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Stewart County is located in Middle Tennessee, one of the state's three "grand divisions". It is bordered on the north by Trigg Co., KY and Christian Co., KY, on the east by Montgomery Co., TN, on the south by Houston Co., TN and Benton Co., TN, and on the west by Henry Co., TN and Calloway Co., KY

Published December 4, 1997................... Last Update – February 19, 2024
(updated Master Index)

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Stewart County Master Index
last updated February 19, 2024

The Stewart County Master Index is an "index of indexes" of a wide variety of Stewart County records.  It was created by Jim Long in 2018. It compiles, in one spreadsheet, indexes to many of the county records and many publications of county records. The Master Index currently contains over 581,000 entries, from these sources:

Record Type Index Source  Date Range included in Master Index
African-American Database TNGenWeb Research Databases page 1796-1915
Birth Records TNGenWeb Research Databases page 1881-1882
Cemetery Records Cemetery Records of Stewart County, Tennessee (1983, Stewart Co. Historical Society, reprint available)  
Census Records TNGenWeb Research Databases page 1820-1900
1890 veteran's census and 1891 male inhabitants list
1850, 1860, 1880 mortality schedules
Chancery Court Minutes originals at Stewart County Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch
1865-1906
Church Records Cross Creek Baptist Church - FamilySearch
Hopewell Methodist Church - FamilySearch
Indian Mound Methodist Church - FamilySearch
Liberty Free Will Baptist Church - TNGenWeb Research Databases page
McKendree Methodist Church - TNGenWeb Research Databases page
Neville's Creek Baptist Church - Stewart County Archives
Pleasant Hill Free Will Baptist Church - Stewart County Archives
Rushing Creek Baptist Church - Stewart County Archives
Saline Creek Baptist Church - TNGenWeb Research Databases page
1851-1871
1861-1918
1842-1925
1859-1880
1815-1869
1887-1921
1867-1900
1853-1894
1810-1883
Circuit Court Loose Records, civil and criminal originals at Stewart County Archives (not microfilmed)
copies available from Stewart County Archives
1805-1949  
Circuit Court Minutes originals at Stewart County Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch
printed extracts for sale from Stewart County Archives
1821-1893  
Correspondence William Williams letters, TNGenWeb Research Databases page 1814-1855
County Court Execution Dockets originals at Stewart County Archives, images on Stewart County Archives website 1824-1827
County Court Minutes originals at Stewart County Archives and Stewart County Courthouse
microfilm on FamilySearch
printed transcriptions for sale (1804-1844) from Stewart County Archives
1804-1896  
Death Certificates TNGenWeb Research Databases page 1908-1958  
Death Records TNGenWeb Research Databases page 1908-1911
Deeds originals at Stewart County Courthouse
microfilm on FamilySearch
TNGenWeb Research Databases page
printed extracts for sale from Stewart County Archives
1786-1959  
(includes trust deeds to 1868)
Election Records originals at Stewart County Archives (digitized, online at Stewart County Archives)
printed transcriptions for sale from Stewart County Archives
1804-1879  
Guardian Bonds and Settlements originals at Stewart County Courthouse
microfilm on FamilySearch
printed extracts for sale from Stewart County Archives
1804-1896  
(1804-1842 indexed in Settlements, Wills and Bonds)
Insolvent Estates original book at Stewart County Archives (within 1865-66 tax book)
microfilm on FamilySearch.org
1836-1841
Justice of the Peace loose records originals at Stewart County Archives (not microfilmed)
copies available from Stewart County Archives
1866-1899
Kentucky Land Grants
(south of Walker's Line)
originals at Kentucky Land Office, Frankfort
microfilm on FamilySearch (FHL & affiliate libraries only)
Index available on TNGenWeb Research Databases page
1825-1883 
Marriage Records originals at Stewart County Courthouse
microfilm on FamilySearch
printed extracts for sale from Stewart County Archives
1804-1950 
Montgomery Chancery Court Minutes originals at Montgomery County Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch
1840-1849
Newspapers microfilm at Tennessee State Library and Archives
some images online at Chronicling America and Newspapers.com
Index available on TNGenWeb Research Databases page
printed copies at Stewart County Archives and Stewart County Public Library
copies available from Stewart County Archives
1804-1875
Settlements, Wills and Bonds original books at Stewart County Courthouse and Stewart County Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch
Extracts available on TNGenWeb Research Databases page
printed extracts for sale from Stewart County Archives
1804-1916
Tax Lists originals at Stewart County Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch
printed extracts for sale from Stewart County Archives
1804-1888  
Trust Deeds originals at Stewart County Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch
1868-1901  
Union Provost Marshal Records - Civil War originals at National Archives
microfilm on FamilySearch

Note:  most of these entries indicate a civilian's signature appearing on a list of those taking an oath of allegiance in the vicinity of Fort Henry or Fort Donelson
1862-1864

Download the Stewart County Master Index (Excel spreadsheet)


Reunions

This space devoted to announcements of upcoming family reunions.
Got one? Let us know!


Our Mascot

Hi! I'm Stew, and I have been adopted by the Stewart County coordinators. I host my own page, dedicated to the research efforts of children interested in genealogy and history of Stewart County! It also features children of yesteryear in Stewart Co.

VISIT STEW'S PAGE!


Stewart County History

 

 

Stewart County Virtual Museum

Click on the link above to tour our Virtual Museum, a collection of photographs of Stewart County events and artifacts, contributed by members of the old Stewart County Genealogy Mailing List.

Stewart County Ancestors

Stewart County Family Gateway

Information and photos shared by family researchers. Although GEDcoms are not allowed, we welcome descendency lists covering as many as six to eight generations, NO living individuals PLEASE, just family histories, family narratives, marriage/death records, etc. Please document your sources.
Just click on the family name below to be taken to that family's Gateway page.

Anglin

Bass

Bayer

Bell

Drury Bird/Byrd
Cub & Long Creeks  

Boswell

Boyte

Brake

Thomas Brigham

Vinnie Maurice Brunson

Bruton

Burgess

Shadrack Byrd
Lick/Byrd Creek of Tenn. River  

Cherry Men

Cherry-Gardner Wedding Photo

Cherry-Wyatt-Guinn

Jefferson Davis Cherry

Wallace Roy Cherry

Collins

Collins (2)

Cranford - Simpson

Daniel-Outlaw-Vickers

Dawson

Dunaway-Lancaster Marriage License

Earhart

Earhart-Downs

Easley 

Edwards

Ellis

Fitzhugh-Carney ca 1910

Ford

Gray

Green(e)

Griffin

Hargis

Hargrove

Hawkins

Hayes

Herndon 

Daniel Hicks 

Hicks-Miles-Crutcher

Hinson

Jameson

Jones

Knott

Levi & Ona Martin homeplace (John Jones Place)

Joyce Family ca 1920

Keel

Walter Keel

Kirksey

Lancaster-Rougemont 1904 Wedding Photo

Lee-Atkins-Milam-Bell

Lockhart

Manning

G. W. Mathis

W. E. Mathis

McGee

McGee (2)

Michaels

Moore

Morgan

Neville

Outlaw

Pace

Vinson Page

Parchman

C. M. Parker

Cigmarion Parker

Exum Parker

Petty

Dill & Novella Phillips

Jonathon Phillips

Pinner

Pistole

Powers

Reynolds

Rice

G. C. Robertson

Rochel

Rogers

A. B. Ross

Sexton

Singer-Page

Smith

Stalls

Vick

Vinson

A. G. Wallace

Pinkney Wallace

Watkins-Wallace-Carney

Weaks

Winters

Wynn

 

Queries and Query Postings:


2010-present2009200820072006
2005200420032002July-Dec 2001
Jan-Jun 20012000Jul-Dec 1999Dec 1998-Jun 1999Jul-Dec 1998
Dec 1997-Jun 19981996   

You may also want to visit the Ancestry (formerly RootsWeb) Message Board for Stewart County
(not a part of this web site, but another place to post queries)

Goodspeed's Biographies (published 1886)

Biographies A & B

Biographies C-D-E-F-G

Biographies H-J-K-L-M

Biographies P-R-S

Biographies T-V-W-Y

 

Other Research Resources for Stewart County Ancestors:

Early Settlers & Biographies

Surname Volunteers

Stewart's Cherokee Connections

Ira Shares

(Sharing and information about the Stewart area, locations, history, families by the late Ira Bell, native of the area)

Group Photos of Ancestors:

Hog Killing Group, c. 1900
1906 Church Group to Identify?
1910's Group to Identify?
Antioch School, 1922
Antioch School Abt. 1923
Bear Spring School, 1925-26
Bear Spring School, 1933
Bear Spring School 8th grade class
Big Rock High School basketball team, 1936
Big Rock High School 1938 Senior Class
Bumpus Mills Odd Fellows group, ca. 1905 
Bumpus Mills flood, 1933
Bumpus Mills High School 4-H Club, Dec. 1938
Carlisle School 1900-1901
Center Point School, ca. 1937
Chestnut Grove School, ca. 1928
Cumberland City Academy, 1907-08
Fairview School Abt. 1922-1923
Desmond Hargis Birthday Group, Bumpus Mills, 1923
Lineport Masonic Lodge, ca. 1900
Model School Abt. 1915
Model School Abt. 1918
New Haven School, 1913
Pine Bluff School 1906-1907; 1910-1912
Rushing Creek School Abt. 1906
Antioch School, 1905 – see Feltner Photo Archive - Schools

Folklore, Sayings, Folk Remedies, Etc. of the Area

The Tales They Told...: Stories and folklore about Stewart County and the people who called it home shared by their descendents.

Folk Remedies contributed by subscribers Folk Medicine by B.W. Dortch

The Way They Lived....pj Thompson Shares...

"Come Sit in the Swing Under The Shade Tree and Let Me Tell You Of Days Gone By"

Hog Killing Day ...... Making From Scratch: Woodstove Recipes ..... Making Do: Old Time Household Recipes & Remedies ....Wash Day ... Laying a Corpse...Patsy and Paula Saga...About the author: Meet pj

 

Stewart County Research

Stewart County Genealogy Research Guide
A guide showing which records were created in the courthouse, which have survived, and where to find them.

Many people do their local research at the Stewart County Archives and the Stewart County Public Library

click here for Research Databases

Cemetery Listings, Cemetery Atlas, Bible Records, Census Records, 1840 Pensioners from the American Revolution, Churches, Court Records, Deeds, Letters, Marriage Records, Obituaries, Post Offices, School history, Soldiers, Tax Lists, Undertaker Records, Wills


Ask Jim
Do you have questions about HOW to do Stewart County research? WHERE to find information? How to decipher what you DO find? Then click on the Ask Jim link above, and send your question in to someone who's been around the courthouse a few times.
NOTE: This page is about general research, not specific persons. If you want to ask about specific people, please post a query.

Additional Research Links

Stewart County Microfilm at the Tennessee State Library & Archives
Local, State, and Federal Research Sources
Stewart Co. Researchers for Hire
Links to Related Homepages of Stewart Researchers
Tidbits From Researchers
Stewart County Research Helps
Look Up Volunteers for Stewart County
Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
General Research Helps
Visiting Genealogists Guide

Publications


For sale from the Stewart County Archives:

Stewart County, Tennessee Abstracts of Settlements, Wills and Bonds, 1804-1896
Stewart County, Tennessee Settlements, Wills and Bonds, 1804-1824
Stewart County, Tennessee Census Records, 1820-1860
Stewart County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 1,1A, 1B, 2, 3 & 4, 1821 - 1850
Stewart County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 5 & 6, 1850 - 1861
Stewart County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 6B, 7 & 8, 1865 - 1881
Stewart County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1804-1812
Stewart County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1813-1819
Stewart County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1819-1828
Stewart County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1828-1831
Stewart County, Tennessee County Court Minutes, 1831-1844
Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Book Indexes, 1786-1884
Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1786-1834
Stewart County, Tennessee Deed Abstracts, 1834-1854
Stewart County, Tennessee Marriages Revisited, 1804-1881
Stewart County, Tennessee Marriage Records, 1881-1910
Stewart County, Tennessee, Tax Lists 1804-1840
Stewart County, Tennessee, Tax Lists 1841-1866
Stewart County, Tennessee, Tax Lists 1867-1877
Stewart County, Tennessee, Tax Lists 1878-1888
Stewart County, Tennessee, Guardian Records, 1806-1842
Stewart County, Tennessee, Guardian Records, 1842-1850
Stewart County, Tennessee, Election Records, 1804-1879
A History of Stewart County, Tennessee (1965, Iris Hopkins McClain, 2020 reprint by the County Archives)


Now for sale from the author:

Doxie’s Diary: A Homefront Story: 1941 - 1945, by Dr. Dale Edwards Young

This book by long-time Stewart County resident Dale Edwards Young is her mother’s World War II Diary. It is 302 pages, an 8 1/2 x 11 book.
Please contact her about purchasing one via her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/1137984485


Now for sale from the author:

Founded Upon a Rock, by Dr. Dale Edwards Young


Dr. Young, a former, long-time Stewart County resident, educator and past President of the Stewart County Historical Society, has written a book about Stewart county native William Henry Oliver (1903-1991), a long-time Free Will Baptist pastor and educator in Tennessee and North Carolina, who retired from public education as superintendent of Nashville City Schools.

 

Now for sale from the author:

"Old Times Not Forgotten:  A Pictorial History of the Lost Communities in Land Between the Lakes"

by Norma L. Loeffler

Price:  $30.00, available from the author.

 

For sale from Simmons Genealogy Books:

Births and Deaths 1881-1910
Census 1820 and 1830
Census 1840
Census 1850
Census 1860
County Court Minutes Vol. 1 - 1804-1807
County Court Minutes Vol. 2 - 1808-1811
County Court Minutes Vol. 3 - 1812-1814
Deed Books Vol. 1 - 1791-1806
Deed Books Vol. 2 - 1803-1814
Deed Books Vol. 3 - 1813-1817
Deed Books Vol. 4 - 1817-1819
Marriage Records Vol. 1 - 1838-1848
Marriage Records Vol. 2 - 1849-1866
Marriage Records Vol. 3 - 1865-1881
Marriage Records Vol. 4 - 1882-1894
Marriage Records Vol. 5 - 1908-1915

And from our friends across the border in Trigg County:

Cemeteries of Cadiz and Trigg County, Kentucky
compiled by David Sumner, Kim Fortner, Pam Metts & Charles Morris.

To purchase your copy send $30 plus $5 shipping ($3 shipping each additional book) to:

Trigg County Public Library
Attn: Kim Fortner or Pam Metts
244 Main St.
Cadiz, KY 42211

or

local residents - come by the John L. Street Library in Cadiz and see Kim or Pam, Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM

  • Hardback book, 450+ pages Contains over 400 Trigg Co. cemetery listings
  • 100+ cemeteries never before recorded
  • Full name index
  • Driving directions to each cemetery
  • NOTE: This book does NOT contain Trigg Co. cemeteries located in LBL / Between the Rivers.

 

Stewart County Historical Society
The Stewart County Historical Society, which is not affiliated with TNGenWeb, with the Stewart County Archives, or with this website, does not have its own web site. But we are pleased to share the information below about the Society here on the TNGenWeb site.

About the Society

Programs & Projects

Publications

Facebook page for Stewart County Historical Society

 

 

Note: Looking for volunteer transcribers! If you have public records you want on the site and are willing to either furnish copies of the records or transcribe, please e-mail!


Stewart County Web Site Search Engine

Use the Google Custom Search engine below, by typing in the search phrase(s) and clicking the magnifying-glass icon at the right.
Hint: To search for an exact phrase, include your phrase in quotation marks (").


Please e-mail your County Coordinator if you have questions or would like to contribute to the site.

And come back again soon! Happy Hunting!!!

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