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Bamman, Gale Williams. ''Tennessee Divorces, 1797 to 1858: Taken from 750 Legislative Petitions and Acts''. Nashville, Tennessee: G.W. Bamman, 1985. (Family History Library book 976.8 P2b.) This book contains abstracts of divorce decrees in alphabetical order by the name of the person requesting the divorce. It indexes every name. | Bamman, Gale Williams. ''Tennessee Divorces, 1797 to 1858: Taken from 750 Legislative Petitions and Acts''. Nashville, Tennessee: G.W. Bamman, 1985. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=401184&disp=Tennessee+divorces%2C+1797%2D1858%20%20&columns=*,0,0 976.8 P2b].) This book contains abstracts of divorce decrees in alphabetical order by the name of the person requesting the divorce. It indexes every name. | ||
Legislative petitions represent only a small number of the divorces requested. Most went through the superior, circuit, and chancery courts. | Legislative petitions represent only a small number of the divorces requested. Most went through the superior, circuit, and chancery courts. | ||
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TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS | TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS | ||
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== See Also == | |||
http://www.countyregistry.org/divorce-records/tennessee/ | |||
[[Category:Tennessee]] | |||