Warren County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Warren 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 Joseph Warren (1741-1775), a soldier in the American Revolution. The County is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse 201 Locust Street 111S Court Square McMinnville, TN 37110 County Courthouse Phone: 931-473-2623

County Clerk has marriage records from 1852, death records from 1925 and probate records from 1827. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records

History Timeline
Additional Information

Middle Tennessee county.

The county is named after Dr. Joseph Warren (1741-1775), "American Revolutionary War officer, who sent Paul Revere on his famous midnight ride."

During the first two years of the county’s existence court sessions were held at the home of Joseph Westmoreland and in a log courthouse built nearby on the east side of Barren Fork of Collins River.

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from the History of Warren County, Tennessee (1887) by Goodspeed Publishing Co., are available online at My Genealogy Hound.website

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 Warren County.

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

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

1810 Lost 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
 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.
 * Census takers found no free African Americans living in Warren County, Tennessee in 1820.

1820 Manufactures


 * The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: . The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. Aonline index, provided by Lineages will help researchers determine if this resource can be of assistance:


 * National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. ; digital version at Lineages. Covers this county.

1840


 * Bridgewater, Betty Anderson. 1840 Federal census of Warren County, Tennessee. McMinnville, Tennessee: Eliza Lyon Mitchell Chapter of the Questers, 1985.

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. . Also 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Middle District, Warren County on page 158.

1850


 * Population schedule of the United States Census of 1850, Seventh Census for Warren County, Tennessee. Typescript, 1958.

1870


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1870 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Tennessee: R.A.C. Hillis, 1988.

1880


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1880 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988.

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry $

1900


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1900 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988.

1910


 * Hillis, Robert A. 1910 Warren County, Tennessee, Census. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1988.

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.


 * Warren County Church Records


 * FamilySearch Catalog -


 * Church histories tell when a church started in the area, who the early members were, give data about church leaders, etc.


 * - 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 Warren County are:


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

Baptist


 * The Primitive Baptist and Methodists established a church in the 6th District in 1809 or 1810.
 * 1816-1935 - Caney Fork Primitive Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1816-1935. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #178. Item 2 (This church is in the 10th District.)
 * 1831-1912 - Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #259.
 * 1831-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 1 Index to original Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912.
 * Grime, John Harvey. History of Middle Tennessee Baptists: With Special Reference to Salem, New Salem, Enon and Wiseman Associations. Nashville, Tennessee: Baptist and Reflector, 1902. Includes name changes for places in Middle Tennessee. Free digital copy.

Methodist


 * 1820 - By 1820 a Methodist church, Mt. Zion, had opened its doors in the 5th District.
 * 1898-1967 - Methodist Church Records. Warren and Coffee Counties, 1898-1967.Manuscript. TSLA Reel #375.
 * 1898-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 2 Index to Methodist Church Records. Warren and Coffee Counties, 1898-1967.

Presbyterian


 * 1831-1869 - Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #259.
 * 1831-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 1 Index to original Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church Records. McMinnville, 1831-1869; Friendship Baptist Church Records. Warren County, 1831-1912.
 * 1871-1885 - Main Street Presbyterian Church, McMinnville, Baptism Index 1871-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1871-1895 - Main Street Presbyterian Church, McMinnville, Marriage Index 1871-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch.

Court Records
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 Warren County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * Brown - Descendant of Thomas Brown, b. 1753 Augusta County, Virginia, d. 1849 Warren County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 82180). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 2), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.

General
 * As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Warren, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 75,000 entries.


 * The Heritage of Warren County, Tennessee. n.p.: Warren County Heritage Book Committee, 2005..

Bibliography


 * Dodson - Lynn, Catherine Gaffin. The Dodson Family of Warren County, Tennessee and Allied Families. Centerville, Tenn.: Lynn, 1974.
 * Gray - Ames, Edwina Gray Powers and Stanley Richard Ames. Gray, Powers and Their Interrelated Families, Descendants of Col. Thomas Holden Wade: Including Arledge, Bailes, Butts (Virginia), Dupree, Hendricks, Legg, Martin, Massenburg, McWilliams, Sims, Wade of Limestone County, Alabama. Rochester, New York: S.R. Ames Enterprises, 1992..
 * Hammon - Hammons, Bob D. The Hammons from Warren County, Tennessee thru Texas and Arkansas to Oklahoma: with Allied Families of Bryan, Phillips, Sullivan, Lane and Grigg. Sallisaw, Oklahoma: B.D. Hammons, 1994..
 * Mullican - Kochanski, Lois Whidden. The Mullican Family of Warren County, Tennessee: A History and Genealogy. Bethesda, Md.: L. Kochanski, 1991..
 * Pepper - Raya, Florence Pepper. The History of the Pepper Family in America and Allied Lines. Madison, Iowa: Evening Democrat Co., 1973.

Land and Property Records

 * 1808-1818 - W.P.A. Warren County, Deeds, Book A. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.
 * 1812-1819 - W.P.A. Warren County, Deeds, Book B, Parts I &amp; II. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products(the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.
 * 1823-1826 - W.P.A. Warren County, Deeds, Book E. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.

Local Histories

 * The Goodspeed Histories of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren and White Counties: With Biographical Sketches and Aboriginal Map of Tennessee. McMinnville, TN: B. Lomond Press, 1972. Reprint. Originally published: Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1887. Available at Digital version available at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Quintin Publications.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions

Additional information


 * 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, Warren County on page 158.
 * 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 Warren County pensioners (p. 98).
 * Warren County in the War of 1812 Courtesy: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


 * 11th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Holman's) - CSA - Company H.
 * 16th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies C, D, E, and H.
 * 22nd Battalion, Tennessee Infantry (Murray's) - CSA - Company D.
 * 35th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (5th Infantry) (1st Mountain Rifle Regiment) - CSA-2nd Company A, 2nd Company B, Company D, 2nd Company D and 2nd Company G.
 * 84th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA
 * Douglas' Battalion, Tennessee Partisan Rangers - CSA - 0. F. Bruster or Brewster's company, and Chatham Coffee's company.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Warren County:


 * Head, Thomas A. Campaigns and battles of the Sixteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteers, in the war between the states, with incidental sketches of the part performed by other Tennessee troops in the same war.1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1885. Free digital copy
 * USGenWeb Archives, Warren County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Warren 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. Warren County, page 381.
 * USGenNet, CSA 16th Tennessee Regiment Memorial Monument. Photograph and partial roster.

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 Warren County click on the following city:


 * McMinnville


 * 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?)

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 Upper Cumberland Researcher: Quarterly magazine of Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association. Articles include abstracts of records of Cannon, Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, Van Buren, Warren, and White counties. Index of first 17 years, with county list starting on page 19. (1975-1993) and  (1994-present).
 * Warren County, Tennessee Genealogical Association Bulletin: Published by Warren County, Tennessee Genealogical Association (Facebook Page).

Probate Records
The Warren County Court has responsibility for the probate records.

Online Records and Indexes


 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry $
 * 1827-1966  Warren 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


 * 1827-1910 - Majors, Betty Moore. Warren County, Tennessee Will Books. 3 volumes. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press, 1992-1993, 1996. Indexed. (FHL book 976.8653 P2m v. 1-3.)
 * 1827-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1990. . Includes an index to this county's probate records.
 * 1827-1844, 1852-1864 - W.P.A. Inventories, Sale Bills, Statements, etc., Book 1, Parts I &amp; II. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.

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
Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1804 Gant, Wanda. "Alphabetically Arranged Wilson Co., TN 1804 Tax List by Company: Arranged in Order to Compare to Warren County Names," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives. Source: TSLA list.
 * 1805, 1812, 1817 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. Includes 1805, 1812, and 1817 tax lists.
 * 1812 Warren Co. Tax List, 1812. Early Tax Lists reel #5, TSLA, Nashville.
 * 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. . Cites Warren Co. Tax List, 1812 as a source.
 * 1812 - West, Betsy. "Warren County, Tennessee Tax List, 1812," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 19, No. 3 (July-Sep. 1972):107-112. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Warren.
 * 1812 Combs-Coombs &amp;c. "1812 Warren Co, Tennessee Tax Lists (A Start toward an Annotated List) Index and Search Engine," available online, courtesy: Combs-Coombs &amp;c. Research Group and Warren Co., TNGenWeb.
 * 1814 - "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3(Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Warren. Includes Warren County.
 * 1836 Tax List, 1836, Van Buren County Historical Society Newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Jun. 1988).
 * 1836 - Gant, Wanda Muncey. "Warren County, Tennessee 1836 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 1989):9-14; Vol. 36, No. 2 (Summer 1989):77-80. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Warren.
 * 1836 Gant, Wanda Muncey. "1836 Warren County Tax List," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1836, 1838 Gant, Wanda Muncey. Warren County, Tennessee Research Information. McMinnville, Tennessee W.M. Gant, 199-?.
 * 1838 Gant, Wanda Muncey. "1838 Warren County Tax List," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1854 Gant, Wanda Muncey. "Warren County, Tennessee 1854 Tax List," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * 1859 Assessment of Personal Property, 1859, Dist. 14, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1860 Personal Property, 1860, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Spring 1994).
 * 1860 Assessment of Personal Property, 1860, Dist. 14, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1895 Tax Book, 1895, District 13, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Winter 1998).
 * 1917 Delinquent Taxpayers Notice, June 1917, Warren County Genealogical Association Bulletin, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 2000).

For missing years, an alternative resource to consider is "Tennessee Legislative Petitions". You can order copies at Ordering Legislative Petitions.

Birth

 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1881-1885 - Warren County Birth Index 1881-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 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
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1852-1864 - Marriage Records, 1850-1866, Warren County, Tennessee. Typescript. FHL Film 24848 Item 3 (Click on Camera to open)
 * 1852-1864 - W.P.A. Marriage License Records, Vol. A. Typescript, TSLA, Free online index,
 * 1852-1899 - Marriage Records, Warren County, Tennessee. (1852-1899), At Ancestry $
 * 1852-1877 - Marriage Bonds 1852-1865;1865-1868; 1865-1871; 1871-1874; 1874-1877 at South Eastern Genealogy ($)
 * 1852-1900 - Marriage Records of Warren County, Tennessee, 1852-1900. Digital Book
 * 1852-1918 - Warren County Marriage Index 1852-1918 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * Marriage records, Warren County, Tennessee. at Ancestry $
 * 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1850-1900 - An Alphabetical Listing of the Marriage Records of Warren County, Tennessee, 1852-1900. FHL book 976.8653 V2c
 * 1852-1865 - Warren County, Tennessee, Marriages, 1852-1865. FHL Book 976.8653 V2s
 * 1852-1871 - Index to marriage records, Warren County, Tennessee: June 22, 1852-February 28, 1871, book "A" book "1." FHL Book 976.8653 V22i
 * 1900-1975 - Hillis, Robert A. Marriage Records, Warren County, Tennessee. FHL Book 976.8653 V28h 2 vols.

Death

 * 1827-1844, 1852-1864 - W.P.A. Inventories, Sale Bills, Statements, etc., Book 1, Parts I &amp; II. Typescript, TSLA, Roll 83 of Record Group 107. Microfilmed in the 1930s. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells three Warren County CDs, which include a digitized version of this book, and a variety of other local records.
 * 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
Online Records Online Titles
 * 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
 * W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FamilySearch Books Online

Family History Centers

 * McMinnville Tennessee Family History Center

Libraries
Magness Community House Library 118 W Main St. McMinnville, TN 37110 Phone: 931-473-2428 General E-mail: [mailto:magnesslib@blomand.net magnesslib@blomand.net] Website
 * The library's catalog is online. The Tennessee Room houses the local history and genealogy department. The Southern Heritage Room contains a collection of books, periodicals and videotapes about the history, culture and economy of the Southern United States.

Societies
Warren County Genealogical & Historical Association 201 Locust Street McMinnville, TN 37111 Facebook website
 * Quarterly publication: The Bulletin: The Publication of Warren County Genealogical Association. A table of contents from 1992 to 2007 is accessible from the society's website. The Warren County Genealogical Association was organized in 1992.

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

 * Warren County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Warren County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * – 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

 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Warren County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
 * Gant, Wanda Muncey. Warren County, Tennessee Research Information. McMinnville, Tenn.: W.M. Gant, 199-?..