Montgomery County, Tennessee Genealogy

Guide to Montgomery 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 John Montgomery, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and an early settler who founded the city of Clarksville. The County is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouse One Millenium Plaza; Clarksville, TN 37040 County Courthouse Phone: 931.648.5711

County marriages, probate records, county court records, county divorces, land records, and other records for the county. (These permanent historical records are no longer held by the original county offices but stored at the Archives.) County Archives has marriage records from 1838, probate records from 1797 and court records Clerk of Circuit Court has divorce records from 1930 Register of Deeds has land records

County Pronunciation
 * 1) Hear it spoken (female)
 * 2) Hear it spoken (male)

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 Middle Tennessee county established in 1796. The eastern half of the county belonged to the pioneer Cumberland Settlements.

The county is named after "John Montgomery (c. 1750-1794), leader of the Nickajack Expedition."

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * Ministers and Officials - index to ministers and officials from marriage records; courtesy of the Montgomery County Archives
 * 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 Montgomery County.

Cemeteries
Additional Cemetery Resources
 * Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

Census Records
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project®.

1800 Lost, but a substitute is available, see Montgomery.

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 — index $

1820


 * Beach, Ursula S. and Ann E. Alley. 1798 Property Tax List and 1820 Census of Montgomery County, Tennessee. Clarksville, Tenn.: Beach and Alley, 1969.
 * Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981.
 * 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, MontgomeryCounty on page 156.

1850


 * Alley, Ann E. and Ursula Beach. 1850 Federal Census of Montgomery County, Tennessee. Clarksville, Tenn.: Alley and Beach, 1971.

1850 Agricultural Census


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

1880


 * Sistler, Byron and Samuel Sistler. 1880 Census Montgomery County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee Byron Sistler and Associates, 1998.

1890


 * 1891 Voter's List - a potential substitute for the 1890 census; from the Montgomery County Archives website.

1891 Male Voters


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

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.


 * If the records you need are not found in the Family History Library collection, contact the church(es) in the area where your ancestor lived.Two sites that give information about churches in Montgomery County are:


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


 * In 1936, a helpful guide to early Montgomery County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate "county fact sheet" on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for Montgomery County are listed. Many of these filmed records are also available at the Family History Library.

Baptist


 * 1851-1921 New Providence Baptist Church Records. New Providence, 1851-1921. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #497.
 * 1851-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 2 Index to original New Providence Baptist Church Records.

Espiscopal


 * 1832-1965 - Trinity Episcopal Church Records. Clarksville, 1832-1965. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #400.
 * 1832-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 2 Index to original Trinity Episcopal Church Records.

Methodist


 * 1861-1961 - Hopewell Methodist Church, Montgomery County, 1861-1961. Manuscript. TSLA Reel #128.
 * 1861-1900 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records. Nashville: Sitler and Associates, 1979. vol. 1 Index to original Hopewell Methodist Church, Montgomery County, 1861-1961 records.

Court Records

 * Willis, Laura and Doris Dublin. Montgomery County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, December 1805 - December 1807. Available at . Digital version available at World Vital 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 1 British alien living in Clarksville. Ancestry. $

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans
 * 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.]

Genealogies
DNA
 * DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Montgomery County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.
 * Brown - Descendant of William Jasper or Joseph Brown, b. 1894 Montgomery County, Tennessee, d. 1973 Chrisney, Indiana. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit N25799). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 5), 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 Montgomery, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 25,000 entries.


 * East Tennessee Historical Society. First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. 976.8 H2ff [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.]
 * Masters, Jack and Bill Puryear. Founding of the Cumberland Settlements: The First Atlas 1779-1804: Showing Who Came, How They Came, and Where They Put Down Roots. Gallatin, Tenn.: Warioto Press, 2009. Large Q Book 976.8 E7d; Supplements:  976.8 E7d supp. 1; publisher's bookstor: Cumberland Pioneer Settlers.
 * Montgomery County Historical Society. Montgomery County, Tennessee Family History Book. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub. Co., 2000. 976.845 H2m
 * Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Red River Settlers: Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1980. 976.84 D2w; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).


 * Bishop - Gray, John W. The life of Joseph Bishop, the Celebrated Old Pioneer in the First Settlements of Middle Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: s.p., 1858.Free digital copy.
 * Bradberry - Litchman, William M. "Using Cluster Methodology to Backtrack an Ancestor: The Case of John Bradberry," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 95, No. 2 (June 2007):103-116. 973 B2ng v. 95 (2007)
 * Haggard - Haggard, David D. History of the Haggard Family in England and America, 1433 to 1899. Bloomington, IL: Unknown, 1899. 982126 Item 3; digital versions at  ; Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Hutchison - Winthurst, Phyllis. The Hutchison Chronicles: Some Stories of the Nine Generations of Descendants of John and Margaret Hutchison, Prince William and Shenandoah Counties, Virginia and Montgomery County, Tennessee. Tucson, Ariz.: P.R. Winthurst, 1998. 929.273 H975w
 * Jameson - See Jamison.
 * Jamison - Jamison, Henry Downs. The Jamison Family, 1647-1960: Genealogical Records and Memoranda. Nashville, TN: Unknown, 1960. book 929.273 J245ja; film 854155 Item 2; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Lacey - Moore, Maurice Augustus. The Life of Gen. Edward Lacey: With a List of Battles and Skirmishes in South Carolina During the Revolutionary War. Spartanburg, S.C.: Douglass, Evins and Co., 1859..
 * Lacey - Draper, Lyman C. King's Mountain and Its Heroes. Cincinnati: Peter G. Thomson, Publishers, 1881. Pages 463-464. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Lacey - Owen, Thomas McAdory. "Colonel Edward Lacey of the Revolution and Some of His Descendants," The Gulf States Historical Magazine, Vol. 1 (July 1902):41-44. Digital version at Google Books.
 * Ligon - Killebrew, J.B. "Introduction to the Genealogy of the Descendants of Judge Paul Carrington and His Wife Priscilla (nee) Sims," Publications of the Southern History Association, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May 1901):228-231. Digitized by Internet Archive - free.
 * Spain - See Jamison.
 * Trotter - Trotter, Susie Eager. Trotter Genealogy: The Virginia-Tennessee-Mississippi Trotter Line, 1725-1948. Louisville, KY: Press of Mayes Print. Co., 1948. 1401448; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($).

Land and Property Records
Deeds


 * 1788-1797 Deeds Search - from the Montgomery County Archives
 * Willis, Laura. Montgomery County, TN, Deeds. Melber, Kentucky: Simmons Historical, 1996. 5 volumes. Available at . Digital versions of selected volumes available at World Vital Records ($): Volume 1 1796-1800; Volume 4 1805-1809; and Volume 5 1808-1812. All volumes available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Montgomery 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 Montgomery County, both before and after its land became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1785-1802.

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 12.14.13 (Windows Vista users may need to include a period after the last digit, for example 12.14.13.) and click Search. This is the specific MarsID for Montgomery County.
 * 4) Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Montgomery County."
 * 5) In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Montgomery 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.

Land Grants


 * Free index to 1500+ Pioneer Cumberland Settlements Land Grants, available online, courtesy: Cumberland Pioneer Settlers. The Cumberland Settlements region covered what is now this county. To view the land grants platted on maps, purchase the books described on this site, or access those available at the Family History Library.

Local Histories

 * Albright, Edward. Early History of Middle Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Co., 1909. Free digitzed copy.
 * Montgomery County Tennessee. Clarksville, Tennessee: c1900.Booklet advertising the amenities of Montgomery county in 1900. Free digitzed copy.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1777-1985 Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * 1870 Ruger, A. Bird's Eye View of the City of Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee. Originally published 1870. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
 * 1877 Map of Montgomery County, TN. Originally published 1877. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.

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


 * 1835 Pension Roll
 * 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
 * Montgomery County, Tennessee Revolutionary War Soldiers. Includes biographical information. Courtesy TNGenWeb.

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, MontgomeryCounty on page 156.
 * 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):20-24; Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Montgomery County pensioners 8(1):24, 8(2):49.
 * Montgomery County, Tennessee War of 1812 Soldiers. Includes biographical information. Courtesy: TNGenWeb

Independence of Texas 1836


 * Montgomery County, Tennessee Independence of Texas Soldier. Joseph Bayliss who fought and died in the defense of the Alamo in Texas. Courtesy : TNGenWeb

Mexican War 1846-1848


 * Montgomery County, Tennessee Mexican War Soldiers. 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 — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1891-1965 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Confederate Soldiers


 * 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Confederate) - CSA - Companies B and G.
 * 10th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Johnson's) (Confederate) - CSA - Companies B and G.
 * 10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (DeMoss') - CSA - Company E.
 * 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company I.
 * 14th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A, B, G, H, K, and L.
 * 49th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A, D, E, F, G, H, and I.
 * 50th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry- CSA - Companies A and E.
 * 50th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A, C, and E.
 * Napier's Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry - CSA- Company B.
 * Woodward's Company, Tennessee Cavalry- CSA- The Oak Grove Rangers.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Montgomery County:


 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Montgomery 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. Montgomery County, page 366.
 * TNGenWeb, Montgomery County Tennessee War Records. Civil War Soldiers. Courtesy TNGenWeb.

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

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 Montgomery County click on the following city:


 * Clarksville

Austin Peay State University has an online digital archive of their student newspaper, The All State. The collection begins with the very first issue from 1930 and goes up to 1989 though plans are in place to go up to present day. View the issue archive here.


 * 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;


 * The Corn Sheller: Montomgery County Historical Society.


 * 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 Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History: Quarterly magazine of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. For surnames, use the volume-by-volume index, or do a keyword search of the Article Index..


 * The Montgomery County Genealogical Journal:


 * The River Counties Quarterly: (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett.

Probate Records
The Montgomery County Court has responsibility for the probate records.The Montgomery County Archives holds probate records from 1796. You can search online probate records on their website.

Online Records and Indexes


 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry — $
 * 1797-1966 Montgomery County portion of  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.

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


 * Will Book A: 1796-1809
 * Will Book B: 1810-1818
 * Will Book C: 1819-1821
 * Will Book D: 1818-1826
 * Will Book E: 1826-1829
 * Will Book F: 1829-1834

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1796-1818 - Darnell, Anita Whitefield. Abstracts of Wills and Records, Recorded in Books A and B, Montgomery County, Tennessee, 1796-1818. Clarksville, Tennessee: Darnell, 1976. Indexed. (FHL book 976.8 A1 no. 65.)
 * 1795-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler and Associates, Inc., 1990. . [Includes an index to this county's probate records.]
 * 1796-1834 - Strictly By Name (see above).
 * 1796-1826 - Willis, Laura. Montgomery County, Tennessee Wills and Administrations [1796-1826]. Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Pub., c1995. All 14 volumes (1796-1830) are available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications. 10 volumes available at . Digital versions of select volumes available at World Vital Records ($):


 * Vol. 1 (1796-1804)
 * Vol. 2 (1805-1814)
 * Vol. 4 (1814-1817)
 * Vol. 6 (1819-1821)
 * Vol. 7 (Oct 1821-Jan 1823)
 * Vol. 8 (Jan 1823-Oct 1823)
 * Vol. 9 (Oct 1823-Oct 1824)
 * Vol. 10 (Oct 1824-Jan 1826)

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


 * 1789 Cumberland Settlements, Tax List, 1789, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Fall 1990). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Montgomery.
 * 1789 Douthat, James L. 1789 Montgomery County, TN Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Purchase details.
 * 1798 Beach, Ursula S. and Ann E. Alley. 1798 Property Tax List and 1820 Census of Montgomery County, Tennessee. Clarksville, Tenn.: Beach and Alley, 1969.
 * 1798 - O'Hara, Virginia G. "Taxable Property in the County of Montgomery (Tennessee)-1798," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 1964):63-68; Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1964):127-132. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Montgomery.
 * 1798 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. and B. Sistler, 1977. [Includes 1798 tax list.]
 * 1798 Tax List, 1798, Tennessee Genealogy and History, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Apr. 1998).
 * 1798 - Douthat, James L. Montgomery County, Tennessee 1798 Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1999. ; online: free surname index and purchase details.
 * 1798 "1798 Montgomery County Tax List (partial - companies later part of Stewart County)," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb.
 * 1799 "1799 Unpaid Montgomery County TN taxes," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: Tennessee Gazette, 23 June 1802.
 * 1800 Tax List, 1800, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Dec. 1974).
 * 1800 Tatum, Ausborn C. "Montgomery County, Tennessee Tax List 1800," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Summer 1984):77-82. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Montgomery. Free digital version at Montgomery Co., TNGenWeb.
 * 1801 "Unpaid 1801 Montgomery County Taxes," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: Tennessee Gazette, 1 Jan. 1803.]
 * 1802 "1802 Unpaid Montgomery County Taxes," available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Source: Tennessee Gazette, 7 Sep. 1803.
 * 1804 Tax List and Delinquents, 1804, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Dec. 1971).
 * 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 Montgomery. Includes Montgomery County.
 * 1818 Public Sale for Delinquent Property Tax, 1818, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Dec. 1977).
 * 1826 Tax Collectors, 1826, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Dec. 1973).
 * 1836 Tax List, 1836, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Mar. 1975); Vol. 4, No. 4 (Jun. 1975); Vol. 5, No. 1 (Sep. 1975).
 * 1841 Tax Credits Issued, 1841, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Sep. 1978).
 * 1842 Delinquent Taxes, 1842, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Dec. 1980).
 * 1858-1861 - Tax Sales for Districts 18 and 19, 1858-61 (sel.), Duck's Old Time Journal (Jan. 2002).
 * 1859-1860 - Property Assessment List, 1859-60, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Mar. 1972).
 * 1865 "Montgomery County Land Sold for Unpaid 1865 Taxes," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Summer 1999):17. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Overton.
 * 1867 Tax Sales, Districts 16-20, 1867, Duck's Old Time Journal (Aug. 2003).
 * 1882 Tax Assessors List, 1882, Duck's Old Time Journal (Feb. 2000).
 * 1919 Automobile Tax Increase, 1919, Duck's Old Time Journal (Jan. 2006).

Birth

 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1868-1954 - Web: Montgomery County, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1868-1954 at Ancestry $
 * 1880-1910 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 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
 * 1799-1953 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, Marriage Index, 1799-1953 at Ancestry $
 * 1838-1854 - Marriage Records, 1850-1866, Montgomery County, Tennessee FHL Film 24772 Items 1-2 Typescript (Click on camera to open)
 * 1838-1869 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, Marriage Records 3 vols. (1838-1874). At  myheritage ($)
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1838-ongoing - Mongomery County Online Marriage Index- from Montgomery County Archives
 * 1838-1936 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1838-1936 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1961-1967 - Marriage records, 1961-1967 1838-1963 - General index to marriages on same page. FamilySearch (open camera to view)
 * 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes


 * 1838-1867 - Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. ff. Indexes of brides, grooms, and marriage dates for this county for specified years.
 * 1838-1870 - 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870. 3 vols.  ff. Includes names of brides, grooms, bondsmen, marriage bond dates, and officiators for this county for specified years.
 * Southern States Genealogical Records: (FHL|976 A1 no. 1|book) Bible records, Tombstone Inscriptions, Historical Records, Southern States Mission Records.

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
 * 1995-2009 - 1995-2009 Obituary Index - from the Montgomery County Archives
 * 1949-2014 - Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce
Online Records Online Records
 * 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

Archives

 * Montgomery County Archives 350 Pageant lane, Suite 101-D Clarksville, TN 37040 PO Box 323 Clarksville, TN 37041 Website Phone: 931-553-5159

Family History Centers

 * Clarksville Tennessee Family History Center
 * Clarksville Tennessee North Family History Center

Libraries
Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library 350 Pageant Lane Clarksville, TN 37040 Phone: 931-648-8826 Website
 * Library has a nice genealogy section with an index of what is available in the library as well as online sources. Online surname index to family vertical files.

Societies
Montgomery County Historical Society 189 10th St. Clarksville, TN 37040-6323 Phone: 931-553-2486 P.O. Box 262 Clarksville, TN 37041-0262 E-mail: mchs@mchsociety.org Website

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society PO Box 330948 Nashville, TN 37203-7507 Website


 * The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Montgomery 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

 * Montgomery County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * Cumberland Pioneer Settlers Cumberland Compact Signers, Pioneer Land Grant Recipients, Publication Descriptions, Free Book Indexes
 * Rootwalker: Genealogy Pages for Northern Middle TN Free Genealogy Resources for the Region
 * Montgomery County TN Genealogy  (ldsgenealogy.com)
 * – 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: Montgomery County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)