Robertson County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States   Tennessee    Robertson County



County Courthouse
Robertson County Courthouse 408 North Main Street Springfield, Tennessee 37172 County Clerk office is located at 511 S. Brown St. Springfield, Tennessee 37172 Phone: (615) 384-5895

Hours: Monday - Thursday 8 am - 4:30 pm Friday 8 am - 6 pm

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

Parent County
1796--Robertson County was established 9 April 1796 from part of Tennessee County, North Carolina. County seat: Springfield

Neighboring Counties

 * Cheatham
 * Davidson
 * Logan County, Kentucky
 * Montgomery
 * Simpson County, Kentucky
 * Sumner
 * Todd County, Kentucky

Research Guides

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

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


 * 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 FHL US/CAN Book 976.84 D2w. Digital versions available at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).

Bibliography

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 Tennessee State Library and Archives 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 Tennessee State Library and Archives; another version is available at World Vital Records.

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. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Robertson County.]

Periodicals
Ansearchin' News

Several genealogical articles with abstracts of Robertson County, Tennessee records have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.

Taxation

 * [1812] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4s. [Includes 1812 tax list.]

Vital Records
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 avaliable at the Family History Library.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Robertson County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Family History Library Catalog