Warren County, Tennessee Genealogy

Warren County, Tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to Warren County (established 1807) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

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

County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse 201 Locust Street 111S Court Square McMinnville, TN 37110 Phone: 1-931-473-2623 County Clerk has marriage records from 1852, death records from 1925 and probate records from 1827. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records

Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

History


Middle Tennessee county.

The county is named after Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775), "American Revolutionary War officer, who sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride."

"During the first two years of the county’s existence court sessions were held at the home of Joseph Westmoreland and in a log courthouse built nearby on the east side of Barren Fork of Collins River."

Parent County
1807--Warren County was established 26 November 1807 from White County. Early records may be found under White County. County seat: McMinnville

County Pronunciation

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

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1852 Fire damaged the courthouse records.


 * Lost census: 1810
 * Lost marriage records: 1808 to 1851.
 * Lost probate records: 1808 to 1826

Getting Started
Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Warren County biography, cemetery, census, land, marriage, military, and probate records. To determine which books are being searched, or to search each publication's index individually, click here. You are now equipped with a checklist of books to pull off the shelves at a genealogy library, or a wish list for your personal book collection.

Research Guides

 * Gant, Wanda Muncey. Warren County, Tennessee Research Information. McMinnville, Tenn.: W.M. Gant, 199-?..
 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Warren County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

African American
United States African Americans Tennessee African Americans

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

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from the History of Warren County, Tennessee (1887) by Goodspeed Publishing Co., are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources


 * Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

Census
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Warren 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 Warren County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files and scanned images of census microfilm. The USGenWeb Census Project®.

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..

1810-1891


 * Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

1820


 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.

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. A free online 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


 * Bridgewater, Betty Anderson. 1840 Federal census of Warren County, Tennessee. McMinnville, Tennessee: Eliza Lyon Mitchell Chapter of the Questers, 1985.

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. . Also 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Middle District, Warren County on page 158.

1850


 * Population schedule of the United States Census of 1850, Seventh Census for Warren County, Tennessee. Typescript, 1958.

1870


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1870 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Tennessee: R.A.C. Hillis, 1988.

1880


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1880 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988.

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

1900


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1900 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988.

1910


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1910 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988.

Church
Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as information about family members and clues about family migration. For additional information about church records, religions, and religious archives in Tennessee, see Tennessee Church Records.


 * Warren County Church Records


 * FamilySearch Catalog -


 * Church histories tell when a church started in the area, who the early members were, give data about church leaders, etc.


 * - FamilySearch Catalog -


 * If the records you need are not through the Family History Library, contact the church(es) in the area where your ancestor lived. Two sites that give information about churches in Warren County are:


 * - List of Warren County churches with addresses and phone numbers (Yellowbook)
 * - List of Warren County churches (TN HomeTownLocator)

Baptist


 * The Primitive Baptist and Methodists established a church in the 6th District in 1809 or 1810.
 * 1816-1935 - Caney Fork Primitive Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1816-1935. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #178. Item 2 (This church is in the 10th District.)
 * 1831-1912 - Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #259.
 * 1831-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 1 Index to original Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912.
 * Grime, John Harvey. History of Middle Tennessee Baptists: With Special Reference to Salem, New Salem, Enon and Wiseman Associations. Nashville, Tennessee: Baptist and Reflector, 1902. Includes names changes for places in Middle Tennessee. Free digital copy.

Methodist


 * 1820 - ''By 1820 a Methodist church, Mt. Zion, had opened its doors in the 5th District."
 * 1898-1967 - Methodist Church Records. Warren and Coffee Counties, 1898-1967.Manuscript. TSLA Reel #375.
 * 1898-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 2 Index to Methodist Church Records. Warren and Coffee Counties, 1898-1967.

Presbyterian


 * 1831-1869 - Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #259.
 * 1831-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 1 Index to original Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912.
 * 1871-1885 - Main Street Presbyterian Church, McMinnville, Baptism Index 1871-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1871-1895 - Main Street Presbyterian Church, McMinnville, Marriage Index 1871-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

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


 * Brown - Descendant of Thomas Brown, b. 1753 Augusta County, Virginia, d. 1849 Warren County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 82180). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 2), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.

Family Histories
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 Warren, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 75,000 entries.


 * The Heritage of Warren County, Tennessee. n.p.: Warren County Heritage Book Committee, 2005..

Bibliography


 * Dodson - Lynn, Catherine Gaffin. The Dodson Family of Warren County, Tennessee and Allied Families. Centerville, Tenn.: Lynn, 1974.
 * Gray - Ames, Edwina Gray Powers and Stanley Richard Ames. Gray, Powers and Their Interrelated Families, Descendants of Col. Thomas Holden Wade: Including Arledge, Bailes, Butts (Virginia), Dupree, Hendricks, Legg, Martin, Massenburg, McWilliams, Sims, Wade of Limestone County, Alabama. Rochester, New York: S.R. Ames Enterprises, 1992..
 * Hammon - Hammons, Bob D. The Hammons from Warren County, Tennessee thru Texas and Arkansas to Oklahoma: with Allied Families of Bryan, Phillips, Sullivan, Lane and Grigg. Sallisaw, Oklahoma: B.D. Hammons, 1994..
 * Mullican - Kochanski, Lois Whidden. The Mullican Family of Warren County, Tennessee: A History and Genealogy. Bethesda, Md.: L. Kochanski, 1991..
 * Pepper - Raya, Florence Pepper. The History of the Pepper Family in America and Allied Lines. Madison, Iowa: Evening Democrat Co., 1973.

Land

 * 1808-1818 - W.P.A. Warren County, Deeds, Book A. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.
 * 1812-1819 - W.P.A. Warren County, Deeds, Book B, Parts I &amp; II. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products(the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.
 * 1823-1826 - W.P.A. Warren County, Deeds, Book E. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.

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.

Local Histories

 * The Goodspeed Histories of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren and White Counties: With Biographical Sketches and Aboriginal Map of Tennessee. McMinnville, TN: B. Lomond Press, 1972. Reprint. Originally published: Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1887. Available at Digital version available at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Quintin Publications.

Maps

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions

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, Warren 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. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Warren County pensioners (p. 98).


 * Warren County in the War of 1812 Courtesy:TNGenWeb

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 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)
 * 1891-1965 - at FamilySearch — images
 * Civil War Research Database $
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Regiments. Civil War service men from Warren 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 Warren County.

Confederate Soldiers


 * 11th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Holman's) - CSA - Company H.
 * 16th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies C, D, E, and H.
 * 22nd Battalion, Tennessee Infantry (Murray's) - CSA - Company D.
 * 35th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (5th Infantry) (1st Mountain Rifle Regiment) - CSA - 2nd Company A, 2nd Company B, Company D, 2nd Company D and 2nd Company G.
 * 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA
 * Douglas' Battalion, Tennessee Partisan Rangers - CSA - 0. F. Bruster or Brewster's company, and Chatham Coffee's company.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Warren County:


 * Head, Thomas A. Campaigns and battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the war between the states, with incidental sketches of the part performed by other Tennessee troops in the same war.1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1885. Free digital copy
 * USGenWeb Archives, Warren County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Warren 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. Warren County, page 381.
 * USGenNet, CSA 16th Tennessee Regiment Memorial Monument. Photograph and partial roster.

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 Warren County click on the following city:


 * McMinnville

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 Warren County.

Periodicals

 * Family Findings
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of Warren 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 Upper Cumberland Researcher
 * Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Warren County, Tennessee have been published in The Upper Cumberland Researcher, the journal of the Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association, Inc. To view a list of the first 17 years of these articles, visit their online Seventeen Year Index to The Upper Cumberland Researcher (Vols. 1-17, 1975-1992). The Index contains a "Counties" section beginning on page 19. The Family History Library has most issues through the present (1975-1993) and  (1994-present).


 * Warren County, Tennessee Genealogical Association Bulletin
 * The Family History Library has most volumes to the present. Indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) volumes 1 - 16 (Spring 1992 - Spring 2007). For additional information see Warren County, Tennessee Genealogical Association Facebook Page.

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

Online Records


 * 1779 – 2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * Wills, 1888-1938 (2 vols.)
 * Inventories, Sales, Wills, 1827-1844
 * Inventories, Wills, 1827-1917 (Vols. 1-12)
 * Bonds, 1870-1879, 1900-1919
 * Bonds, Letters, 1880-1891
 * Bonds, Settlements, 1866-1952 (6 vols.)
 * Claims against estates, 1921-1966 (2 vols.)
 * Guardian records, 1870-1893
 * Insolvent estate records, 1860-1959 (5 vols.)
 * Letters, 1870-1898, 1905-1913 (2 vols.)

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


 * 1827-1910 - Majors, Betty Moore. Warren County, Tennessee Will Books. 3 volumes. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1992-1993, 1996. Indexed. (FHL book 976.8653 P2m v. 1-3.)
 * 1827-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1990. . Includes an index to this county's probate records.
 * 1827-1844, 1852-1864 - W.P.A. Inventories, Sale Bills, Statements, etc., Book 1, Parts I &amp; II. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.

Taxation
The following Warren County tax records have been abstracted:


 * 1804 - Gant, Wanda. "Alphabetically Arranged Wilson Co., TN 1804 Tax List by Company: Arranged in Order to Compare to Warren County Names," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives. Source: TSLA list.
 * 1805, 1812, 1817 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. Includes 1805, 1812, and 1817 tax lists.
 * 1812 - Warren Co. Tax List, 1812. Early Tax Lists reel #5, TSLA, Nashville.
 * 1812 - 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 Warren Co. Tax List, 1812 as a source.
 * 1812 - West, Betsy. "Warren County, Tennessee Tax List, 1812," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 19, No. 3 (July-Sep. 1972):107-112. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1812 - Combs-Coombs &amp;c. "1812 Warren Co, Tennessee Tax Lists (A Start toward an Annotated List) Index and Search Engine," available online, courtesy: Combs-Coombs &amp;c. Research Group and Warren Co., TNGenWeb.
 * 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 Periodicals. Includes Warren County.
 * 1836 - Tax List, 1836, Van Buren County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Jun. 1988).
 * 1836 - Gant, Wanda Muncey. "Warren County, Tennessee 1836 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 1989):9-14; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer 1989):77-80. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1836 - Gant, Wanda Muncey. "1836 Warren County Tax List," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1836, 1838 - Gant, Wanda Muncey. Warren County, Tennessee Research Information. McMinnville, Tennessee : W.M. Gant, 199-?.
 * 1838 - Gant, Wanda Muncey. "1838 Warren County Tax List," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1854 - Gant, Wanda Muncey. "Warren County, Tennessee 1854 Tax List," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1859 - Assessment of Personal Property, 1859, Dist. 14, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1860 - Personal Property, 1860, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 1994).
 * 1860 - Assessment of Personal Property, 1860, Dist. 14, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1895 - Tax Book, 1895, District 13, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1917 - Delinquent Taxpayers Notice, June 1917, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 2000).

For missing years, an alternative resource to consider is "Tennessee Legislative Petitions". You can order copies at Ordering Legislative Petitions.

Vital Records
See also How to order Tennessee Vital Records or order electronically online.

Birth

 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1881-1885 - Warren County Birth Index 1881-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.org - free. Batch.


 * 1908-1912 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage
State Marriage Records


 * 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $


 * 1780-2002 - Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002 at Ancestry.com — index $


 * 1780-2002 - at FamilySearch.org— index


 * 1790-1950 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images


 * 1796-1950 - at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch — index and images


 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry.com— index and images $

The original Warren County marriage records are kept at the County Courthouse. Marriage records were lost because of a courthouse fire in 1852. The following publication, based on early newspapers, helps to alleviate this genealogical obstacle:


 * Marriage records, Warren County, Tennessee. at Ancestry.com (Free /$)


 * 1791-1851 - Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978..


 * Ancestry has an online version of the book Warren County Marriage Records published in 1965 by Womack Printing Co; subscription required to view. - Available Online ($)

The following Warren County marriage records are microfilmed:


 * 1852-1986 - Available at the TSLA. 1852-1877 can be interlibrary loaned.


 * 1852-1961 - Available at the Family History Library. Each volume is indexed.

The following Warren County marriage records have been indexed:


 * 1850-1900 - Clark, Fred L. An Alphabetical Listing of the Marriage Records of Warren County, Tennessee, 1852-1900. Quebeck, Tennessee: F.L. Clark, 199?.


 * 1850-1900 - Mesa Family History Center. Marriage Records, Warren Co., Tennessee, 1850-1900: surname index. Mesa, Arizona: Mesa Regional Family History Center, 1996.


 * 1852-1918 - Warren County Marriage Index 1852-1918 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.org - free.


 * 1852-1900 -Marriage Records of Warren County, Tennessee, 1852-1900. McMinnville, Tennessee: Womack Print., 1965.


 * 1852-1864 - Marriage Records, 1850-1866, Wawrren County, Tennessee. Nashville: TSLA, Historical Records Project, 1940. Typescript. Item 3


 * 1852-1864 - W.P.A. Marriage License Records, Vol. A. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products(the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.


 * 1852-1865 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1988. vol. 2. This county's marriages have been indexed in this publication for the specified years.


 * 1852-1865 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Warren County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1852-1865.


 * 1852-1871 - Daughters of the American Revolution, Lieut. James Sheppard Chapter. Index to marriage records, Warren County, Tennessee: June 22, 1852-February 28, 1871, book "A" &amp; book "1.", McMinnville, Tennessee: s.n., 1974.


 * 1852-1899 - Marriage Records, Warren County, Tennessee. (1852-1899), McMinnville, Tenn.: Womack Print. Co., 1965. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * 1900-1975 - Hillis, Robert A. Marriage Records, Warren County, Tennessee. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988. 2 vols.

Divorce
In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Warren County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, see the following resources:


 * W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp.

Death

 * 1874-1955 - at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1908-1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1914-1966 - at FamilySearch — index and images

For deaths of Methodists in Warren County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try searching the following records:


 * 1847-1914 - 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 1830's, 1840's, 1910's and 1920's.


 * 1827-1844, 1852-1864 - W.P.A. Inventories, Sale Bills, Statements, etc., Book 1, Parts I &amp; II. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.

Libraries

 * Magness Community House &amp; Library  Library in McMinnville 118 W Main St. McMinnville, TN 37110 Phone: 1-931-473-2428 Reference E-mail - [mailto:maglibrarian@blomand.net maglibrarian@blomand.net] General E-mail - [mailto:magnesslib@blomand.net magnesslib@blomand.net] Hours: Mon.-Tues. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wed.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun. Closed The library's catalog is online. The Tennessee Room houses the local history and genealogy department The Southern Heritage Room contains a collection of books, periodicals and videotapes about the history, culture and economy of the Southern United States.

Societies
See also a List of Tennessee Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies


 * Warren County Genealogical Association P.O. Box 411 McMinnville, TN 37111 Facebook Page Quarterly publication: The Bulletin: The Publication of Warren County Genealogical Association. A table of contents from 1992 to 2007 is accessible from the society's website. Contact: Sandra Myers Bellflower sfmbellflower@yahoo.com The Warren County Genealogical Association was organized in 1992.


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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * McMinnville Tennessee Family History Center 183 Underwood Road McMinnville, Warren, Tennessee, United States Telephone: 931-473-1053

This is not a mailing address. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

Warren County Tennessee Genealogy Websites

 * (FamilySearch) — The catalog is genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) This catalog is different than the indexed Historical Records.
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: TN-UPPER-CUMBERLAND-L (Upper Cumberland Tennessee Region Genealogy List)
 * Warren County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Warren County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Warren County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)