Cocke County TNGenWeb
County Records

BIBLE RECORDS

• Joseph Baker Family Bible
• Baley Family Bible
• Samuel Phariss Family Bible  NEW!
• William and Eliza Witt Thomas Bible - warning: large image file

CEMETERY RECORDS

• TNGenWeb Cemetery Database - Cocke County Records
• Known Cemeteries in Cocke County
• Bell Hill - James Cemetery
• Bruners Grove Cemetery
• Click Cemetery
  
• Joseph's Chapel Cemetery
• Laws - Green Cemetery
• Loyd Cemetery NEW!
• Old Faubion Cemetery
  
• Old Mim's Farm Cemetery  NEW!
  
• Old Bear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
• Rose Hill Cemetery, Green Co., MO (some Cocke County resident burials)
  
• Slate Creek Cemetery
• Stanbery - Burnett Cemetery
• Turner Family Cemetery  NEW!
  
• White's Cemetery
• Willet Cemetery
• Wood and Mim's (Old Fish Farm) Cemeteries (3)  SOON TO COME!
• Burke and Mantooth Families - Cocke County Cemetery Records
• Cocke and Sevier County folks buried in Lawrence County, TN
  
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CENSUS RECORDS

• Manufacturers Census - 1820
• Census Index - 1830
• Mortality Schedule - 1850, District 11  UPDATED!
• Census Index - 1870  UPDATED!
  Section A to F
  Section G to M
  Section N to S
  Section T to Z
• Census Index - 1880  UPDATED!
  Section A to E
  Section F to J
  Section K to O
  Section P to T
  Section U to Z
• 1900 Census - District 9, English Creek
  
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CHURCH RECORDS

• Big Pigeon Baptist Church Minutes - very early records UPDATED!
  • Introduction  - please read first
  • Surname Index
  • 1787 to 1797 Minutes
  • 1798 to 1807 Minutes
  • 1808 to 1818 Minutes
  • 1819 to 1827 Minutes
  • 1828 to 1840 Minutes
  • 1841 to 1874 Minutes
• Methodist Episcopal Church South - 1851 to 1894 UPDATED!
  • Class Book - Pages 1 - 10
  • Class Book - Pages 11 - 20
  • Class Book - Pages 21 - 31
• Pleasant Grove Baptist Church - 1838 to 1860 UPDATED!
  • Surname Index
  • Minutes - Pages 1 - 30
  • Minutes - Pages 31 - 61
  • Minutes - Pages 62 - 83
• Slate Creek Baptist Church - 1812 to 1876  NEW!
  • Members List and Index of Names
  • Minutes - Pages 1 - 19
  • Minutes - Pages 20 - 30
  • Minutes - Pages 31 - 47
  • Minutes - Pages 48 - 76 
• Union Baptist Church of Christ Minutes - 1833 to 1877 UPDATED!
  • Book One - 1844 - 1877
  • Book Two - 1882 - 1915
    
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COURT RECORDS

• Circuit Court Minutes - Vol 2, 1879 - 1880 (Item 2 of TSLA Microfilm #4)
• Chancery Court Minutes - Vol 1 - 2, Feb 1877 - Aug 1888, TSLA Microfilm #1
• Abstract of Jonathan Birdseye vs Lorenzo D. Turner - E TN Supreme Court - 1855-1860
• Hartsell Court Summons, 1852
  
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DEATH RECORDS

• Ben Allen Death, 1910 - J.G. Lindley murder trial - Cocke County connection
• Wills - from Jefferson County, TN will books - 1790's  NEW!
  (These people and their descendents were later inhabitants of Cocke County.)
  
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LAND DEEDS AND SURVEYS

• Early Settlers of the Old 12th District
• District 12 Map - submitted by Bruce Price
• Early East Tennessee Land Grants - submitted by Bruce Price
  • Volume One
  • Volume Two
  • Volume Three
  • Volume Nine
  • Volume Ten
• Deed Abstracts from District 12, 1855 - 1879 - TSLA Microfilm #21
• Deed Books Volumes 2 and 3 - TSLA Microfilm #22
• Deed Abstracts Volume 4, 1881 - 1884 - TSLA Microfilm #23 UPDATED!
• Deed Abstracts Volume 6, 1869 - 1884 - TSLA Microfilm #24
• County Deed Book Index, 1865 - 1867 - from Microfilm #36
• Index to Surveys, 1845 - 1900 - includes names, acreage, dates
• Deed from Rhoda Huff to W.E. Banks, 1920
  
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MARRIAGE RECORDS

• 1880 - 1884 Groom Index, A to L
• 1880 - 1884 Groom Index, M to Z
• 1880 - 1884 Bride Index, A to L
• 1880 - 1884 Bride Index, M to Z
  
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MILITARY RECORDS

• Captain James Cumings' Company of Volunteer Mounted Gun Men
  War of 1812
• Captain William Gillenwaters' Company of Volunteers in the East TN Militia
  War of 1812 Roster
• Captain George Argenbrights' Company of Riflemen in the TN Militia
  War of 1812 Roster
• Revolutionary War Pension Roll of 1935
• Elizabeth Bugg Revolutionary War Widow's Pension Documents - contributed by Gordon Stokely, Jr. NEW!
• Abraham Emory/Hembree Revolutionary War Pension Application
• Thomas Robertson Revolutionary War Pension Application
• Civil War Units formed in Cocke County
• 9th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, USA - Company "F" (Civil War)
• Cocke County Civil War Ancestors - ADD YOURS to this listing!!
• Civil War era letter regarding Capt. Jefferson Denton- contributed by Carolyn Whittaker
• Tennessee Civil War Claims Index - 1871 to 1873
• Casualties from World War II
  
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TAX LISTS

• County Tax List - 1839 -  linking to ten districts  UPDATED!
• 12th Civil District Tax Book - 1889
• 12th Civil District Tax Book - 1890
• 12th Civil District Tax Book - 1891
• 12th Civil District Tax Book - 1892
• 12th Civil District Tax Book - 1893
• 12th Civil District Tax Book - 1894
• above Books are on TSLA Microfilm #38
  
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MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS

• Microfilm Records at Lawson-McGhee Library - Knoxville, Tennessee
• Microfilm Records at Stokely Library - Newport, Tennessee
• Family Surname Files at Stokely Library
• Index to Cocke County names in Acts of Tennessee - 1797 to 1850
• Library of Congress mentions
• Cocke County Divorce Records Index
• Post Offices in County - from TSLA records
• Post Offices - many early ones, also included in above listing
• Fagala Ledger Index, Newport TN photography studio - 1876-1878
• Brighthope Furnace - store ledger, Green Co. but contains many Cocke Co. families
  
• 1802 newspaper advertisement of George Hyand's Tavern
• Old Mills - Essay by Ruth Webb O'Dell, 1945 for Tennessee Folklore Society