Loudon County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States   Tennessee    Loudon County





East Tennessee county established in 1870.

County Courthouse
Loudon County Courthouse 101 Mulberry Street Loudon, TN 37774 Phone: 865-458-2630

Loudon County Clerk Marriage, probate and court records 101 Mulberry Street, Suite 200 Loudon, TN 37774 Phone: 865-458-2726

Loudon County Register of Deeds Land records P.O. Box 395 Loudon, TN 37774 Phone: 865-458-2605

Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

History


The county is named after Fort Loudoun, a fort in British Colonial America, situated in present-day East Tennessee.

Parent County
1870--Loudon County was created 2 June 1870 from parts of Roane, Monroe, and Blount Counties. County seat: Loudon

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Research Guides

 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Loudon County, courtesy: Tennessee State Library and Archives. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

Cemeteries

 * 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.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Hamblen County linking to the information about the people buried there,


 * Hamblen County, TN Cemetery Records, part of the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database, lists many cemeteries in the county, often with indexes and transcripts of the burials.


 * Hamblen County, Tennessee, part of USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project lists many cemeteries in the county and has transcripts of the tombstones arranged by cemetery.


 * Hamblen County cemetery information with transcriptions on TNGenweb Project


 * The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries for Hamblen County. Some of the books or other books may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.


 * Some cemetery transcriptions for Hamblen County are on Interment.net


 * ePodunk list of Hamblen County cemeteries

Census
1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Loudon 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, these indexes are often more accurate than those available online.

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. 5 1891. [Loudon County is included in Vol. 5.]
 * 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.

Family Histories
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

Bibliography


 * [Crass] Roberts, Pauline H. The Crass Families of Roane and Loudon Counties, Tennessee. Oliver Springs, Tenn.: P.H. Roberts, 1979. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C854r.
 * [Tedford] Detty, Victor Charles. A Tedford Family History. Carlisle, PA: The author: 1956. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T228; digital version at Heritage Quest Online. ($).

Land
The original Loudon County Deed Books are held at the County Courthouse. The earliest entries are for the year 1870. The Tennessee State Library and Archives microfilmed Deed Books A to 4 (1870-1882) in 1968. Copies of these microfilms are also available at the Family History Library: FHL US/CAN Films 565007-565009.

Military
Loudon was the site of Civil War battles from October through December of 1863.

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 US/CAN 976.8 U2m. Digital version at World Vital Records ($). Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Loudon 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

Several genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Loudon County, Tennessee 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.

East Tennessee Roots

Several genealogical articles with abstracts of Loudon 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 US/CAN Book 976.8 D25e.

Taxation
The Tennessee State Library and Archives microfilmed the original Loudon County Tax Books 1870-1878 back in 1968. A copy of their film is also available at the Family History Library: FHL US/CAN Book 565010.

Vital Records
Death

For deaths of Methodists in Loudon County (or what became Loudon 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 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.]

Family History Centers
Loudon Tennessee Mulberry Loudon Loudon, Tennessee, United States Telephone: 865-458-2165

This is not a mailing address. Due to limited staff, Family History Centers are unable to respond to mail inquiries.

Web Sites

 * Family History Library Catalog (FamilySearch)
 * Loudon County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Loudon County, TN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Loudon County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
 * RootsWeb Mailing List: TNLOUDON-L (Loudon 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)