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| Big Creek | | Big Creek | ||
| Fagin | | Fagin | ||
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| Notchy Creek | | Notchy Creek | ||
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| Chota (hist.) | | Chota (hist.) | ||
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| Hopewell Springs | | Hopewell Springs | ||
| Old Sweetwater | | Old Sweetwater | ||
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*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/monroe.html Monroe County, Tennessee, USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project] lists many cemeteries in the county and has transcripts of the tombstones arranged by cemetery. | *[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/monroe.html Monroe County, Tennessee, USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project] lists many cemeteries in the county and has transcripts of the tombstones arranged by cemetery. | ||
*The [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] lists some | *The [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] lists some {{FHL|358482|subject-id|disp=records of cemeteries in Monroe county}}. Some of the books or others may be on [http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Google Books] or available at public libraries. | ||
*[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=12569&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down&sec=0&qty=107&stateAbbv=&stateName= ePodunk list of Monroe County cemeteries] | *[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=12569&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down&sec=0&qty=107&stateAbbv=&stateName= ePodunk list of Monroe County cemeteries] | ||
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'''1820 Manufactures''' | '''1820 Manufactures''' | ||
The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at [[National Archives and Records Administration|NARA]], Washington, D.C. FHL copies: | The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at [[National Archives and Records Administration|NARA]], Washington, D.C. FHL copies: {{FHL|280127|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Films 1024517-1024518}}. | ||
The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/1820Manufactures.cfm Lineages], which cites the original document numbers, will help researchers determine if this resource can be of assistance: | The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/1820Manufactures.cfm Lineages], which cites the original document numbers, 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. | *National Archives. ''Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820''. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. {{FHL|280979|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2m 1820}}; digital version at [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/1820Manufactures.cfm Lineages]. [Covers this county.] | ||
These records have also been abstracted: | These records have also been abstracted: | ||
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'''1830''' | '''1830''' | ||
*Sistler, Byron H. ''1830 Census, East Tennessee''. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969. | *Sistler, Byron H. ''1830 Census, East Tennessee''. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969. {{FHL|170150|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2p 1830}}. | ||
'''1840''' | '''1840''' | ||
*McConkey, Lynn. ''1840 Monroe County, Tennessee, Census''. Vonore, Tenn.: Datis, Inc., 1986. | *McConkey, Lynn. ''1840 Monroe County, Tennessee, Census''. Vonore, Tenn.: Datis, Inc., 1986. {{FHL|608505|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8883 X2m 1840}}. | ||
'''1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners''' | '''1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners''' | ||
*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 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. | *''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 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. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books] ''et. al''. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Monroe County on page 153.] | ||
'''1850''' | '''1850''' | ||
*Snow, Joy L. ''1850 Monroe County, Tennessee Federal Census: With Index''. Marshfield, Missouri: J.L. Snow, 200-?. | *Snow, Joy L. ''1850 Monroe County, Tennessee Federal Census: With Index''. Marshfield, Missouri: J.L. Snow, 200-?. {{FHL|1054051|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8883 X2s 1850 v. 1-2}}. | ||
'''1880''' <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1281472723378_289" /> | '''1880''' <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1281472723378_289" /> | ||
*Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census, Monroe County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1991. | *Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census, Monroe County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1991. {{FHL|618888|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8883 X2s 1880}}. | ||
'''1920''' | '''1920''' | ||
*Wolfe, Violet Kirkpatrick, Kathleen Miller, Jim Steed, Carolyn Snider, and Vonore Historical Society. 1920 Monroe County, TN Census. 2 vols. Vonore, Tenn.: Vonore Historical Society, 2000. | *Wolfe, Violet Kirkpatrick, Kathleen Miller, Jim Steed, Carolyn Snider, and Vonore Historical Society. 1920 Monroe County, TN Census. 2 vols. Vonore, Tenn.: Vonore Historical Society, 2000. {{FHL|1048017|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8883 X29w 1920 v. 1}} ff. | ||
==== Church ==== | ==== Church ==== | ||
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*Monroe County Church Records | *Monroe County Church Records | ||
:- Family History Library Catalog - | :- Family History Library Catalog - {{FHL|521134|subject-id|disp=Monroe County Church Records}} | ||
*If the records you need are not 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 Monroe County are: | *If the records you need are not 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 Monroe County are: | ||
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'''Bibliography''' | '''Bibliography''' | ||
*'''[Bell]''' Buland, Geraldine Joy Brown. ''Silas Bell of Wayne County, Kentucky (1787-186-): Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee; Murray County, Georgia; Titus County, Texas [and] Sons and Daughters to Dade and Lawrence Counties, Missouri; Pawnee County, Oklahoma; and Fayette County, Texas: Allied Lines [of] Aley, Byerly, Carter, Hall, Harrell, Loy, Mashburn, Wilson''. Sepulpa, Oklahoma: Buland, Geraldine Joy Brown, 1978. | *'''[Bell]''' Buland, Geraldine Joy Brown. ''Silas Bell of Wayne County, Kentucky (1787-186-): Blount and Monroe Counties, Tennessee; Murray County, Georgia; Titus County, Texas [and] Sons and Daughters to Dade and Lawrence Counties, Missouri; Pawnee County, Oklahoma; and Fayette County, Texas: Allied Lines [of] Aley, Byerly, Carter, Hall, Harrell, Loy, Mashburn, Wilson''. Sepulpa, Oklahoma: Buland, Geraldine Joy Brown, 1978. {{FHL|101381|title-id|disp=FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B413f}}. | ||
*'''[Bent]''' See Carson. | *'''[Bent]''' See Carson. | ||
*'''[Blankenship]''' Blankinship, Leslie C. ''The Blankenship Family History''. New Orleans, La.?: J. Q. Blankinship, 1967. Available at [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F248759&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B611bL]; digital version at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh259277527%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($). | *'''[Blankenship]''' Blankinship, Leslie C. ''The Blankenship Family History''. New Orleans, La.?: J. Q. Blankinship, 1967. Available at [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F248759&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B611bL]; digital version at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh259277527%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($). | ||
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*'''[Davis]''' Shepard, Kelly Rae Wilson. ''The Descendants of Clem Davis and Rachel Emaline Peak: with an Emphasis on the Descendants of James Ervin Davis and the Connecting Lines of John C. Payne, Thomas C. E. Davis, William Robert Daniell and Henry Lenderman''. The Colony, Texas: K. Shepard, 1997. {{FHL|929.273 D291s}} | *'''[Davis]''' Shepard, Kelly Rae Wilson. ''The Descendants of Clem Davis and Rachel Emaline Peak: with an Emphasis on the Descendants of James Ervin Davis and the Connecting Lines of John C. Payne, Thomas C. E. Davis, William Robert Daniell and Henry Lenderman''. The Colony, Texas: K. Shepard, 1997. {{FHL|929.273 D291s}} | ||
*'''[Day]''' Day, James Edward. ''Descendants of Christopher Day of Bucks County, Pennsylvania''. Los Angeles?: J.E. Day, 1958. Available at [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F356809&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D33d]; [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F356809&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL US/CAN Film 978076]; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17744 Ancestry] ($); and [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh20376686%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($). | *'''[Day]''' Day, James Edward. ''Descendants of Christopher Day of Bucks County, Pennsylvania''. Los Angeles?: J.E. Day, 1958. Available at [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F356809&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D33d]; [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F356809&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL US/CAN Film 978076]; digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=17744 Ancestry] ($); and [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh20376686%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($). | ||
*'''[Dodd]''' Austin, Kim ''The Descendants of George Berry Dodd and Martha Lavinna Teffteller ''[S.I. : s.n.], 1995 | *'''[Dodd]''' Austin, Kim ''The Descendants of George Berry Dodd and Martha Lavinna Teffteller ''[S.I. : s.n.], 1995 {{FHL|820163|title-id|disp=FHL book 929.273 D661}}. Digital version available at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH6&CISOPTR=64336&REC=3 BYU Family History Archives]. | ||
*'''[Harmon]''' Banes, Verna Baker. ''Harmon Family Research: Taken from the Verna Baker Banes Genealogical Collection''. MSS., microfilmed 1996. {{FHL|1598444}} Item 4 | *'''[Harmon]''' Banes, Verna Baker. ''Harmon Family Research: Taken from the Verna Baker Banes Genealogical Collection''. MSS., microfilmed 1996. {{FHL|1598444}} Item 4 | ||
*'''[Hart]''' Hart, Charles Coffin. ''Joseph Hart and His Descendants''. St. Louis, Mo.: R.P. Studley & Co., 1901. {{FHL|928166}} Item 4. Free digital version [http://hart.paintrock.net/ online]. | *'''[Hart]''' Hart, Charles Coffin. ''Joseph Hart and His Descendants''. St. Louis, Mo.: R.P. Studley & Co., 1901. {{FHL|928166}} Item 4. Free digital version [http://hart.paintrock.net/ online]. | ||
*'''[Henderson]''' Mitchell, Reba Henderson. ''The Family of Samuel Henderson (1786-1867) of Monroe County, Tennessee: A Genealogical and Historical Record of Samuel Henderson and His Wife, Nancy Blair, Their Twelve Children and Their Descendants to the Present Generation''. Manisonville, Tenn.: R.H. Mitchell, 1980. | *'''[Henderson]''' Mitchell, Reba Henderson. ''The Family of Samuel Henderson (1786-1867) of Monroe County, Tennessee: A Genealogical and Historical Record of Samuel Henderson and His Wife, Nancy Blair, Their Twelve Children and Their Descendants to the Present Generation''. Manisonville, Tenn.: R.H. Mitchell, 1980. {{FHL|318969|title-id|disp=FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 3154}}. | ||
*'''[Hensley]''' Schreibman, Laura and Laura Hensley. The ''Hensleys of Ballplay, Monroe County, Tennessee''. Hazel Park, Michigan: L. Schreibman, 199-?. | *'''[Hensley]''' Schreibman, Laura and Laura Hensley. The ''Hensleys of Ballplay, Monroe County, Tennessee''. Hazel Park, Michigan: L. Schreibman, 199-?. {{FHL|439801|title-id|disp=FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 6391}}. | ||
*'''[Jones]''' Hall, Evelyn Cook and William C. Hall. ''The Jefferson Thomas Jones Genealogy: Being a History of Jefferson Thomas Jones, Born 14 Aug. 1828 near Madisonville, Monroe Co., Tenn. and Later Living in Park, Greene Co., Ind. and His Descendants of Tennessee, Indiana, Iowa, etc.: Also Allied Families''. [Nevada, Iowa]: E.C. Hall, 1985. | *'''[Jones]''' Hall, Evelyn Cook and William C. Hall. ''The Jefferson Thomas Jones Genealogy: Being a History of Jefferson Thomas Jones, Born 14 Aug. 1828 near Madisonville, Monroe Co., Tenn. and Later Living in Park, Greene Co., Ind. and His Descendants of Tennessee, Indiana, Iowa, etc.: Also Allied Families''. [Nevada, Iowa]: E.C. Hall, 1985. {{FHL|228374|title-id|disp=FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J718h}}. | ||
*'''[Moser]''' Corder, Lula Lee and Pauline Moser Shook. ''Moser Family History, Monroe County, Tenn.: <br>Descendants of Leonard Moser, c1716-1782''. 2 vols. [Sandpoint, Idaho]: P.M. Shook, 1983. | *'''[Moser]''' Corder, Lula Lee and Pauline Moser Shook. ''Moser Family History, Monroe County, Tenn.: <br>Descendants of Leonard Moser, c1716-1782''. 2 vols. [Sandpoint, Idaho]: P.M. Shook, 1983. {{FHL|345272|title-id|disp=FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M853cs}} ff. | ||
*'''[Moses]''' Ward, Edith Croft. ''The Moses Families of Big Creek: The Family Pages of Joshua and Sarah Samples Moses and Related Families, Monroe County, Tennessee''. Clinton, Tenn.: E.C. Ward, 1995. | *'''[Moses]''' Ward, Edith Croft. ''The Moses Families of Big Creek: The Family Pages of Joshua and Sarah Samples Moses and Related Families, Monroe County, Tennessee''. Clinton, Tenn.: E.C. Ward, 1995. {{FHL|787724|title-id|disp=FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M853w}}. | ||
*'''[Peak]''' Shepard, Kelly Rae Wilson. ''The Descendants of Clem Davis and Rachel Emaline Peak: with an Emphasis on the Descendants of James Ervin Davis and the Connecting Lines of John C. Payne, Thomas C. E. Davis, William Robert Daniell and Henry Lenderman''. The Colony, Texas: K. Shepard, 1997. {{FHL|929.273 D291s}} | *'''[Peak]''' Shepard, Kelly Rae Wilson. ''The Descendants of Clem Davis and Rachel Emaline Peak: with an Emphasis on the Descendants of James Ervin Davis and the Connecting Lines of John C. Payne, Thomas C. E. Davis, William Robert Daniell and Henry Lenderman''. The Colony, Texas: K. Shepard, 1997. {{FHL|929.273 D291s}} | ||
*'''[Wolfe]''' Feezell, Mina Belle Wolfe and Violet Kirkpatrick Wolfe. ''John Peeler Wolfe: Ancestors and Descendants, 1765-1992''. [Englewood, Tenn.]: M. Feezell, [1993]. {{FHL|929.273 W832fm}}; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. | *'''[Wolfe]''' Feezell, Mina Belle Wolfe and Violet Kirkpatrick Wolfe. ''John Peeler Wolfe: Ancestors and Descendants, 1765-1992''. [Englewood, Tenn.]: M. Feezell, [1993]. {{FHL|929.273 W832fm}}; digital version at BYU Family History Archives. | ||
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==== Land ==== | ==== Land ==== | ||
[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed the original Monroe County Deed Books A to Z (1820-1892), Trust Deed Books A to D (1868-1894) and Indexes to both (1820-1910). FHL copies: | [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed the original Monroe County Deed Books A to Z (1820-1892), Trust Deed Books A to D (1868-1894) and Indexes to both (1820-1910). FHL copies: {{FHL|91957|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Microfilms 956238-956248}}. | ||
==== Law and Legislation ==== | ==== Law and Legislation ==== | ||
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Additional resources include: | Additional resources include: | ||
*[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 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. | *[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 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. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google Books] et. al. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Monroe County on page 153.] | ||
*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 [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry] ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War], courtesy: [http://tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.] | *Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry] ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War], courtesy: [http://tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.] | ||
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==== Occupations ==== | ==== Occupations ==== | ||
*Miller, Alan N. East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. | *Miller, Alan N. East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. {{FHL|965670|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2m}}. Digital version at [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=gpc_easttennesseesforgottenchildren World Vital Records] ($). Purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/East%20Tennessees%20Forgotten%20Children/9259.html Genealogical.com]. [Includes Monroe County.] | ||
==== Periodicals ==== | ==== Periodicals ==== | ||
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:'''Ansearchin' News''' | :'''Ansearchin' News''' | ||
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Monroe County, Tennessee have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the [http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society]. To view a list of these articles, visit their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/ByCounty_ndx.html county index]. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html archive] or conduct a [http://www.tngs.org/search.htm surname search]. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly | :Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Monroe County, Tennessee have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the [http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society]. To view a list of these articles, visit their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/ByCounty_ndx.html county index]. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html archive] or conduct a [http://www.tngs.org/search.htm surname search]. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly {{FHL|44514|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.}} | ||
:'''East Tennessee Roots''' | :'''East Tennessee Roots''' | ||
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Monroe County, Tennessee records have been published in [http://www.easttennesseeroots.com/index.html East Tennessee Roots] (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/subject-index online]. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/ online]. The Family History Library has collected most issues of East Tennessee Roots | :Genealogical articles with abstracts of Monroe County, Tennessee records have been published in [http://www.easttennesseeroots.com/index.html East Tennessee Roots] (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/subject-index online]. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/ online]. The Family History Library has collected most issues of East Tennessee Roots {{FHL|177434|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 D25e}}. | ||
:'''The Pellissippian''' | :'''The Pellissippian''' | ||
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Monroe County, Tennessee records were published in the The Pellissippian (25 vols., 1980-2004), the quarterly of the [http://pellissippi-society.home.comcast.net/~pellissippi-society/index.htm Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society]. The society has posted tables of contents for all 25 volumes on their [http://pellissippi-society.home.comcast.net/~pellissippi-society/toc.htm website]. They also have back issues available for purchase. The Family History Library has acquired the first 20 volumes | :Genealogical articles with abstracts of Monroe County, Tennessee records were published in the The Pellissippian (25 vols., 1980-2004), the quarterly of the [http://pellissippi-society.home.comcast.net/~pellissippi-society/index.htm Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society]. The society has posted tables of contents for all 25 volumes on their [http://pellissippi-society.home.comcast.net/~pellissippi-society/toc.htm website]. They also have back issues available for purchase. The Family History Library has acquired the first 20 volumes {{FHL|138229|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 D25p}}. | ||
==== Prisons ==== | ==== Prisons ==== | ||
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==== Probate ==== | ==== Probate ==== | ||
[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed the original Monroe County Will Books 1 to 4 (1833 to 1922). FHL copy: | [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed the original Monroe County Will Books 1 to 4 (1833 to 1922). FHL copy: {{FHL|69289|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Film 956237}}. | ||
The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Monroe 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: | The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Monroe 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: | ||
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The following Monroe County probate records have been indexed: | The following Monroe County probate records have been indexed: | ||
*'''[1833-1861]''' Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. | *'''[1833-1861]''' Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. {{FHL|615022|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 P22s}}. [Includes an index to this county's probate records.] [http://www.digginbones.com/LookUpPages/TennesseeLookups.htm Free Lookups Available!] | ||
==== Taxation ==== | ==== Taxation ==== | ||
[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed the original Monroe County Tax Books 1868, 1874, 1899-1900. FHL copies: | [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed the original Monroe County Tax Books 1868, 1874, 1899-1900. FHL copies: {{FHL|82843|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Films 956249-956250}}. | ||
The following Monroe County tax records have been abstracted:<ref>The Heritage Quest Online version of [http://heritagequestonline.com PERSI] aided in the compilation of this list.</ref> | The following Monroe County tax records have been abstracted:<ref>The Heritage Quest Online version of [http://heritagequestonline.com PERSI] aided in the compilation of this list.</ref> | ||
*'''[1825]''' Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. ''Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists''. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. | *'''[1825]''' Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. ''Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists''. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. {{FHL|222484|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4s.}} [Includes 1825 tax list.] | ||
*'''[1836]''' Douthat, James L. ''Monroe County: 1836 Tennessee Civil District and Tax Lists''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 200-?. | *'''[1836]''' Douthat, James L. ''Monroe County: 1836 Tennessee Civil District and Tax Lists''. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 200-?. {{FHL|996492|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8883 R4d}}; online: [http://www.mountainpress.com/books/tn/m2p.html free surname index and purchase details]. | ||
*'''[1861]''' McConkey, Lynn. ''Monroe Co. Tax List 1861''. Purchase information at [http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/lmcbk.htm Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources]. | *'''[1861]''' McConkey, Lynn. ''Monroe Co. Tax List 1861''. Purchase information at [http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/lmcbk.htm Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources]. | ||
*'''[1874]''' McConkey, Lynn. ''1874 Tax List''. Purchase information at [http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/lmcbk.htm Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources]. | *'''[1874]''' McConkey, Lynn. ''1874 Tax List''. Purchase information at [http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/lmcbk.htm Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources]. | ||
*'''[1899, 1912]''' McConkey, Lynn. ''Tax Lists - 1899 and 1912, Monroe County, Tennessee''. n.p.: L. McConkey, 1991. | *'''[1899, 1912]''' McConkey, Lynn. ''Tax Lists - 1899 and 1912, Monroe County, Tennessee''. n.p.: L. McConkey, 1991. {{FHL|509726|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8883 R4m}}. Purchase information at [http://www.tngennet.org/monroe/lmcbk.htm Monroe County, Tennessee, Local Resources]. | ||
==== Vital Records ==== | ==== Vital Records ==== | ||
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===== '''Marriage''' ===== | ===== '''Marriage''' ===== | ||
Marriages were not officially recorded in Monroe County until 1838, when a law was passed mandating the practice.<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, C.G., "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):105. | Marriages were not officially recorded in Monroe County until 1838, when a law was passed mandating the practice.<ref>Gale Williams Bamman, C.G., "Research in Tennessee," ''National Genealogical Society Quarterly,'' Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):105. {{FHL|39597|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993)}}</ref> The following publication, based on early newspapers, helps to alleviate this genealogical obstacle: | ||
*Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978. | *Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978. {{FHL|10843|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 V2L}}. | ||
The following Monroe County Courthouse marriage records have been abstracted and/or indexed: | The following Monroe County Courthouse marriage records have been abstracted and/or indexed: | ||
*'''[1838-1870] '''Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987. | *'''[1838-1870] '''Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987. {{FHL|568443|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 V2s v. 1}}. [Indexes names of brides and grooms, and marriage dates for weddings in this county for the specified years.] [http://www.digginbones.com/LookUpPages/TennesseeLookups.htm Free Lookups Available!] | ||
===== '''Divorce''' ===== | ===== '''Divorce''' ===== | ||
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For deaths of Methodists in Monroe County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try: | For deaths of Methodists in Monroe County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try: | ||
*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. | *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. {{FHL|789366|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851}} ff; digital versions at [http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/index.html David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository]. [Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.] | ||
== Societies and Libraries == | == Societies and Libraries == | ||
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{{Wikipedia|Monroe County, Tennessee}} | {{Wikipedia|Monroe County, Tennessee}} | ||
* | *{{FHL|Tennessee%2C+Monroe|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}} (FamilySearch) | ||
*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.monroe/mb.ashx Monroe County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board] (Ancestry) | *[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.monroe/mb.ashx Monroe County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board] (Ancestry) | ||
*[http://genforum.com/tn/monroe/ Monroe County, TN Genealogy Forum] (GenForum) | *[http://genforum.com/tn/monroe/ Monroe County, TN Genealogy Forum] (GenForum) | ||