
Sumner County Historical Society P O Box 1871 Gallatin, TN 37066 Website
 * Publication: Bits and Pieces

Bledsoe's Lick Historical Association, Inc. Old Highway 25 Box 210 Castalian Springs, TN 37031a, Website

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society PO Box 330948 Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507 Website
 * The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Sumner 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

Websites

 * Cumberland Pioneer Settlers Cumberland Compact Signers, Pioneer Land Grant Recipients, Publication Descriptions, Free Book Indexes
 * Rootwalker: Genealogy Pages for Northern Middle TN Free Genealogy Resources for the Region
 * Sumner County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Sumner County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * Sumner County, Tennessee Genealogists Companion. (RootsWeb) Transcribed documents acquired from microfilm and original records.
 * Sumner County TN Genealogy  (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides
An excellent place to start Sumner County genealogy searches is the Limited All Name Index, available online, courtesy: Sumner County Archives. The index covers many early records, including court, land, military, probate, school, and vital records. The site also hosts an obituary index.


 * "Genealogical Research in Sumner County," The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 1988). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Sumner.
 * "Sumner County Research," The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Winter 1992). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Sumner.


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