Roane County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Roane 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 Archibald Roane, the second Governor of Tennessee. The County is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Roane County Courthouse 200 E Race Street Kingston, TN 37763 County Courthouse Phone: 423-376-5556 County Clerk Phone: 865-376-5556 County Register of Deeds Phone: 865-376-4673 County Circuit Court Clerk Phone: 865-376-2390

County Clerk has marriage and probate records from 1801. Register of Deeds has land records.

Boundary Changes

 * 1801 - Roane County was established 6 November 1801 from Knox County. Early records may be found under Knox County.
 * County seat: Kingston
 * 1807 - Rhea County formed from Roane County lands. (Meigs County formed from Rhea County in 1836)
 * 1817 - Morgan County formed from Roane County lands.
 * 1870 - Loudon County formed from parts of Roane, Monroe, and Blount County lands.

For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website.

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
Additional Information East Tennessee county.

The county is named after Tennessee Governor Archibald Roane (1759/60-1819).

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Miller, Alan N. East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. . Digital version at World Vital Records ($). Purchase at Genealogical.com. Includes Roane County.

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

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

1810-1891
 * Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry — index $

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..

1820 Lost

1820 Manufactures

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

The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by Lineages, which cites the original document numbers, 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.
 * 1820 Census of Manufactures: Roane County, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 8, No. 1 :36. For availability, see Roane.

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, Roane County on page 154.

1850


 * Harvey, Florence Morris, Willis Hutcherson and Mable Harvey Thornton. Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 for Roane County, Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.: Clinchdale Press, 1965..

1850 Agricultural Census


 * Green, Linda L. Tennessee 1850 Agricultural Census. 2 vols. Woodbridge, Va.: L.L. Green, 2000. ff. Roane County is included in Vol. 1.

1860


 * Roane County Genealogical Society. 1860 Census of Roane County, Tennessee. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1993..

1870


 * Roane County Genealogical Society. Roane County, Tennessee, 1870 Census. 2 vols. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1986. ff.

1880


 * Pierce, Patsy H. and Marilyn N. McCluen. 1880 Census, Roane County, Tennessee. Rockwood, Tenn.: P. Pierce and M. McCluen, 1986..
 * Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census Roane County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, 1990..

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. . Roane County is included in Vol. 5.
 * 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 — index $

1900


 * Pierce, Patsy H. and Marilyn N. McCluen. 1900 Census, Roane County, Tennessee. Rockwood, Tenn.: P. Pierce and M. McCluen, 1988..

1910


 * Bailey, Robert L. Roane County, Tennessee, 1910 Federal Census. 5 vols. Kingston, Tenn.: R.L. Bailey, 1997. ff.

Church Records
Presbyterian

Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston


 * 1818-1885 - Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Baptism Index 1818-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1818-1885 - Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Marriage Index 1818-1895 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.

Emigration and Immigration
During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding 10 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Roane County. Ancestry $

Genealogies
DNA
 * DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Roane County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.
 * Brown - Multiple descendants of William Brown, b. abt 1815 North Carolina, d. aft 1880 of Roane County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 134417, 143704). Genetic signatures available online (labeled Group No. 101), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study.

General
 * As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Roane, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 65,000 entries.


 * Roberts, Snyder E. Roots of Roane County, Tennessee, 1792-. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Pub. Co., 1981. . Reprint of 85 newspaper articles from the column "A Glimpse of the Past" in the Roane County News from Sept. 20, 1979 to May 13, 1981.


 * Allison - Morton, Margaret McNutt. Uriah Sherrill Allison and Nancy Clark Cox, Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1500-1975. [Rockwood, Tenn.]: M.M. Morton, 1975. FHL US/CAN Book 929.273 AL56a.
 * Bigham - Bigham, Esther W. Genealogical Collection of Esther Bigham. MSS., microfilmed in 1993. FHL US/CAN Film 1598133 Item 1. William Bigham and Lydia Cragg of Roane County, Tennessee.
 * Carter - Skelton, Alan G. History of the John P. Carter family of northwest Arkansas Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979 . Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * Cox - Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of John Cox, 1758 Va. to 1814 Tn.: Revolutionary War Pensioner in Roane &amp; Anderson County, Tennessee. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.): S. Roberts, 1988..
 * Crass - Roberts, Pauline H. The Crass Families of Roane and Loudon Counties, Tennessee. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: P.H. Roberts, 1979..
 * Davis - Roberts, Snyder E. Pioneer Davis Families of Poplar Creek in Roane County, Tennessee. MSS., 1988..
 * Eldridge - Eldridge, Charles S. History, Tennessee, My People and Me. Dayton, Ohio: C.S. Eldridge, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273EL24ec.
 * Halburnt - Roberts, Pauline H. Descendants of James Rufus Halburnt in Roane and Nearby Counties, Tennessee. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: P. Roberts, 1991..
 * Grammer - Hemphill, Patricia M. Normans of Tennessee and Missouri their Descendants and Ancestors 1776-1995 (including Blair, Coffey, Grammer and Leeper.) Decorah, IowaAnundsen, 1995.
 * Jones - Roberts, Snyder E. Genealogical Work Papers on Three Prominent Jones Families of Anderson &amp; Roane Counties, TN. Tenn.?: S.E. Roberts, 1987..
 * Lea - Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Vol. 3. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
 * Pritchett - Horlacher, Doris Melissa Pritchett. Pritchett's from VA and Roane County, TN/MO: Pritchard/Prichard/Prickett. (West Valley City, Utah: D.M.P. Horlacher, 1997)..
 * Richards - Richards, Aute. The Descendants of the Richards Families of Jackson County, Indiana. Tucson, Ariz.: A. Richards, 1961.
 * Roberts - Roberts, Snyder E. Roberts Families of Roane County, Tennessee, 1794-1969, with Related and Associated Family Names: Related and Associated Family Names Include Brashears, Nesmith, Erwin, Crow, Dickey, Martin, Edwards, Adkisson, Hagler, Silvey, Burns, Cofer, Tedder, Cooper, Henning, Maxwell, Webster, Stubbs, Peck, Jones, Hester, Barnett, Rogers, Hedgecock, Horton, Johnston, Smith, Bailey, and Amos. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: n.p., 1968..
 * Stinecipher - Roberts, Snyder E. Data Sheets on Stinecipher Families of Morgan &amp; Roane Counties, Tennessee. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: S. Roberts, 1987..
 * Webster - Roberts, Snyder E. Webster Families of Roane &amp; Anderson Counties, Tennessee. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: S. Roberts, 1990..
 * Welcker - Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of John Henry Welcker in Roane County and East Tennessee. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: S. Roberts, 198-?..

Land and Property Records
The original Roane County Deed Books are kept at TSLA, Nashville, Tenn. In 1968, TSLA microfilmed Deed Books A to Z1 (1801-1887) and accompanying Deed Indexes (1801-1930). FHL copies:.

Online Records and Indexes
 * 1801-1805 Deed Book A: 1801-1805 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1805-1808 Deed Book B: 1805-1808 Strictly By Name - Index only
 * 1808-1812 Deed Book C: 1808-1812 Strictly By Name - Index only

Local Histories

 * Two Years of Harriman, TennesseeEstablished by the East Tennessee Land Company February 26, 1890. New YorkSouth Publishing Co., [?]. Free digital copy.
 * Wells, Emma Middleton. The History of Roane County, Tennessee 1801-1870. Chattanooga, Tenn.: The Lookout Publishing Company, 1929. Digital versions at Ancestry ($); FamilySearch Digital Library and Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * The history of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1870 at Ancestry $

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * 1892 Norris, George E. Harriman, Tennessee, 1892. Originally published 1892. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Roane County, Tennessee - American Revolution Includes American Revolution soldiers who lived in Roane County and select Revolutionary War applications.
 * Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Roane County, Tennessee

Additional resources include:


 * 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, Roane County on page 154.
 * Historical Records Project (W.P.A.). Revolutionary War Pension Applications, 1793-1855, Roane County, Tennessee. Typescript, TSLA. Microfilmed 1940..
 * Douthat, Marilee. Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Roane County, Tennessee. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1988..
 * Revolutionary War Soldier Grave Discovered, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer 1991).

War of 1812
 * Bailey, Robert L.(compiled by) War of 1812 Soldiers from Roane County, Tennessee List of soldiers are from the companies under Colonel John Brown.
 * Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Moore County pensioners (p. 50-51).

Indian Wars
 * 1798 First Treaty of Tellico.
 * 1801 Col Return J Meigs became the Cherokee agent and moved his office to Fort Southwest Point (modern Kingston, Tennessee). Fold3.com has a collection entitled "Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennesse" which includes at least one Fort Southwest Point original book. Some of the entries found in the Fort Southwest Point book have their original loose paper documents located in the Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1894 at the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library. Book mentions both Native Americans and settlers.
 * Cherokee War Soldiers, 1837, Roane County Roots, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer 1998); Vol. 2, No. 4 (Fall 1998).

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
 * 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


 * 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's) - CSA
 * 16th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Neal's) - CSA - Company A and D.
 * 26th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (3rd East Tennessee Volunteers) - CSA - Company I.
 * 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Gillespie's) (5th East Tennessee Volunteers) - CSA - Company F.
 * 62nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Rowan's) (80th Infantry) - CSA - Company F.
 * 63rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Fain's) (74th Infantry) - CSA

Union Soldiers


 * 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry - Company G.
 * 5th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry - Company I.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Roane County:


 * USGenWeb Archives, Roane County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Roane 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. Roane County, page 370-372.
 * TNGenWeb, Roane County Tennessee Military Records.
 * The Civil War in Roane County, by John McMurray.

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 Roane County click on the following cities or towns:


 * Cardiff
 * Harriman
 * Kingston
 * Oliver Springs
 * Rockwood

Back issues of the Roane County Reporter are freely available online via Google News Archive. The collection includes approximately 160 issues that span 1930-2008.


 * 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;
 * East Tennessee Roots: Published by East Tennessee Roots The table of contents for some issues are available on their website;.
 * 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..
 * Roane County Roots: By Robert L. Bailey.
 * Roane Ramblings:

Probate Records
The original Roane County Will Books are kept at TSLA, Nashville, Tenn. In 1968, TSLA microfilmed Will and Settlement Books A to L (1802-1926). FHL copies:.

Online Records and Indexesss
 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry $
 * 1802-1968 Roane 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


 * 1801-1861 - 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 Roane County Tax Lists 1846-1849 were microfilmed by TSLA in the 1960s. FHL copy:.

The original Roane County Tax Books 1858-1878 were microfilmed by the TSLA in 1968. FHL copy:.

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1801-1830 Thornton, Mabel Harvey. Pioneers of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1830: Tax Lists, Muster Rolls, Election Lists, Petitions, etc. c1965..
 * 1801 Tax List, 1801, Cherokee Blood Newsletter (Spring 1983).
 * 1801 Tax Lists/Muster Rolls, 1801, Southern Roots &amp; Shoots, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1989).
 * 1801-1820 Road Book, 1801-20, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer 1996).
 * 1802 Tax List, 1802, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Fall 1995).


 * "Roane County TN ... Property Taxes 1802-1806," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * "Roane County TN ... Business Taxes 1805-1807," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * "Roane County TN ... Property Taxes 1803-1806," available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
 * "Roane County TN ... Taxlists ... 1808" (10 parts), available online, courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.


 * 1802 "1802 Roane County, TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage. (Taken by Wells's book.)
 * 1805 Thornton, Mabel H. "[Annotated] Roane County, Tennessee Tax List-1805," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul. 1963):111-118. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1805 Roane County Tax List for 1805, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 9, No. 3. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. Includes digitized images of the original source.
 * 1805 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. Includes 1805 tax list.
 * 1805 Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee Tax Lists. Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing Company, 1964. . [Includes 1805 tax list.]
 * 1805 Tax List, 1805, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Spring 1988).
 * 1805 Tax List, 1805 and Index, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 1990); Vol. 6, No. 3 (Fall 1990).
 * 1805 Thornton, Mable H. (Mrs. Robert E.) "Roane County Tax Records-1805," available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
 * 1808 Taxables, 1808, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 11 [or 10?] (Spring 1995).
 * 1814-1817 Tax List, 1814-17, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 1987).
 * 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 Periodicals. Includes Roane County.
 * 1814 Tax List, 1814, Bo-Wi, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
 * 1814-1821 Hutcherson, Willis, Marilyn N. McCluen, and Mable Harvey Thornton. Tax Lists of Roane County, Tennessee: 1814-1821. n.p.: Roane County Records Commission, 1969..
 * 1815 Tax List, 1815, Bu-Wa, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
 * 1816 Tax List, 1816, Ba-Wi, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
 * 1817 Tax List, 1817, Br-Wi, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
 * 1817 Tax Lists, 1817, Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Apr. 1991).
 * 1821 Tax List, 1821, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring 1997).
 * 1822-1851 Bailey, Robert L. Roane County, Tennessee Tax List. (1822-1851 with gaps), 5 vols. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1994. ff.
 * 1837 Tatum, A.C. "Roane County, Tennessee 1837 Tax Lists," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Summer 2007):99-104; Vol. 54, No. 3 (Fall 2007):169-172; Vol. 54, No. 4 (Winter 2007):221-224; Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring 2008):28-31. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * 1837 Tax List, 1837, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 1993); Vol. 9, No. 4 (Winter 1993); Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 1994); Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 1994); Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 1994).
 * 1848 Tax List, 1848, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1992); Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 1992); Vol. 8, No. 3 (Summer 1992); Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 1993); Vol. 9, No. 2 (Summer 1993).
 * 1857 Bailey, Robert L. "1857 Roane County Tax Records" (16 Districts), available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
 * 1859 Bailey, Robert L. "1859 Roane County Tax Records" (8 Districts), available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
 * 1869 Bailey, Robert L. "1869 Roane County Tax Records" (17 Districts), available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
 * Land Sold for Taxes, Ansearchin' News, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 2000).

Birth

 * 1806-1900 - Bailey, Robert L. et al. To Save the County Harmless: Roane County, Tennessee, Bastardy Cases, 1806-1900. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1995..
 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1881 Roane County Birth Index 1881 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 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
 * 1801-1838 - Marriage Records, 1801-1838, Roane County, Tennessee. Typescript, . +++
 * 1801-1870 - The History of Roane County, Tennessee 1801-1870 FHL Digital version
 * 1801-1906 - Roane County Marriage Index 1801-1906 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1881-1900 - Marriage Records Roane County, Tennessee. FHL Digital Book Vol 2. Abstracts names of brides, grooms, and officiators, and a date associated with the marriage. includes abstracts of TSLA microfilm "Colored Marriages"
 * 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1801-1838 - Marriages of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1838 . Abstracts names of brides, grooms, and bondsmen, as well as dates of license and/or marriage.
 * 1801-1855 - Marriage Records of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1855. 1973. . Abstracts brides, grooms, sureties, bondsmen, and officiators, dates of license and marriage.
 * 1801-1875 - Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. . Indexes names of brides, grooms, marriage dates for this county for specified years. Free Lookups Available!
 * 1856-1880 - Marriage Records Roane County, Tennessee. FHL Book 976.884 V2p Vol 1. Abstracts names of brides, grooms, and officiators, and a date associated with the marriage. includes abstracts of TSLA microfilm "Colored Marriages,"

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
Online Records Online Titles
 * 1796 - 1850 - Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
 * 1807-1900 - Bailey, Robert L. Roane County, Tennessee Divorces 1807-1900. Tenn.: The Roane County Genealogical Society, 1994..
 * 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

Archives
The Roane County Heritage Commission 119 Court St. P.O. Box 738 Kingston, TN 37763 Phone: 865-376-9211 E-mail: rchcarchives@yahoo.com Facebook Website

Family History Centers

 * Oak Ridge Tennessee Family History Center

Libraries
Roane County Archives Library and Museum 119 Court St. Kingston, TN 37763 Phone: 865-376-9211 Website
 * The Archives and Museum sponsors The Roane County Archives Library Research Room (online) "The Research room is just a small sample of the original documents found at the Roane County Archives Library and Museum in The Old Roane County Courthouse."

Kingston Public Library 1004 Bradford Way Kingston, TN 37763 Phone: 865-376-9905 Facebook Website

Harriman Public Library 601 Walden St. Harriman, TN 37748 Phone: 865-882-3195 E-mail: harrimanlibrary@comcast.net Website
 * Genealogy Resources: census, cemetery records for Roane and Morgan county, funeral home records and more.

Museums
Roane County Archives Library and Museum 119 Court St. Kingston, TN 37763 Phone: 865-376-9211 Website
 * The Archives and Museum sponsors The Roane County Archives Library Research Room (online) "The Research room is just a small sample of the original documents found at the Roane County Archives Library and Museum in The Old Roane County Courthouse."

Societies
East Tennessee Historical Society 601 S. Gay St. P.O. Box 1629 Knoxville, TN 37901-1629 Phone: 865-215-8824 E-mail: eths@east-tennessee-history.org Website

Roane County Heritage Commission Phone: 865-376-9211 Facebook

Websites

 * Roane County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Roane County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * The Roane County Heritage Commission &amp; Archives Library Research Room
 * Roane County TN Genealogy  (ldsgenealogy.com)
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Research Guides

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