Maury County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States Tennessee  Maury County

Maury County, Tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to Maury County (established 1807) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Quick Dates
Maury County's civil records start the following years:

Maury County Offices


Maury County Courthouse 10 Public Square Columbia, TN 38401 Phone: 1-931-381-3690

County Clerk has marriage records. Clerk and Master has divorce, probate, and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Maury County Archives

<u 201 East Sixth Street Columbia TN 38401

Phone 931-375-1501  8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Monday - Thursday Closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Archives has19th Century: Government Records including Marriages Record, Wills and Distributions Chancery Court Papers, Bound Volumes Small Manuscript Collections Up to date Daily Herald newspaper Maury County Clerk Marriage records 10 Public Square Columbia, TN 38401 Phone: 1-931-375-5200

Maury County Register of Deeds Land records P.O. Box 769 1 Public Square, Room 108 Columbia, TN 38401 Phone: 1-931-375-2101

Maury County Clerk and Master Probate and court records 41 Public Square Columbia, TN 38401 Phone: 1-931-375-1307

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

History
Middle Tennessee county. Established 1807.

The county is named after Tennessee Senator Abram Maury of Williamson County.

Parent County
1807--Maury County was created 16 November 1807 from Williamson County. County seat: Columbia

County Pronunciation
The two audio samples below depict how "Maury" would be pronounced by someone not native to the county; the local residents pronounce it as "Murray".
 * 1) Hear it spoken (female)
 * 2) Hear it spoken (female)

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

Record Loss

 * Census loss: 1810

Getting Started
Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Maury County biography, court, and probate records. To determine which books are being searched, or to search each publication's index individually, click here. You are now equipped with a checklist of books to pull off the shelves at a genealogy library, or a wish list for your personal book collection.

Research Guides

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

African American
United States African Americans Tennessee African Americans

Cemeteries
Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


 * Bible, Family &amp; Tombstone Records : These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Census
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Maury County federal population schedules 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.

1810 Lost


 * Substitutes are available, see also Taxation:


 * Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census at Ancestry.com (Free /$)


 * 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.com — index $

1820


 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.
 * Garrett, Jill Knight. Maury County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 Census. Unknown: unknown, 1964. Available at Ancestry ($).
 * Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. Includes free African Americans in this county.

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. A free online 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 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, Middle District, Maury County on pages 156-157.]

1891 Male Voters


 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

Episcopal
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Columbia


 * 1828-1971 - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Columbia, Baptism Index 1828-1971 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches, , and.
 * 1828-1895 - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Columbia, Marriage Index 1828-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches and.
 * 1828-1890 - St. Peters Church, Columbia TN, Records. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
 * 1914-1919 - St. Peters Church, Columbia TN, Minutes. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.


 * History of St. Peters Episcopal Church. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Methodist
United Methodist Church, Spring Hill


 * 1840-1885 - United Methodist Church, Spring Hill, Baptism Index 1840-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches and.
 * 1840-1895 - United Methodist Church, Spring Hill, Marriage Index 1840-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches and.


 * Mathews, Reverend John D.D. Peeps into Life Autobiography. Methodist Episcopal Church Tennessee Conference, 1904. Free digital copy.


 * History of Mt. Joy Church Free lookups available!

Presbyterian
McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church


 * 1848-1866 - McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church Baptism Index 1848-1866 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1849-1870 - McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church Marriage Index 1848-1866 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church


 * 1890-1896, 1919-1928 - Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church Baptism Index 1890-1896 and 1919-1928 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.
 * 1888-1923 - Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church Marriage Index 1888-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch.

Zion Presbyterian Church


 * History of Zion (Presbyterian) Church. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLAon Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Court

 * [1808-1809] County Court Minutes, These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLAon Roll 58 of Record Group 107.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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
 * [1810-1815] Circuit Court Minute Book, Volume A.These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
 * [1817-1821] Circuit Court Minute Book,These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLAon Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
 * [1823-1829] Chancery Court Minute Book,These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLAon Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
 * [1810-1825] Wills and County Court Minutes, Volume 1 Book B. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

DNA
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Maury County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.


 * [Brown] Descendant of Ervin Brown, b. abt 1813 South Carolina, resident of Maury County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 21975). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 12), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.

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

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Maury, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 70,000 entries.


 * Home Demonstration Clubs. Ancestor Charts: Bicentennial Project of the Home Demonstration Clubs of Maury County, Tennessee. Huntsville, Ala.: Margaret M. Cowart, 1976..
 * Maury County Historical Society Book Committee. Maury County Tennessee: History &amp; Families, Founded 1807. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub. Co., 1998..

Bibliography


 * [Beasley] Croft, Carol Daun The Beasley family : of John Wesley and his wife Rachel Wantland Tacoma, Washington : C.D. Croft, 2005 ;.
 * [Bigham] Bigham, Esther W. Genealogical Collection of Esther Bigham. MSS., microfilmed in 1993. FHL US/CAN Film 1598132 Item 5.
 * [Brady/Bain] Renick, Marjorie Monro Hall and Robert Edward Brady/Bain family history Bend, Oregon : M.A. Renick, 1998 ;.
 * [Butler] See Ingram
 * [Dooley] Dooley, William Kenneth. The Dooley Family of Maury County, Tennessee: 1746-2000. 2 vols. [Shreveport, La.]: W.K. Dooley, [2001?]..
 * [Duncan] Harris, Olive and Joe Cleatus Harris. William Duncan of Scotland, Chatham Co., N.C., Maury and Marshall Counties, Tennessee and His Eleven Known Children and Their Descendants. MSS..
 * [Ferrell] Ferrell, Ed. Ferrell family records, ca. 1789-1930. Juneau, Alaska: E. Ferrell, 1991.
 * [Good] Hooten, Una Good. A Family History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983. Item 7
 * [Griggs] Madeira, Pauline and Kim Beauchamp. The Ancestors of Harvey Louis Hardin : with Chapters on the Descendants of Samuel Sanford Hardin, James Pate, David McAlister, William Waddell, Samuel P. Griggs and John Selby. S.l.: Rex H. Madeira, Jr., 1999.
 * [Hardison] Hawkins, Fred Lee and Dorothy Westmoreland Gilliam. Hardison and Allied Families: Especially those of Maury and Marshall Counties of Tennessee. Columbia, Tenn.: F.L. Hawkins, 1992.
 * [Ingram] Bingham, James Barry Descendants of Jonas Ingram and Melinda Butler Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press, c1991 ;.
 * [Jackson] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304. Digital version at American Ancestors ($)..
 * [Kennedy] McKennon, Sara Tom Brooks and Deane Kennedy Hendrix. The John Kennedy Ancestors ... n.p.: n.p., 1979?..
 * [Knight] Garrett, Jill Knight. Knight Cousins. [Columbia, TN: Unknown, 1967. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 928090; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * [Lendermon] Boswell, Imogene May and Jean Boswell Pippenger. The Ancestors and Descendants of Henry D. Lendermon: Randolph County, North Carolina; Greenville County, South Carolina; Maury County, Tennessee; Carroll County, Tennessee; Marshall County, Mississippi. Carrollton, Texas: I.M. Boswell &amp; J.B. Pippenger, 1988..
 * [Lindsey] Thorndale, William. Lindseys of Long Marsh Run, now Clarke County, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley: and Lindseys of Little Bigby Creek, Maury County, Tennessee. 1975..
 * [Moss] Moss, T.C. The David Moss Family: Green, Adair, Boyle, Barren, Hart, and Warren Co., Ky.; Williamson and Maury Co., Tenn.; Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn.: T.C. Moss, 1968..
 * [Nelson] Shipp, Bonnie Morrow Some ancestors and some descendants of Wibbie Reams Nelson and John Andrew Franklin Morrow Digital copy available at.
 * [Payne] John C. Payne, Toney L. Payne, Gale Payne Nagy The big Payne book : a history of the Payne family of Virginia, Western North Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri [S.I.] : J.C. Payne, c2007 ;.
 * [Robb] Robb, Henrietta Robb-Lanterman family record Salt lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of utah, 1977 ; FHL film 1036565 item 5..
 * [Williams] Yancey, Dennis J. and Nicholas M. Williams. The Yancey Family History Collection: Information Concerning John and Harriett Yancey Williams of Maury Co., Tennessee, Records Obtained from Nicholas M. Williams, Waverly, Iowa. MSS., microfilmed in 1994..
 * [Yancey] Yancey, Dennis J. and Nicholas M. Williams. The Yancey Family History Collection: Information Concerning John and Harriett Yancey Williams of Maury Co., Tennessee, Records Obtained from Nicholas M. Williams, Waverly, Iowa. MSS., microfilmed in 1994..

Land
Deeds

Maury County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1807 and is located at the Maury County Archives, 201 East Sixth Street, Columbia, Tennessee 38402-069; Telephone: (931) 375-3690. Land and property records include transfer of real estate or personal property, mortgages, leases, surveys, and entries.


 * The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a general index to deeds 1807-1843; deed books 1808-1881;. land entry books 1820-1919; Surveyor's books 1834-1838; Maury County Land ownership maps 1878 from the Library of Congress.

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Maury County land entries issued by North Carolina are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. On their website, users can bring up a list of land entries issued in Maury County, both before and after its land became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1778-1815.

Instructions:


 * 1) Follow this link to conduct a "Call Number Search" using the MARS Catalog on their site.
 * 2) Using the pull down window, change "Call Numbers starting" to "A MarsID matching."
 * 3) Type 12.14.11 (Windows Vista users may need to include a period after the last digit, for example 12.14.11.) and click Search. This is the specific MarsID for Maury County.
 * 4) Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Maury County."
 * 5) In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Maury County land entries will be produced. Browse to find abstracts of the original records.

N.B. You can also search by name through the Basic Search, but it lacks soundex capabilities.

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.] 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 TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Local Histories

 * Maury County, the blue-grass region of Tennessee. Its Agricultural and Mineralogical Resources, including a View of the County seat, the City of Columbia. Her Commerce and Industries, Schools and Churches, Past Development and Future Possibilities. Columbia, Tennessee: Herald Book and Job Rooms, 1884. Free digital copy.
 * Robbins, David Peter. Century Review, 1805-1905, Maury County, Tennessee: A Condensation of the Most Important Events of the Past One Hundred Years, and Descriptive Sketches of the Cities and Villages. Columbia and Mt. Pleasant in Detail. Columbia, Tenn.: Board of Mayor &amp; Aldermen, 1905. Digital version at Ancestry ($); Google Books. 1980 reprint:.
 * Fleming, William Stuart A historical sketch of Maury County read at the centennial celebration in Columbia, Tennessee, July 4th, 1876 Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2007 ;.


 * Century review, 1805-1905, Maury County, Tennessee : a condensation of the most important events of the past one hundred years, at Ancestry.com (Free /$)

Maps

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * Maury County, Tennessee with Landowners (D.G. Beers, 1878) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * [1878] Map of Maury County, TN. Originally published 1877. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Maury County, Tennessee Soldiers Buried in Zion Cemetery

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, Middle District, Maury County on pages 156-157.]
 * Lightfoot, Marise Parrish. Let the Drums Roll: Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee. [Columbia, Tenn.]: Maury County Historical Society, 1976..
 * 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. 1 (Jan. 1961):20-23. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. [Includes Maury County pensioners (p. 22).]
 * Garrett, Jill K. War of 1812 Soldiers of Maury County, Tennessee. Columbia, Tenn.: Jane Knox Chapter, D.A.R., [190-?]..
 * Maury County, Tennessee War of 1812 Soldiers Buried in Zion Cemetery Courtesy : TNGenWeb
 * Garrett, Jill K  War of 1812 soldiers of Maury County, Tennessee (Columbia, Tennessee 190?) pages 231 FHL Book 976.859 M2

Civil War

 * Civl War Research Database $
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Civil War service men from Maury County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Maury County.

Confederate Soldiers


 * 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Field's) - CSA - Companies G and H.
 * 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies G and H.
 * 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company A.
 * 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Robison's) (Walker Legion) - CSA
 * 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's) - CSA - Companies A, B, C, and G.
 * 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's) - CSA - Companies F and H.
 * 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Gantt's) - CSA - Companies A, B, C, E and G.
 * 19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company G.
 * 22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Nixon's) - CSA
 * 23rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Martin's) - CSA - Company A.
 * 24th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company G.
 * 28th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Hay's) - CSA
 * 48th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Voorhies') - CSA - Companies A, B, E, F, H and K.
 * 54th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company F.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Maury County:


 * Garrett, Jill K., Virginia Wood Alexander and Evelyn B. McAnally. Confederate Soldiers and Patriots of Maury County, Tennessee. Columbia, Tenn.: Capt. James Madison Sparkman Chapter, United Daughter of the Confederacy, 1970..
 * Quintard, Charles Todd. Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee. Sewanee, Tennessee: The University Press, 1905. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive. Chaplain of the 1st Tennessee Regiment.
 * William R. Ray, Lance J. Herdegen, Sherry Murphy Four years with the Iron Brigade:the Civil War journals of William R. Ray Da Capo Press 2002. Free lookups available!
 * Shellengerger, John K. The Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee, November 29, 1864. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Co, 1913. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
 * Watkins, Samuel R. "Co. Aytch": Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment, or, a Side Show of the Big Show. Chattanooga, Tennessee: Times Printing Co., 1900. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Maury County, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). 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), (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Online at Internet Archive. Maury County, page 363-364.
 * TNGenWeb, Maury County Tennessee, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). Civil War Records.
 * USGenWeb Archives, Maury County Tennessee Archives, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). Military Records.
 * CWSAC, Battle Summaries, Columbia and Spring Hill, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). Located in Maury County.

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battles were fought in Maury County.


 * November 24-29, 1864 = Columbia
 * November 29, 1864 = Spring Hill


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Tennessee

Spanish American War

 * Hale, Will T.The First Tennessee Regiment, United States Volunteers. Nashville, 1899. Free digital copy.

World War II

 * Alexander, Virginia Wood and Ashton, Margaret D. Maury County remembers World War II Columbia, Tennessee : Maury County Historical Society, c1991. Free lookups available

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 Maury County click on the following cities:


 * Columbia
 * Mount Pleasant
 * Spring Hill

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 Maury County.]

Periodicals

 * Maury County Historical Society Newsletter - Historic Maury
 * The Family History Library has only the current volume. See website for further information:http://historicmaury.org/ Indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)
 * The Maury Genealogist
 * The Family History Library has Volume 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1972)

Private Papers

 * Family Bible of James Harvey Emerson and Rebecca Rutherford Dallis: Colombia, Maury County, Tennessee. Microfilmed in 1963..
 * Guide to the Jill Knight Garrett Collection, ca. 1800-1969, available online, courtesy: TSLA. [Garrett collected a large amount of material pertaining to families in Maury County and the surrounding area.]

Probate Records
The Maury County Court has responsibility for the probate records.The Maury County Archives holds many records.

Online Records
 * 1779 – 2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * Wills, 1829-1919 (7 vols.)
 * Probate records, 1854-1901
 * Settlements, 1874-1907
 * Bonds, Letters, 1861-1894
 * Claims against estates, 1868, 1874-1903, 1935
 * Guardian records, 1873-1904
 * Insolvent estate records, 1906-1942

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Maury County land records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) Will Book 1: 1806-1815
 * 2) Will Book C: 1823-1824

The following Maury County probate records have been abstracted, indexed, or both:


 * [1807-1824] Garrett, Jill Knight. Maury County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 Census. Unknown: unknown, 1964..
 * [1807-1832] Garrett, Jill Knight. Maury County, Tennessee, Will Books A, B, C-1, D and E, 1807-1832. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984. Indexed. (FHL book 976.859 P2gjk.)
 * [1807-1861] 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.]
 * [1806-1815] Maury County Will Books Vol. 1-1806-1815. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version vailable at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
 * [1809-1817] Maury County Will Books Vol. 2-1809-1817. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version vailable at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
 * Maury County Will Book, Volume 3. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version vailable at World Vital Records ($). [The database at World Vital Records has this labeled as Volume 1 but it is actually Volume 3 and contains records from Will Book B, p. 235 through Will Book C, p. 25.]
 * Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census at Ancestry.com (Free /$)

Public Records

 * Maury County Road Minutes 1817-1825. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version available at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.

Taxation
The following Maury County tax records have been abstracted:


 * [1807-1812] Tax Sales, 1807-12, Historic Maury, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Jun. 2002).
 * [1808] "Maury County Tax List 1808," Historic Maury, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):144-146.
 * [1808-1848] [Decription of?] Revenue and Tax Book, 1808-48, Historic Maury, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1971).
 * [1808-1810] "Maury County Tax List 1808-1810," Historic Maury, Vol. 32, Nos. 1 through 4 (March 1996-Dec. 1996).
 * [1808-1810] 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 the two Historic Maury publications as sources.]
 * [1808] Tax Roll, 1808, Historic Maury, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Sep. 2001).
 * [1809] Tax Sales, 1809, Historic Maury, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1965).
 * [1809] Tax Roll, 1809, Historic Maury, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Dec. 2001).
 * [1810] Tax Roll, 1810, Historic Maury, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Mar. 2002).
 * [1810] "Reconstructing the Maury County Census with Court, Marriage and Tax Records, 1810," Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy &amp; History
 * [1811] Lightfoot, Marise P. "Maury County, Tennessee Taxables for the Year 1811," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 1963):57-62; Vol. 10, No. 3 (July 1963):125-130; Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1964):29-34; Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 1964):81-84. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
 * [1811, 1816] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. &amp; B. Sistler, 1977. [Includes 1811, 1816 tax lists.]
 * [1812] Tax List, 1812, Historic Maury, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1972).
 * [1817] "U.S. Holds 1817 Public Sale of Federal Tax-Delinquent Properties in Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer 1996):63-68. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. [Includes Maury County.]
 * [1818] Tax List, 1818, Historic Maury, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct. 1972).
 * [1824] William Edmondson's Tax List, 1824, Historic Maury, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1965).
 * [1824] Tax List, 1824, River Counties, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1975); Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1975).
 * [1828] Return of Taxable Property and Polls, 1828, Historic Maury, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1966).
 * [1832] Tax List, 1832, River Counties, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1978); Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1978); Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1978); Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1978).
 * [1836] Tax List, 1836, [25 Districts; Introduction], Historic Maury, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1968); Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1968); Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul. 1968); Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1968). Historic Maury. Columbia TN: Jan 1968. Vol. 4 Iss. 1
 * [1861] Tax Assessments, Polls and Militia, 1861, Historic Maury, Vol. 29, No. 2 (1993).
 * [1868] Tax List, 1868, Historic Maury, Vol. 18, Nos. 1-4 (1982).
 * [1870] County Tax Assessments, 1870, Described, Historic Maury, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. 1970).

Vital Records
See also How to order Tennessee Vital Records or order electronically online.

Birth

 * Birth Records: 1881-1930s

See Tennessee Vital Records


 * 1828 - 1939 at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1869 - 1909 Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1908-1912 Vital Statistics; Births, Deaths, 1908-1912. Manuscript. Nashville, Tennessee: TSLA, 1969.

Marriage
The original Maury County marriage record books are kept at the County Courthouse. The original loose marriage records 1808-1950 are kept a the Maury County Archives. The County Archives has microfilm of the marriage record books.

The following Maury County marriage records are microfilmed:


 * 1780 - 2002 Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002 at Ancestry.com — index $


 * 1780 - 2002 at FamilySearch.org— index


 * 1790 - 1950 at FamilySearch.org — index and images


 * 1796 - 1950 at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1808-1986 Available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Marriages 1808-1867 and marrigae bonds 1808-1838 are available for interlibrary loan.


 * 1807-1950 Tennessee, Justice of the Peace. Maury County, Tennessee, marriage records, 1807-1950. Includes separate bride and groom indexes. Originals housed at the Maury County Archives.


 * 1808-1967 Available at the Family History Library. Each volume is indexed.

The following Maury County marriage records are abstracted and/or indexed:


 * 1807-1852 Alexander, Virginia W., Rose H. Priest, and Jill K. Garrett. Maury County, Tennessee marriage records, 1807-1852. S.l.: s.n., 1962, 1963. 2 vols.


 * 1807-1870 Lucas, Silas Emmett and Ella Lee Sheffield. 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870. 3 vols. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981. ff. [Abstracts include names of brides, grooms, bondsmen, marriage bond dates, and officiators for weddings in this county for the roughly specified years. Marriage data taken from an index card file at the TSLA. Authors do not specify whether or not the card index completely indexes this county's marriages.]


 * 1807-1867 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1988. ff. [Indexes names of brides and grooms, and marriage dates for weddings in this county for the specified years.]


 * 1808-1852 Whitely, Edythe Rucker Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee, 1808-1852 Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Pub. Co, 1982. Free lookups available!


 * Garrett, Jill K. Maury County, Tennessee newspapers (abstracts) 1810-1844, 1846-1850. Typescript. 2 vols.
 * Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, comp. Maury County Cousins. Columbia, Tennessee : Maury County Historical Society, 1971. 2 vols.


 * - covers all counties in Tennessee.
 * Many county marriage records are indexed with images at Ancestry's Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. ($) Be aware that this index is not complete for many counties.


 * 1806-1870 Marriage Records.


 * 1807-1850 Marriage Records: Early–1850.


 * 1851 - 1900 Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry.com— index and images $

Divorce
In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Maury County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, see:


 * W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp.

Death

 * 1908-1912 Vital statistics; births, deaths, 1908-1912. Manuscript.

Nashville, Tennessee: TSLA, 1969.


 * Deaths: 1908-1939
 * Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955 at Record Search Pilot at FamilySearch. Name index with extracted death certificate information. Search by surname then browse through the results. You may need to supply variant spellings of the names. More info at Tennessee Deaths and Burials (FamilySearch Historical Records)


 * 1874 - 1955 at FamilySearch.org — index


 * 1908 - 1958 Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry.com — index and images $


 * 1914 - 1955 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

For deaths of Methodists in Maury County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try:


 * 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.]

Bible, Family &amp; Tombstone Records: These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. 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 two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Tennessee Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Maury County Historical Society P.O. Box 147 Columbia, TN 38402 E-mail: maurycountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

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

Maury County Public Library 211 W. 8th Street Columbia, TN 38401 Phone: 1-931-375-6501 Hours: Mon.-Wed. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Thurs.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Spring Hill Public Library P.O. Box 309 144 Kedron Parkway Spring Hill, TN 37174 Phone: 1-931-486-2932 Fax: 1-931-486-3927 Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Fri. and Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Columbia Tennessee Family History Center

1608 Hampshire Pike Columbia, TN Phone: 1-931-381-3650

This is not a mailing address. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

Web Sites

 * Maury County, TN History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Tennessee Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Tennessee Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * (FamilySearch)
 * Maury County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Maury County, TN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Maury County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * Life and Times of Maury County
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L (South Central Tennessee List)
 * http://southernroots.wordpress.com/ Southern Roots Blog
 * Maury County TN Genealogy (Tennessee Genealogy)