Benton County Research

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This section is reserved for news of temporary interest. To submit information please contact me In the mean time, a couple of useless facts: Benton County has 44 named "Hollers" Hollows 144 named Branches, Creeks & Rivers12 Lake & River Dams 3 Islands 11 named Lakes and Ponds 27 named Post Offices ( 24 historical) the state legislature enacted a limited suffrage bill on April 17, 1919. Five days later, Mary Cordelia Beasley-Hudson of Benton County cast the first female ballot in the state in the Camden municipal election. Civil War Supply Boat

Letters From the Past Links Look Ups  emails may be outdated and I don't have anything other than is shown. Maps see TNGenWeb Marriages 1846-1851 Memoirs see new addition of  a former Benton County resident's recollections "The Farm"  Migration Routes Newspaper Columns Obituaries Old Cures and Recipes Online Databases Probate Court Records Publications list of books about Benton Co. Queries, automated for you to post Queries, Surnames and Researchers ( archived) Records Settlements Surname Registry Surname Volunteers Civil War Revolutionary War World War I World War II

New Lookup Volunteer has offered lookups in Benton County Tenn. Deeds Vol 1 check the "lookups" page

Newer Publications of interest to Benton County Researchers

Images of America: Benton County was published in 2005. It contains over 200 photos with captions for each,  55 of these are churches, including the Mt. Zion Baptist Church which was on the National Historic Registerand was destoyed by arson some years ago. Many other buildings which no longer exist are included such as the rock shelter that was at Nathan Bedford State Park. The front cover is sepia tone of the courthouse in 1890 with a crowd of people gathered in front of it. The book is 6.5 x 9.25 in size with 128 pages, most pages have 2 photos on them and many photos are from a collection of Big Sandy photos. Price is $20.00 plus S&H $4.00 if mailed or pick up at the library for $20.00 Mail to : Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN Benton County Genealogical Society

Family Bible Records of Benton County, Tennessee by Jonathan Smith. Softbound book, containing 192 pages including surname index. Mr. Smith generously allowed us to reprint this book, from the 1976 printing. When he published it originally he only did a few copies and they mostly went to libraries. We believe this is the first time it has been available to the public to purchase. Price is $25.00 plus S&H $5.00   Mail to : Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN. Benton County Genealogical Society Presented as a public service to our viewers-

 

County Seat Camden(pop. 3,828) Towns/Communities Big Sandy (pop. 518) Camden (pop. 3,828) Eva Holladay

Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775, Camden,TN 38320 Benton County Library 121 S. Forrest Ave., Camden, TN 38320-2055 Phone: 731.584.4772

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Off Site Links of Interest

Benton County Marriage Records

Bill Allen's Website with Families and Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

 

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