Roane County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States

Tennessee

Roane County

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

Tennessee Online Genealogy Records

County Facts County seat: Kingston Organized: November 6, 1801 Parent County(s): Knox Neighboring Counties Anderson • Cumberland • Knox • Loudon • McMinn • Meigs • Morgan • Rhea See County Maps Courthouse Location Map

County Information

Description

Roane County was named for Archibald Roane, the second Governor of Tennessee. The county is located in the east-central area of the state.

County Courthouse

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

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

Roane 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
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1881	1801	1881	1801	1801	1801	1830
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908 (1913 missing). General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss

Lost censuses: 1810, 1820 Many marriage licenses issued before 1838 have been lost; others were destroyed during the Civil War. Most records are complete. For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. List of counties in the United States with Record Loss

Boundary Changes

• 1801 - Roane County was established 6 November 1801 from Knox County. Early records may be found under Knox County.
• County seat: Kingston
  
• Tennessee Individual County Chronologies - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county
• Tennessee Historical Borders - Map at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; Also at: mapofus.org - animated maps illustrating Tennessee county 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:

Cities
Harriman Kingston	Oak Ridge	Rockwood
Towns
Oliver Springs
Unincorporated communities
Blair Cedar Grove Midway	Paint Rock Postoak	Post Oak Farms Ten Mile
Census-designated places
Midtown
Historic communities
Cardiff	Wheat

History Timeline

Additional Information
East Tennessee county.

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

Resources

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

• 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 Roane County.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Roane County, Tennessee online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com TNGenWeb TNGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project TNGenWeb Cemeteries BillionGraves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	FamilySearch Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Gravestones FamilySearch Places
See Tennessee Cemeteries for more information.

 

Additional Cemetery Resources

• Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1810	5,581	—
1820	7,895	41.5%
1830	11,341	43.6%
1840	10,948	−3.5%
1850	12,185	11.3%
1860	13,583	11.5%
1870	15,622	15.0%
1880	15,237	−2.5%
1890	17,418	14.3%
1900	22,738	30.5%
1910	22,860	0.5%
1920	24,624	7.7%
1930	24,477	−0.6%
1940	27,795	13.6%
1950	31,665	13.9%
1960	39,133	23.6%
1970	38,831	−0.8%
1980	48,425	24.7%
1990	47,227	−2.5%
2000	51,910	9.9%
2010	54,181	4.4%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Roane County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

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

1810-1891

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

1810 Lost A substitute is available:

• Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810.

1820 Lost

1820 Manufactures

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

• National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2m 1820. Covers this county.
• 1820 Census of Manufactures: Roane County, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 8, No. 1 ():36. For availability, see Periodicals.

1830

• Sistler, Byron H. 1830 Census, East Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2p 1830.

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 Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FS Library US/CAN Film 2321. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Tennessee, Eastern District, Roane County on page 154.

1850

• Harvey, Florence Morris, Willis Hutcherson and Mable Harvey Thornton. Population Schedule of the United States Census of 1850 for Roane County, Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.: Clinchdale Press, 1965. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2p 1850.

1850 Agricultural Census

• Green, Linda L. Tennessee 1850 Agricultural Census. 2 vols. Woodbridge, Va.: L.L. Green, 2000. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2g v. 1 ff. Roane County is included in Vol. 1.

1860

• Roane County Genealogical Society. 1860 Census of Roane County, Tennessee. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1993. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2r 1860.

1870

• Roane County Genealogical Society. Roane County, Tennessee, 1870 Census. 2 vols. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1986. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2r ff.

1880

• Pierce, Patsy H. and Marilyn N. McCluen. 1880 Census, Roane County, Tennessee. Rockwood, Tenn.: P. Pierce and M. McCluen, 1986. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2p.
• Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census Roane County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1990. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2s 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. 5 1891. Roane County is included in Vol. 5.
• Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890.

1891 Male Voters

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

1900

• Pierce, Patsy H. and Marilyn N. McCluen. 1900 Census, Roane County, Tennessee. Rockwood, Tenn.: P. Pierce and M. McCluen, 1988. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2p 1900.

1910

• Bailey, Robert L. Roane County, Tennessee, 1910 Federal Census. 5 vols. Kingston, Tenn.: R.L. Bailey, 1997. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 X2b v. 1 ff.

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Presbyterian

Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston

• 1818-1885 - Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Baptism Index 1818-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C711231
• 1818-1885 - Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Marriage Index 1818-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M711231

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

• 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary

Emigration and Immigration

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

Funeral Homes

Davis Funeral Home in Harriman Evans Mortuary in Rockwood Fraker Funeral Home in Kingston Jackson Funeral Home and Cremation in Oliver Springs Kyker Funeral Home in Harriman Kyker Funeral Home in Kingston Mott-McKamey Funeral Home and Cremations in Oak Ridge Premier Sharp Funeral Home in Oliver Springs

Genealogies

• Roberts, Snyder E. Roots of Roane County, Tennessee, 1792-. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Pub. Co., 1981. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 H2r. Reprint of 85 newspaper articles from the column "A Glimpse of the Past" in the Roane County News from Sept. 20, 1979 to May 13, 1981.

• Allison - Morton, Margaret McNutt. Uriah Sherrill Allison and Nancy Clark Cox, Their Ancestors and Descendants, 1500-1975. [Rockwood, Tenn.]: M.M. Morton, 1975. FS Library US/CAN Book 929.273 AL56a.
• Bigham - Bigham, Esther W. Genealogical Collection of Esther Bigham. MSS., microfilmed in 1993. FS Library US/CAN Film 1598133 Item 1. William Bigham and Lydia Cragg of Roane County, Tennessee.
• Carter - Skelton, Alan G. History of the John P. Carter family of northwest Arkansas Salt Lake City, Utah Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979 FS Library film 1034756 item 5. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Cox - Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of John Cox, 1758 Va. to 1814 Tn.: Revolutionary War Pensioner in Roane & Anderson County, Tennessee. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.): S. Roberts, 1988. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C839rs.
• Crass - Roberts, Pauline H. The Crass Families of Roane and Loudon Counties, Tennessee. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: P.H. Roberts, 1979. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 C854r.
• Davis Roberts, Snyder E. Pioneer Davis Families of Poplar Creek in Roane County, Tennessee. MSS., 1988. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 D29rs. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Eldridge - Eldridge, Charles S. History, Tennessee, My People and Me. Dayton, Ohio: C.S. Eldridge, 1991. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273EL24ec.
• Halburnt - Roberts, Pauline H. Descendants of James Rufus Halburnt in Roane and Nearby Counties, Tennessee. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: P. Roberts, 1991. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 H129r.
• Grammer - Hemphill, Patricia M. Normans of Tennessee and Missouri their Descendants and Ancestors 1776-1995 (including Blair, Coffey, Grammer and Leeper.) Decorah, IowaAnundsen, 1995. FS Catalog 929.273 N781h
• Jones - Roberts, Snyder E. Genealogical Work Papers on Three Prominent Jones Families of Anderson & Roane Counties, TN. Tenn.?: S.E. Roberts, 1987. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 7364.
• Lea - Armstrong, Zella. Notable Southern Families. Chattanooga, Tenn.: Lookout Publishing Company, 1926. Vol. 3. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free.
• Pritchett - Horlacher, Doris Melissa Pritchett. Pritchett's from VA and Roane County, TN/MO: Pritchard/Prichard/Prickett. (West Valley City, Utah: D.M.P. Horlacher, 1997). FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 P939hdm.
• Richards - Richards, Aute. The Descendants of the Richards Families of Jackson County, Indiana. Tucson, Ariz.: A. Richards, 1961. FS Catalog 929.273 R39ra
• Roberts - Roberts, Snyder E. Roberts Families of Roane County, Tennessee, 1794-1969, with Related and Associated Family Names: Related and Associated Family Names Include Brashears, Nesmith, Erwin, Crow, Dickey, Martin, Edwards, Adkisson, Hagler, Silvey, Burns, Cofer, Tedder, Cooper, Henning, Maxwell, Webster, Stubbs, Peck, Jones, Hester, Barnett, Rogers, Hedgecock, Horton, Johnston, Smith, Bailey, and Amos. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: n.p., 1968. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 R541ro.
• Stinecipher - Roberts, Snyder E. Data Sheets on Stinecipher Families of Morgan & Roane Counties, Tennessee. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: S. Roberts, 1987. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 8047.
• Webster - Roberts, Snyder E. Webster Families of Roane & Anderson Counties, Tennessee. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: S. Roberts, 1990. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 8006.
• Welcker - Roberts, Snyder E. Descendants of John Henry Welcker in Roane County and East Tennessee. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: S. Roberts, 198-?. FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 W448r.

Land and Property Records

The original Roane County Deed Books are kept at TSLA, Nashville, Tenn. In 1968, TSLA microfilmed Deed Books A to Z1 (1801-1887) and accompanying Deed Indexes (1801-1930). FS Library copies: FS Library US/CAN Films 560104-560118, 1012229.
Online Land Indexes and Records

• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Local Histories

• The History of Roane County, Tennessee 1801-1870. 1929. By Emma Middleton Wells. Chattanooga, Tenn.: The Lookout Publishing Company. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library; Ancestry ($).
• Two Years of Harriman, Tennessee. 1892. By the East Tennessee Land Company. New York: South Publishing Co. Online at: Internet Archive.

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
• 1892 Norris, George E. Harriman, Tennessee, 1892. Originally published 1892. ReevesMaps.com includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

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

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

Additional resources include:

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FS Library US/CAN Film 2321. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, Ancestry ($). See Tennessee, Eastern District, Roane County on page 154.
• Historical Records Project (W.P.A.). Revolutionary War Pension Applications, 1793-1855, Roane County, Tennessee. Typescript, TSLA. Microfilmed 1940. FS Library US/CAN Film 24792 Item 6.
• Douthat, Marilee. Revolutionary War Pension Applications, Roane County, Tennessee. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1988. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 M2d.
• Revolutionary War Soldier Grave Discovered, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Summer 1991).

War of 1812

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

Indian Wars

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

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1891-1965 - Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Regiments. Men in Roane 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 Roane County:

Confederate Soldiers

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

Union Soldiers

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

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Roane County:

• USGenWeb Archives, Roane County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Roane County. Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
• United States Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for... (Washington Printing Office; 1883). Online at Internet Archive. Roane County, page 370-372.
• TNGenWeb, Roane County Tennessee Military Records.
• The Civil War in Roane County, by John McMurray.

Newspapers

• Newspapers on Microfilm at the Library & Archives at TSLA; some may be accessed via interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee
  • See Interlibrary Loan Policies for more information
    

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

• Cardiff
• Harriman
• Kingston
• Oliver Springs
• Rockwood
  

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

• 1847 - 1851 - Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. FS Library US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851 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?)
• 1800s-Current Tennessee, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)

Other Records

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

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

• Ansearchin' News: Quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. For a keyword search, go to the county index. Read previous issues on their website; FS Library Book 976.8 B2a.
• East Tennessee Roots: Published by East Tennessee Roots The table of contents for some issues are available on their website; FS Library Book 976.8 D25e.
• The Pellissippian: Published by the Anderson County Historical Society (formerly called, Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society). The table of contents for some issues are available on their website. FS Library Book 976.8 D25p.
• Roane County Roots: By Robert L. Bailey. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 D25r
• Roane Ramblings: FS Library US/CAN 976.884 B2r

Probate Records

The original Roane County Will Books are kept at TSLA, Nashville, Tenn. In 1968, TSLA microfilmed Will and Settlement Books A to L (1802-1926). FS Library copies: FS Library Films 560100-560103, 1012228.

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry $
• 1802-1968 Roane County portion of Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.
• 1826-1829; 1828-1837; 1842-1846 SourtheasternGenealogy.com Images of Wills, Estates ($)
• Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1801-1861 - 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.

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index 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.
• 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

The original Roane County Tax Lists 1846-1849 were microfilmed by TSLA in the 1960s. FS Library copy: FS Library US/CAN Film 570818 Item 1.

The original Roane County Tax Books 1858-1878 were microfilmed by the TSLA in 1968. FS Library copy: FS Library US/CAN Films 1013616-1013617.

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1801-1830 Thornton, Mabel Harvey. Pioneers of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1830: Tax Lists, Muster Rolls, Election Lists, Petitions, etc. c1965. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 N2t.
• 1801 Tax List, 1801, Cherokee Blood Newsletter (Spring 1983).
• 1801 Tax Lists/Muster Rolls, 1801, Southern Roots & Shoots, Vol. 5, No. 2 (May 1989).
• 1801-1820 Road Book, 1801-20, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer 1996).
• 1802 Tax List, 1802, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 11, No. 3 (Fall 1995).

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

• 1802 "1802 Roane County, TN Tax List," available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage. (Taken by Wells's book.)
• 1805 Thornton, Mabel H. "[Annotated] Roane County, Tennessee Tax List-1805," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Jul. 1963):111-118. For FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
• 1805 Roane County Tax List for 1805, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 9, No. 3. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. Includes digitized images of the original source.
• 1805 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 R4s. Includes 1805 tax list.
• 1805 Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee Tax Lists. Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing Company, 1964. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 R4c. [Includes 1805 tax list.]
• 1805 Tax List, 1805, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Spring 1988).
• 1805 Tax List, 1805 and Index, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Spring 1990); Vol. 6, No. 3 (Fall 1990).
• 1805 Thornton, Mable H. (Mrs. Robert E.) "Roane County Tax Records-1805," available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
• 1808 Taxables, 1808, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 11 [or 10?] (Spring 1995).
• 1814-1817 Tax List, 1814-17, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Summer 1987).
• 1814 "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3(Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. Includes Roane County.
• 1814 Tax List, 1814, Bo-Wi, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
• 1814-1821 Hutcherson, Willis, Marilyn N. McCluen, and Mable Harvey Thornton. Tax Lists of Roane County, Tennessee: 1814-1821. n.p.: Roane County Records Commission, 1969. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 R4h.
• 1815 Tax List, 1815, Bu-Wa, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
• 1816 Tax List, 1816, Ba-Wi, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
• 1817 Tax List, 1817, Br-Wi, Morgan County Messenger, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1998).
• 1817 Tax Lists, 1817, Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Apr. 1991).
• 1821 Tax List, 1821, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 13, No. 1 (Spring 1997).
• 1822-1851 Bailey, Robert L. Roane County, Tennessee Tax List. (1822-1851 with gaps), 5 vols. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1994. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 R4b v. 1 ff.
• 1837 Tatum, A.C. "Roane County, Tennessee 1837 Tax Lists," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Summer 2007):99-104; Vol. 54, No. 3 (Fall 2007):169-172; Vol. 54, No. 4 (Winter 2007):221-224; Vol. 55, No. 1 (Spring 2008):28-31. For possible FS Library and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
• 1837 Tax List, 1837, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 1993); Vol. 9, No. 4 (Winter 1993); Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 1994); Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer 1994); Vol. 10, No. 3 (Fall 1994).
• 1848 Tax List, 1848, Roane Ramblings, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter 1992); Vol. 8, No. 2 (Spring 1992); Vol. 8, No. 3 (Summer 1992); Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring 1993); Vol. 9, No. 2 (Summer 1993).
• 1857 Bailey, Robert L. "1857 Roane County Tax Records" (16 Districts), available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
• 1859 Bailey, Robert L. "1859 Roane County Tax Records" (8 Districts), available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
• 1869 Bailey, Robert L. "1869 Roane County Tax Records" (17 Districts), available online, courtesy: Roane TN Heritage.
• Land Sold for Taxes, Ansearchin' News, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 2000).

Vital Records

Birth

• 1806-1900 - Bailey, Robert L. et al. To Save the County Harmless: Roane County, Tennessee, Bastardy Cases, 1806-1900. Kingston, Tenn.: Roane County Genealogical Society, 1995. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 P2b.
• 1828-1939 Tennessee Births and Christenings 1828-1939 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1869-1909 Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
• 1881 Roane County Birth Index 1881 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
• 1908-1912 Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 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 Tennessee State Marriage Index 1780-2002 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1790-1962 Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950 - at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
• 1796-1950 Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950 (Indexes only) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1801-1838 - Marriage Records, 1801-1838, Roane County, Tennessee. Typescript, FS Library US/CAN Film 24793 Item 1. +++
• 1801-1870 - The History of Roane County, Tennessee 1801-1870 FS Library Digital version
• 1801-1906 - Roane County Marriage Index 1801-1906 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
• 1838-1888 Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1851-1900 Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry $
• 1881-1900 - Marriage Records Roane County, Tennessee. FS Library Digital Book Vol 2. Abstracts names of brides, grooms, and officiators, and a date associated with the marriage. includes abstracts of TSLA microfilm "Colored Marriages"
• 1980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1801-1838 - Marriages of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1838 FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 V2w. Abstracts names of brides, grooms, and bondsmen, as well as dates of license and/or marriage.
• 1801-1855 - Marriage Records of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1855. 1973. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 V25h. Abstracts brides, grooms, sureties, bondsmen, and officiators, dates of license and marriage.
• 1801-1875 - Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. FS Library US/CAN 976.8 V2s v. 1. Indexes names of brides, grooms, marriage dates for this county for specified years.
• 1856-1880 - Marriage Records Roane County, Tennessee. FS Library Book 976.884 V2p Vol 1. Abstracts names of brides, grooms, and officiators, and a date associated with the marriage. includes abstracts of TSLA microfilm "Colored Marriages,"

Death

• 1874-1955 Tennessee Deaths and Burials 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 Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce

Online Records

• 1796-1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1807-1900 - Bailey, Robert L. Roane County, Tennessee Divorces 1807-1900. Tenn.: The Roane County Genealogical Society, 1994. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.884 V2b.
• 1980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Online Titles

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

Research Facilities

Archives

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

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

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

• Grove Park Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• Jamestown Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• Knoxville Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• La Follette Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• Loudon Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• Maryville Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• Oak Ridge Tennessee FamilySearch Center
• Blount County Library - an affiliate library.
• Knox County Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Oak Ridge Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries

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

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

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

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

Museums

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

Societies

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

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

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

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