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The
Tennessee State Library and Archives at Nashville has virtually every Smith
County official document still extant up until the 1967 or so on
microfilm. This includes newspapers and
the records of the Cities of Gordonsville, Carthage, and South Carthage. Most of these same records are available on
microfilm at the Smith County Public Library
Go To TSLA
Records List For Smith County
Go To Other
Records On Microfilm Only At TSLA
Stevens, Merle.
“Tennessee Birth Records.” SCHQ.
Vol VII, No 4 (1995) pp 145-146.
Abstracted from the State records.
Cemeteries,
Smith County. 3 vols. Photocopy of a manuscript in Tennessee State
Library III-F-s ac. No. 69-118.
Includes 162 cemeteries, mostly in the south side of the county.
Gibbs, Bessie, et al.
Bible and Tombstone Records,
Smith County, Tennessee. Copied under the Works Progress
Administration. Historical Records
Project # 465-44-3-115, 1938.
Key, F. Carmack, Sue Maggart, and Jane Turner. Corps
of Engineers Grave Removals from Center Hill Dam Area. Compiled from Corps of Engineers
Records. Np 13 pp.
Key, F. Carmack, Sue Maggart, and Jane Turner. Smith
County Cemeteries South of the Cumberland River. Utica, KY: McDowell, Publishing, 1984. Includes also,
information from the Brush Creek Baptist Church Minutes [not the Primitive
Baptist Church], miscellaneous newspaper records, Removals from the Cordell
Hull Lake area, Smith County, TN Mortality Records for 1881-1882 and 1908-1911,
and Death Certificates issued in the Rome area. Most of the large cemeteries have addendums including those
buried in the cemeteries between the time of their transcription and the
publication These deaths were gleaned from the Carthage Courier Obituaries.
Lynch, Louise Gillespie.
Cemetery Records of Smith County,
Tennessee. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1978. 152 pp.
Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society and Caney
Fork Chapter, DAR. Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries, North of the Cumberland River. Utica, KY:
McDowell Publishing, 1981.
Tennessee
Cordell Hull Project Completion Report:
Cemetery Relocations. U.S. Army
Engineer District Nashville, Corps of Engineers, Nashville: March 1974.
Cemetery relocations from Smith and Jackson County before the building
of the Cordell Hull Dam. Includes maps
of the cemeteries and maps.
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Bently, Elizabeth Petty. Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1981. Pp. 287.
Brooks, Richard D.
Smith County, Tennessee, 8th
Census of the United States, 1860.
Carthage, TN: Published by R.D.
Brooks, 1995
Burns, Annie Walker.
Family Records of Smith County,
Carthage, Tennessee, as given the United States Census Taker of 1820. Washington, 195_ .
Burns, Annie Walker.
Family Records of Smith County,
Carthage, Tennessee, as given the United States Census Taker of 1830. Washington, 195_.
Burns, Annie Walker.
Family Records of Smith County,
Carthage, Tennessee, as given the United States Census Taker of 1840. Washington, 195_.
Burns, Annie Walker.
Family Records of Smith County,
Carthage, Tennessee, as given the United States Census Taker of 1850. Washington, 1955 [?].
Burns, Annie Walker.
Family Records of Smith County,
Carthage, Tennessee, as given the United States Census Taker of 1870. Washington, 1954 or 55.
Houston, Martha Lou. Tennessee Census Reports. Washington: 1933-36. Includes the remaining portions of the 1800 and 1810 Census of Tennessee and the complete 1820 Census including Smith County. These are mimeographed copies of the original federal census reports.
Key, F. Carmack, Sue Maggart, and Jane Turner. Family
Records of Smith County, Tennessee, United States Census of 1880. Transcribed from original by Mary Beth
Smith. Utica, KY: McDowell Communications.
Parker, Nancy C.
“1830 Census of Smith County, Tennessee.” The Southern Genealogists
Exchange Quarterly. Vol. XVI, No.
73, 1975. 17 pp.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Census of 1850. Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow, 1988. 283 pp.
Is indexed.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County, Tennessee Slave
Schedule of the 1850 Census.
Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow,
1996.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Census of 1860. Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow, 1994. 271
pp. With index.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County, Tennessee Slave
Schedule of the 1860 Census.
Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow,
1996. 64 pp.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Census of 1870. Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow, 1994. 349
pp. With Index.
Partlow, Thomas E. Smith
County Census of 1880. Lebanon,
TN: T. E. Partlow, 1993. 378 pp. With Index.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Census of 1900. Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow, 1994. 398
pp. With Index.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Census of 1910. Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow, 1995.
417 pp. With Index.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Census of 1920. Lebanon, TN: T. E. Partlow, 1995. 387
pp. With Index.
Sistler, Byron and Barbara. 1830 Census of Tennessee, in Three Volumes. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1969-71. Is in three sections, one for each grand division.
Sistler, Byron and Barbara. 1840 Census of Tennessee. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1986. 597 pp.
Sistler, Byron and Barbara. 1850 Census of Tennessee. Evanston, IL: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1974.
Sistler, Byron and Barbara. 1860 Census of Tennessee. In five Volumes. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1981-82.
Sistler, Byron. Index to the 1870 Census of Tennessee
(in two volumes). Nashville, TN: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1985.
Index of
Loose Records, Chancery Court, Smith County, Tennessee. In 4 volumes. Volume 1 covers A-E, Volume 2 covers F-L, Volume 3 covers M-R,
Volume 4 covers S-Z. Is a photocopy
available at the Tennessee State Library and is available on microfilm as well.
Index of
Chancery Court Enrollment Books. Includes the following books 1825-1831; 1831-1836; 1835-1837;
1835-1873; 1837-1842; 1837-1843; 1838-1843; 1842-1849; 1853-1872; 1866-1893;
1869-1872; 1872-1894. Dates are jumbled
because different books contain different types of records and many do overlap.
Handwritten Np.
Index to
Smith County Court Minute Books: 1799-1820. Includes Minute Books 1, 1799-1804, Minute
Book 3, 1808-1811; Minute Book 4, 1811-1813; Book 5, 1813-1815; Book 6,
1815-1817; Book 7, 1817-1819; Book 8, 1819-1820; and County Court Pleas Book 1A
1799-1800; County Court Pleas Book 2, 1805-7.
Handwritten Np.
Index to
Smith County Court Minute Books: 1820-1835. Includes Book 9, 1820-1822; Book 10,
1822-1824; Book 11, 1824-1826; Book 12 1828-1830; Book 13 1830-1831; Book 15
1834-1835 (Book 14 does not appear to be indexed. Handwritten Np. At least
part of this copy was transcribed by Jackie Ann Hesson.
Sutton, Nina.
“Smith County Courts.” SCHQ Vol II, No 1 (1990) pp 1-5.
Turner, Jane C.
“Chancery Court Records.”
Continuing series of articles in the SCHQ. Gives abstracts of selected Smith County Chancery Court
records in the loose files.
Works Progress Administration. Smith County, County Court
Minute Book 1799-1804 & 1835.
Historical Records Project No. 65-44-1496. Nashville, TN: Copied
under the aegis of the Works Progress Administration 1936. Willie Chaffin, Geraldine Smith, Rebecca
Ballenger, Elizabeth Alexander, and Hattie Ferrell Winfree copyists.
Works Progress Administration. Smith County, County Court
Minute Books, 1799-1824. In 10
Volumes. V. 1 1799-1800, V. 2
1800-1806, V. 3 1808-1811, V. 4 1811-1813, V. 5 1813-1815, V. 6 1815-1817, V. 7
1817-1819, V. 8 1819-1820, V. 9 1820-1822, V. 10 1822-1823. Historical Records Project No. 65-44-1496.
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Maggart, Sue W. “Death Records.” SCHQ, Vol 5, No 2 (1993) pp 75-76; Vol 6, No 1 (1994); Vol IX, No 3 (1997) pp 96-99; Vol X, No 3 (1998) pp 101-106. Transcription of the State Death Records for Smith County, Tennessee, from MF Roll 27, Vol 55, 1914. These records include a lot of information, including birth date, birth place, age, marital status, occupation, parents names and birth places, burial location, and informant.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert (Irene). Smith County, Tennessee, Deaths: 1881-1882. Lompoc, CA: Pub by author, 1972.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert (Irene). Some Persons Mentioned as deceased in Smith County, Tennessee, Records from 1800-1855. Lompoc, CA: Pub by Author, 1976.
Sistler, Byron and Barbara. Tennessee Mortality Schedules. Nashville, TN: 1984. Covers the Mortality Schedules for the 1850, 1860, and 1880 Tax Records.
“Smith County Death Records.” Smith County Historical Quarterly. Vol 10, No 2. Pp 46-50
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Crumpton, Barbara, abstractor. Smith County Tennessee
Deeds 1800-1807. Covers Deed Book
B. Duncan, OK: By Author, 1987.
Crumpton, Barbara, abstractor. Smith County, Tennessee
Deeds 1807-1811. Covers Deed Book
C. Duncan, OK: By Author, 1987.
Crumpton, Barbara, abstractor. Smith County, Tennessee Deeds
1811-1814. Covers Deed Book D. Duncan, OK:
By Author, 1987.
Crumpton, Barbara, abstractor. Smith County, Tennessee
Deeds 1814-1816. Covers Deed Book
E. Duncan, OK: By Author, 1987.
Douthat, James L. Smith County, Tennessee, Deed Books. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1991. Covers Will Book B (1801-1807) and Will Book
C (1807-1811). Is copied from the WPA
transcriptions and is indexed.
Partlow, Thomas E.
Smith County Tennessee Deed Books. In 7 volumes. Lebanon, TN: T. E.
Partlow, 1986-95. Volume 1 covers books
B-M (1800-1835); Volume 2 covers N-U (1835-1852); Vol 3 covers V-Z (1852-1860);
Vol 4 covers AA-2 (1860-1876); Vol 5 covers 3-5 (1876-1884); Vol 6 covers 6-11
(1883-1899); Vol 7 covers 12-15 (1899-1904).
These are indexed.
“Smith County, Tennessee Land Grants.” Upper
Cumberland Genealogical Association Quarterly. Volume XVII No 2, pp 78-84.
These records were copied from notes found in the records of Edith
Whitley of Williamson County. She had
noted at the head of the first page “Fragments of an old book-loose pages part
of book lost, original sheets, no back, Taken from trash can-1942. Probably an old Entry Book-faded and can’t
read in every place, therefore abstracted.”
Willis, Laura. Smith County, Tennessee, Deeds. Melber, KY:
Simmons Historical Publications, 1997.
Covers June 1800-August 1804.
Includes Index.
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Fulcher, Richard Carlton.
1770-1790 Census of the
Cumberland Settlements: Davidson Sumner
and Tennessee Counties in What is now Tennessee. Baltimore: Genealogical
Publishing Company, 1987. Pp. 253. Smith County was part of both Davidson and
Sumner Counties before its creation.
Several of these pioneers wound up settling in what is now Smith County.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert Q. (Irene). Early
Smith County, Tennessee [Records] Personally compiled from Prime Documents and
Smith County Records. Troutdale,
OR: 1972.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert Q. (Irene). Early
Smith County, Tennessee, Women and Children; A List of Some Women and Children
Residing in Smith County, Tennessee, 1800-1850 (and a few men) Personally
Compiled From Prime Documents and Smith County Records… Troutdale, OR: 1972.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert Q. (Irene). Smith
County, Tennessee Pioneer residents before 1820; listing over 1100 persons
residing in Smith County, Tennessee, including Many Women and Children. Troutdale, OR, 1972.
Gregory, Calvin. Cal’s Column. Collection of newspaper articles written by the editor of the Macon County Times. Compiled and Indexed by Christine Spivey
Jones and Richard Donoho Brooks.
1986. Volume 1 contains the
articles written from April 25, 1946, to pril 16, 1953. Volume 2 covers April 23, 1953, to November
21, 1957.
Key, F. Carmack. The Key Journal. 2 vols.
2 bound volumes of Carmack Keys one family charts drawn from various
Smith County Records. Indexed with
source material listed for each chart.
Graham, Thomas A. Private Acts of Smith County, Tennessee,
by the General Assembly. 1976.
Key, F. Carmack Key.
County Line Changes and Petitions
of Smith County, Tennessee.
Manuscript in possession of Steven L. Denney. Mr. Key never finished this work, but he did make maps for each
of the County Line changes.
McBride, Robert Biographical Directory, Tennessee General Assembly: Smith County, Preliminary #31. Nashville: Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1970. 112 pp.
McIntyre, William C.
Private Acts of Smith County,
Tennessee. Nashville: Public County Technical Assistance Service,
University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service, 1994. 143 pp.
Daughters of American Revolution. Smith
County, Tennessee Marriages: 1838-1880.
Embry, Hermoine D.
Smith County Marriages 1838 and
1845-1854. Priv pub, 1962.
Maggart, Sue.
“Rites of Matrimony Solemnized by William N. Suite, 1850-1871.” Smith
County Historical Quarterly. Vol 7,
No 1 (1995). 32-37. Marriages performed by Wm. N. Suite,
prominent Baptist Minister of the Rome Community. Many of these marriages were never filed with the county.
Maggart, Sue W. and Louise M. Sharenberger. Smith
County, Tennessee Marriages: 1881-1920. Published by the authors, 1984.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert (Irene). Index to Smith County,
Tennessee, Marriage Schedules, Part 1, Part 2, Feb 5, 1845-March 15, 1854. Lompoc, CA:
1976.
Smith
County, Tennessee, Marriages from Card Index File: 1803-1849. 19 pp.
Unpublished. Marriages collected from
various sources and submitted to the Historical society.
Works Progress Administration. Tennessee Records of Smith
County, Marriage Book 1838 and 1845-1854 and Some Records from four Smith
County Cemeteries and Graveyards.
WPA Historical Records Project 65-44-1496.
Denney, Steven L. Smith County, Tennessee, Tax Records for
1837. Transription in progress.
Maggart, Sue W.
Smith County, Tax List: 1860. SCHQ Vol IX, No 2 (1997) ; Vol IX, No 3
(1997).
Roddy, Vernon
“Civil Districts of Smith County, Tennessee, in 1836.” Upper
Cumberland Genalogical Association Quarterly. Vol 11, No 1 (1986) pp 6-12.
“Smith County, Tennessee Direct Tax List.” Upper
Cumberland Genealogical Association Quarterly. Vol 3, No 4 pp 29-3_.
Key, F.C. [Index to] Smith County Wills. 1965 np.
19 pages. Copy of typewritten
copy in TSLA
Key, F.C., Sue W. Maggart, and Jane C. Turner. Smith
County, Tennessee Wills: 1803-1896. Utica, KY:
McDowell Publications, 1985.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert Q. (Irene). Smith County, Tennessee, 1799-1805.
Some Persons mentioned in Smith County Will Book B, Where the Record is
Dated 1805. No publisher listed or
location, 1975.
McKinney, Mrs. Robert Q. (Irene). Some
Persons Abstracted from and All Persons Mentioned in Will Books of Smith County. 3 volumes.
Volume one is for 1805-1809, Volume 2 is for 1809-1816, Volume three is
titled Excerpts. Lompoc,
CA: 1976.
Willis, Laura. Smith County, Tennessee Wills and
Administrations. 2 vols. Melber,
KY: Simmons Historical Publications,
1997. Volume 1 covers Dec 1805-Dec
1808. Volume 2 covers Dec 1808-Feb
1815.
Works Progress Administration. Records of Smith County, Smith County Wills and Inventories. In Five Volumes. V. 1 1805-1809, V. 2 1809-1812, v. 3 1812-1814, v. 4 1814-1816,
v. 5 1816-1820. Volume 5 is simply
titled Will Book no. 4. 1836-1939. WPA Historical Records Project 65-44-1496.
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Smith County was a part of
Sumner County until 1799.
Bamman, Gale W.
and Debbie W. Spero. Sumner County, Tennessee Probate Data: 1787-1808. Nashville: Byron Sistler
and Associates. 80 pp.
Murray, Joyce Martin.
Sumner County, Tennessee Deed
Abstracts: 1793-1805. Wolfe City, TX: Henington, Publishing Co., 1988.
Sumner
County, Minute Books, Vols. 1-5, 1787-1805. Nashville, TN: Copied for Works Progress Administration 1936 and 1937. Flora Witherspoon, Alice Guthrie, Ruby
Dillon copyists. Mrs. Paul Berry Jones
and Frankie Beerman typists.
Wells, Carol. Sumner County, Tennessee Court
Minutes: 1787-1805 and 1808-1810. Bowie, MD:
Heritage Books, Inc, 1995.
Wilson, Shirley. Sumner County, Tennessee, Index to the Loose Records: 1786-1930. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1987. 320 pp.
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Sumner County, Tennessee Will
Abstracts: 1788-1882. Nashville:
Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1987.
200 pp.
Whitley, Edythe Rucker.
Sumner County, Tennessee
Marriages: 1787-1838. Nashville:
Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1981.
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The portion of Smith County
that lies West of the Caney Fork River and South of the Cumberland was included
in Wilson County until 1801.
Partlow, Thomas. The People of Wilson County, Tennesee: 1800-1899. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1983. 125 pp. Includes court minutes, wills, inventories, church records, obituaries, and etc.
------------- Wilson County, Tennessee, Deed Books C-M. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1984. 248 pp.
-------------- Wilson County, Tennessee, Deeds, Marriages, and Wills: 1800-1902. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1987. 244 pp.
-------------- Wilson County, Tennessee, Miscellaneous Records: 1800-1902. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Assoc., 1982. 270 pp.
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Sherry, Charles A. and Tomye M. Sherrill. Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary: 1831-1850. Vol 1. Mt Juliet, TN: 1997. 350 pp. With index. Includes a description and home county of each prisoner interned in the Tennessee State Penitentiary plus information about their crime.
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TAX RECORDS
Sistler, Byron and Barbara. Index to Early Tennessee
Tax Lists. Evanston, IL: 1977.
Includes the Sumner County Tax Lists for 1787 and 1792. Smith County was a part of Sumner at the
time.
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Eddleman, Sharon K.
Genealogical Abstracts from
Tennessee Newspapers. 1803-1812. Bowie, MD:
Heritage Books, Inc, 1989.
Includes the Carthage Gazette and Friend of the People for 1809 and the
Carthage Gazette from 1810-1811. 239 pp
with index.
Carthage
Courier 1913
to present
Carthage
Democrat 1894
Carthage
Gazette and Friend of the People 1808
to 1824
Carthage
Herald 1876
to 1878
Carthage
Mirror 1883
Carthage
Post 1901
to 1908
Carthage
Record 1896
Carthage
Times 1890
Carthage
Vidette 1870
Clarion 1882
Farmer’s
Advocate 1832
to 1833
Herald 1836
to 1837
Record 1885
to 1894
Record-Democrat 1894
Republican 1842
to 1845
Smith
County Democrat 1909
to 1913
Smith
County News 1909
to 1911
Smith
County Progress 1881
Smith
County Record 1883
to 1885
Tennessee
Republican 1824
to 1825
Times 1894
to 1900
Western
Express 1808
See also newspapers from surrounding counties, especially this one from Gallatin which was meant to cover Smith County as well.
Republican
Sentinel and Sumner, Smith and Jackson Intelligencer 1840
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Bowen, Dr. John W. “Smith County History: Some Account of the People of Smith from the Early Settlement of the County,” The Record (Carthage, TN) running from December 9, 1886-1892. Saved in a scrapbook form by members of the Bowen Family and typed into a book form by Samuel Martin Young. At least two chapters missing. A recent retyping of this book sponsored by Carmack Key around 1970. It is indexed.
Burk, E. H. Handbook
of Smith County. Supplement to the Carthage Post. Carthage, TN: Carthage Post, 1903. 48 pp.
Gold, W.D. ed. “The Early History of Smith County,” The
Post. 1903. 48 pp.
Maggart, Sue, and Nina Sutton, eds. History
of Smith County sponsored by the Smith County Homecoming 86 Heritage
Committee. Dallas: Curtis Media Co., 1987.
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Bass, Linnie.
History of New Middleton. Carthage Courier.
Beach, Thayer Wilson. “Gordonsville in the Twenties and Thirties.” SCHQ. Vol IX, No 3 (1997) pp. 73-79; Vol IX, No 4 (1997) pp 119-129.
Cho, Peggy. History of Chestnut Mound [Tennessee] and Related Areas. 199-. 31 pp. Unpublished paper for Tennessee Technological University.
Denney, Sam. History of the Long Branch Community.
Dickens, Katheryn Frye. “Baptist Roots Run Deep in the Little Village Named for Colonel Thomas Hickman.” SCHQ Vol IV, No 3 (1992) pp 85-97.
Fletcher, James L. History of Chestnut Mound, Tennessee. Work in progress.
Frye, Dalton. “Freight Wagons, Stage Coaches and Boston Spring Are Woven into Legend.” SCHQ Vol VI, No 2 (1994) pp 69-71. Originally published in the Carthage Courier.
------------------- History of New Middleton. Compiled in 1978. This series of articles appeared in the Carthage Courier in the 1960s and 70s.
Hayes, Marjorie. Temperance Hall Remembers. A Brief History of Temperance Hall, Tennessee. Location nl: Pub. By the Temperance Hall Community Club, 1986. 90 pp.
Hayes, Marjorie. Temperance Hall Remembers: A Brief History of Temperance Hall, Tennessee., Book II. Temperance Hall Community Club., 1990. 549 pp.
Norris, P. N. “History of Kenney’s Bend.” SCHQ Vol IV, No 3 (1990) pp 103-104.
Thompson, Vyda Mae Jenkins. “Pleasant Shade.” Originally written for the W.P.A Historical Records Project. Reprinted in SCHQ Vol V, No 2 (1993) p. 64.
Turner, Annie Lee Meyer. “When Carthage Was Young—As Told to Me. Smith County Historical Quarterly. Starting in SCHQ. Vol IX, No 1 (1997) pp 1-9; Vol IX, No 2. (1997) pp 45-51; Vol IX, No 3 (1997) pp 80-83. Vol IX, No 4 (1997) pp 132-135. Originally published in a Special Cordell Hull Issue, Carthage Courier.
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RELIGION IN SMITH COUNTY
Baker, Lucy, Betty Carson, Margaret Lancater, et al. Our
Church History in Celebration of our 150th Anniversary 1839-1989, New Middleton, Tennessee: “A History to Remember, a Future to Enjoy.” 1989.
Published by the Sesquicentennial Committee.
Bass, Erma. “New
Middleton Free Church,” Smith County Historical Quarterly. Vol 6, No. 1, pp 29-30.
Beasley, Jesse Katherine.
The Chestnut Mound United
Methodist Church. Nd 18 pp.
Denney, Steven L. History of the Gordonsville United
Methodist Church: 1820’s to1995.
1995.
Gordonsville
United Methodist Women: 1906-1986. History of the Gordonsville UMW written in
1986 by a committee of the women of the church. 11 pp.
A
History of the 1st Baptist Church of Carthage, Tennessee. Centennial Edition, 1881-1981. No author listed. Carthage, TN: Pub by the
Church, 1981, 20 pp.
Keithly, Rev. “Mt.
Zion Approaching Its 100th Anniversary,” Carthage Courier.
1982. History of the church.
“The
Life of Bide Russell: The Blind Saint” Pamphlet including a history of the Bide
Russell Baptist Church in Riddleton, Tennessee.
Maggart, Sue. The History of Carthage United Methodist
Church, Carthage, Tennessee.
Carthage, TN: Carthage United
Methodist Church, 1998.
Paris, William Ralph, Jr.
The Fourth History of Pleasant
Hill Regular Baptist Church: Crittenden
County, Kentucky, 1853-1983. Pub.
1983. This might seem like a strange
inclusion, but a huge number of the early members of this church migrated from
Smith County to here, a lot of info can be found for researchers on lost
relatives in this book.
Pryor, Mary Edaline Clark. Drapers Crossroads Church of
Christ: 1913-1988. 75 Years of Memories. 1988.
Sharenburger, Louise.
“Mt. Zion Methodist Church.” SCHQ Vol IV, No 2 (1992) pp 79-81.
Shirey, David, with A.C. Read, Jr., Frances Sue Robinson,
and Margaret Westmoreland. A History of Carthage Christian Church from
1870-1985.
Vanderpool, H. C. History
of Caney Fork Seminary Missionary Baptist Church: 1873-1988. Published by Caney Fork Seminary Missionary
Baptist Church and H.C. Vanderpool, 1989.
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CHURCH RECORDS
“Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records
1802-1971.” 4 vols.in
Tennessee State Library. Mf. Ac. No.
389.
Cumberland
District, Carthage Circuit, of Methodist Episcopal Church and United Methodist
Church 1839-1871. Historical Records Survey.
Microfilm in TN St. Library Mf. Ac. No. 208.
Defeated
Creek Missionary Baptist Church Records 1837-1980. TN State Library Mf. # 704.
Dixon’s
Creek Baptist Church Minutes, 1799-1853. Nashville: TSLA,
1938. WPA Historical Records
Project 116 pp. This church has been in Sumner, Smith,
Macon, and Trousdale Counties without ever moving. The first church formed in what became Smith Conty is now a part
of Trousdale County.
Dixon’s
Creek Baptist Church Minutes, 1807-1811. Nashville: TSLA,
1938. WPA Historical Records Project 17
pp.
Dixon’s
Creek Baptist Church Minutes, 1812-1818. Nashville: TSLA,
1938. WPA Historical Records Project.
Gordonsville
United Methodist Church, Membership Rolls and Church Minutes. 1880-present. In possession of Church Historian and Clerk.
Gordonsville
United Methodist Church, Church Directory, 1970-71. Includes a short history of the church by
Beulah McDonald and
Hillsdale
Baptist Church Records: 1817-1928. Microfilm at TSLA. This church was organized at the East Fork of Goose Creek Baptist
Church when the area was still part of Smith County. It is now Macon County.
Hogan’s
Creek Baptist Church: 1806-1821. Handwritten transcription of Church Minutes
available at Smith County Public Library.
Macedonia Baptist Church Records:
1830-1876. TN State
Library Mf # 1528.
Mulberry
Grove Church, Turkey Creek including Membership Roster: 1844-1858. Photocopy at Smith County Library. Also, some of the records for the church
have been published as “Church Record Book for Mulberry Grove Meeting House at
Pendarvis on Turkey Creek in the Year of Our Lord, 1844-1858.” Smith
County Historical Quarterly. Vol
10, No 3(1998). Pp 83-89.
Parthenia
Church Methodist Episcopal Church South. Church membership records of the Parthenia Church. Photocopy in the Smith County Library.
Peyton’s
Creek Baptist Church. Minutes feb 1839-Oct. 1853. Includes minutes and membership rolls. Photocopy of records at Carthage Library and
TN State Library mf. Ac. No. 216.
Plunketts
Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Records from 1849-1878 and 1813-1981. Membership Lists including births, baptisms,
marriages, and deaths plus minutes and Smith County Memorandum (?). Mf. Ac. No. 697, 130, and 551.
Concord Baptist Association. Minutes of the Baptist
Concord Association, held at Hodge’s Meeting-House, Wilson County, Tennessee,
16th September, 1810.
Carthage, TN: From the press of
William Moore., 1810. 8pp. Series:
Early American Imprints. Second Series; no. 19453. Includes “Plan, or Form of Government for the Baptist Concord Association in West
Tennessee” and “Rules of Decorum for
the Concord Association” Shaw and Shoemaker: Microopaque. Worcester,
Mass.: American Antiquarian Society,
1978. In possession of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San
Marino, California.
---------------------- Minutes of the Concord Baptist Association,
of West Tennessee, East of Nashville, Held at Salem, Smith County, Sept. 10,
11, and 12, 1814. Nashville: M. and J. Norvel, printers, 1814. 7 pp. In possession of the Henry E.
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California. Notation says 1000 copies for 18 dollars.
---------------------- Minutes of the Concord Baptist Association,
of West Tennessee, East of Nashville, Held at Hickman’s Creek Meeting House, in
Smith County, Aug 2, 3, and 4, 1817.
Nashville: Norvell and McLean, 1817.
8 pp. In possession of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery,
San Marino, California. Notation says
1200 copies for 22 dollars.
----------------------- Minutes of the Baptist Concord Association
of West Tennessee Held at Dixon’s Creek Meeting House, Smith County, August 4,
1821, and the Succeeding Day.
Gallatin, TN: Henry McCullough
printer for The Tennesseean, 1821. 8
pp. In possession of the Henry E.
Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California.
Cumberland Baptist Association. Minutes of the Cumberland
Baptist Association, et [i.e. met] September 16, 1809 [microform]. Carthage, TN: From the Carthage Press, 1809.
4 pp. Found in Series Early American Imprints. Second Series; no.
16936. Shaw and Shoemaker: Microopaque. Worcester, Mass.:
American Antiquarian Society, 1978.
Round Lick Baptist Association. Minutes of the Twenty-Fourth
Annual Round Lick Baptist Association:
1860. In possession of
Julie Lou Agee, Gordonsville.
Contributed by Steven Denney to SCHQ
Vol II, No 3 (1990) pp 86-88.
------------------ Minutes
of the Twenty-Fift Annual Round Lick Baptist Association: 1861.
In possession of Julie Lou Agee, Gordonsville. Contributed by Steven Denney to SCHQ Vol II, No 4 (1990) pp 141-143.
------------------ Minutes 1866. Historical Records Survey, Tennessee. Handwritten copy of minutes for the association. Manuscript in TN St. Library. IV-L-1-6, 1v-M-1 ac. No. 68-42.
Salem Association of Baptists. Minutes of the 16th
Session of the Salem Association of United Baptists: Which Was Commenced and Held at the Knob Spring Church, Smith
County, Tennessee., Saturday Before the 1st Lord’s Day, in October,
1839, and the Two Following Days.
Lebanon, TN: Chronicle Office, 1839. 4 pp.
(UTK)
Salem
Association of United Baptists. Minutes
for 1838-1852. Historical
Records Survey. Manuscript in TN State
Library. IV-L-1-6, IV-M-1 ac. No.
68-42.
United
Baptist Section Minutes. 1838-1850. Copied under WPA on Dec 13, 1938. Minutes of the section meetings for
1838-1850. Also, info on the Dixon
Creek Baptist Church which was established in 1799.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR VETERANS
Daughters of the American Revolution. Roster of Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Burried in Tennessee. 1974.
Garrett, Mrs. Rhea E. “Tabulation Submitted by Mrs. R.E. Garrett from Dixon Springs, 1930 [concerning lists of graves of Revolutionary War Soldiers in Smith County]” found in Acklen, Jeanette Tillotson. Tennessee Records: Tombstone Inscriptions and Manuscripts Historical and Biographical. Nashville: 1933. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967 and 1976.
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