Hardin County, Tennessee Genealogy

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Tennessee

Hardin County

Guide to Hardin County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Facts County seat: Savannah Organized: November 13, 1819 Parent County(s): Chicasaw Indian Lands Neighboring Counties Alcorn (MS)  • Chester  • Decatur  • Henderson  • Lauderdale (AL)  • McNairy  • Tishomingo (MS)  • Wayne See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: TNGenWeb Project who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today

County Information

Description

Hardin County was named for Col. Joseph Hardin, a Revolutionary War soldier and a legislative representative for the Province of North Carolina; the State of Franklin; and the Southwest Territory. The county is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse

Hardin County Courthouse
465 Main Street
Savannah, TN 38372
County Courthouse Phone: 731-925-1000
County Clerk Phone: 731-925-3921
Circuit Court Phone: 731-925-1000
Chancery Court Phone: 731-925-8166

Clerk has marriage records from 1864, divorce, land, probate and court records.

Hardin County, Tennessee Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1881	1864	1881	1820	1820	1825	1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1914. General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss

1859, 1864, 1949 Fires damaged courthouse records. Lost marriage records: 1819 to 1863 Lost probate records: 1819 to 1836 For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. List of counties in the United States with Record Loss

Boundary Changes

1819--Hardin County was created 13 November 1819 from Chickasaw Indian Lands. County seat: Savannah For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Crump	Lebanon	Savannah
Towns
Adamsville	Milledgeville	Saltillo
Unincorporated communities
Big Ivy Bucktown Caney Hollow Childers Hill Counce Crossroads Grandview Hamburg Hinkle	Hookers Bend Hurley Maddox Morris Chapel Nixon Oak Grove Olivehill	Pittsburg Landing Pyburn Red Sulphur Springs Shiloh Southside Walkertown Winn Springs
Census-designated places
Olivet	Walnut Grove

History Timeline

Additional Information
West Tennessee county. Established 1819.

The county is named after "Joseph Hardin legislator of the Southwest Territory and State of Franklin."

Resources

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

• West Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1821 to 1889. 2006. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2man. Online at MyHeritage ($). Includes Hardin County.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Hardin County, Tennessee online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com TNGenWeb TNGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project TNGenWeb Cemeteries BillionGraves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com Gravestones FamilySearch Places
See Tennessee Cemeteries for more information.

  Additional Cemetery Resources

• Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1820	1,462	—
1830	4,868	233.0%
1840	8,245	69.4%
1850	10,328	25.3%
1860	11,214	8.6%
1870	11,768	4.9%
1880	14,793	25.7%
1890	17,698	19.6%
1900	19,246	8.7%
1910	17,521	−9.0%
1920	17,291	−1.3%
1930	16,213	−6.2%
1940	17,806	9.8%
1950	16,908	−5.0%
1960	17,397	2.9%
1970	18,212	4.7%
1980	22,280	22.3%
1990	22,633	1.6%
2000	25,578	13.0%
2010	26,026	1.8%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Hardin 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.

See Hardin County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project®

1810-1891

• Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry ($)

1820

• Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. FHL 976.8 X22b 1820. Online at Ancestry ($).

1833

• Brown, Albert The 1833 census of males 21 and over, Hardin Co., Tennessee Bethel Springs, Tennessee: History and genealogy, c1994. FHL US/CAN book 976.831 X28

1840

• Curtis, Janet Austin 1840 U.S. census, Hardin County, Tennessee Fort Worth, Texas American Reference Publishing Company, 1972 FHL US/CAN book 976.8 A1

1840 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 US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321. 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Western District, Hardin County on page 159.

1860

• Brown, Albert The 1860 census of Hardin County, Tennessee Bethel Springs, Tennessee A. Brown, c1998 FHL US/CAN book 976.831 X2

1870

• Brown, Albert The 1870 census of Hardin County, Tennessee Bethel Springs, Tennessee A. Brown, c1994 FHL US/CAN book 976.831 X28

1880

• Sistler, Barbara 1880 census Hardin County, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee B. Sistler and Associates, 2001 FHL US/CAN book 976.831 X2
• Brown, Albert The 1880 Census of Hardin County, Tennessee Bethel Springs, Tennessee A. Brown, c1994 FHL US/CAN book 976.831 X28

1890 Lost, but substitutes are available:

• Burress, Reita Jones. "1890 Civil War Veterans Census of Hardin County, Tennessee," available online.

1891 Male Voters

• 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry ($)

Church Records

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records

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. Online searchable index at TSLA.

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

• African American: Census takers found no free African Americans living in Hardin County, Tennessee in 1820.

• Free African Americans Enumerated in the 1860 Hardin County, Tennessee Census
  website, available online, courtesy: Christine's Genealogy Website: Who are Your People?

Genealogies

• Hitt, Andrew P. Hardin Co., Tennessee Biographical Sketches. MSS., microfilmed by TSLA in 1970s. FHL US/CAN Film 983544 Item 3.

• Bratton - Jones, Louise Brint Family History of our Brattons, Masseys and Martins Salt Lake City, Utah? L.B. Jones, 1985. Available at the Family History Library FHL book 929.273 B737j with a digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library .
• Brooks - Brooks, Moses Edward. Descendants of James Brooks. Unknown: unknown, 1974.
• Cook - See Grimes
• Grimes - Grimes, Jay Cook. Grimes, Cook and Related Families of Wayne County, Tennessee: A Genealogy. Related Families, Johnson, Morris, Montague, 1800-1960. Auburn, Alabama: J.C. Grimes, 1960. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library; Ancestry ($).
• Johnson - See Grimes
• Martin - See Bratton
• Massey - See Bratton
• McDougal - The McDougal Family in Hardin County, Tennessee. MSS., Paducah, Ky. Microfilmed in 1963. FHL US/CAN Film 301102 Item 53.
• Montague - See Grimes
• Morris - See Grimes
• Rose - Rose, Christine. Ancestors and Descendants of Frederick Rose of Sussex County, Virginia, Orange County, North Carolina, and Wayne and Hardin Counties, Tennessee. San Jose, Calif.: C.C. Rose, 1980. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R72rch.

Land and Property Records

• Hardin County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1835 and is located at the Courthouse, 601 Main St., Savannah, TN 38372-2061; Telephone: (731) 925-3921.Land and property records include transfer of real estate or personal property, mortgages, leases, surveys, and entries.
• The Family History Library has microfilmed copies of deeds 1835-1892 with indexes1835-1903; land entries 1820-1820-1853, tax sales to the state 1896-1913; and survey books1824-1934.

Local Histories

• Brazelton, B.G. A History of Hardin County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland Presbyterian Publishing House, 1885. FHL US/CAN Book 976.831 H2bg; digital version at Google Books.

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources

• Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
• FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records

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

• 1835 Pension Roll
• 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 US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321. 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Western District, Hardin County on page 159.
• 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. 3 (Jul. 1960):65-68. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 7 (1960); digital version at journal website. Includes Hardin County pensioners (p. 66)

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch
• 1861-1865 Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
• 1891-1965 Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965 at FamilySearch
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Regiments. Men in Hardin County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (part of a large regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Hardin County:

Confederate Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Field's) - CSA - Company G.
• 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company G.
• 21st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wilson's) - CSA - Companies A, B, and F.
• 23rd Battalion, Tennessee Infantry (Newman's) - CSA - Company B.
• 34th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (4th Confederate Infantry) - CSA - Company B.

Union Soldiers

• 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry - Companies C and D.
• 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies G and H.
• 8th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry - Company E.
• 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry, Company E

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Hardin County:

• Quintard, Charles Todd. Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee. Sewanee, Tennessee: The University Press, 1905. Free digital copy. Chaplain of the 1st Tennessee Regiment.
• Hardin County, Tennessee 1890 Civil War VeteransCensus. All spelling is taken like it was written. Contributed by: Reita Jones Burress, 2004.
• TNGenWeb, Hardin County Tennessee History & Genealogy, Military. Civil War Rosters and Pensions.
• USGenWeb Archives, Hardin County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records.
• CWSAC, Battle Summaries, Corinth. Located in Hardin County and McNairy County, Tennessee; Alcorn County and Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Shiloh, located in Hardin County.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Hardin County. 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). Online at Internet Archive. Hardin County, page 343-344.
  

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battles were fought in Hardin County:

• April 6 - 7, 1862 - The Civil War Battle of Shiloh took place in Hardin County, a few miles southwest of Savannah, on the Tennessee River near an area called Pittsburg Landing. Shiloh Military Park occupies this site today.
  Shiloh
• April 29 - June 10, 1862 - Corinth See Map showing battle taking place in Mississippi.
  

Map showing Civil War battles in Tennessee.

Newspapers

Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at the 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 Hardin County click on the following city:

• Savannah

• 1794-1851 - Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978. FHL 976.8 V2L.

For deaths of Methodists in Hardin County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try searching the following resources:

• 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. FHL US/CAN Books 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. (Largely Methodist?)

Other Records

Prisons

• 1831-1850 - Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850 at Tennessee State Library and Archives
  
• 1851-1870 - Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870 at Tennessee State Library and Archives

Periodicals

Genealogical periodicals can contain unique sources and can be local, regional, or statewide. The following periodicals cover this county:

• Ansearchin' News: Quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. For a keyword search, go to the county index. Read previous issues on their website; FHL Book 976.8 B2a.
• Family Findings: Quarterly of the Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society. For tables of contents and online access to issues, see TNGenWeb Project. Also try this specialized Google search. FHL US/CAN 976.8 B2f.

• Volumes 1-10 (1969-1978)
• Volumes 11-20 (1979-1988)
• Volumes 21-24 (1989-1992)
• Volumes 32-35 (2000-2003)

• Hardin County Historical Quarterly. Indexed in the PERiodical Source Index
• West Tennessee Historical Society Papers: Occasional publication of the West Tennessee Historical Society. FHL US/CAN Book 976.81 B5w. To view Table of Contents and complete articles from 1947 - 2005 see Shelby County Register of Deeds

Probate Records

The County Court has responsibility for the probate records of Hardin County.

Online Records and Indexes

• 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry ($)
• 1936-1900 Images of Wills, Settlements 1836-1842; Wills Vol B 1836-1842; Wills, Invs 1865-1921 (Loose); Wills 1838-1900 (Loose) at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
• 1836-1942 Hardin County portion of Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 at FamilySearch - images only; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1779-1861 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. FHL US/CAN 976.8 P22s. Includes an index to this county's probate records.
• 1866-1902 Brown, Albert. Index to Guardians Settlement Records, Jul 1866 - Jul 1902. Bethel Springs, Tennessee: A. Brown, 1994. (FHL 976.829 P28b.)
  
• USGenWeb's Hardin County page has links to some wills and estate records.

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.

• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

The original Hardin County Record of Tax Sales to the State records 1896-1913 were microfilmed by the TSLA. FHL copy: FHL US/CAN Film 983534 Item 1.

The original Hardin County State Tax on Mortgage records 1917-1928 were microfilmed by TSLA. FHL copy: FHL US/CAN Film 983534 Item 2.

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1821-1823 "Hardin County Sheriff Seeks to Collect Three Years of Unpaid Taxes," (1821-1823) Ansearchin' News, Vol. 47, No. 1 (Spring 2000):17-18. For access, see Hardin.
• 1833 "1833 Enumeration, Hardin County, Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 30, No. 4 (Winter 1983):159-163. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 29-30 (1982-1983);digital version at society's website. For further access, see Hardin.
• 1836-1837 "Hardin County, Tennessee 1836 Civil District Map" and "Hardin County, Tennessee 1836 and 1837 Tax Lists," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 37, No. 1 (Spring 1990):20-26; Vol. 37, No. 2 (Summer 1990):81-87. For access, see Hardin.
• 1836-1837 Brown, Albert. 1836 & 1837 Tax List Hardin Co., Tennessee. Bethel Springs, Tenn.: History & Genealogy, 1994. FHL US/CAN Book 976.831 R49b.
• 1862-1866 Direct Tax Assessment List, 1862-66, Hardin County Historical Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jul. 1982); Vol. 1, No. 2 (Oct. 1982); Vol. 1, No. 4 (Apr. 1983); Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jan. 1984); Vol. 2, No. 2 (Apr. 1984); Vol. 2, No. 4 (Oct. 1984); Vol. 3, No. 2 (Apr. 1985); Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jul. 1985); Vol. 3, No. 4 (Oct. 1985); Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1986); Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1986); Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul. 1986); Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1986).

Vital Records

Birth

• 1908-1912 Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912 at FamilySearch

Marriage

Online indexes and Records

• 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)
• 1780-2002 - Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002 at Ancestry ($)
• 1780-2002 Tennessee State Marriage Index 1780-2002 at FamilySearch
• 1790-1962 Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950 - at FamilySearch. index and images. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
• 1796-1950 Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950 (Indexes only) at FamilySearch
• 1838-1888 Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888 at FamilySearch
• 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry ($)
• 1859-1881 - Marriage records of Hardin County, Tennessee, 1859-1881. Digital Books. Book 1 Book 2.
• 1860-1899 - Hardin County Marriage Index 1860-1899 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
• 1865-1868 - Marriage records, 1865-1868, Hardin County, Tennessee. FHL Film 24684 item 3 +++
• 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1859-1887 - Hardin County, Tennessee, marriages index, 1859-1887 FHL US/CAN 976.831 V28 Book

Death

• 1874-1955 Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955 at FamilySearch
• 1908-1933 - Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1908-1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry ($)
• 1908-1912 - Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1914-1933 - Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1914-1966 Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 at FamilySearch
• 1949-2014 - Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce

Online Records

• 1796-1850 - Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1980-2014 - Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at 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. FamilySearch Digital Library.

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Hardin County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers

Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Jackson Tennessee Family History Center
• Memphis Tennessee Family History Center
• Bolivar-Hardeman County Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Chester County Public Library - an affiliate library.

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Hardin County. For state-wide library facilities, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

Hardin County Library
1365 Pickwick St
Savannah, TN 38372
Phone: 731-925-4314
Facebook
Website
Census Records, Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, Probate Records, Newspapers including The Savannah Courier, Deeds, Court Minutes, Tax Lists, etc.

West Tennessee Heritage Study Center
Paul Meek Library
10 Wayne Fisher Dr.
Martin, TN 38238
Phone: 731-881-7065
Website
Houses 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 (KY), Fulton (KY), and Hickman (KY) counties in Kentucky.

Museums

Tennessee River Museum
495 Main Street
Savannah, TN 38372
Phone: 731-925-8181
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Hardin County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Tennessee Societies.

Hardin County Historical Society
P.O. Box 1012
Savannah, TN 38372
Website

Websites

• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
• Hardin County TN Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)
• Hardin County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)

Research Guides

• Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Hardin County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

This website requires a paid subscription for full access.

Family History Library

To view online images that are "locked" (as indicated by a key over the camera), you must visit a Family History Center or an Affiliate library. Go to the Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map for locations.

FamilySearch affiliate libraries may have access to center-only databases, but do not always have all services normally provided by a family history center.