Grainger County, Tennessee Genealogy

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Parent County
1796--Grainger County was created 22 April 1796 from Knox and Hawkins Counties. County seat: Rutledge

Record Loss
1946 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Claiborne
 * Hamblen
 * Hancock
 * Hawkins
 * Jefferson
 * Knox
 * Union

Cemeteries
For a list of known cemeteries in Grainger County, click here.

Church
Baptist


 * DeBord, George Mitchell, Linda DeBord Bishop and Hallie Garner. Personal Records of a Minister: Rev. George Mitchell DeBoard, Grainger County, Tennessee; Includes Many People from Hancock, Hawkins and Hamblen Counties, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: H. P. Garner, [2001?]. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8932 K2d.

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

Occupations

 * Miller, Allen N. Grainger County, Tennessee Apprenticeship Records, 1797-1873. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1997. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8932 U2m.

Private Papers

 * DeBord, George Mitchell, Linda DeBord Bishop and Hallie Garner. Personal Records of a Minister: Rev. George Mitchell DeBoard, Grainger County, Tennessee; Includes Many People from Hancock, Hawkins and Hamblen Counties, Tennessee. Dallas, Texas: H. P. Garner, [2001?]. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8932 K2d.

Taxation
The original Tax Lists of Grainger County, Tennessee 1797-1837 are held at the Grainger County Courthouse. They were microfilmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives in the 1960s. A copy of this film is also available at the Family History Library: FHL US/CAN Film 464105 Item 1.

The original Tax Duplicates Books for Grainger County, Tennessee (cover 1851-1859, 1875-1876, 1879-1882) are held at the Grainger County Courthouse. They were filmed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives in 1974. A copy of this film is also available at the Family History Library: FHL US/CAN Film 968613.


 * [1814-1815] Historical Records Project (Tennessee). Tax List, 1814-1815, Grainger County, Tennessee. Typescript, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, Tenn. FHL US/CAN Film 24657 Item 4.
 * [1815] Wayland, Ina Fields. Tax List of Grainger County, Tenn. in the Year 1815. James Taylor Adams Collection, Box 65, Cooke-Wyllie Library, Clinch Valley College, Wise, Va.; FHL US/CAN Film 1689778.
 * [1836] Douthat, James L. Grainger County, Tennessee, 1836 Tennessee Civil District and Tax Lists. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1993. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8932 R4d.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog