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While Crockett County does not have any official Slave records, due to the fact that the county was formed after this time period, there are many families of African American and Slave descent who have lived in the county since it's beginning. Because of this, official records that would pertain to former Slaves who lived in Crockett County, would most likely be from a neighboring county. While we normally try to keep records that pertain to certain counties on those county sites, there needs to be an exception made in this case, since the records would have to be found in another county, even though the records would refer to those who lived in what later became Crockett Co.
Hopefully those of you who are researching your African American roots will be willing to share your Crockett Co. related records here, so that others may be able to further their African American family research, as well. If you have any such records that you would like to contribute, please contact Natalie.
Wills, Deeds, Bills of Sale, or any other documents from surrounding counties, which mention slaves, where you know that these families ended up in Crockett Co. would be most appreciated. You do not have to have a connection to the people mentioned in the documents in order to contribute them to this site, nor do you have to be African American.
If you know of any good research links, please send them to Natalie.
1870 TN African American U.S. Federal Census Head of Household Index Lookups
Thanks to Regina Spencer, for offering to do these lookups!