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East Tennessee county. Established 1792.

The county is named for General Henry Knox (1750-1806), Revolutionary War hero, and the nation's first Secretary of War.^[3]

Parent County

1792--Knox County was created 11 June 1792 from Greene and Hawkins Counties.
County seat: Knoxville^[4]

County Pronunciation

1. Hear it spoken^[5] (female)
2. Hear it spoken^[6] (male)

Boundary Changes

"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

• Lost censuses: 1800, 1810, 1820, 1890
• County records are complete^[7]

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Asbury	Crenshaw	Heiskell	McMillan
Ball Camp	Dante	Inskip	Neubert
Beverly	Ebenezer	John Sevier	Powell
Boyd	Farragut	Karns	Rocky Hill
Byington	Fountain	Kimberlin Heights	Thorn Grove
Cedar Bluff	Fountain City	Knoxville	Trentville
Concord	Graveston	Lyons View	Tuckahoe
Corryton	Gulf Park	Maloneyville	Vestal
Coster Yards	Halls Crossroads	Mascot	West Knoxville

Neighboring Counties

Anderson Blount

Grainger Jefferson

Loudon Roane

Sevier Union

Resources

Getting Started

Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Knox County cemetery, court, estate, land, marriage, and tax records. To determine which books are being searched, or to search each publication's index individually, click here. You are now equipped with a checklist of books to pull off the shelves at a genealogy library, or a wish list for your personal book collection.

Research Guides

• Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Knox County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
• Lawson McGhee Library. Calvin Morgan McClung Historical Collection of Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Pictures and Maps Relating to Warly Western Rravel and the History and Genealogy of Tennessee and other Southern States. Knoxville, Tennessee: Knoxville Lithographing Co., 1921. Free digital copy.

African American

United States African Americans Tennessee African Americans

Cemeteries

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

Robert McGinnis is recognized as the Knox County Cemetery Historian by several local organizations, such as Knox Heritage. He has published multiple volumes of cemetery transcriptions for Knox County, encompassing more than 500,000 burials. He has done extensive research and included such things as wills and obituaries in the books. In addition, he perused Knox County death certificates on microfilm to identify unmarked burials. Copies of each volume are available from Mr. McGinnis.

The Tennessee Cemeteries page provides explanations of the following online resources:

Bibliographies	Online Gravestone Transcriptions	Cemetery Gazetteers
FHLC	Find A Grave | national search | county list	ePodunk
WorldCat	TNGenWeb Cemetery Database
	USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
	Interment

Published Knox County cemetery records:

Individual cemeteries (web resources):

• Edgewood Cemetery, Knoxville BillionGraves

Census

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

1800 - Lost

1810 - Lost, but a substitute is available:

• Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. FHL Collection 976.8 X2s 1810

1820 - Lost^[8]

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: FHL Collection 1024517-1024518

The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by Lineages, which cites the original document numbers, will help researchers determine if this resource can be of assistance: 

• National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. FHL Collection 973 X2m 1820; indexed at Lineages. [Covers this county.]

These records have also been abstracted:

• 1820 Census of Manufactures: Knox County, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 9, No. 1 ():50. For availability, see Periodicals.

1830

• Sistler, Byron H. 1830 Census, East Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969. FHL Collection 976.8 X2p 1830

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

• 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 Collection Book 973 X2pc 1840; Film 2321]. 1841 edition digitized by Google Books. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Knox County on page 153.]

1850

• United States Census 1850 for Knox County, Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1949. FHL Collection 976.885 X2p 1850

1880

• Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census Knox County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, 1996. FHL Collection 976.885 X2s 1880 [Another copy is available in the Census Area.]

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 Collection 976.8 X2r v. 1 1891 [Knox County is included in Vol. 1.]
• Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FHL Collection 976.8 X2s 1890

Church

Presbyterian

• The Centennial Anniversary of the First Presbyterian Church of Knoxville, Tennessee, and the Semi-Centennial Anniversary of the Ministry of Rev. James Park, D.D., Knoxville, Tenn., October 11, 1896. Knoxville, Tenn.: Bean, Warters & Gaut, Printers and Binders, 1897. Digital version at Google Books.

Roman Catholic

Diocese of Knoxville
805 Northshore Drive Southwest
Knoxville, TN 37919
Telephone: 865-584-3307
Fax: 865-584-7538
Internet: http://www.dioceseofknoxville.org/

Court

Directories

• Knoxville City Directories, 1859-present - the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection has a complete set of Knoxville City Directories. Watch this video on their collection
• Knoxville City Directory, 1926: Containing an Alphabetical List of Business Firms, Corporations Followed by Their Officers, Copartnerships Giving Names of Partners, and Private Citizens with Their Occupation, Business Connections and Home Address, a Directory of All Churches, Public and Private Schools, Benevolent, Literary, Religious and Other Societies, Banks and Trust Companies, Officers of the County and City Governments, a Street and Avenue Guide, Numerical Telephone Directory, a Buyers' Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory. Knoxville, Tenn.: City Directory Co. of Knoxville, c1926. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Education

• Knox County Schools - a flickr album of past and current Knox County schools by Cyndy Cox

Genealogy

More than 50 genealogies have been published about Knox County, Tennessee families. To view a list, visit Knox County, Tennessee Genealogy.

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.^[9]

Immigration

Early migration routes to Knox County for European settlers included:

• Great Valley Road
• Great Indian Warpath
• Catawba Trail
• Unicoi Trail
• Avery's Trace

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 33 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Knoxville and Knox County.^[10]

Additional resources:

• Babelay, David, Charles F. Bryan Jr., Leo Schelbert, and J. Michael Clark. They Trusted and were Delivered: The French-Swiss of Knoxville, Tennessee. 2 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: Vaud-Tennessee, 1988. FHL US/CAN Book 976.885 F2b.

Land

Deeds

The original Knox County Deed Books are held at the County Courthouse. In 1966, TSLA microfilmed these records for the years 1791 to 1966, resulting in 1564 microfilms. FHL Collection

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Knox County land entries issued by North Carolina are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. On their website, users can bring up a list of land entries issued in Knox County, both before and after it became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1779-1803.

Instructions:

1. Follow this link to conduct a "Call Number Search" using the MARS Catalog on their site.
2. Using the pull down window, change "Call Numbers starting" to "A MarsID matching."
3. Type 12.14.11 (Windows Vista users may need to include a period after the last digit, for example 12.14.11.) and click Search. This is the specific MarsID for Knox County.
4. Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Knox County."
5. In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Knox County land entries will be produced. Browse to find abstracts of the original records.^[11]

N.B. You can also search by name through the Basic Search, but it lacks soundex capabilities.

Law and Legislation

• 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.] The 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 the TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Local Histories

• Rule, William, George Frederick Mellen and John Wooldridge. Standard History of Knoxville, Tennessee: With Full Outline of the Natural Advantages, Early Settlement, Territorial Government, Indian Troubles, and General and Particular History of the City Down to the Present Time. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1900. Digital versions at Ancestry ($) and Google Books.
• Turner, Francis Marion. Life of General John Sevier New York: The Neale Publishing Co., 1910. Free digital copy.
• Wright, Marcus Joseph. Some Account of the Life and Services of William Blount.... Washington,D.C.: E.J.Gray, 1884. Free digital copy.

Maps

• [1792] Reeves, Charles A. Knox & Jefferson Counties [Tennessee] - Created June 11, 1792 from Greene & Hawkins Counties. Published 2000. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1871] Ruger, A. Bird's Eye View of the City of Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Originally published 1871. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1886] Wellege, Henry. Knoxville, County Seat of Knox County, Tennessee. Originally published 1886. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1890] Sanborn Map. Map of Knoxville, 1890. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1895] 1895 Knox County, Tennessee Property Owners Map. Includes: property owners, churches, schools, roads, communities, cities, towns, and an index. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1895] Ogden Brothers Map. Map of Knoxville, 1895. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1917] Sanborn Map. Map of Knoxville, 1917. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1939] Viking Press for the WPA. A Map of Knoxville. Originally published 1939. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• [1948] Knoxville, Tennessee. Originally published 1948. Includes streets and a few landmarks. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.

Military

Indian Wars

• Persons Killed, Wounded & Taken Prisoner, 1791, Montgomery County Genealogical Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Mar. 1980).

Revolutionary War

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

1. 1835 Pension Roll
2. 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions

Additional resources include:

• 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 Collection Book 973 X2pc 1840; Film 2321]. 1841 edition digitized by Google Books. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Knox County on page 153.]
• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, courtesy: TNGenWeb. [Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.]

War of 1812

• Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1960):90-93. FHL Collection 976.8 B2a v. 7 (1960); digital version at journal website. [Includes Knox County pensioners (pp. 91-92).]

Civil War

• Civl War Research Database $
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Civil War service men from Knox County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Knox County.

Confederate Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's) - CSA - Company E. 
• 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ashby's) -  CSA - Company B, D and I.
• 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company A.
• 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Lillard's) - CSA - Company A.
• 4th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Branner's) - CSA - Company C and E.
• 5th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (McClellan's) - CSA - Company C.
• 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Smith's) - CSA
• 12th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Day's) - CSA - Company E.
• 19th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company E.
• 26th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (3rd East Tennessee Volunteers) - CSA - Company F.
• 28th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Hay's) - CSA
• 34th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (4th Confederate Infantry) - CSA - Company C.
• 36th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA
• 59th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Cooke's) (Eakin's 1st Battalion) - CSA - Company D.
• 63rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Fain's) (74th Infantry) - CSA - Company D.

Union Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies A and C.
• 1st Battalion, Tennessee Light Artillery - organized at Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville.
• 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Company A.
• 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - Companies D, F, H and I.
• 6th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - Companies A and B.
• 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies F and G.
• 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies B, K, L and M.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Knox County:

• Carter, William Randolph. History of the First regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Great war of the Rebellion, with the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson. Knoxville, Tennessee: Gaut-Ogden Co. Printers, 1902. Free digital copy.  Union.
• Worsham, William J. Old Nineteenth Tennessee regiment, C.S.A. June, 1861-April, l865. Knoxville, Tennessee: Press of Paragon Printing Co., 1902.  Free digital copy.
• Knox County in the Civil War, (accessed 31 Jan 2012).  The purpose of this page is to provide links to text, maps, photos, and other helpful resources for those interested in the impact of the Civil War on Knox County, Tennessee.
• Memorial to the Sultana Incident, (accessed 31 Jan 2012).  This photos are from the Mount Olive Cemetery in Knox County, TN.
• CWSAC, Battle Summaries, Campbell's Station and Fort Sanders, (accessed 31 Jan 2012).  Located in Knox County.
• Knoxville Civil War Roundtable, (accessed 31 Jan 2012). 
• American Memory, Selected Photographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865, (accessed 31 Jan 2012).
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Knox County, (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
• United States Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ... (Washington Printing Office; 1883), (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Online at Internet Archive. Knox County, page 353-356.
  

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battles were fought in Knox County.

• November 16, 1863 = Campbell's Station[12]
• November 29, 1863 = Fort Sanders, also known as Fort Loudon[13]

Map showing Civil War battles in Tennessee.

Newspapers

  The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Knoxville newspapers. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

1. 1791-1792 Knoxville Gazette
2. 1793 Knoxville Gazette
3. 1794 Knoxville Gazette

Other online papers

• Knxoville Daily Chronicle, 1870-1873 -- available at ChroniclingAmerica.gov
• Knoxville Daily Chronicle, 1885-1886 -- available at Google News Archive
  

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 Knox County click on the following cities:

• Fountain City
• Knoxville

Published Knox County newspaper abstracts:

• McGinnis, Robert A. Tidbits of the Past: Death Notices, Obituaries & Interesting Articles Taken from Knoxville Newspapers 1868-1885. n.p.: R.A. McGinnis, 2004. [Family History Library | WorldCat].
• McGinnis, Robert A. Tidbits of the Past: Death Notices, Obituaries & Interesting Articles Taken from Knoxville Newspapers 1886-1891.
  
• McGinnis, Robert A. Tidbits of the Past: Death Notices, Obituaries & Interesting Articles Taken from Knoxville Newspapers 1892-1895.
  

To order a copy of any volume, send a check for $35 (includes shipping) to Robert McGinnis, 1425 Glenoaks Dr, Knoxville, TN 37918.

Occupations

• Miller, Alan N. East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. FHL Collection 976.8 U2m; digital version at World Vital Records ($). Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Knox County.]

Periodicals

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 Knox 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 Book 976.8 B2a.

East Tennessee Roots

Several genealogical articles with abstracts of Knox County, Tennessee records have been published in East Tennessee Roots (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available online. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available online. The Family History Library has collected most issues of East Tennessee Roots FHL Book 976.8 D25e.

The Pellissippian

Several genealogical articles with abstracts of Knox County, Tennessee records were published in the The Pellissippian (25 vols., 1980-2004), the quarterly of the Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society. The society has posted tables of contents for all 25 volumes on their website. They also have back issues available for purchase. The Family History Library has acquired the first 20 volumes FHL Book 976.8 D25p.

Prisons

Learn if your Knox County, Tennessee ancestors went to prison!

• Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850, free index available online through TSLA.
• Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870, free index available online through TSLA.

Probate

The Family History Library has not acquired microfilm copies of most original Knox County Will Books. When researching in that facility, it is necessary to rely upon published abstracts of the records.

FamilySearch has placed scans of the following records online in the Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 collection. These are browse-only collections. Handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes:

• Wills, 1792-1803 ("Vol. O")
• Bonds, 1859-1874, 1895-1905 (3 vols.)
• Bonds, letters, 1874-1898 (3 vols.)
• Estate records, 1792-1844, 1858-1863 (7 vols.)
• Insolvent estate records, 1859-1915
• Settlements, 1792-1896 (28 vols.)

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Knox County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

1. Wills, Guardianships, Accounts, Settlements Book 0: 1792-1821
2. Wills, Guardianships, Accounts, Settlements Book 1: 1792-1811
3. Wills, Guardianships, Accounts, Settlements Book 2: 1812-1817
4. Wills, Guardianships, Accounts, Settlements Book 3: 1818-1824

Knox County's Will Books have been abstracted and/or indexed multiple times:

• [1792-1831] Bell, Annie W.B. Knox County, Tennessee, Wills, 1792-1831: Estate and Guardian Book, "O" Will's, 1792-1803; Guardians, 1792-1821. Original at Court House, Knoxville, Tennessee. 1934. FHL Collection 976.885 P2b
• [1792-1803] Historical Records Project (W.P.A.). Will Books, 1792-1803, Knox County, Tennessee. Typescript, TSLA. Microfilmed in 1941. FHL Collection 24719 Item 3
• [1792-1861] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. FHL Collection 976.8 P22s [Includes an index to this county's probate records.] Free Lookups Available!
• [1792-1824] Knox County, Tennessee Estate Book [1792-1824]. 2 vols. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 199-?. FHL Collection 976.885 P28k
• [1792-1824] Strictly By Name (see above).

Taxation

The original Knox County Highway Tax Book, dated 1888, is kept at the County Courthouse. In 1978, GSU microfilmed this book: FHL Collection 1020331 Item 4

The following Knox County tax records have been abstracted:^[14]

• [1796] West, Betsy F. "Delinquent Tax List, Knox County, Tennessee - 1796," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 24, No. 3 (Fall 1977):138. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
• [1796, 1799, 1815] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FHL Collection 976.8 R4s [Includes 1796, 1799, 1815 [Knoxville only] tax lists.]
• [1796, 1806, 1815] Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee Tax Lists. Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing Company, 1964. FHL Collection 976.8 R4c [Includes 1796 list of persons not paying tax, 1815 petitions, and 1806 tax list.]
• [1796] "Delinquent Tax List, 1796," East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Summer 2005).
• [1801] "Delinquent Taxes, 1801," Jefferson County Genealogical Society Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Fall 1993).
• [1804] Curtis, Mary Bennett. Knox County, Tennessee 1804 Tax List. n.p.: Arrow/Curtis Gen(e)alogical Publishing Co., 1977. FHL Collection 976.885 R4k
• [1806] Knox County, Tenn. 1806 Tax List. 197-?. FHL Collection 976.885 R4ka
• [1806] Creekmore, Pollyanna. Early East Tennessee Taxpayers. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980. FHL Collection 976.8 R4cp and Silas Emmett Lucas's Revised Index: FHL Collection 976.8 R4cp index [Includes 1806 tax list.]
• [1806] Knox County 1806 Tax List, East Tennessee Roots, Vol. 3, No. 3; Vol. 3, No. 4; Vol. 4, No. 3. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
• [1812] "Tax List, 1812," Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Apr. 1986); Vol. 2, No. 2 (Aug. 1986); Vol. 2, No. 3 (Dec. 1986).
• [1814] "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3(Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. [Includes Knox County.]
• [1817] "U.S. Holds 1817 Public Sale of Federal Tax-Delinquent Properties in Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 2 (Summer 1996):63-68. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals. [Includes Knox County.]
• [-1830] "Tax Lists, Pre-1830," Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Aug. 1992).
• [1836] Douthat, James L. Knox County, Tennessee, 1836 Civil Districts and Tax Lists. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1993. FHL Collection 976.885 P22d; online: free surname index and purchase details.
• [1844-1845] Historical Records Project. Property Tax List, 1844-1845, Knox County, Tennessee. Typescript, Tennessee State Library, Nashville, Tenn. FHL Collection 24736 Item 3

Vital Records

Marriage

The original Knox County marriage records are kept at TSLA. They have been microfilmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah:

1. Index to Marriages Vols. 1 to 4 (1838-1922). FHL Collection 1020950
2. Marriage Records Vols. 1 to 8 (1793-1894). FHL Collection 1020951-1020952
3. Licenses, Bonds 1792-1915. FHL Collection 1025064-1025100, 1020953-1020968].

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Knox County marriage records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

1. Marriages 1793-1819

Knox County's marriage records have been abstracted several times. Each editor was selective in the amount of detail he or she abstracted.

• [1792-1864] Historical Records Project (W.P.A.). Marriage Records, 1792-1864, Knox County, Tennessee. Typescript, TSLA. Microfilmed in 1940. FHL Collection Films 24721 Items 2-4, 24718 Items 4-5
• [1792-1900] d'Armand, Roscoe Carlisle and Virginia Carlisle d'Armand. Knox County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1792-1900: Compiled from Original Marriage Licenses and Bonds, Marriage Register, W. P. A. Knoxville, Tenn.: D'Armand Family Record Society, 1970. FHL Collection 976.885 V25d
• [1792-1870] Lucas, Silas Emmett and Ella Lee Sheffield. 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870. 3 vols. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981. FHL Collection 976.8 V2t v. 1 [Abstracts include names of brides, grooms, bondsmen, marriage bond dates, and officiators for weddings in this county for the roughly specified years. Marriage data taken from an index card file at the TSLA. Authors do not specify whether or not the card index completely indexes this county's marriages.]
• [1792-1865] Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early East Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1987. FHL Collection 976.8 V2s v. 1 [Indexes names of brides and grooms, and marriage dates for weddings in this county for the specified years.] Free Lookups Available!
• [1793-1819] Strictly By Name (see above).

Divorce

In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Knox County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, 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

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

• Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. FHL Collection 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851 ff; digital versions at David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository. [Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.]
•  Obituary Index at Knox County Library (McClung Historical Collection)

Hickory Public Library in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina has:

• Knox County, TN Death Records, 1914 - 1920
• Knox County, TN Death Records, 1921 - 1925

Libraries

  East Tennessee Historical Center
601 South Gay Street
Knoxville, TN 37901-1629
Phone: 1-865-215-8801
Web site: http://www.easttnhistory.org/
E-mail: eths@east-tennessee-history.org
Hours: (Eastern Time): Mon. and Tues. 9 a.m.-8:30 p.m.; Wed., Thurs., and Fri. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

The East Tennessee History Center houses the Knox County Archives, the Museum of East Tennessee History, and the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection.

The McClung Historical Collection’s primary focus is east Tennessee; it holds one of the country’s leading research collections about the region. The collection contains books, newspapers, directories, manuscripts, maps, microfilm records, and photographs. In addition to the east Tennessee material, the collection also contains research guides and census indexes for many states in the United States, especially 11 states in the South. McClung Collection is your gateway to exploring the families and history of the East Tennessee region. The Knox County Public Library offers the free online Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection.

Knox County Public Library
Lawson McGhee Library
500 W. Church Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37902
Phone: 865-215-8750
Internet: http://knoxlib.org
Hours: Mon. and Tues. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Wed. 10 a.m-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

The Knox County Public Library offers materials on local history, county indexes, and the free online Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection.

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Hoskins Library, Special Collections
1015 Volunteer Boulevard
Knoxville, TN 37996-1000
Phone: 1-865-974-4351
Internet: www.lib.utk.edu

The library’s catalog is online and the Tennessee Newspaper Project is available through the catalog.

Societies

East Tenneessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay St.
PO Box 1629
Knoxville, TN 37901-1629
Phone: 1-865-215-8824

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
  
• Grove Park Tennessee Family History Center (Knoxville)
  

6024 Grove Dr NE
Knoxville, TN
Phone: 1-865-688-7411

Knox County Public Library
500 West Church Ave.
Knoxville, TN
Phone: 1-865-215-8808

• Knoxville Tennessee Family History Center
  

400 Kendall Rd NW
Knoxville, TN
Phone: 1-865-693-8252

These are not mailing addresses. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog (FamilySearch)
• Knox County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
• Knox County, TN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Knox County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: TNKNOX-L (Knox County, Tennessee List)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: ETN-L (East Tennessee List)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: ETN-OZ-L (East Tennessee Migrants to Ozarks Region List)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: SE-TN-L (Southeast Tennessee List)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: UPPEREASTTN-L (Upper East Tennessee List)

References

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. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Knox County, Tennessee page 641, At various libr40ries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ "Henry Knox," Wikipedia.
4. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), 641. (FHL Collection Ref Book 973 D27e 2002). WorldCat entry.
5. ↑ Voice of Lynnae Weller, Kingsport, Tenn. (2010).
6. ↑ Voice of Gene Black, FamilySearch employee, former resident of Bristol, Tenn. (2010).
7. ↑ Robert M. McBride, Tennessee County Data (Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee States Library and Archives, 1966), 31.
8. ↑ Mary Barnett Curtis, Early East Tennessee Tax Lists: a compiled list of residents of the area covered in 22 east Tennessee counties for which there is (sic) no census records prior to 1830 (Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing, 1964) [FHL Book 976.8 R4c].
9. ↑ "Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online," Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog, 12 October 2008.
10. ↑ Kenneth Scott. British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378 (see East Tennessee). FHL US/CAN 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($).
11. ↑ J. Mark Lowe, "The Land Grant Processes of North Carolina and Tennessee," Lecture, Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Knoxville, Tenn., August 21, 2010.
12. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 17 August 2012)
13. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 21 August 2012)
14. ↑ The Heritage Quest Online version of PERSI aided in the compilation of this list.

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