Greene County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Greene County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Greene County was named for Major General Nathanael Greene. The county is located in the northeastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Greene County Courthouse 101 South Main Street Greenville, TN 37743 Greene County Courthouse Phone: 423-798-1708 Clerk and Master 101 South Main Street Phone: 423-798-1742 County Clerk 204 North Cutler St., Suite 200, Greeneville, TN 37745 Phone: 423-798-1775 County Clerk has marriage and probate records Register of Deeds has land records.

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

 * 1783 - Created by the North Carolina legislature from Washington.
 * 1784 - Greene joined two neighboring counties in declaring their independence from North Carolina.
 * 1785 - These counties applied for admission to the United States as the State of Franklin. The request was denied and hope for Franklin statehood faded by 1789.
 * 1789 - When North Carolina was admitted to the United States, she ceded her westernmost counties including Greene County to the United States. The United States turned these counties into the Southwest Territory.
 * 1792 - Southwest Territory created Jefferson County partly out of Greene County.
 * 1796 - all the land in these Southwest Territory counties became part of the new State of Tennessee.

Additional Information The county is named after Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786).

Biographies

 * Crockett, David. Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas. New York Wm. H. Graham, Tribune Buildings, 1848.Free digital copy.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. 2000. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. . Online at MyHeritage ($). Includes Greene County.

Cemeteries

 * Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
 * Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records at Ancestry ($)

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

1790- Lost, only statistics survive, but substitutes are available, see Greene and:


 * Eakle, Arlene. Tennessee Research. 2010. Includes a reconstructed 1790 census, sources: "Contemporary lists–tax lists, militia rolls, land grants and deeds, claims for pre-emption lands, names recorded in diaries and journals. And numerous histories compiled by local historians from records that we have not seen or read ourselves."
 * Jackson, Ronald Vern. Ohio, 1790, Volume Two. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1986. . Includes "Territory Southwest of the River Ohio," i.e. East Tennessee.
 * McGhee, Lucy Kate. Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as Taken from the North Carolina Land Grants. 3 Parts. Microfilmed in 1990..

1800

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..

1810-1891


 * Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry ($)

1820 Lost

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FS Library copies:.

The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records.


 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977.

1830


 * Sistler, Byron H. 1830 Census, East Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969..

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, Eastern District, Greene County on page 152.

1880


 * Sistler, Byron. 1880 Census Greene County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1993..

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. . Greene County is included in Vol. 7.
 * Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978..

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry ($)

1920


 * Godwin, William. 1920 Greene County, Tennessee Census Index: Includes Heads of Households and Persons Whose Surnames Differ from Those of Heads of Household. Greeneville, Tenn.: Greene County Genealogical Society, 2002..

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * Greene County Bank. Faith of Our Fathers. Greeneville, Tenn.: n.p., n.d. . Includes photographs of 21 Greene County churches with short histories.

Lutheran


 * 1802-1870 - Sinking Springs Lutheran Church Baptism Index 1802-1870. Batch in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Quaker


 * Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages from Monthly Meeting of Friends, New Hope, Green County, Tennessee: Notes of Mildred S. Grimsley in Possession of the Las Vegas Nevada FamilySearch Center. Las Vegas, Nev.: Las Vegas Nevada FamilySearch Center, 1989..

Court Records

 * Circuit Court minutes (Greene County, Tennessee), 1809-1913; indexes, 1900-1955


 * Chancery court minutes - Greene County, Tennessee (November 1825-January 1831) : [Bean court cases]


 * Green County, Tennessee, minutes of the Court of Common Pleas, 1783-1795


 * Minutes, 1825-1843; Authors: Tennessee. Chancery Court (Greene County)

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. Online searchable index at TSLA.

Emigration and Immigration
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 11 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Greeneville and Greene County. Ancestry ($)

Genealogies
More than 90 genealogies have been published about Greene County, Tennessee families. For more information visit Greene County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies. Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.

Land and Property Records
The TSLA microfilmed the original Greene County Deed Books 1 to 50 (1785-1887) and Indexes (1785-1931). Copies of their films are also available at the FamilySearch Library:.

Online Records and Indexes


 * 1785-1793 Deed Book 1: 1785-1793 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1785-1797 Deed Book 2: 1785-1797 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1787-1797 Deed Book 3: 1787-1797 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1790-1802 Deed Book 4: 1790-1802 Strictly By Name - Index only

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * Burgner, Goldene Fillers and Betty Goff Cook Cartwright. North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791. [Greenville, S.C.]: Southern Historical Press, 1981..
 * Burgner, Goldene Fillers. North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene County, Tennessee. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981..

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Greene 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 Greene County, both before and after it became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1778-1803.

Local Histories

 * Brandon, Connie B. Step Back in Time to Laurel Gap / Baileyton: (Late 1700s through Early 1900s) in Greene County, Tennessee. Greenville, Tenn.: C. Brandon, 2005..

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1777-1985 Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * 1783 Reeves, Charles A. Davidson &amp; Greene Counties, Tennessee - Created in 1783. Published 2000. ReevesMaps.com includes a scaled-down version of the map.
 * FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Indian Wars


 * Service against Chickamaugas, 1790 Claims, Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Dec. 1989).

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Select Greene County, Tennessee Revolutionary War Pension Files

Additional resources include:


 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. . Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Tennessee, Eastern District, Greene County on page 152.


 * 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. 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. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1960):65-68. ; digital version at journal website. Includes Greene County pensioners (p. 65).
 * War of 1812 Pensioners and Widows, 1869-79, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 1990). For access, see Periodicals.
 * Capt. Robert Maloney Company - War of 1812 at 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
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1891-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Civil War Research Database
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Confederate Soldiers


 * 12th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Day's) - CSA - Companies B and F.
 * 16th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Neal's) - CSA - Company E.
 * 29th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies F and H.
 * 39th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (W. M. Bradford's) (31st Infantry) - CSA - Company H.
 * 61st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Pitts') (81st Infantry) - CSA - Companies A, C, D, and I.

Union Soldiers


 * 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies D, H, I, and M.
 * 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - Companies A, C, E, and F.
 * 4th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Company B.
 * 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies C, D, E, F, and G.
 * 13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies E and L.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Greene County:


 * Carter, William Randolph. History of the First regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Great war of the Rebellion, with the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, Under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson. Knoxville, Tennessee: Gaut-Ogden Co. Printers, 1902. Free digital copy. Union.
 * USGenWeb Archives, Greene County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records and Pensions.
 * CWSAC, Battle Summaries, BlueSprings. Located in Greene County. Bull's Gap, located in Hamblen and Greene County.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Greene 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). Greene County, page 337-339.
 * Greene County Genealogy, 1890 Special Census Survivors and Widows of the War of Rebellion Union soldiers. Transcription.
 * Greene County Genealogy, Civil War 4th Tennessee Infantry, US. Organization, timeline and engagements.

Civil War Battles The following Civil War battles were fought in Greene County.
 * October 10, 1863 - Blue Springs.
 * November 11-13, 1864 - Bull's Gap.
 * Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.
 * Greene County Civil War Database gives name, birth, death, burial, Company, Unit, Rank, US or CSA, and where lived. Published in The Greene County Pioneer: A Journal of Greene County History and Genealogy, by Greene County Genealogical Society.  FS Library 976.891 B2g Vol. 32 No. 1 (May 2016).

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 Greene County click on the following town:


 * Greeneville

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


 * 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.

Private Papers

 * Stephens - Stephens Bible. [Tex.]: Texas DAR, Genealogical Records Committee, 1998. . "This Bible was owned by A. Stephens, Jr.; S. L. Stephens in 1848; and S. S. Stephens in 1862 of Greene Co., Tennessee."

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 Blount Journal: Publication of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society, with abstracts of Greene County, Tennessee records, began in 1985 and is still in print. Topic index available online. The FamilySearch Library has acquired most volumes.


 * East Tennessee Roots: Published by East Tennessee Roots The table of contents for some issues are available on their website;.


 * The Greene County Pioneer: 25+ vols. Limestone, Tenn.: Greene County History and Genealogical Society, 1986-present..


 * The Pellissippian: Published by the Anderson County Historical Society (formerly called, Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society). The table of contents for some issues are available on their website..


 * Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin: Published by Watauga Association of Genealogists. The table of contents for some issues are found on their website; ; Bulletin Subject Index: The First Thirty Years, 1972-2001 (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Association of Genealogists, 2002).

Probate Records
TSLA microfilmed the original Greene County Will Books 1 to 5 (1828-1931). FS Library copies:.

Online Records and Indexes


 * 1780-1828 Will Book 0: 1780-1828 by Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1780-1828 Will Book 00: 1780-1828 by Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1780-1883 Will Books A-F: 1780-1883 by Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1780-1883 Will Books G-M: 1780-1883 by Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1780-1883 Will Books N-Z: 1780-1883 by Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1802-1931 Greene 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


 * 1783-1890 - Burgner, Goldene Fillers. Greene County, Tennessee, Wills, 1783-1890. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981..
 * 1783-1861 - 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. Free Lookups Available!

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
The original Greene County Tax Books (1809-1892) are held at the County Courthouse. Microfilmed by TSLA; FS Library copies:.

The original Greene County Tax Records (1828-1832) are held at the County Courthouse. Microfilmed by TSLA in 1960s; FS Library copy:.

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1783 Tax List, 1783, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Washington DC: Apr 1919. Vol. 53 Iss. 4.
 * 1783, 1805 Creekmore, Pollyanna. Early East Tennessee Taxpayers. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980. and Silas Emmett Lucas's Revised Index . Includes 1783 and 1805 tax lists.
 * 1783 Tax List, 1783, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Sep. 1985); Vol. 1, No. 3 (Dec. 1985).
 * 1783, 1805, 1812 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. Includes 1783, 1805, 1812 tax lists.
 * 1783 "First Tax List for Greene County, 1783," The Blount Journal, (Nov. 1988).
 * 1783 Tax List, 1783, A-F, Pellissippian, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 1988).
 * 1785 Tax List, 1785, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: May 1991. Vol. 7 Iss. 2.
 * 1785-1800 - Tax Lists, 1785, Greene County Pioneer. Vol. 9, No. 2 (Nov. 1993), Vol. 10, No. 1 (May 1994).
 * 1787-1792 - Tax Lists, 1787-92, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1989).
 * 1788 Taxable Property in State of Franklin, 1788, Genealogist's Post. Danboro PA: Jan 1965. Vol. 2 Iss. 1.
 * 1788, 1789 Clerk's Taxes, 1788, 1789, North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal. Raleigh NC: Nov 1992. Vol. 18 Iss. 4
 * 1796 Tax List, 1796, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: Jun 1987. Vol. 3 Iss. 2.
 * 1796 Taxables, 1796, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: May 1989. Vol. 5 Iss. 2.
 * 1797 Taxables, 1797, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: Aug 1989. Vol. 5 Iss. 3.
 * 1798 Taxables, 1798, Green County Pioneer, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. 1989); Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1990).
 * 1799 Tax List, 1799, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1990).
 * 1805 - "1805 Enumeration, Greene County, Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Winter 1981):159-163. Free digital versions at Sevier County, Tennessee, Genealogy & History website and Jefferson County, Tennessee, Genealogy & History website. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1805, 1812 Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee Tax Lists. Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing Company, 1964. . Includes 1805 and 1812 tax lists.
 * 1805 Tax List, 1805, Wagoner Genealogist. Wagoner OK: Mar 1988. Vol. 8 Iss. 1.
 * 1809 - Standefer, Jewel B. "Petitioners of Green County, Tennessee, Asking for Reduction in Taxes, Etc., 1809," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1964):121-124. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1809-1817 - Historical Records Project (Tennessee). Tax Books, 1809-1817, Greene County, Tennessee. Typescript, Nashville, Tenn..
 * 1809-1817 - Burgner, Goldene Fillers. Greene County Tax Digests, 1809-1817. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1986..
 * 1809-1817 - 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 Burgner's tax digests as source.
 * 1809 - "Tax List-1809 Greene Co., Tennessee," available online at TNGenWeb. Source: TSLA Microfilm.
 * 1814 - "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Fall 1996):115-120. Includes Green(e) County. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1814-1816 - Direct Tax, 1814-16, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: May 1996. Vol. 12 Iss. 1.
 * 1825 "Greene County Property Sold in 1825 for Unpaid Federal Taxes," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter 1996):187. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1830 - Houston, Sandra Kelton. Greene County, Tennessee Guardians and Orphans Court Records, 1783-1870 and 1830 Tax List. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1984..
 * 1836 Douthat, James L. Greene County, Tennessee, 1836 Tennessee Civil District and Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1993. Mountain Press provides online surname list..
 * Tax Reduction Petitioners, Ansearchin' News. Memphis TN: Jul 1964. Vol. 11 Iss. 3. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.

The Greene Co., Tennessee GenWeb site includes abstracts of tax payers by the surnames Brown and Willis.

Birth

 * 1908-1912 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Marriage
Online Indexes and Records


 * 1625-1966 Tennessee, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)
 * 1780-1895 - Greene County Marriage Index 1780-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.
 * 1783-1818 Tennessee Marriage Records, Volume 3, Greene County, Volume 1, 1783-1818 at Family Search Digital Book
 * 1790-1962 [1790-1962] at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
 * 1796-1950 (Indexes only) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1838-1888 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1851-1900 Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1780-1837 - Greene County, Tennessee Marriage License Bonds, 1780-1837 .FS Library US/CAN 976.891 V28
 * 1783-1820 - Greene County, Tennessee Marriages, 1783-1868 FS Library US/CAN 976.891 V2
 * 1783-1868 - Greene County, Tennessee marriages, 1783-1868 FS Library US/CAN 976.891 V2
 * 1783-1868 - Early East Tennessee Marriages FS Library US/CAN 976.8 V2 2 vols. Free Lookups Available!
 * 1783-1870 - 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870 FS Library US/CAN 976.8 V2 3 vols.

Death

 * 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
 * 1914-1966 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

FamilySearch Centers

 * Johnson City/Watauga/Gray Tennessee FamilySearch Center
 * Kingsport Tennessee FamilySearch Center
 * Sevierville Tennessee FamilySearch Center
 * Buncombe County Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Johnson City Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * King Family Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Greeneville-Greene County Library 210 N. Main St. Greeneville, TN 37745-3816 Phone: 423-638-5034 Website Mosheim Public Library 730 Main St. Mosheim, TN 37818-0611 Phone: 423-422-7937 Website

Museums
Greeneville Green County History Museum 101 West McKee St. Greeneville, TN 37745 Phone: 423-638-1558 Website

Societies
Greene County Genealogical Society T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library 229 N. Main St. Greeneville, TN 37745 Phone: 423-638-9866 Website Greene County Historical Society Facebook

Websites

 * – 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.
 * Greene County, TN (American History and Genealogy Project)
 * Greene County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)

Research Guides

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