Hawkins County, Tennessee Genealogy

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Parent County
1786--Hawkins County was created 18 November 1786 from Sullivan County. County seat: Rogersville

Record Loss
1863--Fire damaged records

Neighboring Counties

 * Grainger
 * Greene
 * Hamblen
 * Hancock
 * Scott County, Virginia
 * Sullivan

Probate
Eugenia Lauderdale Messick's book Hawkins County, Tennessee Wills, 1786-1864 (FHL US/CAN Book 976.895 P2m Vol 1) contains complete TRANSCRIPTIONS of the surviving wills that were copied by the County Court Clerk sometime after the Civil War, as the original will books of Hawkins County, Tennessee were destroyed by fire in 1863. The every name index makes her book a powerful starting point in researching the wills of Hawkins County, Tennessee.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog