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Guide to '''Perry County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history''', birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
Middle Tennessee county. Established 1818.  


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|county seat= Linden
|parent county= [[Hickman County, Tennessee Genealogy|Hickman]]<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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|county2= [[Decatur County, Tennessee Genealogy|Decatur]]
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|county4= [[Humphreys County, Tennessee Genealogy|Humphreys]]
|county5= [[Lewis County, Tennessee Genealogy|Lewis]]
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== County Information ==


=== Description ===
[[Image:{{TNPerryboundary}}]]  
Perry County was named for the War of 1812 naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry and is located in the west-central area of the state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Perry, Tennessee" in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_County,_Tennessee Wikipedia] accessed 02 Jan 2019 </ref>


=== County Courthouse ===
== Quick Dates  ==
{{TN Courthouse Intro|Perry}}
'''Perry County Courthouse'''<br>121 East Main Street<br>P.O. Box 16<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>[https://perrycountygov.com/ County Courthouse]  Phone: 931-589-2216<br>
[https://perrycountygov.com/ County Clerk] Phone: 931-589-2219<br>


'''Perry County Register of Deeds'''<br>P.O. Box 625865<br>Highway 412 West<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>[https://perrycountygov.com/ County Register of Deeds]  Phone: 931-589-2217<br>
Perry County's civil records start the following years:<ref>''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-public-vital-statistics-in-tennessee/oclc Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee]''. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey (W.P.A.), 1941; [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/earlyrecords.htm "Earliest County Records,"] Tennessee State Library and Archives.</ref>  
County Clerk has birth records 1908-1912 and 1925-1939 and marriage records from 1899. <br>Register of Deeds has land records. <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Perry County, Tennessee, 642.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>


=== Perry County, Tennessee Record Dates  ===
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| bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" colspan="7" | <center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records'''<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref></center>
| align="center" width="16.6%" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Vital_Records Birth]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Vital_Records Marriage]'''  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Vital_Records Death]'''  
| align="center" width="16.6%" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Census Census]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Land '''Land''']
| align="center" width="16.6%" | '''[http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Probate Probate]'''
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1908
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1865&nbsp;
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1908&nbsp;
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1840&nbsp;
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1844&nbsp;
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| align="center" width="16.6%" | 1863&nbsp;
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" | '''[[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1908
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1865
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1881
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1826
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1820
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1863
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1810
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| colspan="7"| <center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908 (1913 missing). General compliance by 1927.</center>
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=== Record Loss ===
== County Courthouse  ==
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'''1863''' and '''1928'''   Fires damaged courthouse records.<ref name="TSLA">[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/lost-records-courthouse-fires-and-disasters-tennessee Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee] in ''Tennessee State Library and Archives'' in ''Tennessee Secretary of State'' (accessed 13 March 2016).</ref>
'''Perry County Courthouse'''<br>121 East Main St.<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>Phone: 1-931-589-2216
*Lost marriage records: 1819 to 1864
 
:*Lost probate records: 1819 to 1862
'''Perry County Clerk'''<br>Marriage records<br>Birth records 1908-1912 and 1925-1939<br>P.O. Box 58<br>Main St.<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>Phone: 1-931-589-2219
{{Fire+}}
 
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'''Perry County Register of Deeds'''<br>Land records<br>P.O. Box 625865<br>Highway 412 West<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>Phone: 1-931-589-2217
 
'''Hours''':<br>Mon., Tues.,&nbsp;Thurs., and Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.<br>Sat. 8 a.m.-Noon<br>Closed Wednesday
 
== History  ==
 
[[Image:{{OliverHazardPerry}}]]
 
The county is named after U.S. Naval hero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry Oliver Hazard Perry] (1785-1819).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Tennessee,"] Wikipedia.</ref>  
 
==== Parent County  ====


=== Boundary Changes ===
'''1818--'''Perry County was established 14 November 1818 from [[Hickman County, Tennessee|Hickman]] County. <br>'''County seat:''' Linden <ref name="Handybook">''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America]'', 10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002), 642.</ref>  
{{TN Boundary Changes Intro|Perry}}
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*'''1818--'''Perry County was established 14 November 1818 from [[Hickman County, Tennessee Genealogy|Hickman]] County. <br>''
*'''County seat:''' Linden<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/TN_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies Tennessee Individual County Chronologies] - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county
*[https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/map/map.html#TN Tennessee Historical Borders - Map] at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; ''Also at:'' [http://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/ mapofus.org] - animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes
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=== Populated Places ===
==== County Pronunciation  ====
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,135,c,perry.cfm HomeTown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Perry County, Tennessee," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_County,_Tennessee, accessed 8 December 2019.</ref>


{{Populated places
[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TNPerry.ogg Hear it spoken]<ref>Voice of Gene Black, FamilySearch employee, former resident of Bristol, Tenn. (2010).</ref>&nbsp;
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*Bethel
*Blue Sky
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_Hill,_Tennessee Bunker Hill]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chestnut_Grove,_Tennessee Chestnut Grove]
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*Crooked Creek
*DePriest Bend
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Woods,_Tennessee Flat Woods]
*Horner
*Howard
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_View,_Tennessee Pine View]
*Pope
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Creek,_Perry_County,_Tennessee Spring Creek]
*Sugar Hill
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=== History Timeline ===
==== Boundary Changes  ====
{{TN Historical Timeline Intro|Perry}}


'''Additional Information'''<br>
[http://www.mytennesseegenealogy.com/tn-maps.html "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps"] (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the My Tennessee Genealogy website. They rely on [http://www.goldbug.com/store/animap3.html AniMap 3.0] software.
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Middle Tennessee county. Established 1818.
==== Record Loss  ====


The county is named after U.S. Naval hero [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry Oliver Hazard Perry] (1785-1819).<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_county_name_etymologies "List of Counties in Tennessee,"] Wikipedia.</ref>
'''1863, 1928'''--Fires damaged records
== Resources ==
{{TN Resources Intro|Perry}}


=== Bible Records ===
*Lost census: 1890
{{TN Bible Intro|Perry}}
*Lost marriage records: 1819 to 1864
*Lost probate records: 1819 to 1862


=== Biographies  ===
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following: {{Fire}}  
{{TN Biographies Intro|Perry}}


=== Business, Commerce, and Occupations ===
*[http://tnblog.arleneeakle.com/2009/04/13/when-the-records-are-gone/ Arlene Eakle, ''When the Records are Gone'' in Tennessee Genealogy Blog]
{{TN Business Records Intro|Perry}}
*[[Burned Counties Research|Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki]]
*[http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424 Michael John Neill, ''Burned Counties'' in Family History Circle]


*''Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902''. 2004. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. {{FSC|1193752|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN 976.8 U2ma}}. Includes Perry County.
== Places/Localities  ==


=== Cemeteries ===
==== Populated Places  ====
{{TN Cemeteries Intro|Perry}}


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| Beardstown
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195067&subject_disp=Tennessee%2C+Perry%2C+Flatwoods&columns=*,0,0 Flat Woods]
| New Era (hist.)
| Sugar Hill
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
| Bethel
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| Horner
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/search?firstname=&middlename=&lastname=&birthyear=&birthyearfilter=&deathyear=&deathyearfilter=&location=Perry+County%2C+Tennessee%2C+United+States+of+America&locationId=county_2492&memorialid=&mcid=&linkedToName=&datefilter=&orderby= Findagrave.com]
| Mousetail (hist.)
* [http://tngenweb.org/perrytn/cemeteries/cemeteries.htm TNGenWeb]
| Toms Creek (hist.)
* [http://usgwarchives.net/tn/perry/percems.html TNGenWeb Archives]
* [http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/perry.html Tombstone Project]
* [http://www.tngenweb.org/cemeteries/#!co=perry TNGenWeb Cemeteries]
* [https://billiongraves.com/search/results?cemetery_country=United%20States&cemetery_state=Tennessee&cemetery_county=Perry&year_range=5&size=15 BillionGraves]
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" | <center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print''' [[The Value of Cemetery Records in Print |(Often more complete)]]</center>
| Blue Sky
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| Howard
* {{FSC|United States, Tennessee, Perry - Cemeteries|subject|subject-id=306498324|disp=FamilySearch Library}}
| Pine View
* [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Perry+Tennessee&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
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| width="25%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" style="border:1px solid black" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
| Chestnut Grove
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| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195068&subject_disp=Tennessee%2C+Perry%2C+Linden&columns=*,0,0 Linden]  
* [https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Tennessee/Perry-County?id=county_2492 Findagrave.com]
| Pope
* [http://tennesseegravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=68 Gravestones]
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Perry,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States&reqParents=395274&reqParentsLabel=County&reqParentsType=209&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Perry,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
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| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| See [[Tennessee Cemeteries|Tennessee Cemeteries]] for more information.
| DePriest Bend
| [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195069&subject_disp=Tennessee%2C+Perry%2C+Lobelville&columns=*,0,0 Lobelville]
| Spring Creek
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''Additional Cemetery Resources''<br>
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
*[http://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,cemetery.cfm Tennessee Cemeteries] - Hometown Locator
 
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*[[Benton County, Tennessee|Benton]]
*[[Decatur County, Tennessee|Decatur]]
 
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*[[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys]]
 
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*[[Lewis County, Tennessee|Lewis]]
*[[Wayne County, Tennessee|Wayne]]


=== Census Records ===
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{{TN Census Intro|Perry}}


1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Perry County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Tennessee Census|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.
== Resources  ==


See [[Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes.
==== Research Guides  ====


See [http://www.us-census.org/states/tennessee/p-tn.htm#Perry Perry County, TN census assignments], including links to transcribed files. [http://www.us-census.org/ The USGenWeb Census Project<sup>®</sup>].
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factperry.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Perry County], courtesy: [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ TSLA]. (Identifies published county histories, published&nbsp;local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)


'''1810-1891'''<br>
==== African Americans  ====


*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3574 Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891] at Ancestry — index $
''[[African American Research|United States African Americans]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[African-American Resources for Tennessee|Tennessee African Americans]]''


'''1820'''<br>
Census takers found no free African Americans living in Perry County, Tennessee in 1820.<ref>*Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Tenn_1820.htm online], courtesy: [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/ Free African Americans] website.</ref>


*Bentley, Elizabeth P. ''Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. {{FSC|976.8 X22b 1820|book}}. Online at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/48249/ Ancestry] ($).
==== Cemeteries  ====
*Houston, Martha Lou. ''1820 Census of Perry County, Tennessee''. Washington, D.C.: s.p., 1900. Online at [https://www.archive.org/details/1820censusofperr00hous Internet Archive].
*Presley, Mrs. Leister E. ''Census, Lawrence, Perry, Shelby Counties, Tennessee, 1820.'' Searcy, Arkansas: Presley, 198-?. {{FSC|976.8 X2p 1820|book}}
*Census takers found no free African Americans living in Perry County, Tennessee in 1820.<ref>Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," online at [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Tenn_1820.htm Free African Americans].</ref>


{{RAOGKcemetery}} Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


'''1840 Pensioners'''<br>
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*''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. {{FSC|282860|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FS Library US/CAN Film 2321}}. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/857237 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://archive.org/details/censusofpensione00usce/page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry] ($). See Tennessee, Western District, Perry County on page 159.
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Find A Grave] can be searched by the&nbsp;name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.&nbsp; Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.&nbsp; May&nbsp;give obituaries,&nbsp;names of&nbsp;family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


'''1850'''<br>
*Find A Grave also gives&nbsp;a [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=45&CScnty=2492 list of cemeteries in&nbsp;Perry County] linking to the &nbsp;information about the people buried there,


*Glaser, Linda K.J. ''1850 Census for Perry County, Tennessee, Taken by R. M. Thomas, 2 Sept. 1850 to 4 Oct. 1850.'' Lansdowne, Pennsylvania L.J.K. Glaser, 1966. {{FSC|976.838 X2p 1850|book}}
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/records/cemeteries/index.php?function=county&s_county=perry Perry Co. TN Cemetery Records], part of the&nbsp;TNGenWeb Cemetery Database, lists many cemeteries in&nbsp;the&nbsp;county, often with indexes and&nbsp;transcripts of the burials.


'''1860'''<br>
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/perry.html Perry County, Tennessee, USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project] lists many cemeteries in&nbsp;the county and&nbsp;has transcripts of the tombstones arranged by cemetery.


*Malone, Royleta C. and Patricia A. Sherzinger. ''1860 Perry County, Tennessee Census&nbsp;: Including Slave Schedule and Mortality Schedule, with Full Name Index.'' Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: R. C. Malone, 1988. {{FSC|976.838 X2m 1860|book}}
*The [http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp Family History Library Catalog] lists some&nbsp;[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=topicdetails&subject=748906&subject_disp=Tennessee%2C++Perry++%2D++Cemeteries&columns=*,0,0 records of&nbsp;cemeteries in&nbsp;Perry county].&nbsp; Some of the books or others may be on [http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Google Books] or available at public libraries.


'''1870'''<br>
*[http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=12608&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down&sec=0&qty=101&stateAbbv=&stateName= ePodunk&nbsp;list of&nbsp;Perry County cemeteries]


*Bridges, Alec F. ''1870 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1997. {{FSC|976.838 X29b 1870|book}}
==== Census ====


'''1880'''<br>
1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Perry County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Tennessee Census|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.


*Sistler, Barbara and Byron Sistler. ''1880 Census Perry County, Tennessee.'' Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1999. {{FSC|976.838 X2s 1880|book}}
See [[Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes.  


'''1890 - Lost, but substitutes are available:'''<br>
'''1820'''  


*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. {{FSC|461479|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 8 1891}}. Perry County is included in Vol. 8.
*Bentley, Elizabeth P. ''Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. {{FHL|976.8 X22b 1820|book}}  
*Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. ''1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee.'' Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. {{FSC|114935|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890}}.
*Houston, Martha Lou. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/1820censusofperr00hous 1820 Census of Perry County, Tennessee]. ''Washington, D.C.: s.p., 1900. Free digital book, courtesy: Internet Archive.  
*Presley, Mrs. Leister E. ''Census, Lawrence, Perry, Shelby Counties, Tennessee, 1820.'' Searcy, Arkansas: Presley, 198-?. {{FHL|976.8 X2p 1820|book}}


'''1891 Male Voters'''<br>
'''1840 Pensioners'''  


*'''1891''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2884 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891] at Ancestry — index $
*''[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.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=282860&disp=A+Census+of+pensioners+for+Revolutionary%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&nbsp;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, Western District, Perry County on page 159.]


'''1900'''<br>
'''1850'''  


*Bridges, Alec F. ''1900 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' S.p., 1996 . {{FSC|976.838 X2b 1900|book}}
*Glaser, Linda K.J. ''1850 Census for Perry County, Tennessee, Taken by R. M. Thomas, 2 Sept. 1850 to 4 Oct. 1850.'' Lansdowne, Pennsylvania&nbsp;: L.J.K. Glaser, 1966. {{FHL|976.838 X2p 1850|book}}


'''1910'''<br>
'''1860'''  


*Bridges, Alec F. ''1910 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1997 . {{FSC|976.838 X29b 1910|book}}
*Malone, Royleta C. and Patricia A. Sherzinger. ''1860 Perry County, Tennessee Census&nbsp;: Including Slave Schedule and Mortality Schedule, with Full Name Index.'' Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: R. C. Malone, 1988. {{FHL|976.838 X2m 1860|book}}


'''1920'''<br>
'''1870'''  


*Bridges, Alec F. ''1920 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1996 . {{FSC|976.838 X29b 1920|book}}
*Bridges, Alec F. ''1870 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1997. {{FHL|976.838 X29b 1870|book}}


=== Church Records ===
'''1880'''  
{{TN Church Intro|Perry}}
'''List of Churches and Church Parishes'''
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Perry,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States&reqParents=395274&reqParentsLabel=County&reqParentsType=209&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Perry,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States&reqTypeGroups=3&reqTypeLabel=Churches%20and%20Church%20Parishes FamilySearch Places]''' <br>


=== Court Records ===
*Sistler, Barbara and Byron Sistler. ''1880 Census Perry County, Tennessee.'' Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler &amp; Associates, 1999. {{FHL|976.838 X2s 1880|book}}
{{TN Court Intro|Perry}}


'''''Law and Legislation'''''<br>
'''1890 - Lost, but substitutes are available:'''  
*Tennessee State Library and Archives, ''Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names.'' <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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 [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. Online searchable index at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/database-tn-research/acts-tennessee-1796-1850 TSLA].


=== Directories ===
*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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=461479 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 8 1891]. [Perry County is included in Vol. 8.]
{{TN Directories Intro|Perry}}
*Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. ''1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee.'' Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=114935 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890].
*'''1970-2024''' {{RecordSearch|5000290|United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Residence Database - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index, coverage may vary


=== Emigration and Immigration  ===
'''1900'''
{{TN Emigration Intro|Perry}}


=== Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups ===
*Bridges, Alec F. ''1900 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' S.p., 1996 . {{FHL|976.838 X2b 1900|book}}
{{TN Ethnic Groups Intro|Perry}}


'''''African Americans'''''<br>
'''1910'''  
Census takers found no free African Americans living in Perry County, Tennessee in 1820.<ref>*Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available [http://www.freeafricanamericans.com/Tenn_1820.htm online] at Free African Americans.</ref>


=== Funeral Homes  ===
*Bridges, Alec F. ''1910 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1997 . {{FHL|976.838 X29b 1910|book}}
{{TN Funeral Homes Intro|Perry}}
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=== Genealogies  ===
'''1920'''
{{TN Genealogies Intro|Perry}}


*'''Denton''' - Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. ''Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton.'' McMinnville, TN: Womack Print. Co., 1959. Available at [http://familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F264278&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 D435]. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/214998 FamilySearch Digital Library]; available at some libraries through [https://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuest Online].
*Bridges, Alec F. ''1920 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee.'' Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1996 . {{FHL|976.838 X29b 1920|book}}
*'''Moffitt''' - Young, Laurie M. ''Family Notes on Keith, Lott, Sketoe, Donahoo and Arnold of Muhlenberg: Lear and Sheffield of Christian, Todd and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; Smith and Beck, Spencer County, Indiana; Moffitt, Randolph County, North Carolina, Perry, Hickman and Humphries Co., Tn.'' Boise, Idaho: L.M. Young, 1990. {{FSC|929.273 K269y}}
*'''Norman''' - Hemphill, Patricia M. ''Normans of Tennessee and Missouri their Descendants and Ancestors 1776-1995 (including Blair, Coffey, Grammer and Leeper.)'' Decorah, Iowa : Anundsen Publishing Company, 1995. {{FSC|929.273 N781h|book}}. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/157060 FamilySearch Digital Library].
*'''Talley''' - Acker, W.L. ''The Talley Families of Tennessee and Texas: Descendants of the American Revolutionary Soldier, John Talley, Jr., of Perry County Tennessee''. Mesquite, Texas: W.L. Acker, 1998. {{FSC|818526|title-id|disp=FS Library FAM HIST Book 929.273 T145aw}}.
*'''White''' - Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Hester White McAdams (1818-1849) of Walker County, Texas: and Her Ancestors''. Houston, Texas: M.M. Sibley, 1988. {{FSC|929.273 A1 no. 5508}}
*'''Whitfield''' - Whitfield, Vallie Jo Fox. ''Whitfield History and Genealogy of Tennessee.'' Walnut Creek, CA: Unknown,, 1964. Available at {{FSC|138321|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Film 879642 Item 1}}; digital version available at some libraries through [https://www.heritagequestonline.com/ HeritageQuest Online].


=== Guardianship ===
==== Church  ====
{{TN Guardianship Intro|Perry}}


=== Land and Property Records ===
==== Court  ====
{{TN Land Intro|Perry}}


''Online Land Indexes and Records''<br>
==== DNA  ====
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


=== Local Histories ===
{{DNA}} DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Perry County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.
{{TN Histories Intro|Perry}}


=== Maps and Gazetteers ===
==== Family Histories  ====
{{TN Maps Intro|Perry}}


{{TN Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{TN Perry County}}}}
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:


*[http://www.mapofus.org/tennessee/ Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)]
*Locate publications about direct ancestors
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?includeIsParent=true&primaryText=Perry,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States&reqParents=395274&reqParentsLabel=County&reqParentsType=209&searchTypeaheadInputText=Search%20Within:Perry,%20Tennessee,%20United%20States&reqTypeGroups=8&reqTypeLabel=Cities%20and%20Towns FamilySearch Places]: Cities and Towns in this county - [[FamilySearch Places|How to Use FS Places]]
*Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
*Identify publications, to quote [[Elizabeth Shown Mills|Elizabeth Shown Mills]], about an ancestor's "FAN Club" ['''F'''riends, '''A'''ssociates, and '''N'''eighbors]


=== Migration ===
'''General'''
{{TN Migration Intro|Perry}}


=== Military Records ===
As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Perry+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Perry, Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 39,000 entries.
{{TN Military Intro|Perry}}


'''''Revolutionary War'''''<br>
'''Bibliography'''  


*[http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ 1835 Pension Roll] at TNGenWeb
*'''[Denton]''' Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. ''Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton.'' McMinnville, TN: Womack Print. Co., 1959. Available at [http://fsbeta.familysearch.org/s/catalog/show?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fcatalog-search-api%3A8080%2Fwww-catalogapi-webservice%2Fitem%2F264278&hash=rh2%2B403z7n4WII67nHOFMh25nvE%3D FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D435]; digital version at [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH21&CISOPTR=41384 BYU Family History Archives]; and [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh52958006%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($).
*[http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions] at TNGenWeb.
*'''[Moffitt]''' Young, Laurie M. ''Family Notes on Keith, Lott, Sketoe, Donahoo and Arnold of Muhlenberg: Lear and Sheffield of Christian, Todd and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; Smith and Beck, Spencer County, Indiana; Moffitt, Randolph County, North Carolina, Perry, Hickman and Humphries Co., Tn.'' Boise, Idaho: L.M.&nbsp;Young, 1990. {{FHL|929.273 K269y}}
*[http://tngenweb.org/perrytn/revolution/am_rev.htm ''Perry County, Tennessee American Revolution''] at TNGenWeb. Includes Perry County area Revolutionary War soldier project and select pension applications.
*'''[Norman]''' Hemphill, Patricia M. ''Normans of Tennessee and Missouri&nbsp;: their Descendants and Ancestors 1776-1995&nbsp;: (including Blair, Coffey, Grammer and Leeper.) ''Decorah, Iowa&nbsp;:Anundsen, 1995. {{FHL|929.273 N781h|book}}
*'''[Talley]''' Acker, W.L. ''The Talley Families of Tennessee and Texas: Descendants of the American Revolutionary Soldier, John Talley, Jr., of Perry County Tennessee''. Mesquite, Texas: W.L. Acker, 1998. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=818526 FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 T145aw].  
*'''[White]''' Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. ''Hester White McAdams (1818-1849) of Walker County, Texas: and Her Ancestors''. Houston, Texas: M.M. Sibley, 1988. {{FHL|929.273 A1 no. 5508}}
*'''[Whitfield]''' Whitfield, Vallie Jo Fox. ''Whitfield History and Genealogy of Tennessee.'' [Walnut Creek, CA: Unknown,, 1964. Available at [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=138321&disp=Whitfield++history++and++genealogy++of++++ FHL US/CAN Film 879642 Item 1]; digital version available at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/books/results/image?urn=urn%3Aproquest%3AUS%3Bglhbooks%3BGenealogy-glh428815162%3B-1%3B-1%3B Heritage Quest Online] ($).


Additional resources include:
==== Land  ====


*''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. {{FSC|282860|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FS Library US/CAN Film 2321}}. '''''Online at:''''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idurl/1/857237 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://archive.org/details/censusofpensione00usce/page/n5/mode/2up Internet Archive], [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7678/ Ancestry] ($). See Tennessee, Western District, Perry County on page 159.
==== Law and Legislation  ====
*''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.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry]. Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War] at TNGenWeb. Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.


'''''War of 1812'''''<br>
*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.] [[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]]&nbsp;has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm Click here]. The searchable index is available at [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/misc/actsintro.htm#names TSLA]; another version is available at [http://worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=usa_tn_acts World Vital Records].
*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 [https://tngs.org/Ansearchn-News Ansearchin' News]. Includes Perry County pensioners (p. 50).
*[http://tngenweb.org/perrytn/war_1812/war_1812.htm ''Perry County, Tennessee War of 1812''] at TNGenWeb. Includes War of 1812 Perry County soldier project and select pension applications.  


'''''Mexican War'''''<br>
==== Local Histories  ====
*[http://tngenweb.org/perrytn/mexican_war/mexican_war.htm ''Perry County, Tennessee Mexican War (1846-1848)''] at TNGenWeb. Includes Perry County Mexican War Soldier project.


'''''Civil War'''''<br>
==== Maps  ====


''Online Records''<br>
==== Military ====
*'''1861-1865''' {{RecordSearch|1932378|Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1861-1865''' {{RecordSearch|1932422|Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1861-1865''' - [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2322 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865] at Ancestry — index (free)
*'''1861-1865''' -  [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2344 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865] at Ancestry — index (free)
*'''1861-1865''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/civilwar_histdatasys/ U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry]
*'''1891-1965''' {{RecordSearch|1874474|Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*[https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htmsoldiers.cfm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System]


{{TN Civil War Regiments|Perry}}<br>
'''Revolutionary War'''


'''''Confederate Soldiers'''''<br>
The following Perry County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:


*[[2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) (Confederate)|2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's)]] - CSA - Company C.
*[http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ 1835 Pension Roll]  
*[[10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (DeMoss')|10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (DeMoss')]] - CSA - Companies A, B, C, H, and K.
*[http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions]  
*[[19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's)|19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's)]] - CSA - Companies F and H.
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/perry/revolution/am_rev.htm ''Perry County, Tennessee American Revolution''] Includes Perry County area Revolutionary War soldier project and select pension applications.
*[[20th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|20th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Company G.
*[[23rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Martin's)|23rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Martin's)]] - CSA-2nd Company G.
*[[42nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|42nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Company G.
*[[53rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry|53rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry]] - CSA - Company F.
*[[Cox's Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry|Cox's Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry]]- CSA- Companies A and E.


'''''Union Soldiers'''''<br>
Additional resources include:


*[[2nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Union)|2nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry]] - Company E.
*''[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.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=282860&disp=A+Census+of+pensioners+for+Revolutionary%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&nbsp;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, Western District, Perry County on page 159.]
*[[6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Union)|6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry]] - Companies G and H.
*''Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions''. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include&nbsp;"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.]


'''''Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Perry County:'''''<br>
'''War of 1812'''  


*McMurray, William Joseph. ''[https://www.archive.org/details/historytwentiet00nealgoog History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A]. ''Nashville, Tennessee: s.p., 1904. Free digital copy.
*Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," ''Ansearchin' News'', Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html journal website]. [Includes Perry County pensioners (p. 50).]
*USGenWeb Archives, [http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/perry/permil.html Perry County Tennessee Archives], (accessed 1 Feb 2012). Civil War Records.
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/perry/war_1812/war_1812.htm ''Perry County, Tennessee War of 1812''] Includes War of 1812 Perry County soldier project and select pension applications. Courtesy: [http://www.tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]
*Tennessee State Library and Archives, [http://share.tn.gov/tsla/history/military/pension169.htm Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Perry County], (accessed 1 Feb 2012). Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
*United States Pension Bureau, [https://www.archive.org/stream/listpensionerso02buregoog#page/n386/mode/1up 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. Perry County, page 368.<br>


=== Naturalization and Citizenship ===
'''Mexican War'''
{{TN Naturalization Intro|Perry}}


=== Newspapers ===
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/perry/mexican_war/mexican_war.htm ''Perry County, Tennessee Mexican War (1846-1848)''] Includes Perry County Mexican War Soldier project. Courtesy&nbsp;: [http://www.tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]
{{TN Newspapers Intro|Perry}}


*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives Newspapers on Microfilm at the Library & Archives] at TSLA; some may be accessed via interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee
'''Civil War'''
**See [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla/guides/interlibrary-loan-policies Interlibrary Loan Policies] for more information<br>
For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Perry County click on the following town:


*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-l#Linden Linden]
*McMurray, William Joseph. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/historytwentiet00nealgoog History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A]. ''Nashville, Tennessee: s.p., 1904.&nbsp; Free digital copy.


*'''1794-1851''' - Lucas, Silas Emmett. ''Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851''. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978. {{FSC|976.8 V2L|Book}}.
==== Newspapers ====
*'''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. {{FSC|789366|title-id|disp=FS Library 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. (Largely Methodist?)
*'''1800s-Current''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/50075/ Tennessee, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current] at Ancestry — index & images ($)


=== Obituaries ===
Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/tn-paper.htm TSLA]. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/mailill.htm#newspapers here]. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Perry County click on the following town:
{{TN Obituaries Intro|Perry}}


=== Other Records ===
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/newspapers/paper-l.htm#Linden Linden]
{{TN Other Records Intro|Perry}}


===== Prisons =====
==== Occupations  ====
*'''1831-1850''' [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/inmates-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1831-1850 Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850] at [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla Tennessee State Library and Archives]<br>
*'''1851-1870''' [http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/inmates-tennessee-state-penitentiary-1851-1870 Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870] at [https://sos.tn.gov/tsla Tennessee State Library and Archives]


=== Periodicals ===
*Miller, Alan N. ''Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902''. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1193752&disp=Middle+Tennessee%27s+forgotten+children%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2ma]. Purchase at [http://www.genealogical.com/products/Middle%20Tennessees%20Forgotten%20Children%20Apprentices%20from%201784%20to%201902/9838.html Genealogical.com]. [Includes Perry County.]
{{TN Periodicals Intro|Perry}}


*''Ansearchin' News'': Quarterly magazine of the [http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society]. For a keyword search, go to the [http://www.tngs.org/Ansearchn-News county index]. Read previous issues at [https://tngs.org/Ansearchn-News Ansearchin' News]. {{FSC|44514|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.8 B2a.}}
==== Periodicals  ====
*''Family Findings'': Quarterly of the [https://mwtgs.wordpress.com/ Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society]. For tables of contents and online access to issues, see [https://www.tngenweb.org/family-findings-newsletters.php TNGenWeb Project]. Also try this [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=site%3Awww.tngenweb.org+%22Family+Findings%22+%22Carroll+County%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= specialized Google search]. {{FSC|40026|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN 976.8 B2f}}.


::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-1-10/ Volumes 1-10 (1969-1978)]
Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers who are new to their area would not likely discover. This type of material may be found in local, regional, or statewide genealogical society journals. The following periodicals cover this county:  
::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-xi-xx/ Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)]
::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-xxi-xxiv/ Volumes 21-24 (1989-1992)]
::*[http://tngenweb.org/madison/family-findings-index-xxxii-xxxv/ Volumes 32-35 (2000-2003)]


*''Perry County Quarterly'': [http://www.perrycountylibrary.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=27 Perry County Historical Society]
:'''Ansearchin' News'''
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Perry County, Tennessee records 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]&nbsp;or conduct a [http://www.tngs.org/search.htm surname search]. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the ''Ansearchin' News'' quarterly [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=44514 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.]
:'''Family Findings'''
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Perry County, Tennessee records have been published in ''Family Findings'', the quarterly of the [http://www.jmcl.tn.org/Mid-West_Tn.htm Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society]&nbsp;(42+ vols.). The Family History Library has most issues of this quarterly [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=40026 FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f].
:Tables of contents for some volumes are available online, courtesy: [http://www.tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb&nbsp;Project]:
::*[http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/records/ff-tc1.htm Volumes 1-10 (1969-1978)]
::*[http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/records/ff-tc2.htm Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)]
::*[http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/records/ff-tc3.htm Volumes 21-24 (1989-1992)]
::*[http://www.tngenweb.org/madison/records/ff-tc4.htm Volumes 32-35 (2000-2003)]
:Many articles from this publication have been reproduced on the TNGenWeb Project website, try this [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us&q=site%3Awww.tngenweb.org+%22Family+Findings%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= specialized Google search].
:'''Perry County Quarterly'''
:See [http://www.perrycountylibrary.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=27 Perry County Historical Society website] for futher information.<br>Indexed in PERiodical Source Index [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|(PERSI)]] Volume 1 - 2007 (1995 - 2007)
:'''The River Counties'''
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Perry County, Tennessee records were published in ''The River Counties Quarterly,'' (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett. The Family History Library has a complete collection [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=40004 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2rc.]
:'''The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History'''
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Perry County, Tennessee have been published in ''The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History'', the quarterly of the [http://www.mtgs.org/ Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society]&nbsp;(23+ Vols.). To view a list of these articles, visit their online [http://www.mtgs.org/mtgsnewarts.htm Index to Articles (1988-2005)]. [http://www.mtgs.org/mtgsnewsurname.htm Surname indexes] are also&nbsp;available online for Vols. 2-22. The website also offers [http://www.mtgs.org/neworderfrm.htm back issues] for sale in paper and on CD. The Family History Library has a complete collection of this quarterly [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=749007 FHL US/CAN Book 976.85 D25m].


*''The River Counties Quarterly'': (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett. {{FSC|40004|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 B2rc.}}
==== Prisons  ====


*''The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History'': Quarterly magazine of the [http://www.mtgs.org/ Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society]. For surnames, use the [http://www.mtgs.org/journal/default.html volume-by-volume index], or do a keyword search of the [http://www.mtgs.org/journal/default.html Article Index]. {{FSC|749007|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 976.85 D25m}}.
Learn if your Perry County ancestors went to prison!


=== Probate Records ===
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate1.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850], free index available online, courtesy: [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ TSLA].
{{TN Probate Intro|Perry}}
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate4.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870], free index available online, courtesy: [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ TSLA].


The Perry County Court has responsibility for the probate records.
==== Probate  ====


''Online Records and Indexes''<br>
Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept.


*'''1779-2008''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9176 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] $
The&nbsp;Perry County Court has responsibility for the probate records.<br>
*'''1863-1959''' [https://www.southeasterngenealogy.com/content/tngenealogy.html Images of Wills 1863-1900; 1892-1959] at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
*'''1863-1959''' [https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/index?owc=M6Q3-438%3A179662801%3Fcc%3D1909088 Perry County] portion of {{RecordSearch|1909088|Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Probate Court Books - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.
*'''1877-1893''' [https://www.southeasterngenealogy.com/content/tngenealogy.html Images of Settlements, Guardians, Administrations 1877-1893] at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


=== School Records ===
==== Taxation  ====
{{TN Schools Intro|Perry}}


=== Social Security Records ===
The following Perry 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>


*'''1935-2014''' {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} at FamilySearch - [[United States Social Security Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index. ''Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/ Ancestry], [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/social-security-death-index findmypast], [https://www.fold3.com/title/830/ Fold3], [https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/ssdi/all GenealogyBank], [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10002/us-social-security-death-index-ssdi?s=270606331 MyHeritage], and [https://stevemorse.org/ssdi/ssdi.html Steve Morse].'' [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Click here for more information]].
*'''[1837]''' Tatum, Ausborn C. "Perry County, Tennessee 1837 Tax List," ''Ansearchin' News'', Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 1982):77-81; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Fall 1982):131-132. FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8 B2a v. 29-30 (1982-1983); free digital version at [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html society's website]. For further access, see [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Perry_County,_Tennessee#Periodicals Periodicals].  
*'''1936-2007''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007] at Ancestry ($) — index, [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Applications and Claims Index|click here for more information]].
*'''[1884-1885]''' Tax Receipts, 1884-85,&nbsp;''Perry County Quarterly'', Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1997).
*'''1936-2007''' {{RecordSearch|5000016|United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT) - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


=== Tax Records ===
==== Vital Records ====
{{TN Tax Intro|Perry}}


''Book Abstracts and Indexes''<br>
===== '''Marriage'''  =====


*'''1837''' - Tatum, Ausborn C. "Perry County, Tennessee 1837 Tax List," ''Ansearchin' News'', Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 1982):77-81; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Fall 1982):131-132. FS Library US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 29-30 (1982-1983); digital version at [https://tngs.org/Ansearchn-News Ansearchin' News]. For further access, see [[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy#Periodicals|Periodicals]].
The original Perry County marriage records are kept at the County Courthouse. Due to fire, marriage records in Perry County before 1865 were destroyed. The following publication, based on early newspapers, helps to alleviate this genealogical obstacle:
*'''1884-1885''' - Tax Receipts, 1884-85, ''Perry County Quarterly'', Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1997).


=== Vital Records ===
*Lucas, Silas Emmett. ''Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851''. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978. {{FHL| 976.8 V2L|book}}.
{{TN Vital Intro|Perry}}


==== Birth ====
The following Perry County marriage records are microfilmed:
{{TN Birth Intro|Perry}}


*'''1828-1939''' {{RecordSearch|1681012|Tennessee Births and Christenings 1828-1939}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]  
*'''[1865-1993]''' Available at the [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/preservation/countymicro/perr.pdf TSLA].
*'''1869-1909''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2282 Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909] at Ancestry ($)
*'''[1865-1966]''' Available at the Family History Library. Some volumes are indexed.{{FHL|977659|film}}
*'''1881-1882; 1908-1912''' [https://www.southeasterngenealogy.com/content/tngenealogy.html Images of Births and Deaths 1881-1882; 1908-1912] at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
*'''1908-1912''' {{RecordSearch|2515873|Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee, Birth Records, Enumerator Record Series - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]


==== Marriage ====
The following Perry County marriage records are abstracted and/or indexed:
{{TN Marriage Intro|Perry}}


'''''Online indexes and Records'''''<br>
*[http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#start RecordSearch] at FamilySearch now includes indexed Tennessee marriages.&nbsp; This is a free pilot site and still under construction.&nbsp; At this time, it is best to search from the&nbsp;home page, ''Discover Your Ancestors:'' indicate a surname, marriage "event", no date, and a county name (i.e. Dickson, Tennessee).&nbsp;&nbsp;Browse through the results for that surname. You&nbsp;may need to supply any variant spellings of the surname in separate searches.
*Many county marriage records&nbsp;are indexed with images&nbsp;at Ancestry's [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002]. ($)&nbsp; Be aware that this index is not complete for many counties.


*'''1625-1966''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=tennessee%2ctn Tennessee, United States Marriages] at [http://findmypast.com/ Findmypast] $
Perry County is ''not'' included in Sistler's ''Early Middle Tennessee Marriages''.  
*'''1780-2002''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1169 Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002] at [http://search.ancestry.com Ancestry]$
*'''1780-2002''' {{RecordSearch|1936414|Tennessee State Marriage Index 1780-2002}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee State Marriage Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1790-1962''' {{RecordSearch|1619127|Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950}} - at [https://www.FamilySearch.org/search FamilySearch] - [[Tennessee County Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
*'''1796-1950''' {{RecordSearch|1681022|Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950}} (Indexes only) at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1838-1888''' {{RecordSearch|2559093|Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Civil Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1851-1900''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4125 Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900] at Ancestry $
*'''1865-1919''' - Perry County Marriage Index 1865-1919 in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at [https://familysearch.org/search FamilySearch]<ref>Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at [[Media:Igitennesseel.pdf]].</ref>
*'''1980-2014''' [https://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php?go=TNmarriageRecords&title=Marriage%20Records%20Index%201980-2014 Marriage Records Index 1980-2014] at [https://register.shelby.tn.us/?page_id=2965 Shelby County Register of Deeds] - index


==== Death ====
===== '''Divorce'''  =====
{{TN Death Intro|Perry}}


*'''1874-1955''' {{RecordSearch|1681020|Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Perry County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, including some separate divorce cases, see:  
*'''1908-1933''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10076/tennessee-deaths-1908-1933?s=275764761 Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933] at MyHeritage ($) — index
*'''1908-1958''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2376 Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 ] at Ancestry $
*'''1908-1912''' [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/death-records-database-name/tennessee-death-records-1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912] at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Library & Archives] - index
*'''1914-1933''' [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/death-records-database-name/tennessee-death-records-1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933] at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Library & Archives] - index
*'''1914-1966''' {{RecordSearch|1417505|Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Death Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]
*'''1949-2014''' [https://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php?go=TNdeathRecords&title=Death%20Records%20Index%201949-2014 Death Records Index 1949-2014] at [https://register.shelby.tn.us/?page_id=2965 Shelby County Register of Deeds] - index


==== Divorce ====
*W.P.A. ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee''. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp.
{{TN Divorce Intro|Perry}}
''Online Records''
*'''1796-1850''' [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/database-tn-research/acts-tennessee-1796-1850 Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850] at [https://tslaindexes.tn.gov/ Tennessee State Library & Archives] - index
*'''1980-2014''' [https://register.shelby.tn.us/index.php?go=TNdivorceRecords&title=Divorce%20Records%20Index%201980-2014 Divorce Records Index 1980-2014] at [https://register.shelby.tn.us/?page_id=2965 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. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/110760-guide-to-public-vital-statistics-in-tennessee?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library].


== Research Facilities ==
===== '''Death'''  =====
{{TN Research Facilities Intro|Perry}}


=== Archives ===
For deaths of Methodists in Perry County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try:
{{TN Archives Intro|Perry}}


=== FamilySearch Centers ===
*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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=789366 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851] ff;&nbsp;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.]
{{FamilySearch Centers Intro}}


*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/tn/columbia/1608-hampshire-pike?qp=Perry+County%2C+Tennessee%2C+United+States&lat=35.660838&lng=-87.845293&r=25 Columbia Tennessee FamilySearch Center]
== Societies and Libraries  ==
*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/tn/burns/100-brown-dr?qp=Perry+County%2C+Tennessee%2C+United+States&lat=35.660838&lng=-87.845293&r=25 Dickson Tennessee FamilySearch Center]
*[https://www.brentwoodtn.gov/departments/library Brentwood Public Library] - an affiliate library.
*[https://chestercountylibrary.net/ Chester County Public Library] - an affiliate library.
*[https://www.lawcolibrary.org/ Lawrence County Public Library] - an affiliate library.
*[http://www.springhilllibrary.org/ Spring Hill Public Library] - an affiliate library.
*[https://sos.tn.gov/tsla Tennessee State Library and Archives] - an affiliate library.
*[https://www.wcpltn.org/ Williamson County Public Library] - an affiliate library.


=== Libraries ===
[http://www.perrycountylibrary.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=27 '''Perry County, Tennessee Historical Society'''<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1277510355732_829" />]<br>c/o Perry County Library<br>104 College St.<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>E-mail: perryhs3@gmail.com
{{TN Libraries Intro|Perry}}


'''Perry County Library'''<br>104 College Rd.<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>Phone: 931-589-5011<br>Fax: 931-589-6210<br>[http://www.perrycountylibrary.info/ Website]<br><br>
[http://www.mtgs.org/ '''Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society''']<br>PO Box 330948<br>Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507<br>The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Perry County is one. It publishes ''The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History'', a quarterly containing articles of genealogical and historical interest. Little-known Tennessee records are published and indexed, along with family genealogies, Bible records and material submitted by members. There is an&nbsp;alphabetical Index to articles in the Journal&nbsp;1988-summer 2005
'''West Tennessee Heritage Study Center'''<br>[http://www.utm.edu/library.php Paul Meek Library]<br>10 Wayne Fisher Dr.<br>Martin, TN 38238 <br>Phone: 731-881-7065 <br>[http://www.utm.edu/departments/special_collections/ Website]<br>
Holds a variety of genealogical resources including materials relating to the following counties in Tennessee: [[Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy|Benton]], [[Carroll County, Tennessee Genealogy|Carroll]], [[Chester County, Tennessee Genealogy|Chester]], [[Crockett County, Tennessee Genealogy|Crockett]], [[Decatur County, Tennessee Genealogy|Decatur]], [[Dyer County, Tennessee Genealogy|Dyer]], [[Fayette County, Tennessee Genealogy|Fayette]], [[Gibson County, Tennessee Genealogy|Gibson]], [[Hardin County, Tennessee Genealogy|Hardin]], [[Haywood County, Tennessee Genealogy|Haywood]], [[Henderson County, Tennessee Genealogy|Henderson]], [[Henry County, Tennessee Genealogy|Henry]], [[Houston County, Tennessee Genealogy|Houston]], [[Humphreys County, Tennessee Genealogy|Humphreys]], [[Lake County, Tennessee Genealogy|Lake]], [[Lauderdale County, Tennessee Genealogy|Lauderdale]], [[Madison County, Tennessee Genealogy|Madison]], [[McNairy County, Tennessee Genealogy|McNairy]], [[Obion County, Tennessee Genealogy|Obion]], [[Perry County, Tennessee Genealogy|Perry]], [[Shelby County, Tennessee Genealogy|Shelby]], [[Stewart County, Tennessee Genealogy|Stewart]], [[Tipton County, Tennessee Genealogy|Tipton]], [[Wayne County, Tennessee Genealogy|Wayne]], [[Weakley County, Tennessee Genealogy|Weakley]] and [[Carlisle County, Kentucky Genealogy|Carlisle (KY)]], [[Fulton County, Kentucky Genealogy|Fulton (KY)]], and [[Hickman County, Kentucky Genealogy|Hickman (KY)]] counties in Kentucky.<br>


=== Museums ===
[http://www.perrycountylibrary.info/ '''Perry County Library''']<br>104 College Rd.<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>Phone: 1-931-589-5011<br>Fax: 1-931-589-6210<br>Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.<br>Wed. 9 a.m.-noon
{{TN Museums Intro|Perry}}


== Societies ==
{| class="FCK__ShowTableBorders"
{{TN Societies Intro|Perry}}
|-
| valign="top" width="35%" | [http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/wthsc/ '''West Tennessee Heritage Study Center'''] <br>[http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/lib_information/index.php Paul Meek Library] <br>[http://www.utm.edu/ University of Tennessee at Martin] <br>Phone: 1-731-881-7060 <br>Hours vary by semester
| valign="top" | The Heritage Study Center holds a variety of genealogical resources including materials relating to the following counties in Tennessee: [[Benton County, Tennessee|Benton]], [[Carroll County, Tennessee|Carroll]], [[Chester County, Tennessee|Chester]], [[Crockett County, Tennessee|Crockett]], [[Decatur County, Tennessee|Decatur]], [[Dyer County, Tennessee|Dyer]], [[Fayette County, Tennessee|Fayette]], [[Gibson County, Tennessee|Gibson]], [[Hardin County, Tennessee|Hardin]], [[Haywood County, Tennessee|Haywood]], [[Henderson County, Tennessee|Henderson]], [[Henry County, Tennessee|Henry]], [[Houston County, Tennessee|Houston]], [[Humphreys County, Tennessee|Humphreys]], [[Lake County, Tennessee|Lake]], [[Lauderdale County, Tennessee|Lauderdale]], [[Madison County, Tennessee|Madison]], [[McNairy County, Tennessee|McNairy]], [[Obion County, Tennessee|Obion]], [[Perry_County,_Tennessee|Perry]], [[Shelby County, Tennessee|Shelby]], [[Stewart County, Tennessee|Stewart]], [[Tipton County, Tennessee|Tipton]], [[Wayne County, Tennessee|Wayne]], [[Weakley County, Tennessee|Weakley]] and [[Carlisle County, Kentucky|Carlisle]], [[Fulton County, Kentucky|Fulton]], and [[Hickman County, Kentucky|Hickman]] counties in Kentucky.
|}


'''Perry County, Tennessee Historical Society'''<br>c/o Perry County Library<br>104 College St.<br>Linden, TN 37096<br>Phone: 931-589-5011<br>Email: [mailto:PerryHS3@gmail.com PerryHS3@gmail.com ]<br>[https://perrycountylibrary.info/historical-society Website]<br>
== Web Sites  ==


== Websites ==
{{Wikipedia|Perry County, Tennessee}}  
{{TN Websites Intro|Perry}}


*[http://www.tngenweb.org/perry/ Perry County, TNGenWeb] (USGenWeb)
*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=195066&subject_disp=Tennessee%2C+Perry&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog] (FamilySearch)  
*[http://www.tnyesterday.com Yesterday's Tennessee]
*[http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties.perry/mb.ashx Perry County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board] (Ancestry)
*[http://ldsgenealogy.com/TN/Perry-County.htm Perry County TN Genealogy] (ldsgenealogy.com)
*[http://genforum.com/tn/perry/ Perry County, TN Genealogy Forum] (GenForum)  
*{{FSC Place IDNum|2172|Tennessee|Perry}} – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use [https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records] to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/perry/ Perry County, TNGenWeb] (USGenWeb)  
== Research Guides ==
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*[http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-tennessee-counties-perry-county Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Perry County] at TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
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United States  Gotoarrow.png  Tennessee  Gotoarrow.png  Perry County

Middle Tennessee county. Established 1818.

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Quick Dates[edit | edit source]

Perry County's civil records start the following years:[1]

Birth Marriage Death Census Land Probate
1908 1865  1908  1840  1844  1863 

County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

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Perry County Courthouse, Linden, Tenn. Courtesy: Collection: County Court Houses, Flickr by Jimmy Emerson. Used by permission.

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Perry County Courthouse
121 East Main St.
Linden, TN 37096
Phone: 1-931-589-2216

Perry County Clerk
Marriage records
Birth records 1908-1912 and 1925-1939
P.O. Box 58
Main St.
Linden, TN 37096
Phone: 1-931-589-2219

Perry County Register of Deeds
Land records
P.O. Box 625865
Highway 412 West
Linden, TN 37096
Phone: 1-931-589-2217

Hours:
Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sat. 8 a.m.-Noon
Closed Wednesday

History[edit | edit source]

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U.S. Naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry 1785-1819

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The county is named after U.S. Naval hero Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819).[2]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1818--Perry County was established 14 November 1818 from Hickman County.
County seat: Linden [3]

County Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Hear it spoken[4] 

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

"Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the My Tennessee Genealogy website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

1863, 1928--Fires damaged records

  • Lost census: 1890
  • Lost marriage records: 1819 to 1864
  • Lost probate records: 1819 to 1862

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

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Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

Beardstown Flat Woods New Era (hist.) Sugar Hill
Bethel Horner Mousetail (hist.) Toms Creek (hist.)
Blue Sky Howard Pine View
Chestnut Grove Linden Pope
DePriest Bend Lobelville Spring Creek

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Research Guides[edit | edit source]

African Americans[edit | edit source]

United States African Americans Gotoarrow.png Tennessee African Americans

Census takers found no free African Americans living in Perry County, Tennessee in 1820.[5]

Cemeteries[edit | edit source]

Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.


  • Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.
  • Perry Co. TN Cemetery Records, part of the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database, lists many cemeteries in the county, often with indexes and transcripts of the burials.

Census[edit | edit source]

1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Perry 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.

1820

  • Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. FHL 976.8 X22b 1820
  • Houston, Martha Lou. 1820 Census of Perry County, Tennessee. Washington, D.C.: s.p., 1900. Free digital book, courtesy: Internet Archive.
  • Presley, Mrs. Leister E. Census, Lawrence, Perry, Shelby Counties, Tennessee, 1820. Searcy, Arkansas: Presley, 198-?. FHL 976.8 X2p 1820

1840 Pensioners

1850

  • Glaser, Linda K.J. 1850 Census for Perry County, Tennessee, Taken by R. M. Thomas, 2 Sept. 1850 to 4 Oct. 1850. Lansdowne, Pennsylvania : L.J.K. Glaser, 1966. FHL 976.838 X2p 1850

1860

  • Malone, Royleta C. and Patricia A. Sherzinger. 1860 Perry County, Tennessee Census : Including Slave Schedule and Mortality Schedule, with Full Name Index. Salt Lake City, Utah : R. C. Malone, 1988. FHL 976.838 X2m 1860

1870

  • Bridges, Alec F. 1870 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee. Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1997. FHL 976.838 X29b 1870

1880

  • Sistler, Barbara and Byron Sistler. 1880 Census Perry County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: B. Sistler & Associates, 1999. FHL 976.838 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. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 8 1891. [Perry County is included in Vol. 8.]
  • Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890.

1900

1910

  • Bridges, Alec F. 1910 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee. Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1997 . FHL 976.838 X29b 1910

1920

  • Bridges, Alec F. 1920 Federal Census, Perry County, Tennessee. Gallatin, Tennessee: A.F. Bridges, 1996 . FHL 976.838 X29b 1920

Church[edit | edit source]

Court[edit | edit source]

DNA[edit | edit source]

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DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Perry County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.

Family Histories[edit | edit source]

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

  • Locate publications about direct ancestors
  • Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
  • Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Perry, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 39,000 entries.

Bibliography

  • [Denton] Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Some of the Descendants of Rev. Richard Denton. McMinnville, TN: Womack Print. Co., 1959. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D435; digital version at BYU Family History Archives; and Heritage Quest Online ($).
  • [Moffitt] Young, Laurie M. Family Notes on Keith, Lott, Sketoe, Donahoo and Arnold of Muhlenberg: Lear and Sheffield of Christian, Todd and Muhlenberg County, Kentucky; Smith and Beck, Spencer County, Indiana; Moffitt, Randolph County, North Carolina, Perry, Hickman and Humphries Co., Tn. Boise, Idaho: L.M. Young, 1990. FHL 929.273 K269y
  • [Norman] Hemphill, Patricia M. Normans of Tennessee and Missouri : their Descendants and Ancestors 1776-1995 : (including Blair, Coffey, Grammer and Leeper.) Decorah, Iowa :Anundsen, 1995. FHL 929.273 N781h
  • [Talley] Acker, W.L. The Talley Families of Tennessee and Texas: Descendants of the American Revolutionary Soldier, John Talley, Jr., of Perry County Tennessee. Mesquite, Texas: W.L. Acker, 1998. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T145aw.
  • [White] Sibley, Marilyn McAdams. Hester White McAdams (1818-1849) of Walker County, Texas: and Her Ancestors. Houston, Texas: M.M. Sibley, 1988. FHL 929.273 A1 no. 5508
  • [Whitfield] Whitfield, Vallie Jo Fox. Whitfield History and Genealogy of Tennessee. [Walnut Creek, CA: Unknown,, 1964. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 879642 Item 1; digital version available at Heritage Quest Online ($).

Land[edit | edit source]

Law and Legislation[edit | edit source]

  • 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.] TSLA has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource Click here. The searchable index is available at TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Maps[edit | edit source]

Military[edit | edit source]

Revolutionary War

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

Additional resources include:

War of 1812

  • Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. [Includes Perry County pensioners (p. 50).]
  • Perry County, Tennessee War of 1812 Includes War of 1812 Perry County soldier project and select pension applications. Courtesy: TNGenWeb

Mexican War

Civil War

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Perry County click on the following town:

Occupations[edit | edit source]

  • Miller, Alan N. Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Perry County.]

Periodicals[edit | edit source]

Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers who are new to their area would not likely discover. This type of material may be found in local, regional, or statewide genealogical society journals. The following periodicals cover this county:

Ansearchin' News
Genealogical articles with abstracts of Perry County, Tennessee records have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.
Family Findings
Genealogical articles with abstracts of Perry County, Tennessee records have been published in Family Findings, the quarterly of the Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society (42+ vols.). The Family History Library has most issues of this quarterly FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f.
Tables of contents for some volumes are available online, courtesy: TNGenWeb Project:
Many articles from this publication have been reproduced on the TNGenWeb Project website, try this specialized Google search.
Perry County Quarterly
See Perry County Historical Society website for futher information.
Indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI) Volume 1 - 2007 (1995 - 2007)
The River Counties
Genealogical articles with abstracts of Perry County, Tennessee records were published in The River Counties Quarterly, (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett. The Family History Library has a complete collection FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2rc.
The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History
Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Perry County, Tennessee have been published in The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, the quarterly of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society (23+ Vols.). To view a list of these articles, visit their online Index to Articles (1988-2005). Surname indexes are also available online for Vols. 2-22. The website also offers back issues for sale in paper and on CD. The Family History Library has a complete collection of this quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.85 D25m.

Prisons[edit | edit source]

Learn if your Perry County ancestors went to prison!

Probate[edit | edit source]

Probate records are court records created after an individual’s death that relate to a court’s decisions regarding the distribution of the estate to the heirs or creditors and the care of any dependents. You may find the names of married daughters or other relatives and their residences; or information about the adoption or guardianship of minor children and dependents. Probate records do not always give an exact date of death, but the death usually occurred within four months of probate. These documents are important to family history researchers because they usually exist for time periods before civil birth and death records were kept.

The Perry County Court has responsibility for the probate records.

Taxation[edit | edit source]

The following Perry County tax records have been abstracted:[6]

  • [1837] Tatum, Ausborn C. "Perry County, Tennessee 1837 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 1982):77-81; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Fall 1982):131-132. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 29-30 (1982-1983); free digital version at society's website. For further access, see Periodicals.
  • [1884-1885] Tax Receipts, 1884-85, Perry County Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep. 1997).

Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Marriage[edit | edit source]

The original Perry County marriage records are kept at the County Courthouse. Due to fire, marriage records in Perry County before 1865 were destroyed. 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. FHL 976.8 V2L.

The following Perry County marriage records are microfilmed:

  • [1865-1993] Available at the TSLA.
  • [1865-1966] Available at the Family History Library. Some volumes are indexed.FHL 977659

The following Perry County marriage records are abstracted and/or indexed:

  • RecordSearch at FamilySearch now includes indexed Tennessee marriages.  This is a free pilot site and still under construction.  At this time, it is best to search from the home page, Discover Your Ancestors: indicate a surname, marriage "event", no date, and a county name (i.e. Dickson, Tennessee).  Browse through the results for that surname. You may need to supply any variant spellings of the surname in separate searches.
  • Many county marriage records are indexed with images at Ancestry's Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. ($)  Be aware that this index is not complete for many counties.

Perry County is not included in Sistler's Early Middle Tennessee Marriages.

Divorce[edit | edit source]

In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Perry County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, including some separate divorce cases, see:

  • W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 A3gp.
Death[edit | edit source]

For deaths of Methodists in Perry County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try:

Societies and Libraries[edit | edit source]

Perry County, Tennessee Historical Society
c/o Perry County Library
104 College St.
Linden, TN 37096
E-mail: perryhs3@gmail.com

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507
The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Perry County is one. It publishes The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, a quarterly containing articles of genealogical and historical interest. Little-known Tennessee records are published and indexed, along with family genealogies, Bible records and material submitted by members. There is an alphabetical Index to articles in the Journal 1988-summer 2005

Perry County Library
104 College Rd.
Linden, TN 37096
Phone: 1-931-589-5011
Fax: 1-931-589-6210
Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., and Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wed. 9 a.m.-noon

West Tennessee Heritage Study Center
Paul Meek Library
University of Tennessee at Martin
Phone: 1-731-881-7060
Hours vary by semester 		The Heritage Study Center holds a variety of genealogical resources including materials relating to the following counties in Tennessee: Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette, Gibson, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion, Perry, Shelby, Stewart, Tipton, Wayne, Weakley and Carlisle, Fulton, and Hickman counties in Kentucky.

Web Sites[edit | edit source]

 Wikipedia has more about this subject: Perry County, Tennessee

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey (W.P.A.), 1941; "Earliest County Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives.
  2. ↑ "List of Counties in Tennessee," Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002), 642.
  4. ↑ Voice of Gene Black, FamilySearch employee, former resident of Bristol, Tenn. (2010).
  5. ↑ *Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website.
  6. ↑ The Heritage Quest Online version of PERSI aided in the compilation of this list.
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