Robertson County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Robertson 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 James Robertson, an explorer, founder of Nashville, and a state senator, who was often called the "Father of Middle Tennessee". The County is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Robertson County Courthouse 408 North Main St. Springfield, TN 37172 Robertson County Website Phone: 615-384-5895 County Clerk and Master Phone:  615-382-3128

Robertson County Clerk 511 South Brown St. Springfield, TN 37172 County Clerk Phone:  615-384-5895

Robertson County Register of Deeds 525 South Brown St. Springfield, TN 37172 County Register of Deeds Phone:  615-384-3772

State Library in Nashville has birth and death records from 1925, marriage records from 1839, probate records from 1796, court records from 1832 and divorce records from 1844. Register of Deeds has land records from 1796.

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 1796. Part of the pioneer Cumberland Settlements. Formed from Tennessee County, North Carolina

The county is named after "James Robertson (1742-1814), Tennessee state legislator and founder of the Watauga Settlements."

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 Robertson 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 Robertson 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 Robertson County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files and scanned images of census microfilm. The USGenWeb Census Project®.

1800 Lost 

1810 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..

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.
 * Lauderdale County Library (Florence, Alabama). Vertical Files, Census Fecords.Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1978. Item 2
 * Presley, Mrs. Leister E. Robertson County, Tennessee Population Schedules of the United States Census of 1820.S.p., 19-?
 * Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. Includes free African Americans in 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, Robertson County on page 157.

1850


 * Porch, Deane. Robertson County, Tennessee 1850 Census. [S.l.: Deane Porch, 1968.

1850 Agricultural Census


 * Green, Linda L. Tennessee 1850 Agricultural Census. 2 vols. Woodbridge, Va.: L.L. Green, 2000. ff. Robertson County is included in Vol. 2.

1880


 * Sistler, Byron H. 1880 Census Dickson County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler and Associates, 1999.

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry $

1920


 * Bush, Marisa, ed.. Robertson County, Tennessee Census, 1920 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Available at Ancestry ($).

Court Records
Chancery Court

Genealogical information found in the loose papers of the Chancery court 1844-1872 is abstracted in Robertson County, Tennessee abstracts of Chancery Courts loose papers, 1844-1872 by Jean M. Durrett. This abstract reveals many family relationships of Robertson county residents in pre-census years. It is also available at the.

There are Plaintiff/Defendant Indexes from 1844-2005 available at Robertson County Archives.

Law and Legislation 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.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans
 * Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. [Includes free African Americans in this county.]
 * Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation - blog by John Baker supplementing his book about slaves of the plantation.

Genealogies
General


 * As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Robertson, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 40,000 entries.


 * 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.
 * 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. . Digital versions available at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).

Bibliography


 * Adcock - Frazier, Gloria Shipp. Adcock: Descendants of Henry and Sarah Adcock of Robertson County, Tennessee. Wyandotte, Oklahoma: Gregath, 2006..
 * Bell - Phipps, Mrs. J.R. Bell, Mayes, Phipps & Williams of Robertson Co. Tenn., with Bessinger & Dychess of S.C. & Germany..
 * Covington - White, Eurie Covington. Covington Cousins: A Genealogy of the Covingtons and some of the Related Families. Dallas, TX: Nolden Print. Co., 1956. Available at ; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Crutcher - Merritt, Robert K. Larkin Crutcher of Robertson County Tennessee. Typescript, 1957.
 * Crutcher - McCutcheon, Larry. Our Drake and Crutcher Families of Marshall County, Tennessee. Hohenwald, Tenn.: L. McCutcheon, 2007..
 * Darden, Dorden, Dardens, Durden, Dearden - Darden, Newton Jasper. Darden Family History: With Notes on Ancestry of Allied Families: Washington, Lanier, Burch, Strozier, Dodson, Pyles, McNair, Barnett a memorial of Dearden-Durden-Dardens of the United States of America, Particularly in Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas. Washington, D.C.?: Unknown, 1957. Available at ; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Fox - Fox, Ezelle. The Story of William Fox. Dumas, TX: E. Fox, 1954. Available at ; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Green - Green, Chalman E. and Mae Chinn Green. Green, Harlow and Bowman Families. Nampa, Idaho: M.C. Green, 1984 (Newport, Ark.: Morgan Books). FHL Book 929.273 G82gc.
 * Gullett - Futrell, Roger Henry Lofland. George Gullett of Carroll County, Tennessee: and Son James Hickman Gullett of Robertson County, Tennessee. Frankfort, Ky.: R.H. Futrell, 2006. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Halcomb - Giulvezan, Isabel Stebbins. Notes on Hiram H. Halcomb, 1789-1869 of Caswell County, North Carolina, Robertson County, Tennessee, Logan and Simpson Counties, Kentucky, and His 16 Children. Typescript, 1961..
 * Jones - Watson, Walter A. Notes on Southside Virginia. Richmond, Va.: D. Bottom, Superintendant of Public Print., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Mayes - Phipps, Mrs. J.R. Bell, Mayes, Phipps & Williams of Robertson Co. Tenn., with Bessinger & Dychess of S.C. & Germany..
 * Murphy - Murphy, Marion Emerson. Early Murphys-Murpheys in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, Robertson and Carroll Counties, Tennessee: Their Ancestry and Progeny. San Diego, Calif.: M.E. Murphy, 1974..
 * Phipps - Phipps, Mrs. J.R. Bell, Mayes, Phipps & Williams of Robertson Co. Tenn., with Bessinger & Dychess of S.C. & Germany..
 * Redfern, Redfearn - Redfearn, Daniel Huntley. History of the Redfearn Family. Miami, FL: D. H. Redfearn, 1942. Available at ; ; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Spiller - Gottschalk, Kathrine Cox. The Spiller Family of Prince William County, Virginia; Robertson County, Tennessee; Williamson County, Illinois. Typescript. Microfilmed in 1972..
 * 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..
 * Williams - Phipps, Mrs. J.R. Bell, Mayes, Phipps & Williams of Robertson Co. Tenn., with Bessinger & Dychess of S.C. & Germany..

Land and Property Records
Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Robertson 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 Robertson County, both before and after its land became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1785-1802.

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 12.14.14 (Windows Vista users may need to include a period after the last digit, for example 12.14.14.) and click Search. This is the specific MarsID for Robertson County. 12.14.19 covers Tennessee County, Tennessee.
 * 4) Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Robertson County."
 * 5) In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Robertson 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.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)

Military Records
Revolutionary War The following Robertson County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Revolutionary War pension applications

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, Robertson 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. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Robertson County pensioners (p. 51).

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 — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (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

Regiments.

Confederate Soldiers


 * 11th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company F.
 * 14th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies C and I.
 * 30th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A, B, H, and K.
 * 49th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company C.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Robertson County:


 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Robertson 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. Robertson County, page 372.

Spanish American War
 * Hale, Will T.The First Tennessee Regiment, United States Volunteers. Nashville, 1899. Free digital copy.

Newspapers
Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at the 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 Robertson County click on the following cities or towns:


 * Adams
 * Greenbrier
 * Springfield
 * White House


 * 1794-1851 - Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978..
 * 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?)

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;
 * The Eastern Robertson County Historical Quarterly: Published by the Cross Plains Heritage Commission Facebook page.
 * 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..
 * Robertson County Chimes: Quarterly pf the Robertson County Historical Society

Probate Records
The Robertson County Court has responsibility for the probate records.

Online Records and Indexes
 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry $
 * 1796-1959 Robertson County portion of  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.
 * 1796-1803 - Will Book 1: 1796-1803 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1812-1818 - Will Book 2: 1812-1818 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1819-1821 - Will Book 3: 1819-1821 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1821-1825 - Will Book 4: 1821-1825 Strictly By Name - Index only

Book Abstracts and Indexes
 * 1796-1846 - Durrett, Jean, et al. Robertson County, Tennessee, Will Book Index, 1796-1846. Springfield, Tennessee Springfield Print., 1991. (FHL book 976.8464 P22d.)
 * 1796-1861 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills &Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. . Includes an index to this county's probate records.


 * USGenWeb's Robertson County page has some will transcriptions.

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


 * 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 Periodicals.
 * 1812 - Hughes, T.P. and Jewel B. Standefer. "Robertson County, Tennessee-1812 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972):181-184. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1812 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. Includes 1812 tax list.
 * 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 Periodicals. Includes Robinson (Robertson) County.
 * 1836 - Douthat, James L. Robertson County, Tennessee, 1836 Civil Districts and Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1999. ; online: free surname index and purchase details.
 * 1836 Civil Districts and Tax Lists, 1836, Tennessee Genealogy and History, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Aug. 1999); Vol. 3, No. 3 (1999); Vol. 4, No. 1 (2000).
 * 1921 Cross Plains Special Scool Tax Levy, 1921, Eastern Robertson County Historical Quarterly, Issue 30 (Winter 2002).

Birth

 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1912 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1908-1912 - Roberton County Birth Index 1908-1912 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

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
 * 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
 * 1829-1860 - Marriage Records, 1829-1860, Robertson County, Tennessee. FHL Film 24803 Item 3. Typescript (Click on camera to open)
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1839-1880 - Robertson County, Tennessee Marriage Index 1839-1880. Courtesy Robertson County Archives.
 * 1839-1934 - Robertson County Marriage Index 1839-1934 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 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


 * 1839-1861 - Marriages of Robertson County, Tennessee, 1839-1861. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981. FHL Book 976.8464 V2w
 * 1839-1861 - Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. ff. Indexes of brides, grooms, and marriage dates for this county for specified years.
 * 1839-1870 - 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870. 3 vols.  ff. Includes names of brides, grooms, bondsmen, marriage bond dates, and officiators for this county for specified years.
 * 1859-1873 - Robertson County, Tennessee marriage book 2, 1859-1873. Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002.  Includes records of earliest marriages between former slaves. It is not a comprehensive listing of all marriages in Robertson County.

Death

 * 1874-1955 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1908-1912 - Robertson County Death Index 1908-1912 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 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

Archives
Robertson County Archives 504 S. Willow St. Springfield, TN 37172 County Archives Phone:  615-382-6928 Email: [mailto:robertsoncoarch@bellsouth.net robertsoncoarch@bellsouth.net]The county's early records are located here.

Cross Plains Heritage Commission P.O. Box 7 7821 Highway 25 East (Main Street) - Museum and archives Cross Plains, TN 37049 Please contact before visiting. Website
 * "The Cross Plains Heritage Commission is the local historical society for Cross Plains, Tennessee. Our organization was formed in 1986 as part of the Tennessee Homecoming '86 Celebration. Our mission is to preserve the history and heritage of Cross Plains, Orlinda, and the eastern part Robertson County."

Libraries
Stokes Brown Public Library 405 White St. Springfield, TN 37172 Phone: 615-384-5123 Email: gorhamweb@bellsouth.net Website

Museums
Cross Plains Heritage Commission P.O. Box 7 7821 Highway 25 East (Main Street) - Museum and archives Cross Plains, TN 37049 Please contact before visiting. Website
 * "The Cross Plains Heritage Commission is the local historical society for Cross Plains, Tennessee. Our organization was formed in 1986 as part of the Tennessee Homecoming '86 Celebration. Our mission is to preserve the history and heritage of Cross Plains, Orlinda, and the eastern part Robertson County."

Societies
Cross Plains Heritage Commission P.O. Box 7 7821 Highway 25 East (Main Street) - Museum and archives Cross Plains, TN 37049 Please contact before visiting. Website
 * "The Cross Plains Heritage Commission is the local historical society for Cross Plains, Tennessee. Our organization was formed in 1986 as part of the Tennessee Homecoming '86 Celebration. Our mission is to preserve the history and heritage of Cross Plains, Orlinda, and the eastern part Robertson County."

Robertson County Historical Society 124 6th Avenue West P.O. Box 1022 Springfield, TN 37172 Phone: 615-382-7173 E-mail: rchs@bellsouth.net Facebook Website
 * For genealogical questions or information please contact the Robertson County Archives.

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society PO Box 330948 Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507 Website
 * The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Robertson 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
 * Robertson County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Robertson County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * Rootwalker: Genealogy Pages for Northern Middle TN Free Genealogy Resources for the Region
 * Robertson 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

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