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*'''1795–1927''' {{RecordSearch|1909193|Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795–1927}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Probate Court Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Not all counties. Organized by county as browse-able images. Many volumes include indexes.-Free
*'''1795–1927''' {{RecordSearch|1909193|Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795–1927}} at FamilySearch - [[Tennessee Probate Court Files - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Not all counties. Organized by county as browse-able images. Many volumes include indexes.-Free


{{Tip|It is best to start with an index, such as: Byron Sistler, ''Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779–1861'' (Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1990). {{FHL|615022|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 P22s; Fiche 6101646}}; also [http://www.digginbones.com/tennesseewills.php Free Lookups Available!]}}  
{{Tip|It is best to start with an index, such as: Byron Sistler, ''Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779–1861'' (Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1990). {{FHL|615022|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.8 P22s; Fiche 6101646}}; also [http://www.digginbones.com/tennesseewills.php Free Lookups Available!]}}  


==Record Synopsis==
==Record Synopsis==
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==Statewide Record Collections==
==Statewide Record Collections==


*Meier, Oveda. ''Tennessee Ancestors: The Brave and the Dead, Probate and Death Records of Early Middle Tennessee, 1780–1805''. Salt Lake City, Utah: O. Meier, 1990. {{FHL|594741|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 P2m; Film 1697372}}. This source contains abstracts of probate, Bible, and court records, county histories, and military death records for Davidson and Sumner counties. It includes a surname index.<br><br>
*Meier, Oveda. ''Tennessee Ancestors: The Brave and the Dead, Probate and Death Records of Early Middle Tennessee, 1780–1805''. Salt Lake City, Utah: O. Meier, 1990. {{FHL|594741|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.8 P2m; Film 1697372}}. This source contains abstracts of probate, Bible, and court records, county histories, and military death records for Davidson and Sumner counties. It includes a surname index.<br><br>
*Sistler, Byron. ''Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779–1861''. Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1990. (Family History Library book {{FHL|615022|item|disp=FHL Book 976.P22s}}<nowiki>; Fiche 6101646}} (5 fiche). Records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the deceased. They show the year and county of the probate and the location of the record. A key to symbols for the counties and locations appears at the front of the book. </nowiki>[http://www.digginbones.com/tennesseewills.php Free Lookups Available!]<br><br>
*Sistler, Byron. ''Index to Tennessee Wills and Administrations, 1779–1861''. Nashville, Tennessee: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1990. (Family History Library book {{FHL|615022|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.P22s}}<nowiki>; Fiche 6101646}} (5 fiche). Records are arranged alphabetically by the name of the deceased. They show the year and county of the probate and the location of the record. A key to symbols for the counties and locations appears at the front of the book. </nowiki>[http://www.digginbones.com/tennesseewills.php Free Lookups Available!]<br><br>


*Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. ''Tennessee Genealogical Records''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, [197-?]-1982. {{FHL|166748|item|disp=FHL Film 1206429 Item 4, vol. 1-9; Film 547553 Item 3, vol. 10}}. Includes index.<br><br>
*Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. ''Tennessee Genealogical Records''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, [197-?]-1982. {{FHL|166748|item|disp=FS Library Film 1206429 Item 4, vol. 1-9; Film 547553 Item 3, vol. 10}}. Includes index.<br><br>


*Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Tennessee ''Genealogical Records, vols. 3, 5, 6''.&nbsp;Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. {{FHL|158807|item|disp=FHL Film 599551 Items 2-4}}.<br><br>
*Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Tennessee ''Genealogical Records, vols. 3, 5, 6''.&nbsp;Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1969. {{FHL|158807|item|disp=FS Library Film 599551 Items 2-4}}.<br><br>


*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1237 "Tennessee Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965"]&nbsp;($) database, [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]&nbsp;($) has divorce, court and probate records from only the counties of Anderson, Carroll, Cheatham, Dickson, Franklin, Haywood, Henderson, Obion, Tipton, and Willilamson. The record types and years covered varies with each county.The record types and years covered varies with each county.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1237 "Tennessee Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965"]&nbsp;($) database, [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry]&nbsp;($) has divorce, court and probate records from only the counties of Anderson, Carroll, Cheatham, Dickson, Franklin, Haywood, Henderson, Obion, Tipton, and Willilamson. The record types and years covered varies with each county.The record types and years covered varies with each county.