Tipton County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States   Tennessee    Tipton County





Parent County
1823--Tipton County was established 29 October 1823 from Chickasaw Indian Lands. County seat: Covington

Neighboring Counties

 * Crittenden, Arkansas (to the southwest)
 * Fayette (to the southeast)
 * Haywood (to the east)
 * Lauderdale (to the north)
 * Mississippi, Arkansas (to the northwest)
 * Shelby (to the south)

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


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

General


 * Hayes, Sallie. Tipton County, Tennessee Family Histories &amp; Cemetery Records. n.p.: S. Hayes, 199-. FHL US/CAN Book 976.817 D2h. [Includes information about surnames: Ruffin, Craddock, Hyde, Sasser and Sherman.]
 * Matthews, Paul A. Early Families of the Memphis Area: Profiles of 135 Families of Fayette, Shelby and Tipton Counties in Tennessee, Crittenden County, Arkansas and DeSoto and Marshall Counties in Mississippi: With Historical Time Lines and Photogrpahs of Those Counties. Memphis, Tennessee: Descendants of Early Settlers of Shelby and Adjoining Counties, 2008. FHL US/CAN Book 976 D2m.

Bibliography


 * [Bird] Embry, Iola. Bird History. Typescript. FHL US/CAN Film 2241.
 * [Cullum] Cullum, David and Ed Cullum. Cullums Synonymous: The Descendants of Reverend Marcus Hiram Collum and Elizabeth Jane Davis (North Carolina--Tennessee--Texas). Dallas, Texas: Cullums Synonymous, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C898c.
 * [Cullum] Cullum, David and Ed Cullum. Cullums Synonymous [Newsletter]: A Cullum Family Newsletter. Dallas, Texas: Cullums Synonymous, 1984-1994. FHL 929.27305 C898c.
 * [McCain] Lynn, E. Elizabeth. McCain Family Members: From the Waxhaws, Tipton County, Tennessee, and Elsewhere. Montreat, North Carolina: E.E. Lynn, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M123L.
 * [Mitchell] Goggans, Helen Mitchell, Mavis P. Kelsey and Billie Mitchell Langford. The Mitchell Family of Tipton County, Tennessee: Their Antecedents in Colonial Southside Virginia Including Jones and Bishop and Their Numerous Descendents. Kingsland, Arkansas: H.M. Goggans, A. Mitchell, &amp; B.M. Langford, 1990. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M692go.
 * [Pace] Pace, William Carroll and Doris Pace Resner. Pace's, Smith's, Baucom's. 2 vols. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: W.C. Pace, [1990?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P114p ff.
 * [Pullen] Archibald Pullen Family Bible Records, 1777-1851 and Pedigree Chart, 1762-1923. FHL US/CAN Film 1145775 Item 3.
 * [Trobaugh] Kennedy, Chester C. Konawa, I.T.: Two Pioneer Families, Hammons and Trobaugh. Konawa, Oklahoma: C.C. Kennedy, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H184ke.

Occupations

 * Miller, Alan N. West Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1821 to 1889. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2man. Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Tipton County.]

Taxation

 * [1836] Douthat, James L. 1836 Tipton County, Tennessee, Civil Districts and Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 2001. FHL US/CAN Book 976.817 R4d.
 * [1837] Tax List, 1837. Ansearchin' News. Vol. 40, No. 3 (Fall 1993); Vol. 40, No. 4 (Winter 1993). FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 40 (1993).
 * [1837] Tax List, 1837. Tennessee Genealogy and History, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2000).
 * [1837-1838] Tipton County, Tennessee, Tax Rolls 1837-1838. Buffalo, Texas: Four Scribes, 1987. FHL US/CAN Book 976.817 R4t.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog