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

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County Facts
County seat: Rogersville
Organized: November 18, 1786
Parent County(s): Sullivan, Greene[1]
Neighboring Counties
Grainger • Greene • Hamblen • Hancock • Lee (VA) • Scott (VA) • Sullivan
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Courthouse
Hawkins County Courthouse TN.jpg
Location Map
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County Information

Description

Hawkins County was named for Benjamin Hawkins, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, the state which it was a part of at that time. The county is located in the northeastern area of the state.[2]

County Courthouse

Hawkins County Courthouse
100 E. Main St.
Rogersville, TN 37857
County Courthouse Phone: 423-272-8150
County Clerk Phone: 423-272-7002

Hawkins County Circuit Court Clerk
115 Justice Center Drive, Suite 1237
Rogersville, TN 37857
Circuit Court Clerk Phone: 423-272-3397

Hawkins County Archives
951 E McKinney Avenue, Suite A
Rogersville, TN 37857
Hawkins Archives Phone: 423-921-0904

County Clerk has marriage records from 1789 and probate records
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records.

Hawkins 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[3]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1914 1789 1914 1810 1787 1786 1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908 (1913 missing). General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss

1863 Fire damaged courthouse records.[4]
  • Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820
  • Early marriages beginning in 1820, but incomplete due to damage

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:[6]

Cities
Towns
Unincorporated communities
Census-designated places


History Timeline

In the 1780s, this county's land fell within the bounds of the State of Franklin
  • 1785-1789 Originally known as the Carter's Valley Settlement.
  • March 1786 First organized by the State of Franklin from parts of Sullivan and Greene counties under the name Spencer.[7]
  • 1789 The Franklin statehood effort collapsed. Spencer county existed only briefly, its legality is questionable, and little trace remains.
  • 1790 By the time of the 1790 census of the Southwest Territory (proto-Tennessee), the County of Hawkins also included parts of modern Claiborne, Hancock, Union, Grainger, Hamblen, Anderson, Knox, Jefferson, Roane, and Loudon counties.[8]
  • 1796 Hawkins County (formerly Spencer County) became part of the new State of Tennessee.

Additional Information

Sen. Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816)


The county is named after North Carolina Senator Benjamin Hawkins (1754-1816).[9]

The research of René Jordan shows that a small segment of present-day Hawkins County was inhabited by people who considered themselves Virginians, not North Carolinians. Their wills and other records can be found in Washington County, Virginia.

Later in 1786 the North Carolina legislature reconstituted a parallel-county of Franklin's Spencer County and called it Hawkins County. It was known by both county names while Franklin's statehood efforts lasted.[10]Now the land on which the lost county of Spencer County was located is known as Hawkins.

Early boundaries of Hawkins County, as researched by René Jordan, extended from the Virginia border to the Georgia border, overlapping lands released by applicable treaties. (See map and timetable at TNGenWeb site.)

In 1796 the land of Hawkins County (formerly Spencer County) became part of the new State of Tennessee. This area is where many Melungeons are believed to have settled. The Melungeon page identifies surnames believed to be associated with this group.

Resources

Bible Records

Transcripts of various family bibles are found in scattered issues of Distant Crossroads, the quarterly publication of the Hawkins County Genealogical and Historical Society.

  • Reynolds--Smith--Sanders Family Bible Records, ca. 1789-1957 in Old Family Records Collection, ca. 1754-1966: Hawkins County, Tennessee. FS Library US/CAN Film 1550780.

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

  • Gump, Lucy Kennerly and Thomas Amis. Amis Ledger: Interpretive Transcription of an East Tennessee Business Record Book. 2 vols. Johnson City, Tenn.: L.K. Gump, 1996. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 U3g v. 1 ff.
  • East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. 2000. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 U2m. Online at MyHeritage ($). Includes Hawkins County.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Hawkins 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. %±
1800 6,563 —
1810 7,643 16.5%
1820 10,949 43.3%
1830 13,683 25.0%
1840 15,035 9.9%
1850 13,370 −11.1%
1860 16,162 20.9%
1870 15,837 −2.0%
1880 20,610 30.1%
1890 22,246 7.9%
1900 24,267 9.1%
1910 23,587 −2.8%
1920 22,918 −2.8%
1930 24,117 5.2%
1940 28,523 18.3%
1950 30,494 6.9%
1960 30,468 −0.1%
1970 33,726 10.7%
1980 43,751 29.7%
1990 44,565 1.9%
2000 53,563 20.2%
2010 56,833 6.1%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

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

1790- Lost, only statistics survive[11], but substitutes are available:

  • Eakle, Arlene. Tennessee Research. 2010. Includes a reconstructed 1790 census, sources: "Contemporary lists–tax lists, militia rolls, land grants and deeds, claims for pre-emption lands, names recorded in diaries and journals. And numerous histories compiled by local historians from records that we have not seen or read ourselves."
  • Jackson, Ronald Vern. Ohio, 1790, Volume Two. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1986. FS Library US/CAN Book 977.1 X2o 1790. Includes "Territory Southwest of the River Ohio," i.e. East Tennessee.[12]
  • McGhee, Lucy Kate. Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as Taken from the North Carolina Land Grants. 3 Parts. Microfilmed in 1990. FS Library US/CAN Films 1728882 Item 4 and 1683130 Item 3.

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

1810 Lost, but 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. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810.

1820 Lost[13]

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. FS Library copies: FS LibraryUS/CAN Films 1024517-1024518.

These records have also been abstracted:

  • 1820 Census of Manufactures: Hawkins County, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 6, No. 4 ():174. For availability, see Hawkins.

1810-1891

1830

1840

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

1850

1880

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. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 7 1891. Hawkins County is included in Vol. 7.
  • Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890.

1891 Male Voters

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

Baptists

  • The memberships records for Richardson Creek Missionary Baptist Church (near Byrd Creek, Tate Cem, and Chestnut Grove) for 1847-1857, 1874-1875 are transcribed on page 52 of the Jan 1998 edition of Distant Crossroads, the quarterly publication of the Hawkins County (TN) Genealogical and Historical Society.
  • DeBoard, George Mitchell et al. Personal Records of a Minister: Rev. George Mitchell DeBoard, Grainger County, Tennessee; Includes Many People from Hancock, Hawkins and Hamblen Counties, Tennessee). Dallas, Texas: H.P. Garner, 2001?. FS LibraryUS/CANBook 976.8932 K2d.

Methodists

  • Carter Valley - A list of those promising to pay for the securing of ground and building of a parsonage house for the Carter Valley Circuit is found on page 75, Vol 19, No. 3 of Distant Crossroads, the quarterly publication of the Hawkins County (TN) Genealogical and Historical Society, 2002.

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

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 9 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Hawkins County.[14]

  • Kenneth Scott. British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378 (see East Tennessee). FS Library US/CAN 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($)

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

African American
Rogers, Louise F. The Older Black Families of Rogersville, (Hawkins County) Tennessee. [Rogerville, Tenn.:Rogers] 1976. Lib. of Congress: F444.R83 R63

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

More than 75 genealogies have been published about Hawkins County, Tennessee families. For more information visit Hawkins County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies.

  • Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.[15]

Guardianship

  • 1813-1930 County oaths and bonds (Hawkins County, Tennessee), 1813-1930 at FS Catalog film 1572744, item 2(*) - images. Collection has only 3 records before 1850. Specific guardianship listings are only after 1850.

Land and Property Records

The original Hawkins County Deed Books are held at the Hawkins County Courthouse. TheTSLA microfilmed Deed Books 1-39 (1787-1894) and General Indexes (1787-1906) in 1974. Copies of these films are also available at the FamilySearch Library: FS Library US/CAN Films 972798-972815.

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina
The original Hawkins 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 Hawkins County, both before and after it became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1778-1804. You can search by name through the Basic Search.

Land Grants
The original Hawkins County Land Grant Books are held at the Hawkins County Archival Project in Rogersville, Tenn. The Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed Land Grant Books 1-2 (1784-1819) in 2007: FS Library US/CAN Film 2421541 Items 1-2.

Online Land Indexes and Records

  • 1788-1800 Historical Records Project (Tennessee). Deed Books, 1788-1800, Hawkins County, Tennessee. Typescript, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, Tenn. FS Library US/CAN Film 24686 Item 3.
  • 1788-1861 Historical Records Survey (Tennessee). General Index to Deeds, 1788-1861, Hawkins County, Tennessee. Typescript, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, Tenn. FS LibraryUS/CANFilm 24687.
  • 1801-1819 Murray, Joyce Martin. Hawkins County, Tennessee, Deed Abstracts, 1801-1819. Dallas, Texas: J.M. Murray, 1998. FS LibraryUS/CANBook 976.895 R2m.
  • 1802-1860 Hawkins County Genealogical and Historical Society (Rogersville, Tennessee). Hawkins County Deeds 1802-1860(Selected). n.p.: Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society, 2008. FamilySearch Catalog D-ROM no. 5624.
  • Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

A timeline of events in Hawkins County, Tennessee before 1790 is found on page 48, Vol 21 No 2 (Apr 2004) of Distant Crossroads, the quarterly publication of Hawkins County (TN) Genealogical and Historical Society. (FS Library US/CAN Book 976.895 B2d)

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources
  • 1777-1985 Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
  • 1786 Reeves, Charles A. Hawkins & Sumner Counties, Tennessee - Created in 1786. Published 2000. ReevesMaps.com includes a scaled-down version of the map.
  • 1790 Reeves, Charles A. Hawkins County, Territory of Tennessee, County Bounds as they existed in 1790. Published 1998, based on an earlier map of unknown provenance. ReevesMaps.com includes a scaled-down version of the map.
  • 1911 Reeves, Charles A. Hawkins County RFD [Rural Free Delivery], showing houses and mail delivery information for the entire county, as published by the U. S. Postal Service. Published 2013, facsimile of the original map. ReevesMaps.com includes a scaled-down version of the map.
  • FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Migration

Military Records

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

Additional resources include:

  • 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 atTNGenWeb. Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.
  • Revolutionary Soldiers, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1984); Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1984); Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jul. 1984); Vol. 1, No. 4 (Oct. 1984); Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1985); Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1985); Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. 1985); Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jan. 1986); Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1986); Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul. 1986); Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1986).
  • Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in County, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 21, No. 3 (2004).
  • Joshua Walker, Rev. War Pension, 1834, Holston Pastfinder, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Jun. 1998).

Militia and Indian Wars

  • Roster of Soldiers, 1788, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1994).
  • Service against Chickamaugas, 1790 Claims, Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Dec. 1989).

War of 1812

  • Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1960):65-68. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 7 (1960); digital version at Ansearchin' News. Includes Hawkins County pensioners (pp. 66-67)
  • Soldiers of War of 1812 Buried in TN, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1987).
  • War of 1812 Soldiers, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1987).
  • War of 1812 Soldiers of Co. Bur. Ft. Williams Cem., Distant Crossroads, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1990).

Civil War

Online Records

Regiments. Men in Hawkins 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 Hawkins County:

Confederate Soldiers

Union Soldiers

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Hawkins County:

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

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

For deaths of Methodists in Hawkins County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try searching the following resources:

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 original Hawkins County Wills are held at the County Archives. In the 1970s, TSLA microfilmed some of these records covering the years 1797-1910. FS Library copy: FS Library Film 972797. In 2007, GSU microfilmed wills (1779-1975) and an index covering the same years: FS Library/VAULT Films 1572779 Items 2-3, 1572794, 1572795, 1572805 Item 1.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

Book Abstracts and Indexes

  • 1786-1864 Messick, Eugenia Lauderdale. Hawkins County, Tennessee Wills, 1786-1864 (FS Library US/CAN Book 976.895 P2m Vol 1). Transcriptions of the surviving wills that were copied by the County Court Clerk sometime after the Civil War, as the original will books of Hawkins County, Tennessee were destroyed by fire in 1863. Includes an every name index.
  • 1786-1851 Bell, Annie W.B. Hawkins County, Tennessee Marriages and Wills, 1786-1851. 1934. FS Library US/CAN Film 896967 Item 3.
  • 1786-1886 Gardner, Carolyn S. and Sheila W. Johnston. Wills of Hawkins County, Tennessee. Rogersville, Tenn.: Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society, 1991. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.895 P2g v. 1.
  • 1797-1886 Historical Records Project (Tennessee). Will Books, 1797-1886, Hawkins County, Tennessee. Typescript, The TSLA, Nashville, Tenn. FS Library US/CAN Film 24689.
  • 1797-1861 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 wills.
  • McGhee, Lucy Kate. Hawkins County, Tennessee, Marriages and Wills at Internet Archive.

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

The original Hawkins County Tax Books (1879-1880, 1886, 1892-1893) are held at the Hawkins County Courthouse. TSLA microfilmed these records in the 1970s. FS Library copies: FS Library US/CAN Film 972820-972821.

Book Abstracts and Indexes[16]

  • 1799, 1801 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 R4s. Includes 1799, 1801 tax lists.
  • 1799, 1801, 1809-1812 Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee Tax Lists. Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing Company, 1964. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 R4c. Includes 1799 and 1801 petitions and 1809-1812 tax lists.
  • 1801 "Hawkins County Land Sold for 1801 Taxes," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 44, No. 4 (Winter 1997):41. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
  • 1809-1812 Creekmore, Pollyanna. "Early East Tennessee Taxpayers: Hawkins County Tennessee Tax Lists 1809-1812," East Tennessee Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. 32 (1960):117-131.
  • 1809-1812 Creekmore, Pollyanna. Early East Tennessee Taxpayers. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 R4cp and Silas Emmett Lucas's Revised Index FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 R4cp index. Includes 1809-1812 tax lists.
  • 1809-1812 Hawkins County, Tennessee, 1809-1812 Tax List. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 A1 no. 95.
  • 1809-1812 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. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810. Cites Creekmore's Early East Tennessee Taxpayers publications as a source.
  • 1810 Tax List, Capt. Nathaniel Smith's Company, 1810, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Oct. 1989).
  • 1811 Welder, Kathy. "1811 Hawkins Co. Tax List (Partial)," available online, courtesy: RootsWeb.
  • 1814 "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3(Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. Includes Hackins (Hawkins) County.
  • 1816 List of Unpaid Taxes for 1816, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 8, No. 4. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
  • 1822 List of Insolvencies for 1822, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 8, No. 4. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
  • 1825-1826 List of Delinquent Taxes for 1825 and 1826, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 8, No. 4. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
  • 1832 List of Insolvencies for 1832, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 8, No. 4. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
  • 1833 Tax List for Capt. Frost Company, 1833, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. 1989).
  • 1836 Barham, Eleanor Riggins. "Hawkins County, Tennessee 1836 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 31, No. 3 (Fall 1984):115-120; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Winter 1984):163-169. For FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
  • 1836 Douthat, James L. 1836 Hawkins County, Tennessee Civil Districts and Tax Lists. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1994. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.895 R4d.
  • 1855-1856 Revenue Docket, 1855-56, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. 1998); Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct. 1998).
  • 1862 U.S. Direct District Tax, 1862, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan. 1997); Vol. 14, No. 2 (Apr. 1997); Vol. 14, No. 3 (Jul. 1997); Vol. 14, No. 4 (Oct. 1997); Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jan. 1998); Vol. 15, No. 2 (Apr. 1998); Vol. 15, No. 3 (Jul. 1998); Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct. 1998); Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan. 1999); Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr. 1999); Vol. 16, No. 3 (Jul. 1999); Vol. 17, No. 1 (Jan. 2000); Vol. 17, No. 2 (Apr. 2000); Vol. 17, No. 3 (Jul. 2000); Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct. 2000).
  • 1868-1869 Delinquent Tax List, 1868-1869, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1986).
  • 1886 Tax Books, District 5, 1886, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1991).
  • 1899 Tax Books, 1899, Distant Crossroads, Vol. 12, No. 3 (Jul. 1995); Vol. 12, No. 4 (Oct. 1995); Vol. 13, No. 1 (Jan. 1996); Vol. 13, No. 2 (Apr. 1996); Vol. 13, No. 3 (Jul. 1996); Vol. 13, No. 4 (Oct. 1996).

For missing years, an alternative resource to consider is "Tennessee Legislative Petitions".

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Online Indexes and Records

Book Abstracts and Indexes

  • 1789-1865 - Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 V2s v. 1. Indexes names of brides, grooms, and marriage dates for weddings in this county for specified years.

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

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

FamilySearch Centers

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  • 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 Hawkins County. For state-wide library facilities, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

H. B. Stamps Library
407 East Main Street
Rogersville, TN 37857
Phone: 423-272-8710
Website[18]

Church Hill Public Library
412 East Main Blvd.
Church Hill, TN 37642
Phone: 423-357-4591
Website

Surgoinsville Public Library
120 Old Stage Road
Surgoinsville, TN 37873
Phone: 423-345-4805
Website

Museums

Societies

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

Hawkins County Genealogical and Historical Society
P.O. Box 429
Rogersville, TN 37857-0429
Phone: 423-921-0904
Email: hcghs429@gmail.com
Website
Facebook

Websites

Research Guides

The Hawkins County Genealogy & History Web Site, affiliated with the TNGenWeb Project, has been online since 1996. The volunteer-driven site provides genealogical research guidance and resources to site visitors.

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, "Hawkins, Tennessee" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkins_County,_Tennessee accessed 21 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. ↑ Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee in Tennessee State Library and Archives in Tennessee Secretary of State (accessed 13 March 2016).
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Hawkins County, Tennessee," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkins_County,_Tennessee, accessed 18 November 2019.
  7. ↑ “State of Franklin” in The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture at http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=F061 (accessed 27 June 2010).
  8. ↑ William Thorndale, and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publ., 1987), 314.
  9. ↑ "List of counties in Tennessee," Wikipedia.
  10. ↑ Robert M. McBride, "Lost Counties of Tennessee," East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications 38 (1966): 4-6.
  11. ↑ Arlene Eakle, "Reconstructing the 1790 Census of Tennessee," Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Genealogy Blog, 20 May 2010.
  12. ↑ Arlene Eakle, "Territory Southwest of the River Ohio," Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Genealogy Blog, 5 June 2009.
  13. ↑ Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee tax lists. (Fort Worth, Texas : Arrow Print., c1964.) FS Catalog book 976.8 R4c; At various libraries (WorldCat).
  14. ↑ Kenneth Scott. British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378 (see East Tennessee). FS Library US/CAN 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($) .
  15. ↑ "Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online," Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog, 12 October 2008.
  16. ↑ The Heritage Quest Online version of PERSI aided in the compilation of this list.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ A guide to the Genealogy Room at the H. B. Stamp Library is found on pages 76-77, Vol 19 No 3 (2003) of Distant Crossroads, the quarterly publication of the Hawkins County (TN) Genealogical and Historical Society.
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