Hancock County, TENNESSEE

Old Hancock County records

Anyone who has researched in Hancock County, TN knows that Hancock was burned twice, once in the 1880's and again in the 1930's.

There are not a lot of early records to help in your research except for the census records, deeds that start from 1879 and Chancery Court minutes that start from 1870, until now!!!

A few court cases did survive and were microfilmed by the LDS in last part of 2002.

Keep in mind that every court case is not there and that the ones that are may not be complete.

These chancery cases represent only a hand full of cases that went through the Hancock County Courts.

You can order the microfilm of these records through your local LDS Family Search research centers and view them there or you maybe able to do a loan through your library from the Tennessee State Archives. I am not sure if the Tennessee State Archives will do a look up and copy for you since they do not appear to have an index, and the Archives do charge a fee for searching and copying. You can email them and ask if this is something they will do.

I have started an index for these records and I sincerely hope that it will help in your research.

I do not know anymore about them than what I have on the index; I have tried to indicate how long the cases are so that you have an idea. I have usually indicated if the case is over 10 pgs, with the letters OTP (over ten pages).

*Please note: I tried to keep the names just as they were on the court case folder but errors are possible.

The index is done according to the order that the cases are in on the microfilm from the Tennessee State Archives, I have indicated the microfilm reel # to help you.

Microfilm reel # B1801, Tennessee State Archives.

If this index is helpful and you copy your ancestors case please consider donating a small extraction or the whole case to this site so that maybe others will benefit.

This index only covers years 1797-1860, there are more records (up to the 1930's) and I will add to the index as my time allows.

If this index  is helpful to you please drop me a line (email) and let me know, as I am very curious!!!

CLICK, JAMES & WIFE VS.  McCULLOUGH, D.S.M  1858 ESTATE  
STIGALL, NATHANIEL'S NORTH CAROLINA LAND GRANT     1797 LAND OTP
ELY, JOHN T.  TO  NEFF, ABRAHAM  1853 DEED  
ROGERS, GEORGE, GRANT #18207 FOR 80 ACRES     1833 COPY 1916  
GIBSON, CHARLES TO NICHOLS, WILLIAM      1843 DEED  
CAMPBELL, ANDERSON  DEED TO 1/2 ACRES     1851 DEED  
MISCELLANEOUS DEEDS  1853-1900 (damaged documents) 1853 DEED  
RHEA, SAML. VS. COLLINS, EZEKIAL & OTHERS 1853 LAND OTP
HERD, ISAAC & JACOB very long land dispute VS CATRON, ELIJAH 7 OTHERS 1857 LAND OTP
BARKER, JOSEPH ROGERS, THURMAN 1858 LAND  
BLOOMER, JOSEPH VS. ROBERTS, CLAIBORNE & OTHERS 1858 HOG DEBT OTP
BYRD, MARINDA VS. BYRD, JAMES 1858 DIVORCE OTP
CLICK, JAMES & WIFE possibly over 100 pgs VS MCCULLOUGH, D.S.M. 1858 ESTATE OTP
(this case is separated into 7 different files          
COLEMAN, THOMAS R. & OTHERS VS. BISHOP, JOSEPH 1858 LAND OTP
EDENS, JOHN VS. EDENS, SARAH ANN 1858 DIVORCE OTP
GIBSON, HILLARY VS. GIBSON, MARY J. 1858 DIVORCE OTP
BRAY, PETER & ELIZABETH TO MAYES, FLEMMING      1858 DEED  
GIBSON, RICHARD VS. GIBSON, NAOMI DELP 1858 DIVORCE  
STAFFINE, EMANUEL VS. MCDOWELL, WM. F.M. 1858 LAND OTP
VANOY, ELIJAH VS CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER 1858 NOTE  
ADAMS, J.C. VS. EVANS, WM. H. & OTHERS 1859 LAND OTP
CLICK, JAMES & WIFE VS. MCCULLOGH, S.F. & OTHERS 1859 LAND OTP
DORHORTY, J.C. VS. DORHORTY, CHRISTINA A. BLESSING 1859 DIVORCE OTP
HERD, HIRAM VS. HERD HEIRS 1859 ESTATE OTP
(very long, separated into 5 files)          
ODLE, JEREMIAH VS TURNER, F.M. ETAL. 1859 LAND  
MCKINNY, J.A. VS. RICE, DANIEL P. ETAL. 1859 INJUNCTION  
MCKINNEY, JOHN A. VS. RICE, D.P. ETAL. 1859 JUDGEMENT  
RITCHIE, ROBERT & OVERTON, ELBERT VS. PURKEY, M.G. & HEIRS 1859 ESTATE OTP
TURNER, F.M. VS. TURNER, MARGARET 1859 DIVORCE OTP
BANK OF TENNESSEE VS. HERD, GEORGE 1860 DEBT OTP
BOLING, BRITTAIN VS. BOLING, DEBBY 1860 DIVORCE OTP
BROWN, SAMUEL ET AL. VS. PURCELL, JAMES M. & OTHERS1867 1860 DEED OTP
BURDINE, JOHN T. VS. HELTON, EMANUEL & JUDY 1860 DEBT OTP
COLLINS, BENJAMIN VS. COLLINS, ELIZABETH 1860 DIVORCE  
COLLINS, NANCY VS. COLLINS, ELVEY 1860 DIVORCE OTP
EDENS, SARAH ANN VS. EDENS, JOHN 1860 DIVORCE  
FORBES, DAVID VS. FORBES, ELIZABETH 1860 DIVORCE  
HERD, ELIJAH VS. HARRISON, G.W. 1860 LAND OTP
MCGHEE, ELIZABETH VS. MCGHEE, JOHN W. ETAL. 1860 DIVORCE OTP
MCNIEL & FAIRCHILD VS. MCNIEL, JAMES F. 1860 ESTATE OTP
MUNCEY, JAMES L. VS. COLLINS, ALLEN 1860 LAND OTP
OVERTON, WILLIAM D. VS. MCDOWELL, WM. F. 1860 LAND OTP
PHILLIPS, JOHN W. VS DELPH, JAMES H. 1860 LAND OTP
RHEA, JAMES VS BREWER, ISHAM 1860 LAND OTP
RILEY, NELSON VS. WEST, ISAAC 1860 LAND OTP
SEAL, WILSON G. VS. FROST, A.J. 1860 LAND OTP
SEALS, SARAH VS. SEALS, LARKIN 1860 DIVORCE` OTP
STURN, WM. F. VS BYRD, WM. E. ETAL. 1860 DEBT OTP
VANGILDEN, J.S. VS. SULLIVAN & LIVINGSTON ? LAND OTP
(file folder stated 1860 documents state 1872          
WALKER, HENRY & OTHERS (2 separate files) VS. WALKER, WILLIAM & OTHERS ? INHERITANCE OTP

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