Index to Grundy County Deeds 1852-1857

The following index includes the names of every person mentioned in the oldest surviving Grundy County deed records.  Some of these people were buyers and sellers of land, others were witnesses to deeds, and some were named in property descriptions as owners of adjoining property.

Deed records can be a useful genealogical research tool.  Although most deeds are simple transfers of land based on a cash payment, others are much more involved.  Some include lists of heirs, others are gifts “for love and affection,” and some reveal interesting details of business operations such as the resort at Beersheba Springs.  Even the most basic deed can be useful in helping locate an ancestor in Grundy County on a specific date.  And witnesses and adjoining property owners are often relatives of the buyer or seller.

If you find a name on this list that intrigues you, you can request a copy of a deed from the Tenn. State Library & Archives. 

The fee is residents of Tennessee (with a current Tennessee mailing address) $5 per deed.  Non-residents of Tennessee pay a $10 fee for a deed.  If you are a Tenn. resident, e-mail reference.tsla@state.tn.us for a price quote.

Our policy for requesting a deed search can be found at http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/pubsvs/mailcnty.htm#Deeds

If you need copies of a large number of deeds, you may wish to travel to Nashville to use the microfilmed deed books at the Archives.  If you are not able to do that, you can purchase the book “Grundy County Tennessee’s Earliest Deeds 1852-1867” by contacting the author at bookish59@cs.com.

The information following each name is the volume (A, B or C) and page on which the deed begins in the original deed book.