Ms Betty Broyles
3433 Knollwood Hills Drive
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37415
Ms. Betty Broyles is the compiler of History of Rhea County, Tennessee and has written, abstracted or compiled many other books about Rhea County which will be of help to the genealogist and family historian. Look for these books listed elsewhere on this page.
County Records
Rhea County Courthouse
1475 Market St.
Dayton, TN 37321
(615) 775-7808
The Courthouse survived the Civil War and with only a few exceptions records exist from 1808.
Local Libraries
DAYTON CITY LIBRARY
1191 Market Street
Dayton, Tennessee
(423) 775-8406
GRAYSVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Mill Street
Graysville
(423) 775-0966
SPRING CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY
169 W. Rhea Avenue
(423) 365-9757
Family History Center
The nearest site is probably in Chattanooga
Church of Jesus Christ-LDS
1019 N. Moore Road
Chattanooga, Tennessee
(423) 894-2715
Genealogical and Historical Society
Rhea County Historical & Genealogical Society
Pat Guffy, Treasurer
P.O. Box 31
Dayton, TN 37321
The society has many publications available for sale which are not readily available from other book sellers.
Local Researcher
TERESA BARLEY
lives in Dayton and has graciously offered to do on-site research.
She is currently researching Byerley, Roddy, Ingram, Jenkins,
Couch, Chumley, and Leffew. Contact Teresa for more
information:
Teresa Barley
2076 Old Washington Hwy
Dayton, Tennessee 37321
email:
teresab@earthlink.net
The Herald-News(bi-weekly)
3687 Rhea Co. Hwy
Dayton, TN 37321
(423)775-6111
Watts Bar Lake Observer
(weekly)
504 Lake wood Village Rd.
Watts Bar, TN
(423)365-4414
There are also two daily newspapers in Chattanooga
that cover Rhea County news:
Chattanooga Free Press
400 E. 11th St.
Chattanooga, TN
(423)756-6900
Chattanooga Times
100 E. 10th St.
Chattanooga, TN
(423)756-1234
Funeral Homes
BOWERS FUNERAL HOME DECATUR CHAPEL
1 Arrants Rd.
Decatur, Tennessee
(423) 334-3661
VANDERWALL FUNERAL HOME
164 Maple Street
Dayton, Tennessee
(423) 775-2662
VAUGHN FUNERAL HOME
150 Piccadilly Avenue
Spring City, Tennessee 37381-5144
(423) 365-5221
COULTER GARRISON FUNERAL HOME
1670 N Market St.
Dayton, Tennessee 37321-1082
(423) 775-2444
For more information, take a stroll through the Tennessee State Archives.
Another great resource from TSLA: view a complete bibliography of books about Rhea County at the Tennessee State Library And Archives.
UTK has several manuscript collections of interest to the Rhea
County Researcher. To view a list of these documents select a
link below:
Available Records:
Tax List Collection
Rhea County Court Cases
Marriage Bonds and Documents signed by Governors
Booksellers
SK
PUBLICATIONS
has 1830-1840 and 1850 Census Books for sale for Rhea
County. The books are photocopies of the handwritten records, copied from
the
microfilm (plus there is a typed index in the back of the book).
MOUNTAIN PRESS
P.O. Box 400
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
1-423-886-6369
1-800-856-4713 - Orders Only
Tennessee books, nice people, prompt service and an 800 number. They also carry books on many other localities.
The Mountain Press Catalog is now online at http://www.mountainpress.com
BYRON SISTLER & ASSOCIATES
P.O. Box 120934
Nashville, TN 37212
1-615-297-3085
The Byron and Sistler website may be visited at http://www.mindspring.com/~sistler
WILLOW BEND BOOKS
65 E Main St
Westminster, MD 21157-5026
WillowBend@willowbend.net
The online catalog is located at http://www.WillowBend.net
NATIONAL HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
P.O. Box 539
Waynesboro, TN 38485
1-615-722-5706
Map Sources
DELORME MAPPING
P.O. Box 298
Freeport, Maine 04032
1-207-865-4171
1-800-452-5931
Publishers of those great Atlases and Gazetteers with the
quadrangle topographical maps.
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Map Sales Office
Suite 300, James K. Polk Building
Nashville, TN 37243-0345
Apollo Shores, Arrowhead Dock, Balta, Bells Landing, Bills Pier, Bonham, Bonneville*, Bryan Hill, Clear Creek Mill, College Hill, Concord, Cranmore Cove, Cumberland Spring, Dayton, Eden of the Lake, Edgewater, Evensville, Five Points, Grandview, Graysville, Hideaway Hills, Ideal Valley, Iron Hill*, Kemmer Hill, Lakeside, Lakewood Village, Laurel Brook, Liberty Hill, Lorraine, Mars Hill, Montague, Morgan Springs, Morgantown, Mount Sulphur, Mountain View, Ogden, Old Washington, Paine Spring, Pennine, Pine Acres, Piney Shores Estates, Reed Camp, Rhea Springs*, Roddy, Saint Clair, Sentinel Heights, Slabtown, Spring City, Taylor Hill, Walden Ridge, Watts Bar Estates, Wolf Creek.
* places of historical interest
If you didn't find the place you were looking for above, click here to search Rhea County via the GNIS Online Data Base.
The Rhea County Courthouse
in Dayton is a National Historic Landmark and the site of the
famous
Scopes evolution trial.
Other historic sites of interest include:
Carp School, Clear Creek School, Concord School, Cranmore
School, Dayton Masonic College, Euchee Old Fields, Euchee
School, Five Points School, Garrison School, Goat Knob School,
Grandview Normal Institute, Henderson Mill, Hickory Grove
School, Hiwassee Garrison, Johnson Stand School, Kelly Grove
School, Kiuka School, Liberty Hill School, Mars Hill Academy,
McDonald School, Morgan Springs School, Norman Chapel School,
Oak Hill School, Pine Grove School, Pleasant Dale School, Rhea
County Courthouse, Rhea Springs, Shady Grove School, Smyrna
School, Spring City Academy, Tennessee Academy, Valley
School, Vaughn School, Walnut Grove School, Wasson School,
Wolf Creek School, Yellow Creek Fish Hatchery,.
Where was the world famous "Scopes Monkey Trial" held?
At the Rhea County Courthouse in 1925.
I am planning a research trip to Rhea County, what
accommodations, attractions (other than the search itself) are
available?
Click for a list of accommodations and recreational activities
in the cities of
Dayton
or
Spring City.
For further information, contact the
Chamber of Commerce.
Have a wonderful trip!
Rhea County Reference Book Volunteers
Some Reference
Book Volunteers have
been temporarily removed while I am seeking permission to use
copyrighted materials. I do have access to the 1840, 1850
Census Reports and a growing file of research on the families of
Rhea, so while you are waiting, feel free to post a query or list
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Ms Betty Broyles has given permission for lookups in the books which she has authored and/or compiled! Select from the list of books I own at the right, drop me an e-mail message and I will check for your family information as soon as possible or you can drop Lila a line for information from the history, the census book or the compendium.
Lary Hill will do limited lookups in the following books:
1830, 1840, 1850 Census
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Rhea County Churches and Schools Wills, Inventories, Estate Settlements and Guardian Reports 1810-1881 Rhea Co, TN Census, Marriage and Tax Records, 1850-1900 A Compendium of Rhea & Meigs, Tn 1801-1850 Deed Books A, B, C, D, E (1809-1831) Deed Book F (1831-1838) County Court Minutes 1834-1840 County Court Minutes 1840-1844 |
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Joe Bottomlee has graciously
offered to do lookups in the books,
compiled and/or abstracted by Bettye Broyles and David H. Gray, listed
below. Please put Rhea County Lookup in your subject line.
In keeping with the spirit of Ms. Broyles offer, please limit your
requests
to one surname. For further information, Joe will search indexes and let
you know which books contain your surnames. For extensive
research
please purchase books from the Rhea County
Genealogical and Historical
Society.
Rhea County Vital Statistics: Record of Births 1924-1939 Rhea County Vital Statistics: Record of Deaths 1925-1939 Rhea County, Tennessee CEMETERY RECORDS, Volume 1 County Court of Rhea County Minutes: January 1853 - October 1866 County Court of Rhea County Minutes: October 1866 - December 1871 County Court of Rhea County Minutes: December 1871 - April 1876 Rhea County, Tennessee County Court Minute Book April 1876 - August 1881
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