Clay County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States   Tennessee    Clay County





County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse 139 East Lake Avenue Celina, Tennessee 38551 Phone:(931) 243-2249

Hours: Mon.-Tues. and Thurs.- Fri.8 am-4 pm (Closed Wed) Saturday 8 am - noon

History


The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Parent County
1870--Clay County was created 24 June 1870 from Jackson and Overton counties. County seat: Celina

Populated Places
Cities and Towns:

Neighboring Counties
Cumberland County, Kentucky 

Jackson 

Macon 

Monroe County, Kentucky

Overton <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1255818330828_725" /><span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1255818330828_740" />

Pickett

Research Guides

 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Clay 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.)

Cemeteries
For a list of Clay county cemeteries, click here.

Census
1920


 * Young, Denise, ed. Clay County, Tennessee Census, 1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

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

Bibliography


 * [Lincoln] Warren, Louis Austin. Hananiah Lincoln in Revolution and Pioneer History. Bloomington, IN: University Press, 1929. Digital version available at Heritage Quest Online.

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 Clay County.]

Periodicals
Several genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Clay County, Tennessee 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.

Web Sites

 * Clay County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Family History Library Catalog