Bradley County, Tennessee Genealogy

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

Description
Bradley County was named for Colonel Edward Bradley who served in the War of 1812. The county is located in the southeast-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Bradley County Courthouse 155 Ocoee St. Cleveland, TN 37311 Bradley County Website Phone: 423-728-7205 County Clerk Phone: 423-728-7205 Chancery Clerk and Master Phone: 423-728-7205 Register of Deeds Phone: 423-728-7240 County Clerk of Circuit Court Phone: 423-728-7214 or 423-728-7048 County Clerk has marriage records from 1864. Clerk and Master has probate records from 1864. Register of Deeds has land and military discharge records from 1864. Circuit and Session Court has divorce and court records from 1864. Cleveland Public Library has early court records, census, probate, marriage and death records.

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:

Neighboring Counties

 * Catoosa County, Georgia
 * Hamilton
 * Meigs
 * McMinn
 * Murray County, Georgia
 * Polk
 * Whitfield County, Georgia

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

 * East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. 2000. By Alan N. Miller. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield Company. . Online at MyHeritage ($). Includes Bradley County.

Cemeteries

 * Ross, Ernest Lafayette Historical Cemetery Records of Bradley County, Tennessee c1973 Free lookups available!

Census Records
1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Bradley 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 Bradley County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project®


 * 1810-1891 Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 - Ancestry ($)
 * 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry $

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. . 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Eastern District, Bradley County on page 152.

1850


 * Campbell, Ellen Ann Westerberg. Bradley County, Tennessee: 1850 Federal Census. Cleveland, Tenn.: E.A.W. Campbell, 1973..
 * S-K Publications. "Bradley County, TN - Census-1850 Census Index," available online through USGenWeb Archives.

1860


 * Snell, William R. and Bradley County Historical Society. 1860 Federal Census, Bradley County, Tennessee. Cleveland, Tenn.: W.R. Snell, 1983..

1870


 * Lee College History students and Cleveland Public Library staff and volunteers. Bradley County, Tennessee, 1870 Census Index. Cleveland, Tenn.: Lee College, 1987..

1880


 * Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. 1880 Census - Tennessee: Transcription for Bradley County. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 198-?..

1900


 * Cleveland Public Library. Bradley County, Tennessee 1900 Census Index. Cleveland, Tenn.: Cleveland Public Library, 1989..

1920


 * Cross, Nancy, Brenda Davis and Edna Wiefering. 1920 Bradley County, Tennessee, Census Index. Cleveland, Tenn.: Cleveland Public Library, 1999. . (Typo on FamilySearch Catalog reads Cenus Index.)

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as information about family members and clues about family migration.For additional information about church records, religions, and religious archives in Tennessee, see Tennessee Church Records.


 * Bradley County Church Records


 * - FamilySearch Catalog -


 * Church histories tell when a church started in the area, who the early members were, give data about church leaders, etc.


 * - FamilySearch Catalog -


 * If the records you need are not through the Family History Library, contact the church(es) in the area where your ancestor lived.Two sites that give information about churches in Bradley County are:


 * - List of Bradley County churches with addresses and phone numbers (Yellowbook)
 * - List of Bradley County churches (TN HomeTownLocator)

Episcopal
 * 1867-1888 - St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Baptism Index 1867-1888 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1867-1908 - St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Cleveland, Marriage Index 1867-1908 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Methodist Episcopal
 * 1881-1885 - Methodist Episcopal Church South, Cleveland, Baptism Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1895 - Methodist Episcopal Church South, Cleveland, Marriage Index 1880-1895. Batch at FamilySearch

Presbyterian

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cleveland


 * 1817-1922 - Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Baptism Index 1817-1922 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1838-1929 - Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Marriage Index 1838-1929 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch

Flint Spring Presbyterian Church


 * 1866-1885 - Flint Spring Presbyterian Church Baptism Index 1866-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * 1850-1895 - Flint Spring Presbyterian Church Marriage Index 1850-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch
 * In 1936, a helpful guide to early Bradley County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. 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 "county fact sheet" on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for Bradley county are listed.

Court Records

 * 1896-1900 Images of Minutes 1896-1900 at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * Wallace, Alexander; Herriford, Paul; Sherrill, Charles A. Circuit Court Abstracts 1836-1860 Cleveland, Tennessee Cleveland Public Library (Tennessee), 1988 Free lookups available!

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.

Genealogies
General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Bradley, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 20,000 entries.


 * Bradley County Heritage Book Committee. The Heritage of Bradley County, Tennessee, 1836-1998. Cleveland, Tennessee? Bradley County Heritage Book Committee, c1998 ; Waynesville, North Carolina: Don Mills (Salem, West Virginia Walsowrth Pub. Co.)..
 * Manly, Elizabeth Cate. Chatata Valley Families and Their Neighbors. Tennessee: n.p., 198-..
 * Wooten, John Morgan. Brief Sketch of Pioneer Families of Bradley County, Tennessee. Chattanooga, Tenn.: n.p., 1934-1936. . Includes families of Callaway, Clingen, Craigmiles, Day, Donohoo, Edwards, Gaut, Goodner, Hambright, Hughes, Jones, Julian, Lusk, Lea, McCarty, Parks, Still, Waterhouse, Weatherly, Ramsey, Shugart.

Bibliography


 * Ball - Brown, Forrest D. and Dorothy Stivers Brown. The Ball--Stivers--McCroskey--Brown Family Lines. 2 vols. Lewisburg, Pa.: F.D. &amp; D.S. Brown, 1976..
 * Carson - Stork, Dorla Jane White and Edward Baker Faust. Lincoln Collen and Mary McGovern Carson and Descendants. Bakersfield, Calif.: D.J.W. Stork, 2004. ; digital version at {FSbook|67965}}
 * D'Armond, Deyarmon, DeArmond, d'Armand, DeArment, DeArmon, Dearmont, Deyarmond, DeArman - D'Armand, Roscoe Carlisle. DeArmond families of America. Knoxville, TN: Family Record Society, 1954. Available at . Digital version available at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Day - Day, James Edward. Descendants of Christopher Day of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Los Angeles?: J.E. Day, 1958. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D33d; FHL US/CAN Film 978076; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Elmore - Johnston, Leigh. The Paper Trail of the Elmore - Lawson - Pruett and Bolt - Calhoun - Johnston - Willis Families. 2 vols. Overland Park, Kansas: L. Johnston, 2003. ff.
 * Gaut - McWilliam, Judy L. and Roberta B. Pierson. Jones/Gaut: James &amp; Jerusha: Arno, Wayland, Weber, Mabel. Sacramento, Calif.: J.L. McWilliams, 1987..
 * Hedrick - Smith, Carol Holland Dillman. The Family of Amos Fremont Damon and Sarah Jane Hedrick Damon of Crawford, McLennan County, Texas. Boulder, Colo.: C.H. Smith, 1996..
 * Hickman - Ross, Ernest Lafayette and William C. Carter. John Andrew Hickman, John Carter, Lewis Carter: Some Ancestors and Descendants. Cleveland, Tenn.: E.L. Ross &amp; W.C. Carter, 1979..
 * Jones - McWilliam, Judy L. and Roberta B. Pierson. Jones/Gaut: James &amp; Jerusha: Arno, Wayland, Weber, Mabel. Sacramento, Calif.: J.L. McWilliams, 1987..
 * Kelley - Smith, Paul and Alba Nannie Hickman Smith. Joel Kelley, ca 1775 - ca 1862. Alpharetta, Ga.: P. Smith, 1984..
 * Lauderdale - Lauderdale, Charles J. The Lauderdales of Scotland and America, 1056-1936. Joplin, MO: Gahagan Print. Co., 1937. Available at, digital version available at Heritage Quest Online ($).
 * Loyd - Lloyd, Gary G. The Lloyd (Loyd) Families of Putnam County, Missouri. Kirksville, Mo.: G.G. Lloyd, 1996..
 * McAndrew - Skeen, A.T. Clan McAndrew. Winston-Salem, N.C.:A.T. Skeen, 1988..
 * Richmond - Travis, Vaud Ancil. The Descendants of John Richmond of Virginia: Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma &amp; West. Southern Pines, N.C.: V.A. Travis, 2004. ; digital version at ; digital version at
 * Ross - Ross, Ernest Lafayette. History of the Ross Family in Bradley County, Cleveland, Tennessee. Cleveland, Tenn.: E.L. Ross, 19--?..
 * Smith - Smith, David Eugene. Pedigree, 1832-1978, of David Eugene Smith, and Smith Family Bible Records, 1832-1940. MSS., Microfilmed in 1989..
 * Smith - Smith, Paul and Alba Nannie Hickman Smith. Wm. B. Smith Descendants. Alpharetta, Ga.: P. Smith, 1990 (Canton, Georgia Industrial Printing Service, Inc.)..
 * Stivers - Brown, Forrest D. and Dorothy Stivers Brown. The Ball--Stivers--McCroskey--Brown Family Lines. 2 vols. Lewisburg, Pa.: F.D. &amp; D.S. Brown, 1976..
 * Wolfe - Moore, Kenneth. Jeremiah Wolfe Family. Typescript. Microfilmed 2003..

Land and Property Records
The original Bradley County Deed Books are held at the Bradley. The TSLA microfilmed Deed Books A to L (1839 to 1891) and an index and Trust Deed Books A to M (1864 to 1902). Copies of their microfilms are also available at the Family History Library:.

McClure, Lucille Abstracts of Ocoee District early land records - entries Signal Mountain, Tennessee Mountain Press, [1991] Free lookups available!

Local Histories

 * Hurlburt, J.S. History of the Rebellion in Bradley County, East Tennessee. Indianapolis [Downey and Brouse,printers?], 1866. Free digital copy
 * Bradley County Heritage Book Committee The Heritage of Bradley County, Tennessee, 1836 -1998 Cleveland, Tennessee? Bradley County Heritage Book Committee,c1998; Waynesville, North Carolina Don Mills (Salem, West Virginia Walsowrth Pub. Co.) Free lookups available!
 * Bradley County Historical Society (Cleveland, Tennessee) Reflections past and present a pictorial history of Bradley County Dallas, Texas Taylor Pub., c1991 To view index click here.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
 * Bradley County, Tennessee: Pre-Civil War Settlement Map. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1992. . Includes Indian settlements, mills, churches, cemeteries, schools.
 * FamilySearch Places: Cities and Towns in this couinty - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Revolutionary War The following Bradley 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. . 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Bradley County on page 152.]
 * 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 (TNGenWeb).

War of 1812
 * Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1960):13-16. ; digital version at journal website. [Includes Bradley County pensioners (p. 15).]

Civil War


 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 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
 * 1891-1965 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * Civil War Research Database
 * Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Confederate Soldiers
 * 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's) - CSA - Companies A and D.
 * 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ashby's) - CSA - Company A.
 * 5th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (McClellan's) - CSA - Company A.
 * 5th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (McKenzie's) - CSA
 * 29th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company A.
 * 36th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies B, C, D, E and G.
 * 37th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (7th Infantry) (1st East Tennessee Rifles) - CSA - Company G.
 * 43rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Gillespie's) (5th East Tennessee Volunteers) - CSA - Company I.
 * 62nd Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Rowan's) (80th Infantry) - CSA - Companies A and E.

Union Soldiers
 * 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies I, K and L.
 * 5th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry - Companies A, D, E and I.
 * 10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies E, G and I.
 * 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Union), Companies E, G and I.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Bradley County:


 * 1831-1850 Civil War Pension Applications for Bradley County. Free Lookups Available!
 * 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 at Internet Archive. Union.
 * Confederate Pension Applications. Free Lookups Available!
 * Hurlburt, J.S. History of the Rebellion in Bradley County, East Tennessee Bethesda, Maryland: Univeristy Publications of America, c1990 . Also available online at Internet Archive.
 * Index of Union and Rebels in Bradley County Free lookups available!
 * Tennesseans in the Civil War Published by the Civil War Centennial Commission, Nashville, TN, 1987. Free lookups available.
 * Wiefering, Edna et al. Tennessee Union Soldiers: of Bradley, McMinn and Polk Counties Serving in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 10th TN Cavalry 5th TN Infantry and 5th TN Mounted Infantry. Cleveland, Tenn.: Cleveland Public Library (Tennessee), 1996. . Confederate.
 * TNGenWeb, Military Records, Bradley County, Tennessee, (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Links to Jessie Blalock's The 4th (East) Tennessee Cavalry (USA), Bradley Countians with Connections to Co. A 4th TN Cav (USA), Bradley County, TN Union Soldiers and Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service. Civil War resources available at the Cleveland Public Library, (accessed 26 Feb 2012). These resources include Military Records of Union and Confederate Soldiers from Bradley County (microfilm) Confederate Regiments and Federal Regiments.
 * USGenWeb Archives, Bradley County Tennessee Military Records. Civil War History and Pensions.
 * Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Bradley 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). Online at Internet Archive. Bradley County, page 319-321.
 * Cleveland/Bradley Chamber of Commerce, Civil War Places of Interest in Bradley County. Civil War 150th Commemoration.

Newspapers
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 Bradley County click on the following cities:

Book Abstracts and Index
 * Charleston
 * Cleveland
 * Snell, William R.; Taylor, Virginia Faye; Bradley County Historical Society. Death and Marriage Notices in the Cleveland Banner (Tennessee), 1865-1883. Bradley County Historical Society: Cleveland, TN. Free digital copy available online at Internet Archive.
 * 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at Findmypast
 * 1794-1851 - Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978..
 * 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. 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.

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

 * Ansearchin' News: Quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. For a keyword search, go to the county index. Read previous issues on their website;


 * Bradley Branches
 * Family History Library has Volume 6, no. 2 (summer 1993). Bradley Branches is indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI).
 * Chronicles of Bradley

Probate Records
Some of Bradley County's original Will Books have been destroyed. Those that survive are held at the Bradley. TSLA microfilmed Will Books 1 to 2 (1859 to 1905). FHL copies:.

Online Records
 * 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1859-1905 Images of Wills 1859-1883; 1883-1905 at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * 1859-1947 Bradley County portion of at FamilySearch - images only; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.- How to Use this Collection

Book Abstracts and Indexes
 * 1859-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills &amp; Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler &amp; Associates, Inc., 1990. . Includes an index to this county's wills. Free Lookups Available!
 * 1864-1883 - Fagen, Barbara Bradley County Will Book, 1864-1883, index, S.I. s.n., 198-?. Free lookups available!

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 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 TSLA microfilmed the original Bradley County Tax Books 1865-1890. Copies of their microfilms are also available at the Family History Library: .Free lookups available for some early east Tennessee tax records.

Book Abstracts and Indexes
 * 1836 Douthat, James L. Bradley County, Tennessee, 1836 Tennessee Civil Districts and Tax Lists. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1993. .Free lookups available!Purchase details.
 * 1837 Snell, William R. 1837 Tax List, Bradley County, Tennessee. 1978..
 * 1837-1839 - Nichols, Elizabeth Riggins. "Bradley County, Tennessee Tax Lists 1837-1838 - 1839," Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 1986):9-14; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Summer 1986):69-72; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Fall 1986):119-122, 126. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Bradley. Free lookups available!
 * 1837 Map from Tax List, 1837, Bradley Branches. Cleveland TN: Summer 1996. Vol. 9 Iss. 2.
 * 1837-1839 - Tax Lists, Dist. 4 &amp; 5, 1837-39, Polk County Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly and Newsletter. Benton TN: May 2000. Vol. 6 Iss. 1.
 * 1837 Tax List, 1837, Bradley Branches. Cleveland TN: 2001. Vol. 14 Iss. 3-4.
 * 1838 Snell, William R. 1838 Tax List, Bradley County, Tennessee. 1978..
 * 1839 Jones, Rena and Kent Hawkins. 1839 Tax List, Bradley County, Tennessee. 197-..
 * 1849 Petition for Amendment of Revenue Law, 1849, Bradley Branches. Cleveland TN: Spring 1997. Vol. 10 Iss. 1.
 * 1862 Cleveland Public Library. "1862 Assessment List: Bradley County, Tennessee," available online through TNGenWeb.
 * 1890 Johnson, David S. and Patsy A. Johnson. Tax List 1890, Bradley County, Tennessee. n.p.: D.S. Johnson, 1985..
 * 1890 - Tax List, 1890, Districts 1-13, Chronicles of Bradley. Cleveland TN: 1985-1987, Vols. 5-8. Free lookups available!
 * 1909 Langheld, Susan. "Delinquent Tax Notices: Bradley County, Tennessee June 1909," available online through TNGenWeb. (Source: Journal &amp; Banner, Cleveland, Tenn., May 21, 1909.)

Birth
Online Records
 * 1828-1939 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1912 - Tennessee Birth Certificates. Free Lookups Available!

Marriage
Early Bradley County marriage records were lost in courthouse fires. Online Indexes and Records
 * 1780-2002 - Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002 at Ancestry $
 * 1780-2002 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1790-1962 - - at FamilySearch. index and images. Covers all counties in Tennessee.- How to Use this Collection
 * 1796-1950 - (Indexes only) at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1838-1888 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1864-1896 - Bradley County Marriage Index 1864-1896 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes
 * 1864-1887 - Manley, Elizabeth Cate Bradley County Marriage Book 1 1864-1887. Free Lookups Available!

Death
Online Records
 * 1874-1955 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1908-1933 - Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933 at MyHeritage ($) — index
 * 1908-1954 - Tennessee Death Certificates 1908-1954. Free lookups available!
 * 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 - at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
 * 1949-2014 - Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce
Online Records Online Titles
 * 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
 * W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FamilySearch Digital Library.

Family History Centers

 * Chattanooga Tennessee Family History Center
 * Loudon Tennessee Family History Center
 * Chattanooga Public Library - an affiliate library.
 * Cleveland Bradley County Public Library History Branch - an affiliate library.

Libraries
Cleveland Bradley County Public Library 795 Church Street NE Cleveland, TN 37311 Phone: 423-472-2163 Email: [mailto:info@clevelandlibrary.org info@clevelandlibrary.org] Website Cleveland Bradley County Library History Branch and Archives 833 North Ocoee Street Cleveland, TN 37311 Phone: 423-479-8367 Website Genealogy resources: Vital records, family, city and county histories, court records, local newspapers from 1854-1970, Civil War sources, special collections including the Mayfield Papers, James F. Corn Papers (Cherokee Indians), and the William R. Snell Papers.

Societies
Bradley County Historical Society P.O. Box 4845 Cleveland, TN 37320-4845 Website Facebook Bradley County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1384 Cleveland, TN 37364 Website Facebook

Websites

 * Bradley County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
 * Bradley County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Bradley County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb) - county website, transcriptions and resources on the local level.
 * – 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.

Research Guides
Research Guides
 * Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Bradley County at TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)