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== History == | == History == | ||
*A history of the settlement and boundary changes of Tennessee and the resultant effects on record keeping can be found on [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_Tennessee Ancestry]. ($) | Probate records of Tennessee are kept by the county clerk. In Shelby, Knox, and Davidson counties probate courts were established. | ||
The following events in the history of Tennessee affected political/jurisdictional boundaries and record keeping. | |||
*1584 The region of Tennessee was included in the English land grant to Sir Walter Raleigh. | |||
*1763 France surrendered all claims to the land east of the Mississippi River to England. | |||
*1769 The first permanent settlement was established in Watauga Valley. | |||
*1776 The Territory of Tennessee was designated by North Carolina as the Washington District. | |||
*1777 Washington County, North Carolina was established to provide governmental jurisdiction over the Watauga settlement. Its boundaries included most of present-day Tennessee. | |||
*1779 Nashborough (Nashville) was organized and the settlement of Middle Tennessee was begun. | |||
*1784 North Carolina ceded Tennessee to the federal government. Watauga settlers organized a short-lived “State of Franklin.” | |||
*1790 The federal government created the “Territory of the United States South of the River Ohio,” also known as the “Southwest Territory.” | |||
*1796 Tennessee admitted to the Union as the 16th state. | |||
*1803 The Louisiana Purchase increased settlement in the state and migration through it. | |||
*1817– 1838 American Indian claims to land in Tennessee were greatly reduced by land cession treaties. Most Indian tribes were exiled in 1838 in what became known as the “Trail of Tears.” | |||
*1818 A treaty with the Chickasaw Indians for the purchase of western Tennessee opened that area to white settlers. | |||
*1861 Tennessee seceded from the Union. | |||
*1866 Tennessee readmitted to the Union. | |||
*1933– 1951 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a federal program that brought hydro-electric power to the Tennessee River Valley, displaced communities. | |||
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*A history of the settlement and boundary changes of Tennessee and the resultant effects on record keeping can be found on [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_Tennessee Ancestry]. ($) | |||
*A discussion of Tennessee Probate Records written by Wendy Bebout Elliot for ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ''can be found at [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tennessee_Probate_Records Ancestry]. ($) | *A discussion of Tennessee Probate Records written by Wendy Bebout Elliot for ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources ''can be found at [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=Tennessee_Probate_Records Ancestry]. ($) | ||
== State Statutes == | == State Statutes == | ||
Understanding the Kentucky probate laws and how they changed over time can help us learn how the estate was administered, taxed, and distributed and might help to solve difficult genealogical problems. | Understanding the Kentucky probate laws and how they changed over time can help us learn how the estate was administered, taxed, and distributed and might help to solve difficult genealogical problems. | ||