Carroll County, Tennessee Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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==== Research Guides  ====
==== Research Guides  ====


*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factcarroll.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Carroll County], courtesy: [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ TSLA]. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
*[http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factcarroll.htm Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Carroll County] at [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ TSLA]. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)


==== African American  ====
==== African American  ====
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'''1840'''  
'''1840'''  


*Gregory, Jannine and Guy Perry. "The 1840 Census of Carroll County TN," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carroll/census/1840/1840.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*Gregory, Jannine and Guy Perry. "The 1840 Census of Carroll County TN," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carroll/census/1840/1840.txt online] through USGenWeb Archives.


'''1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners'''  
'''1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners'''  
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'''1850'''  
'''1850'''  


*S-K Publications. "Carroll County, TN - 1850 Census Index," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carroll/census/1850/carrol50.txt online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*S-K Publications. "Carroll County, TN - 1850 Census Index," available [http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/carroll/census/1850/carrol50.txt online] through USGenWeb Archives.


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'''1860'''<br>  
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'''1880'''<br>  
'''1880'''<br>  


*Merritt, Karen. "1880 Carroll Co. TN&nbsp;Census," [10 Districts] available [http://www.usgwarchives.org/tn/carroll/census.html online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.  
*Merritt, Karen. "1880 Carroll Co. TN&nbsp;Census," [10 Districts] available [http://www.usgwarchives.org/tn/carroll/census.html online] through USGenWeb Archives.  
*Sistler, Byron and Barbara. ''1880 Census, Carroll, Tennessee.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1991. {{FHL|618829|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.825 X2}}.
*Sistler, Byron and Barbara. ''1880 Census, Carroll, Tennessee.'' Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1991. {{FHL|618829|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.825 X2}}.


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*''Carroll County, Tennessee Census, 1900 - 1920'' Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002 {{FHL|1044126|title-id|disp=FHL Vault US/CAN Film 2139478 item 1}} (Microproduction of originals housed at the Gordon Browning Museum and Genealogical Society in McKenzie, Tennessee)  
*''Carroll County, Tennessee Census, 1900 - 1920'' Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002 {{FHL|1044126|title-id|disp=FHL Vault US/CAN Film 2139478 item 1}} (Microproduction of originals housed at the Gordon Browning Museum and Genealogical Society in McKenzie, Tennessee)  
*Ing, Lisa. "1900 Carroll County TN&nbsp;Census," [22 Districts] available [http://www.usgwarchives.org/tn/carroll/census.html online], courtesy: USGenWeb Archives.
*Ing, Lisa. "1900 Carroll County TN&nbsp;Census," [22 Districts] available [http://www.usgwarchives.org/tn/carroll/census.html online] through USGenWeb Archives.


'''1910'''  
'''1910'''  
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*In 1936, a helpful guide to early Carroll County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. <ref name="tenn church">WPA. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-church-vital-statistics-in-tennessee/oclc/1829968&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee.]'' Nashville: Tennessee State Planning Commission, 1942. {{FHL|976.8 K23w|book}}</ref>Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factcounty.htm#B "county fact sheet"] on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for&nbsp;Carroll County are listed.
*In 1936, a helpful guide to early Carroll County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. <ref name="tenn church">WPA. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-church-vital-statistics-in-tennessee/oclc/1829968&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;referer=brief_results Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee.]'' Nashville: Tennessee State Planning Commission, 1942. {{FHL|976.8 K23w|book}}</ref>Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factcounty.htm#B "county fact sheet"] on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for&nbsp;Carroll County are listed.


'''Baptist'''  
'''Baptist'''  
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{{DNA}} DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Carroll County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.  
{{DNA}} DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Carroll County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.  


*'''[Doss]''' Multiple descendants of Rev. John Wesley Doss, b. abt 1809 Virginia, resident of Decatur and Carroll counties, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 40282, 88650). Genetic signature available [http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/doss/results online] (labeled Jw-1 and Jw-2), genealogical description available [http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/doss/pats online], courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, [http://www.worldfamilies.net/ World Families]. Matches have been found.
*'''[Doss]''' Multiple descendants of Rev. John Wesley Doss, b. abt 1809 Virginia, resident of Decatur and Carroll counties, Tennessee. Y-DNA 37 and 67 Marker Tests, FTDNA (Kits 40282, 88650). Genetic signature available [http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/doss/results online] (labeled Jw-1 and Jw-2), genealogical description available [http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/doss/pats online] through The Doss DNA Project, [http://www.worldfamilies.net/ World Families]. Matches have been found.


==== Family Histories  ====
==== Family Histories  ====
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*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&amp;amp;amp;amp;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, Carroll County on page 158.]  
*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&amp;amp;amp;amp;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, Carroll County on page 158.]  
*''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] ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War], courtesy: [http://tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.]
*''Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions''. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include&nbsp;"an Added Index to States." Digital version at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48141 Ancestry] ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at [http://tngenweb.org/revwar/ Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War] ([http://tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb]). [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.]


'''War of 1812'''  
'''War of 1812'''  
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:'''Family Findings'''  
:'''Family Findings'''  
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carroll 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 {{FHL|40026|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f}}.  
:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carroll 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 {{FHL|40026|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f}}.  
:Tables of contents for some volumes are available online, courtesy: [http://www.tngenweb.org/ TNGenWeb&nbsp;Project]:  
:Tables of contents for some volumes are available online through the [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-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-tc2.htm Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)]  
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Learn if your Carroll County ancestors went to prison!  
Learn if your Carroll County ancestors went to prison!  


*[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].  
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate1.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850], free index available online through [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ TSLA].  
*[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].
*[http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/state/inmate4.htm Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870], free index available online through [http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/ TSLA].


==== Probate  ====
==== Probate  ====
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