Fentress County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies

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General
"This Personal Ancestral File database contains genealogies of nearly every family to live in Fentress County from its foundation." (Info file):


 * York, Bruce E. Fentress County, Tennessee Genealogy Database. Gilbert, Arizona: B.E. York, 2006..

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Fentress (County), Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 74,000 entries.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Fentress County residents. FamilySearch has not verified the lineages of those tested.


 * [Brown] Descendant of William Brown, resident of Fentress County, Tennessee and Wayne County, Kentucky. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 114770). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 85), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.
 * [Doss] Descendant of William Delaney Doss, probably born in Fentress County, Tennessee about 1829, the son of William and Nancy (Brown) Doss. SMGF. Genetic signature available online, genealogical description available online, courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families. DNA did not match anticipated Doss family.
 * [Doss] Descendant of Fannie Doss, born in Kentucky about 1818, the daughter raised by William and Nancy (Brown) Doss. Raised in Fentress County, Tennessee. Her children used her surname. SMGF. Genetic signature available online, genealogical description available online, courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families.