Maury County, Tennessee Genealogy

United States

Tennessee

Maury County

Maury County, Tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Guide to Maury County (established 1807) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Maury County, Tennessee
Map
Location in the state of Tennessee
Location of Tennessee in the U.S.
Facts
Founded:	November 16, 1807
County Seat	Columbia
Courthouse
Website: www.maurycounty-tn.gov
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Description

The County was named for Major Abram Poindexter Maury of Williamson County, who was a member of the Tennessee legislature, and an uncle of Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury. The County is located in the central area of the state.

Quick Dates

Maury County's civil records start the following years:

Birth	Marriage	Death	Census	Land	Probate
1908	1808	1906	1820	1806	1807

Maury County Offices

Maury County Courthouse, Columbia, Tenn.

Maury County Courthouse
10 Public Square
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: 1-931-381-3690

County Clerk has marriage records.
Clerk and Master has divorce, probate, and court records.
Register of Deeds has land records.

Maury County Archives
201 East Sixth Street
Columbia TN 38401a
Phone 931-375-1501
8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Monday - Thursday
Closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday

Archives has 19th Century Government Records, including Marriages Record, Wills and Distributions, Chancery Court Papers, Bound Volumes, Small Manuscript Collections, Up-to-date Daily Herald newspaper

Maury County Clerk
Marriage records
10 Public Square
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: 1-931-375-5200

Maury County Register of Deeds
Land records
P.O. Box 769
1 Public Square, Room 108
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: 1-931-375-2101

Maury County Clerk and Master
Probate and court records
41 Public Square
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: 1-931-375-1307

Hours:
Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

History

Middle Tennessee county. Established 1807.

The county is named after Tennessee Senator Abram Maury of Williamson County.

Parent County

1807--Maury County was created 16 November 1807 from Williamson County.
County seat: Columbia

County Pronunciation

The two audio samples below depict how "Maury" would be pronounced by someone not native to the county; the local residents pronounce it as "Murray".

1. Hear it spoken (female)
2. Hear it spoken (female)

Boundary Changes

For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss

• Census loss: 1810

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Arkland	Enterprise	Leftwich	Rockdale
Armour Village	Field Crest	Lickskillet (hist.)	Sandy Hook
Arrow	Fikes Mill	Loco (hist.)	Santa Fe
Ashwood	Flint Valley	Lovetown	Satterfield (hist.)
Athendale	Fly	Match	Sawdust
Beech Grove	Forrest Hills	Mayberry (hist.)	Scotts Mill
Bel Air	Frierson Town	McCains	Screamer
Ben (hist.)	Gant	McKnight	Scribner
Bethel	Glendale	Mill Seat	Seth
Bigby (hist.)	Godwin	Morgansville (hist.)	Sharon Park
Bigbyville	Greenfield Bend	Mount Joy	Siglo
Broadview	Hampshire	Mount Pleasant	Southport
Bryant Station	Hardison Mill	Mowd (hist.)	Sowell Ford
Campbells Station	Highland Park	Natco	Spencer Hill
Canaan	Hill	Neapolis	Spring Hill
Capers (hist.)	Hollywood	Needmore	Stiversville
Carpenters (hist.)	Idlewild	New Town	Sulphur Springs (hist.)
Carters Creek	Isbell	Oakland (hist.)	Sunnyside
Cartersville	Isom	Park Station	Taylorsville
Chapel Hill	Jonesboro	Philadelphia	Theta
Columbia	Kedron	Poplar Creek	Union Grove
Columbia Gardens	Kettle Mills	Poplar Top	Water Valley
Concord (hist.)	Kinderhook	Porters	West Haven
Creek Side	Kleburne	Pottsville	West Meade
Cuba (hist.)	Kraus	Rally Hill	Westwood
Culleoka	Lanton	Red Row	Wilkes (hist.)
Dooley (hist.)	Latta (hist.)	Ridley	Williamsport
Dukes Store (hist.)	Leatherwood (hist.)	Riverside

Neighboring Counties

Giles Hickman

Lawrence Lewis

Marshall Williamson

Resources

Getting Started

Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Maury County biography, court, and probate 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.

• Maury County, TNGenWeb Surname Search

Research Guides

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

African American

United States African Americans
Tennessee African Americans

Cemeteries

Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Tombstone Transcriptions in Print	List of Cemeteries in the county
Findagrave.com	Family History Library	Findagrave.com
TNGenWeb	WorldCat	BillionGraves
TNGenWeb Archives		Linkpendium
Tombstone Project		Gravestones
TNGenWeb Cemeteries		Epodunk
BillionGraves
See Tennessee Cemeteries for more information.

Additional Cemetery Resources

• Tennessee Cemeteries - Hometown Locator
• Maury County Cemeteries and Maps
• Bible, Family & Tombstone Records: These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Census

1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Maury County federal population schedules 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.

1810 Lost

• Substitutes are available, see also Taxation:

• Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census at Ancestry.com (Free/$)

• 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 US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810.

1810 - 1891

• Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

1820

• Bentley, Elizabeth P. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. FHL 976.8 X22b 1820
• Garrett, Jill Knight. Maury County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 Census. Unknown: unknown, 1964. Available at Ancestry ($).
• Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. Includes free African Americans in this county.

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: FHL US/CAN Films 1024517-1024518.

The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by Lineages 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 US/CAN Book 973 X2m 1820; digital version at Lineages. Covers this county.

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 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, Middle District, Maury County on pages 156-157.

1891 Male Voters

• 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry.com — index $

Church

Episcopal

St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Columbia

• 1828 - 1971 - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Columbia, Baptism Index 1828-1971 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches C734876, C530261, and C530262.
• 1828 - 1895 - St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Columbia, Marriage Index 1828-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches M530261 and M530262.</ref>
• 1828 - 1890 - St. Peters Church, Columbia TN, Records. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records. 
• 1914 - 1919 - St. Peters Church, Columbia TN, Minutes. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

• History of St. Peters Episcopal Church. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

St John's Church and Cemetery, Ashwood

Methodist

United Methodist Church, Spring Hill

• 1840 - 1885 - United Methodist Church, Spring Hill, Baptism Index 1840-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches C530271 and C530272.</ref>
• 1840 - 1895 - United Methodist Church, Spring Hill, Marriage Index 1840-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batches M530271 and M530272.

• Mathews, Reverend John D.D. Peeps into Life Autobiography. Methodist Episcopal Church Tennessee Conference, 1904. Free digital copy.

• History of Mt. Joy Church Free lookups available!

Presbyterian

McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church

• 1848 - 1866 - McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church Baptism Index 1848-1866 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch C711001.</ref>
• 1849 - 1870 - McCain's Cumberland Presbyterian Church Marriage Index 1848-1866 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch M711001.

Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church

• 1890 - 1896, 1919 - 1928 - Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church Baptism Index 1890-1896 and 1919-1928 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch C711011.</ref>
• 1888 - 1923 - Pleasant Mount Cumberland Presbyterian Church Marriage Index 1888-1923 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch M711011.

Zion Presbyterian Church

• History of Zion (Presbyterian) Church. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Court

• 1808 - 1809 - County Court Minutes, These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
• 1810 - 1815 - Circuit Court Minute Book, Volume A.These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
• 1817 - 1821 - Circuit Court Minute Book. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
• 1823 - 1829 - Chancery Court Minute Book,These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.
• 1810 - 1825 - Wills and County Court Minutes, Volume 1 Book B. These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

DNA

DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Maury County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.

• Brown - Descendant of Ervin Brown, b. abt 1813 South Carolina, resident of Maury County, Tennessee. Y-DNA 67 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 21975). Genetic signature available online (labeled Group No. 12), genealogical description available online, courtesy: Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study. Matches have been found.

Family Histories

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

As of August 2010, a query for Search persons born in Maury, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 70,000 entries.

• Home Demonstration Clubs. Ancestor Charts: Bicentennial Project of the Home Demonstration Clubs of Maury County, Tennessee. Huntsville, Ala.: Margaret M. Cowart, 1976. FHL Book 976.859 D2h.
• Maury County Historical Society Book Committee. Maury County Tennessee: History & Families, Founded 1807. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Pub. Co., 1998. FHL Book 976.859 H2mct.

Bibliography

• Beasley - Croft, Carol Daun The Beasley family : of John Wesley and his wife Rachel Wantland Tacoma, Washington : C.D. Croft, 2005 FamilySearch Books Online; FHL book 929.273 B38cc.
• Bigham - Bigham, Esther W. Genealogical Collection of Esther Bigham. MSS., microfilmed in 1993. FHL US/CAN Film 1598132 Item 5.
• Brady/Bain - Renick, Marjorie Monro Hall and Robert Edward Brady/Bain family history Bend, Oregon : M.A. Renick, 1998 FamilySearch Books Online; FHL book 929.273 B729re.
• Butler - See Ingram
• Dooley - Dooley, William Kenneth. The Dooley Family of Maury County, Tennessee: 1746-2000. 2 vols. Shreveport, La.: W.K. Dooley, (2001?). FHL Collection.
• Duncan - Harris, Olive and Joe Cleatus Harris. William Duncan of Scotland, Chatham Co., N.C., Maury and Marshall Counties, Tennessee and His Eleven Known Children and Their Descendants. MSS. FHL Book 976.4 D2c.
• Ferrell - Ferrell, Ed. Ferrell family records, ca. 1789-1930. Juneau, Alaska: E. Ferrell, 1991. FHL 929.273 F413fee
• Frierson - Stephenson, Theodore Frierson. The Friersons of Zion Church and their descendants, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982. Digitized on FamilySearch
• Frierson - Flemming, William S. Historical sketch of Zion Church, Maury County, Tennessee and genealogy of the Frierson family, 1730-1887, Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1979
• Good - Hooten, Una Good. A Family History. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1983. FHL 1318059 Item 7
• Griggs - Madeira, Pauline and Kim Beauchamp. The Ancestors of Harvey Louis Hardin : with Chapters on the Descendants of Samuel Sanford Hardin, James Pate, David McAlister, William Waddell, Samuel P. Griggs and John Selby. S.l.: Rex H. Madeira, Jr., 1999. FHL 929.273 Se48mp
• Hardison - Hawkins, Fred Lee and Dorothy Westmoreland Gilliam. Hardison and Allied Families: Especially those of Maury and Marshall Counties of Tennessee. Columbia, Tenn.: F.L. Hawkins, 1992.
• Ingram - Bingham, James Barry Descendants of Jonas Ingram and Melinda Butler Baltimore, Maryland : Gateway Press, c1991 FamilySearch Books Online; FHL book 929.273 In4.
• Jackson - Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 30 (1986)-v. 33 (1989).
• Kennedy - McKennon, Sara Tom Brooks and Deane Kennedy Hendrix. The John Kennedy Ancestors ... n.p.: n.p., 1979?. FHL Book 929.273 K383m.
• Knight - Garrett, Jill Knight. Knight Cousins. [Columbia, TN: Unknown, 1967. Available at FHL US/CAN Film 928090; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
• Lendermon - Boswell, Imogene May and Jean Boswell Pippenger. The Ancestors and Descendants of Henry D. Lendermon: Randolph County, North Carolina; Greenville County, South Carolina; Maury County, Tennessee; Carroll County, Tennessee; Marshall County, Mississippi. Carrollton, Texas: I.M. Boswell & J.B. Pippenger, 1988. FHLBook 929.273 L546p.
• Lindsey - Thorndale, William. Lindseys of Long Marsh Run, now Clarke County, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley: and Lindseys of Little Bigby Creek, Maury County, Tennessee. 1975. FHLBook 929.273 L645tw.
• Moss - Moss, T.C. The David Moss Family: Green, Adair, Boyle, Barren, Hart, and Warren Co., Ky.; Williamson and Maury Co., Tenn.; Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn.: T.C. Moss, 1968. Book 929.273 M855mo.
• Nelson - Shipp, Bonnie Morrow Some ancestors and some descendants of Wibbie Reams Nelson and John Andrew Franklin Morrow Digital copy available at FamilySearch Books Online.
• Payne - John C. Payne, Toney L. Payne, Gale Payne Nagy The big Payne book : a history of the Payne family of Virginia, Western North Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri [S.I.] : J.C. Payne, c2007 FamilySearch Books Online; FHL book 929.273 P293 pjc..
• Robb - Robb, Henrietta Robb-Lanterman family record Salt lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of utah, 1977 FamilySearch Books Online; FHL film 1036565 item 5. BYU Family History Archives.
• Williams - Yancey, Dennis J. and Nicholas M. Williams. The Yancey Family History Collection: Information Concerning John and Harriett Yancey Williams of Maury Co., Tennessee, Records Obtained from Nicholas M. Williams, Waverly, Iowa. MSS., microfilmed in 1994. FHL US/CAN Film 1598292 Item 1.
• Yancey - Yancey, Dennis J. and Nicholas M. Williams. The Yancey Family History Collection: Information Concerning John and Harriett Yancey Williams of Maury Co., Tennessee, Records Obtained from Nicholas M. Williams, Waverly, Iowa. MSS., microfilmed in 1994. FHL US/CAN Film 1598292 Item 1.
• Biographies of Maury County - Courtesy of TNGenWeb.
• Biographies of Maury County - Courtesy of USGenWeb Archives, Maury County.

Land

Deeds

Maury County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1807 and is located at the Maury County Archives, 201 East Sixth Street, Columbia, Tennessee  38402-069; Telephone: (931) 375-3690. Land and property records include transfer of real estate or personal property, mortgages, leases, surveys, and entries.

• The Family History Library has microfilm copies of a general index to deeds 1807-1843; deed books 1808-1881;. land entry books 1820-1919; Surveyor's books 1834-1838; Maury County Land ownership maps 1878 from the Library of Congress.

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Maury 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 Maury County, both before and after its land became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1778-1815.

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 Maury County.
4. Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Maury County."
5. In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Maury County land entries will be produced. Browse to find abstracts of the original records.

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

• Maury County, the blue-grass region of Tennessee. Its Agricultural and Mineralogical Resources, including a View of the County seat, the City of Columbia. Her Commerce and Industries, Schools and Churches, Past Development and Future Possibilities. Columbia, Tennessee: Herald Book and Job Rooms, 1884.  Free digital copy.
• Robbins, David Peter. Century Review, 1805-1905, Maury County, Tennessee: A Condensation of the Most Important Events of the Past One Hundred Years, and Descriptive Sketches of the Cities and Villages. Columbia and Mt. Pleasant in Detail. Columbia, Tenn.: Board of Mayor & Aldermen, 1905. Digital version at Ancestry ($); Google Books. 1980 reprint: FHL US/CANBook 976.859 H2r.
• Fleming, William Stuart A historical sketch of Maury County read at the centennial celebration in Columbia, Tennessee, July 4th, 1876 Salt Lake City, Utah : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2007 FamilySearch Books Online; FHL book 976.859 H2.

• Century review, 1805-1905, Maury County, Tennessee : a condensation of the most important events of the past one hundred years, at Ancestry.com (Free/$)
• Garret, Jill K. Maury County, Tennessee, Historical Sketches, Columbia, Tennessee, (1967). Available at FamilySearch Books.
• History of Tennessee: From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall Counties; Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Reminices, Observations, etc., Nashville, Tennessee: The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886. Available at Google Books.

Maps

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
• Maury County, Tennessee with Landowners (D.G. Beers, 1878) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
• 1878 Map of Maury County, TN. Originally published 1877. View scaled-down version on ReevesMaps.com.

Military

The following Maury 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, Middle District, Maury County on pages 156-157.
• Lightfoot, Marise Parrish. Let the Drums Roll: Veterans and Patriots of the Revolutionary War Who Settled in Maury County, Tennessee. [Columbia, Tenn.]: Maury County Historical Society, 1976. FHL US/CAN Book 976.859 D3L.
• 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. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1961):20-23. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. Includes Maury County pensioners (p. 22).
• Garrett, Jill K. War of 1812 Soldiers of Maury County, Tennessee. Columbia, Tenn.: Jane Knox Chapter, D.A.R., (190-?). FHL Book 976.859 M2g.
• Garrett, Jill K  War of 1812 soldiers of Maury County, Tennessee (Columbia, Tennessee 190?) pages 231
  FHL Book 976.859 M2

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861 - 1865 - Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861 - 1865 - Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1891 - 1965 - Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965 at FamilySearch — images
• Civil War Maps
• Civil War Research Database $
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Regiments. Civil War service men from Maury 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 Maury County.

Confederate Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Field's) - CSA - Companies G and H.
• 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies G and H.
• 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company A.
• 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Robison's) (Walker Legion) - CSA
• 2nd Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry (Woodward's) - CSA - Companies A, B, C, and G.
• 3rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Clack's) - CSA - Companies F and H.
• 9th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Gantt's) - CSA - Companies A, B, C, E, and G.
• 19th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Biffle's) - CSA - Company G.
• 22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Nixon's) - CSA
• 23rd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Martin's) - CSA - Company A.
• 24th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company G.
• 28th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Hay's) - CSA
• 48th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Voorhies') - CSA - Companies A, B, E, F, H, and K.
• 54th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company F.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Maury County:

• Garrett, Jill K., Virginia Wood Alexander and Evelyn B. McAnally. Confederate Soldiers and Patriots of Maury County, Tennessee. Columbia, Tenn.: Capt. James Madison Sparkman Chapter, United Daughter of the Confederacy, 1970. FHL US/CAN Book 976.859 M23g.
• Quintard, Charles Todd. Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee. Sewanee, Tennessee: The University Press, 1905. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive. Chaplain of the 1st Tennessee Regiment.
• William R. Ray, Lance J. Herdegen, Sherry Murphy Four years with the Iron Brigade:the Civil War journals of William R. Ray Da Capo Press 2002. Free lookups available!
• Shellengerger, John K. The Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee, November 29, 1864. Cleveland, Ohio: Arthur H. Clark Co, 1913. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
• Watkins, Samuel R. "Co. Aytch": Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment, or, a Side Show of the Big Show. Chattanooga, Tennessee: Times Printing Co., 1900. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Maury 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. Maury County, page 363-364.
• TNGenWeb, Maury County Tennessee. Civil War Records. Scroll down to Military.
• USGenWeb Archives, Maury County Tennessee Archives. Military Records.
• CWSAC, Battle Summaries, Columbia and Spring Hill. Located in Maury County.

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War Battles were fought in Maury County:

• November 24-29, 1864 = Columbia[12][11]
• November 29, 1864 = Spring Hill[13][12]

Map showing Civil War battles in Tennessee.

Spanish American War

• Hale, Will T.The First Tennessee Regiment, United States Volunteers. Nashville, 1899. Free digital copy.

World War II

• Alexander, Virginia Wood and Ashton, Margaret D. Maury County remembers World War II Columbia, Tennessee : Maury County Historical Society, c1991. FHL US/CAN book 976.859 H2mc v.1-2 Free lookups available

Naturalization

United States Passport Applications are available from 1796 - 1925 - Indexed at Family Search

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 Maury County click on the following cities:

• Columbia
• Mount Pleasant
• Spring Hill

Occupations

• Miller, Alan N. Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Purchase at Genealogical.com. Includes Maury 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 Maury County, Tennessee Genealogy 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.

Maury County Historical Society Newsletter - Historic Maury

The Family History Library has only the current volume. FHL US/CAN V.F. Tennessee
See website for further information:http://historicmaury.org/
Indexed in PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)

The Maury Genealogist

The Family History Library has Volume 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1972) FHL US/CAN 976.859 B2m

The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History

Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Maury County, Tennessee Genealogy have been published in The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, the quarterly of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society (23+ Vols.). To view a list of these articles, visit their online Index to Articles (1988-2005). Surname indexes are also available online for Vols. 2-22. The website also offers back issues for sale in paper and on CD. The Family History Library has a complete collection of this quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.85 D25m.

The River Counties

Genealogical articles with abstracts of Maury County, Tennessee Genealogy records were published in The River Counties Quarterly, (14 vols.) edited by Jill K. Garrett. The Family History Library has a complete collection FHL Book 976.8 B2rc.

Prisons

Learn if your Maury County, Tennessee Genealogy ancestors went to prison!

• Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850.
• Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870.

Private Papers

• Family Bible of James Harvey Emerson and Rebecca Rutherford Dallis: Colombia, Maury County, Tennessee. Microfilmed in 1963. FHL US/CAN Film 301101 Item 43.
• Guide to the Jill Knight Garrett Collection, ca. 1800-1969, available online, courtesy: TSLA. Garrett collected a large amount of material pertaining to families in Maury County and the surrounding area.

Probate Records

The Maury County Court has responsibility for the probate records.The Maury County Archives holds many records.

Online Records

• 1779 - 2008 - Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

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, 1829-1919 (7 vols.)
• Probate records, 1854-1901
• Settlements, 1874-1907
• Bonds, Letters, 1861-1894
• Claims against estates, 1868, 1874-1903, 1935
• Guardian records, 1873-1904
• Insolvent estate records, 1906-1942

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

• Will Book 1: 1806-1815
• Will Book C: 1823-1824

The following Maury County probate records have been abstracted, indexed, or both:

• 1807 - 1824 - Garrett, Jill Knight. Maury County, Tennessee Wills and Settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 Census. Unknown: unknown, 1964. Free online.
  
• 1807 - 1832 - Garrett, Jill Knight. Maury County, Tennessee, Will Books A, B, C-1, D and E, 1807-1832. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1984. Indexed. (FHL book 976.859 P2gjk.)
  
• 1807 - 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.
• 1806 - 1815 - Maury County Will Books Vol. 1-1806-1815. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version vailable at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
• 1809 - 1817 - Maury County Will Books Vol. 2-1809-1817. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version vailable at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.
• Maury County Will Book, Volume 3. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version vailable at World Vital Records ($). The database at World Vital Records has this labeled as Volume 1 but it is actually Volume 3 and contains records from Will Book B, p. 235 through Will Book C, p. 25.
• Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census at Ancestry.com (Free/$)

Public Records

• Maury County Road Minutes 1817-1825. Simmons Historical Publications. Digital version available at World Vital Records ($). Available for purchase at Simmons Historical Publications.

Taxation

The following Maury County tax records have been abstracted:

• 1807 - 1812 - Tax Sales, 1807-12, Historic Maury, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Jun. 2002).
• 1808 - "Maury County Tax List 1808," Historic Maury, Vol. 32, No. 4 (Dec. 1996):144-146.
• 1808 - 1848 - [Decription of?] Revenue and Tax Book, 1808-48, Historic Maury, Vol. 7, No. 4 (Oct. 1971).
• 1808 - 1810 - "Maury County Tax List 1808-1810," Historic Maury, Vol. 32, Nos. 1 through 4 (March 1996-Dec. 1996).
• 1808 - 1810 - 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 US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810. Cites the two Historic Maury publications as sources.
• 1808 - Tax Roll, 1808, Historic Maury, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Sep. 2001).
• 1809 - Tax Sales, 1809, Historic Maury, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1965).
• 1809 - Tax Roll, 1809, Historic Maury, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Dec. 2001).
• 1810 - Tax Roll, 1810, Historic Maury, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Mar. 2002).
• 1810 - "Reconstructing the Maury County Census with Court, Marriage and Tax Records, 1810," Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy & History
• 1811 - Lightfoot, Marise P. "Maury County, Tennessee Taxables for the Year 1811," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 10, No. 2 (April 1963):57-62; Vol. 10, No. 3 (July 1963):125-130; Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan. 1964):29-34; Vol. 11, No. 2 (April 1964):81-84. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Periodicals.
• 1811, 1816 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4s. Includes 1811, 1816 tax lists.
• 1812 - Tax List, 1812, Historic Maury, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jan. 1972).
• 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 Maury County.
• 1818 - Tax List, 1818, Historic Maury, Vol. 8, No. 4 (Oct. 1972).
• 1824 - William Edmondson's Tax List, 1824, Historic Maury, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Nov. 1965).
• 1824 - Tax List, 1824, River Counties, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1975); Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1975).
• 1828 - Return of Taxable Property and Polls, 1828, Historic Maury, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan. 1966).
• 1832 - Tax List, 1832, River Counties, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Jan. 1978); Vol. 7, No. 2 (Apr. 1978); Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1978); Vol. 7, No. 4 (Nov. 1978).
• 1836 - Tax List, 1836, 25 Districts; Introduction, Historic Maury, Vol. 4, No. 1 (Jan. 1968); Vol. 4, No. 2 (Apr. 1968); Vol. 4, No. 3 (Jul. 1968); Vol. 4, No. 4 (Oct. 1968).
• 1861 - Tax Assessments, Polls and Militia, 1861, Historic Maury, Vol. 29, No. 2 (1993).
• 1868 - Tax List, 1868, Historic Maury, Vol. 18, Nos. 1-4 (1982).
• 1870 - County Tax Assessments, 1870, Described, Historic Maury, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Jul. 1970).

Vital Records

See also How to order Tennessee Vital Records or order electronically online.

Birth

• 1881 - 1930s - Birth Records: 1881-1930s

See Tennessee Vital Records

• 1828 - 1939 - Tennessee Births and Christenings 1828-1939 at FamilySearch.org — index

• 1869 - 1909 - Tennessee Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

• 1908 - 1912 - Vital Statistics; Births, Deaths, 1908-1912. Manuscript. Nashville, Tennessee: TSLA, 1969. FHL 825552

• 1908 - 1912 - Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912 at FamilySearch — index and images

Marriage

The original Maury County marriage record books are kept at the County Courthouse. The original loose marriage records 1808-1950 are kept a the Maury County Archives. The County Archives has microfilm of the marriage record books.

The following Maury County marriage records are microfilmed:

• 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
• 1780 - 2002 - Tennessee State Marriages 1780-2002 at Ancestry.com — index $

• 1780 - 2002 - Tennessee State Marriage Index 1780-2002 at FamilySearch.org— index

• 1790 - 1950 - Tennessee County Marriages 1790-1950 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

• 1796 - 1950 - Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950 at FamilySearch.org — index

• 1808 - 1986 - Available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. Marriages 1808-1867 and marriage bonds 1808-1838 are available for interlibrary loan.

• 1807 - 1950 - Tennessee, Justice of the Peace. Maury County, Tennessee, marriage records, 1807-1950. Includes separate bride and groom indexes. Originals housed at the Maury County Archives. FHL 2281745

• 1808 - 1967 - Available at the Family History Library. Each volume is indexed.FHL 549201

• 1838 - 1888 - Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888 at FamilySearch — index and images

The following Maury County marriage records are abstracted and/or indexed:

• 1807 - 1852 - Alexander, Virginia W., Rose H. Priest, and Jill K. Garrett. Maury County, Tennessee marriage records, 1807-1852. S.l.: s.n., 1962, 1963. FHL 976.859 V28a 2 vols.

• 1807 - 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 US/CAN Book 976.8 V2t v. 1 ff. 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.

• 1807 - 1867 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Early Middle Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Sistler & Associates, 1988. FHL Book 976.8 V2sb v. 2 ff. Indexes names of brides and grooms, and marriage dates for weddings in this county for the specified years.

• 1808 - 1852 - Whitely, Edythe Rucker Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee, 1808-1852 Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1982. FHL US/CAN book 976.859 V2w Free lookups available!

• 1810 - 1844, 1846 - 1850 - Garrett, Jill K. Maury County, Tennessee newspapers (abstracts) 1810-1844, 1846-1850. Typescript. FHL 976.859 H2g 2 vols.
• Maury County, Tennessee Historical Society, comp. Maury County Cousins. Columbia, Tennessee: Maury County Historical Society, 1971. FHL 976.859 D4m 2 vols.

• 1790 - 1950 - Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950 at FamilySearch.org - covers all counties in Tennessee.
• Many county marriage records are indexed with images at Ancestry.com's Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. ($) Be aware that this index is not complete for many counties.

• 1806 - 1870 - Marriage Records.

• 1807 - 1850 - Marriage Records: Early–1850.

• 1851 - 1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry.com— index and images $

Divorce

In 1940 and 1941, W.P.A. workers pinpointed the location of Maury County divorce papers in diverse County Courthouse records, see the following resources:

• 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

• 1874 - 1955 - Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955 at FamilySearch.org — index

• 1908 - 1912 - Vital statistics; births, deaths, 1908-1912. Manuscript. Nashville, Tennessee: TSLA, 1969. FHL 825552

• 1908 - 1939 - Deaths: 1908-1939

• 1908 - 1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

• 1914 - 1966 - Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 at FamilySearch — index and images

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

• 1847 - 1914 - 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 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 1830's, 1840's, 1910's and 1920's.

Bible, Family & Tombstone Records:These records were transcribed and indexed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and published by TSLA on Roll 58 of Record Group 107. Free online index, created by Steve Carson, courtesy: GSC Associates Historical Records Products (the pages may load slowly). For a small fee, the company sells two Maury County CDs, which include a digitized version of these records, and a variety of other local records.

Societies and Libraries

See also a List of Tennessee Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Maury County Historical Society
P.O. Box 147
Columbia, TN 38402
E-mail: maurycountyhistoricalsociety@gmail.com

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507
The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Maury County is one. It publishes The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, a quarterly containing articles of genealogical and historical interest. Little-known Tennessee records are published and indexed, along with family genealogies, Bible records and material submitted by members. There is an alphabetical Index to articles in the Journal 1988-summer 2005

Maury County Public Library
211 W. 8th Street
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: 1-931-375-6501
Hours: Mon.-Wed. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thurs.-Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Spring Hill Public Library
P.O. Box 309
144 Kedron Parkway
Spring Hill, TN 37174
Phone: 1-931-486-2932
Fax: 1-931-486-3927
Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Fri. and Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Family History Centers

Family history centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes. See family history center for more information. Search the online FHC directory for a nearby family history center.

• Introduction to Family History Centers
• Columbia Tennessee Family History Center

1608 Hampshire Pike
Columbia, TN
Phone: 1-931-381-3650

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

Websites

• FamilySearch Catalog (FamilySearch) — The catalog is genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) This catalog is different than the indexed Historical Records.
• Maury County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
• Maury County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
• Life and Times of Maury County
• RootsWeb Mailing List: TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L (South Central Tennessee List)
• http://southernroots.wordpress.com/ Southern Roots Blog
• Maury County TN Genealogy (LDS Genealogy)

References