Grundy County, Tennessee Genealogy

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Guide to Grundy County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.


County Facts
County seat: Altamont
Organized: January 29, 1844
Parent County(s): Coffee, Warren[1]
Neighboring Counties
CoffeeFranklinMarionWarrenSequatchie
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Courthouse
Grundy County Court House.jpg
Location Map
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County Information

Description

Grundy County was named for Felix Grundy. The county is located in the south-central area of the state.[2]

County Courthouse

Grundy County Courthouse
Courthouse Circle, Grundy St.
Hwy 56 & 108
Altamont, TN 37301
Grundy County Courthouse Phone: 931-692-3455
County Clerk Phone: 931-692-3622
Chancery Court Clerk Phone: 931-692-3455
Circuit Court Clerk Phone: 931-692-3368

County Clerk has marriage and probate records 1850
Register of Deeds has land records.[3]

Grundy County, Tennessee Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1908 1850 1908 1844 1852 1850 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908 (1913 missing). General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss

1853 and 1990 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.[5]
  • Lost marriage records: 1844 to 1849

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes

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:[7]

Cities
Towns
Census-designated places


History Timeline

Additional Information

U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777-1840)


The county is named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777-1840).[8]

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

  • Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. 2004. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Includes Grundy County.
  • Tennessee Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines. Coal Mines and Mining--Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: A.B. Travel, 1883. Free digital copy.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Grundy County, Tennessee online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Tennessee Cemeteries for more information.


Additional Cemetery Resources

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1850 2,773
1860 3,093 11.5%
1870 3,250 5.1%
1880 4,592 41.3%
1890 6,345 38.2%
1900 7,802 23.0%
1910 8,322 6.7%
1920 9,753 17.2%
1930 9,717 −0.4%
1940 11,552 18.9%
1950 12,558 8.7%
1960 11,512 −8.3%
1970 10,631 −7.7%
1980 13,787 29.7%
1990 13,362 −3.1%
2000 14,332 7.3%
2010 13,703 −4.4%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population schedules of Grundy 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.

1810-1891

See Grundy County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project®

1850

  • Goins, Sara A. and Norma D. Hobbs. 1850 Census, Grundy County, Tennessee.Dunlap, Tennessee: Goins and Hobbs Genealogy Service, 1986. FS Catalog 976.878 X2g 1850
  • Sherrill, Charles A. Grundy County, Tennessee, Special Census records 1850-1880: Agricultural schedules, Slave population schedules, Mortality Schedules, Products of Industry Schedules. Nashville, Tennessee: C.A. Sherrill, 1996. FS Catalog 976.878 X2s

1860

  • Sherrill, Charles A. Grundy County, Tennessee, Special Census records 1850-1880: Agricultural schedules, Slave population schedules, Mortality Schedules, Products of Industry Schedules. Nashville, Tennessee: C.A. Sherrill, 1996. FS Catalog 976.878 X2s
  • Wihelm, Mae K. United States Census, Grundy County, Tennessee, 1860.Dulap, Tennessee: Goins and Hobbs Genealogy Service, 19--? FS Catalog 976.878 X2w 1860

1870

  • Sherrill, Charles A. Grundy County, Tennessee, Special Census records 1850-1880: Agricultural schedules, Slave population schedules, Mortality Schedules, Products of Industry Schedules. Nashville, Tennessee: C.A. Sherrill, 1996. FS Catalog 976.878 X2s
  • United States Census, Grundy County, Tennessee, 1870.Dunlap, Tennessee: Goins and Hobbs Genealogy Service, 19--?. FS Catalog 976.878 X2u 1870

1880

  • Sherrill, Charles A. Grundy County, Tennessee, Special Census records 1850-1880: Agricultural schedules, Slave population schedules, Mortality Schedules, Products of Industry Schedules. Nashville, Tennessee: C.A. Sherrill, 1996. FS Catalog 976.878 X2s

1890 Lost, but a substitute is available:

  • Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Illinois: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1978. FS Catalog 976.8 X2s 1890

1891 Male Voters

1900

  • Wilhelm, Mae K. United States Census, Grundy County, Tennessee, 1900.Dunlap, Tennessee: Goins and Hobbs Genealogy Service, 19--?. FS Catalog 976.878 X2w 1900

1910

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

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. Online searchable index at TSLA.

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

General

  • Grundy County Heritage Book. Free online index.
  • Tate, Dennis Armfield. Rebels, Saints and Sinners: An Ancestral History of the Southern States. Missoula, Montana: D. Tate, 2000. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 D2td. Surnames include Savage, Tate, Hicks, Christian, Lockhart, Davison, Pope, Pace, Davison, Martin, Fortenberry, Lambert, Evans, Worsham, Lowe, Maycock/Maycocke, Harris, Fort, McKenney, Watts, Chamblis, Walton, Harris, West, Pitman, Jordan, Champion, English, Reynolds, Corker and Northcutt.

Bibliography

  • Brown - Brown, Rex Erwin. Brown and White Family Histories. [Fort Huachuca, Arizona?]: R.E. Brown, 1988. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 B812bre.
  • Killian - Killian, J. Yates. The History of the Killian Family in North Carolina. Unknown: Unknown, 1955. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($).
  • Sanders - Patton, David and Margie Ramey. A Grundy County Family: Ralph and Ola Dykes Sanders. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
  • Tosh - Tosh, Alice. Tosh Family Genealogical Record, ca. 1835-1978. Typescript, microfilmed 1992. FS Library US/CAN Film 1697649 Item 2.
  • Willis - Sherrill, Charles A. Peter Willis of Tennessee and His Descendants. Cleveland, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 1986. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 W679s.

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

  • Grundy County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1852 and is located at the Courthouse, P.O. Box 215, Altamont, Tennessee 37301-0215; Telephone: (615) 692-3621. Land and property records include transfer of real estate or personal property, mortgages, leases, surveys, and entries.
  • The FamilySearch Library has microfilm copies of a general index to deeds, trust deeds, and miscellaneous record books 1859-1952; deed books 1852-1925; estate settlement book 1852-1895; land entry books 1869-1898; and meeting minutes from the Board of Equalization 1912-1953.

Online Land Indexes and Records

Local Histories

  • Raulston, J. Leonard and James Weston Livingood. Sequatchie: A Story of the Southern Cumberlands. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, 1974. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.87 H2r.

Maps and Gazetteers

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Sequatchie Valley

Migration

Military Records

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

War of 1812

Civil War

Online Records

Regiments. Men in Grundy County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (part of a large regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Grundy County:

Confederate Soldiers

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Grundy County:

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Grundy County click on the following towns:

Obituaries

Other Records

Prisons

Periodicals

Genealogical periodicals can contain unique sources and can be local, regional, or statewide. The following periodicals cover this county:

Probate Records

The Grundy County Court has responsibility for the probate records.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

Book Abstracts and Indexes

  • 1844-1900 Sherrill, Charles A. Grundy County, Tennessee Wills and Estates, 1844-1900. Chattanooga, Tennessee: C.A. Sherrill, 1986. Indexed. Contains wills, administrators and guardians settlements, estate settlements, and loose papers, with varying years for each record type. (FS Library book 976.878 P28s.)
  • 1838-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 P22s. Includes an index to this county's probate records.

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

Vital Records

  • W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Birth

Marriage

Online Indexes and Records

Book Abstracts and Indexes

Death

Divorce

Online Records

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Grundy County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries

  • FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Grundy County. For state-wide library facilities, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

Altamont Public Library
1433 Main Street
P.O. Box 228
Altamont, TN 37301
Phone: 931-692-2457
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There is one main library with five branch libraries for the county of Grundy. Altamont is the main library with the following branches: Beersheba Springs Public Library, Coalmont Public Library, the May Justus Memorial Library located in Monteagle, Palmer Public Library, and Tracy City Public Library.

Museums

Societies

Listed below are societies in Grundy County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Tennessee Societies.

Grundy County Historical Society
P.O. Box 1422
465 Railroad Ave.
Tracy City, TN 37387
Phone: 931-592-6008
Email: history@benlomand.net
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Websites

  • Grundy County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
  • FamilySearch Catalog – 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

References

  1. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. Wikipedia contributors, "Grundy, Tennessee" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundy_County,_Tennessee accessed 20 Dec 2018
  3. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee in Tennessee State Library and Archives in Tennessee Secretary of State.
  6. Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  7. Wikipedia contributors, "Grundy County, Tennessee," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundy_County%2C_Tennessee#Communities, accessed 16 November 2019.
  8. "List of counties in Tennessee," Wikipedia.
  9. Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/d/d3/Igitennesseef.pdf.