Stewart County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Stewart 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 Duncan Stewart, an early settler and state legislator. The County is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Stewart County Courthouse 225 Donelson Parkway Dover, TN 37058 County Courthouse Phone: 931-232-7042 County Clerk Phone: 931-232-7616 County Register of Deeds Phone: 931-232-5990

Stewart County Archives P.O. Box 367 Dover, TN 37058 Stewart County Archives [mailto:stewartcountyarchives@gmail.com stewartcountyarchives@gmail.com] Courthouse books, records and loose papers (excluding marriages and deeds), 1804-1950s

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1898. Register of Deeds has land records from 1803.

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

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 The county is named after "Duncan Stewart, Tennessee state legislator and lieutenant governor of Mississippi Territory."

Bible Records

 * Family Bible of John Wesley Scarborough and Mary Velina Watterfield: Stewart County, Tennessee. Microfilmed in 1963..

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 Stewart County.

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator
 * Stewart County Historical Society, Cemetery Records of Stewart County, Tennessee, 1983.Out of print.Copies available at area libraries.

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

See the TNGenWeb Stewart County page for 1820-1940 census transcripts made by descendants of Stewart County residents.

1810 Lost, but 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..

1820


 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.
 * McNutt, Gwyn B. 1820, Pre Henry county Area (Stewart County, Tennessee, Census).Paris, Tennessee G.B. McNutt, 1989.
 * Willis, Laura and Betty Sellers. Stewart County, Tennessee Census of 1820 &amp; 1830. Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Pub., 1999. Available at . Digital version is available at World Vital Records. Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
 * Online at TNGenWeb.

1830


 * Willis, Laura and Betty Sellers. Stewart County, Tennessee Census of 1820 &amp; 1830. Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Pub., 1999. Available at . Digital version is available at World Vital Records. Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
 * Online at TNGenWeb.

1840


 * Willis, Laura and Betty Sellers. Stewart County, Tenn. census of 1840. Melber, Kentucky Simmons Historical Pub., 1999.
 * Online at TNGenWeb.

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, Stewart County on page 157.

1850


 * Finley, Nina. Census of Houston County Area. Erin, Tennessee Friends of Houston County Library, 19--?. vol. 6, Southern Stewart
 * Willis, Laura and Betty Sellers. Stewart County, Tennessee Census of 1850. Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Pub., 2000. Available at . Digital version available at World Vital Records. Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
 * Online at TNGenWeb.

1860


 * Finley, Nina. Census of Houston County Area. Erin, Tennessee Friends of Houston County Library, 19--?. vol. 7, Southern Stewart
 * Willis, Laura. Stewart County, Tennessee Census of 1860. Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Pub., 2003. Digital version available at World Vital Records. Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
 * Online at TNGenWeb.

1870


 * Finley, Nina. Census of Houston County Area. Erin, Tennessee Friends of Houston County Library, 19--?. vol. 8, Southern Stewart
 * Online at TNGenWeb.

1880


 * Sistler, Barbara and Byron H. Sistler. ’’1880 Census Stewart County, Tennessee.’’ Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler and Associates, 1999.
 * Online at TNGenWeb

1890 Lost, but substitutes are available:


 * Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. . Stewart County is included in Vol. 2.
 * Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978..

1900


 * Online at TNGenWeb

1910


 * Online at TNGenWeb

1920


 * Bush, Marisa, ed.. Stewart County, Tennessee Census, 1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Online at TNGenWeb
 * Stewart County, Tennessee Census, 1920 at Ancestry $

1930


 * Online at TNGenWeb

1940


 * Online at TNGenWeb

Church Records
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.


 * Stewart County Church Records


 * - 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 Stewart County are:


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

Baptist


 * 1810-1964 - Saline Creek Baptist Church Records. Stewart County, 1810-1964 TSLA Reel# 710, extracts and original images on the TNGenWeb site.
 * 1851-1953 - Cross Creek Baptist Church (Stewart County, Tennessee). Minutes of meetings and lists of members, 1851-1953. Nashville, Tennessee Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1968.
 * 1892-1904 - Walnut Grove Baptist Church (Stewart County, Tennessee). Church minutes, 1892-1904. Nashville, Tennessee: Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1966. Item 4
 * 1894-1929 - Rushing Creek Baptist Church (Stewart County). Church records, 1894-1929. Nashville, Tennessee: Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1964. Item 3

Episcopal
 * 1881-1895 - Indian Mound Episcopal Church South Baptism Index 1881-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1842-1962 Indian Mound Episcopal Church, Stewart County, 1842-1962. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #128.

Methodist
 * 1842-1962 - Indian Mound Methodist Church, Stewart County, 1842-1962. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #128. Item 2
 * 1842-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 1 Index to original Indian Mound Methodist Church, Stewart County, 1842-1962.

Methodist Episcopal

Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church


 * 1861-1885 - Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church Baptism Index 1861-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1861-1912 - Hopewell Methodist Episcopal Church (Stewart County, Tennessee). Church records, 1861-1912. Nashville, Tennessee: State Library and Archives, 19--. TSLA Reel #128. Item 3

Court Records

 * 1804-1845 Extracts of County Court Minutes from 1804-1845 (non-inclusive) are available on the TNGenWeb site.
 * 1821-1831 Stewart County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 1 &amp; 1A, 1821-1831, publication for sale from the Stewart County Archives, Dover, TN. Includes every-name extracts of the county's earliest two Circuit Court Minute Books.

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.

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


 * John Randle Hogan (1841-1893)
 * C. Perry McCoy (1820-1884) - Y-DNA matches Tucker surname
 * Perry Thomas Robertson (1863-1930) - Y-DNA matches Isom surname

Family Histories
 * As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Stewart, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 20,000 entries.


 * Stewart County Historical Society, Stewart County Heritage, Dover, Tennessee, Vol. 1.Printed by Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, TX, 1980.Available for purchase from the Historical Society and the Stewart County Public Library.
 * Stewart County Historical Society, Stewart County, Tennessee History and Families, Vol. 2. Printed by Rose Publishing Company, Humboldt, TN, 2000. Available for purchase from the Historical Society and the Stewart County Public Library.

Bibliography


 * Aldridge - Aldridge, Franklin Rudolph. Aldridge Family Genealogy and History. Nashville, Tenn.: Printed by Commercial Letter Shop, 1960. ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Beasley - Lockhart, William Thomas. The Beasley Family of Benton, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys and Stewart Counties of Tennessee. Florissant, Missouri: W. Lockhart, 1985..
 * Boyd - Boyd, Harold Loyd and Shirley Ruth Footprints to the past:Boyd-Martin genealogy, 1415-1993 Clay Center, Kansas H.L. and S.M. Boyd, (1993?) . Digital version available at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Cherry, Ross, Wallace, Lewis, Harris, Daniel, Stancill, Taylor, Exum - Dwyer, Richard.Stewart County, Tennessee Ancestors (also Martin, Edgecombe County, NC), 1994.Copy available at the County Public Library.
 * Downs - Hamilton, James Edward. 1000 Descendants of the Downs Families: of Early Trigg County, Kentucky, and Stewart County, Tennessee. Aberdeen, South Dakota: J.E. Hamilton, 1993..
 * Hutchins - Higley, Sybil Gibson The descendants of James Hutchins and Susannah Beavers (S.I.:s.n.), 2006. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library;.
 * Sykes - Sykes, W.D. Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Sikes and Sykes Family: Short Sketch of the Sykes Family of Stewart County, Tenn.: History of the Wofford Family in Tenn. Tenn.?: W.D. Wykes, 1951..
 * Williams - Williams, E. Ray. The Williams Families of Henry County, Tennessee. Paris, TN: E.R. Williams, 1971. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 W67wer; FHL US/CAN Fiche 6046888; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).

Land and Property Records
Online Records and Indexes
 * 1796-1884 Deed Books 1 through 32 by TNGenWeb- Index only
 * 1796-1809 Deed Book 2: 1796-1809 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1803-1819 Deed Books A-B: 1803-1819 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1809-1813 Deed Books C-D: 1809-1813 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1814-1818 Deed Book E: 1814-1818 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1819-1823 Deed Book O: 1819-1823 Strictly By Name - Index only

Local Histories

 * The Goodspeed histories of Montgomery, Robertson, Humphreys, Stewart, Dickson, Cheatham, Houston counties of Tennessee Columbia, Tennessee Woodward and Stinson, 1972. Free lookups available!
 * Stewart County Historical Society (Tennessee) Stewart County heritage, Dover, Tennessee Dover, Tennessee Stewart County Historicla Society, 1980, c2000. Free lookups available! This book does not have a name index.
 * McClain, Iris Hopkins A History of Stewart County, Tennessee 1965. Free lookups available!

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * 1865 Map of Middle Tennessee created by the Army Corps of EngineersNational Archives, Record Group 77, Headquarters Map File, Map T 84 1/2-1

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Stewart Countians in the Revolutionary War Includes biographical information.

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, Stewart 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 Stewart County pensioners (p. 96).]
 * Stewart Countians and the War of 1812Courtesy: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 Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's) - CSA - Company C.
 * 14th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies D, E, and F.
 * 50th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies D, F, and I.
 * 50th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A, B, D, F, H, and I.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Stewart County:


 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Stewart 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. Stewart County, page 377.
 * TNGenWeb, Stewart County and the War Between the States. Regiments, known soldiers, etc.
 * CWSAC, Battle Summaries, Dover, and Fort Donelson. Located in Stewart County. Fort Henry, located in Stewart County and Henry County, Tennessee, and Calloway County, Kentucky.

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battles were fought in Stewart County:


 * February 6, 1862 - Fort Henry
 * February 11-16, 1862 - Fort Donelson
 * August 25, 1862 - attack on Dover in which the courthouse was burned
 * February 3, 1863 - Dover, also known as Fort Donelson


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Tennessee.

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 Stewart County click on the following city or town:


 * Cumberland City
 * Dover


 * 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?)

Other Records
 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;
 * Family Findings: Quarterly of the Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society. For tables of contents and online access to issues, see TNGenWeb Project. Also try this specialized Google search..


 * Volumes 1-10 (1969-1978)
 * Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)
 * Volumes 21-24 (1989-1992)
 * Volumes 32-35 (2000-2003)


 * 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..
 * The River Counties Quarterly: (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett.

Probate Records
The Stewart County Court and Clerk and Master (Chancery Court) have responsibility for the probate records (responsibility transferred to Chancery Court in 1982). Some probate records are held by the Stewart County Archives website for more information.

Online Records and Indexes


 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry  $
 * 1812-1968  Stewart County portion of  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1812-1861 - 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 probate records.]
 * 1804-1896- Settlements and Bonds book extracts.courtesy:TNGenWeb.Print format of the same content is available for purchase from the Stewart County Archives.

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
Linda Risinger found an "Explanation of Tax Districts" in Stewart County Court Minute Book C, which she has graciously shared with the rest of us online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1798 - "1798 Montgomery County Tax List (partial - companies later part of Stewart County)," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1799 - "1799 Unpaid Montgomery County TN taxes," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: Tennessee Gazette, 23 June 1802.
 * 1800 - Tatum, Ausborn C. "Montgomery County, Tennessee Tax List 1800," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Summer 1984):77-82. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Montgomery. Free digital version at Montgomery Co., TNGenWeb.
 * 1801 - "Unpaid 1801 Montgomery County Taxes," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: Tennessee Gazette, 1 Jan. 1803.
 * 1802 - "1802 Unpaid Montgomery County Taxes," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: Tennessee Gazette, 7 Sep. 1803.
 * 1804 - "1804 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Sources: Stewart County Court Minutes; Tennessee Gazette, 16 April 180_; Tennessee Gazette, 4 Jan. 1806.
 * 1804-1840 - "Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1804-1840," publication for sale from the Stewart County Archives, Dover, TN.Includes tax lists not online, most notably 1839 and 1840 tax lists, which have not been microfilmed.
 * 1805 - "1805 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Sources: Stewart County Court Minutes; Tennessee Gazette, 12 July 180_.
 * 1806 - "1806 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Sources: Stewart County Court Minutes; WPA records, TSLA; Tennessee Gazette, 30 May 1807.
 * 1807 - "1807 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Sources: WPA records, TSLA; Tennessee Gazette, 31 Mar. 1808.
 * 1808 - Stewart Co., TN, 1808 Tax List, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 15, No. 3 (Winter 2001); Vol. 15, No. 4 (Spring 2002). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Stewart.
 * 1808 - "1808 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1808-1812 - Stewart County. Tax Book, Vol. 2, 1808-1812. Typescript, 1938, W.P.A. Collection, TSLA, Nashville. Item 5
 * 1808-1812 - 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. . Google Books. Cites WPA's Stewart County. Tax Book, Volume 2, 1808-1812 as a source.
 * 1809 - "1809 Stewart County Tennesee Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Sources: MSS., Stewart County Archives; WPA records, TSLA; Democratic Clarion and Tennessee Gazette, 21 Sep. 1810; Democratic Clarion and Tennessee Gazette, 20 Aug. 1811.
 * 1809-1811 - Capt. Peter Kendall - Company in Stewart County 1809-11; Learning from Tax Lists, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2003). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Stewart.
 * 1810 - "1810 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Sources: MSS., Stewart County Archives; WPA records, TSLA; Democratic Clarion and Tennessee Gazette, 20 Aug. 1811.
 * 1811 - "1811 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: WPA records, TSLA.
 * 1812 - "1812 Stewart County TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: TSLA Early Tennessee Tax Lists, Roll #8 (Rutherford-Sumner).]
 * 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 Stewart. Includes Stewart County.
 * 1819 - "1819 Stewart County Delinquent Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 44, No. 1 (Spring 1997):18-20. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Stewart.
 * 1819 - Stewart Co., TN's "Omitted to be Returned" Taxes for 1819, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Summer 1996). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Stewart.
 * 1827 - "1827 Stewart County Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1828-1851 - Risinger, Linda. "Selected Records from the Stewart Co TN tax list 1828-1851," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1829 - "1829 Stewart County Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1830 - "1830 Stewart County Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1836 - "Stewart County 1836 Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1837 - "1837 Stewart County Tax List," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1841-1866 - "Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1841-1866," publication for sale from the Stewart County Archives, Dover, TN.
 * 1852-1866 - Risinger, Linda. "Selected Records from the Stewart County Tax List 1852-1866," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.

Birth

 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1881-1885 - Stewart County Marriage Index 1881-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 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
 * 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
 * 1838-1848 - Marriage Records, 1838-1848, Stewart County, Tennessee. FHL Film 24834 Item 3 (+++)
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1849-1935 - Stewart County Marriage Index 1849-1935 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


 * 1804-1881 - Long, Jim.Stewart County, Tennessee Marriages Revisited: 1804-1881. index Stewart County Archives, 2009. Includes transcription of county marriage records from 1838-1881. Also includes pre-1838 marriages documented from other sources, and some marriages from 1876-1881, when the county records are lost. Contains more marriages than any other publication to date. (Book $)
 * 1838-1866 - Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols.  ff. Indexes names of brides, grooms, marriage or marriage bond dates for this county for specified years.
 * 1838-1866 - Marriages of Stewart County, Tennessee, 1838-1866 Free lookups available!
 * 1838-1870 - 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.
 * 1838-1896 - Marriage records of Stewart County, Tennessee, 1838-1896 FHL US/CAN 976.835 V2 Free lookups available!

Death

 * Various death record extracts are available on the TNGenWeb site.
 * 1874-1955 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 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
 * 1914-1931 - The TSLA web site has statewide death indices for 1914-1931.
 * 1914-1966 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1949-2014 - Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce

 * 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

Libraries
Stewart County Public Library 102 Natcor Drive Dover, TN 37058-3524 Phone: 931-232-3127 Facebook
 * The Stewart County Public Library is housed in the Destine Martin Room and contains over 1,000 volumes and 314 items of microfilm. The holdings include volumes on Stewart County history, submitted family histories, civil war volumes, volumes on other states; mostly Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky, and general histories.

West Tennessee Heritage Study Center Paul Meek Library University of Tennessee at Martin Phone: 731-881-7060 Hours vary by semester Website
 * The Heritage Study Center holds a variety of genealogical resources including materials relating to the following counties in Tennessee: Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Perry, Shelby, Stewart, Tipton, Wayne, Weakley and Carlisle (KY), Fulton (KY), and Hickman (KY) counties in Kentucky.

Societies
Stewart County Historical Society 174 Church St. PO Box 297 Dover, TN 37058 Phone: 931-232-9773 Facebook

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

 * Stewart County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)- one of the best county genealogy websites in the USGenWeb collection, and maintained by a 35+-year researcher and Stewart County descendant
 * Rootwalker: Genealogy Pages for Northern Middle TN Free Genealogy Resources for the Region
 * Stewart County, Tennessee by Dan Martin. Genealogy Resources, Local History, Queries
 * Stewart County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Stewart 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
Use the Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Stewart County biographies, cemetery, and land 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.


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