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Welcome
To
Stewart
County, Tennessee Genealogy
200 Years Ago in Stewart County:
In April 1813, John Scarborough sold to John Bailey lot #95 in the Town of
Dover (across the street from the current post office)
 
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 – April 27, 2013
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to: Search Engine, Research
Databases, History, Ancestors,
Research, Queries, Stewart County Archives, Historical
Society, E-mail List, Feltner Photo Archive
The
Stewart County, TN, Genealogy web page is part of the TNGenWeb Project
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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 Ancestors
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Stewart County Meetin Place
Marty Cossey's blog for making contact with
fellow Stewart County researchers. Family names include Hicks, Manning,
Stalls, Sills, Page, Sexton, Smith and Baggett.
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Stewart County Genealogy
Yahoo Group
Debbie's place for discussing Stewart County families. Her main lines are
Shaw, Fox, Chadwick, Sutherland.
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Queries and
Query Postings:
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View and Post
Queries
Archived
County Queries (2009)
Archived County Queries (2008)
Archived County Queries (2007)
Archived County Queries (2006)
Archived County Queries (2005)
Archived County Queries (2004)
Archived County Queries (2003)
Archived County Queries (2002)
Archived County Queries (July 2001-December 2001)
Archived County Queries (January 2001-June 2001)
Archived County Queries (January 2000-December
2000)
Archived County Queries (July 1999-December 1999)
Archived County Queries (December 1998-June 1999)
Archived County Queries (July 1998-December 1998)
Archived County Queries (Dec. 1997-June 1998)
Archived County Queries (1996)
Note: Query pages within the TNGenWeb project are for those researchers requesting
or offering assistance in tracing their lineage. If you are asked to pay
for any information, other than to cover the cost of postage and copying,
please let the tnsc@tngenweb.org
State Coordinator know.
You may also want to browse the Message
board for Stewart County
(not a part of this web site, but another place to post queries)
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Goodspeed's
Biographies (published 1886)
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Biographies
A & B
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Biographies
C-D-E-F-G
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Biographies
H-J-K-L-M
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Biographies
P-R-S
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Biographies
T-V-W-Y
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Other
Research Resources for Stewart County Ancestors:
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Early
Settlers & Biographies
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Surname
Volunteers
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Stewart's
Cherokee Connections
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Ira Shares
(Sharing and information about
the Stewart area, locations, history, families by the late Ira Bell, native
of the area)
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Group Photos
of Ancestors:
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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, 1935
Bear Spring School
8th grade class
Big Rock High School basketball team, 1936
Big Rock High School 1938 Senior Class
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
Desmond Hargis Birthday Group, Bumpus Mills,
1923
Lineport Masonic Lodge, ca. 1900
Model School Abt. 1915
Model School Abt. 1918
Mount View School Abt. 1922-1923
New Haven School, 1913
Pine Bluff School 1906-1907; 1910-1912
Antioch School, 1905 – see Feltner Photo Archive - Schools
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Folklore,
Sayings, Folk Remedies, Etc. of the Area
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The Tales They Told...: Stories
and folklore about Stewart County and the people who called it home shared
by their descendents.
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Folk Remedies
contributed by subscribers Folk
Medicine by B.W. Dortch
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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"
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Hog Killing Day ...... Making From Scratch: Woodstove Recipes ..... Making Do: Old Time Household Recipes &
Remedies ....Wash Day ... Laying a Corpse...Patsy and Paula Saga...More
to come! ...About the author: Meet pj
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Stewart County Research
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Stewart County Public
Library
link to the Library's official web site
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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
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Now for
sale at the Stewart
County Public Library and the Houston County
Public Library:
1838-1871, Marriage Licenses Applied For, Stewart County Tennessee,
published by Friends of the Library, Houston County, TN
Price for the book: $10 ($8.00 + $2.00 shipping, checks payable to Friends
of the Library).
Also
for sale, FROM THE HILLS AND HOLLOWS: A CHRONICLE OF SMITH AND WILSON
FAMILIES IN STEWART AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES OF TENNESSEE
BY JAMES MEREDITH SMITH, (c) 2007, hardback, $45.00
Send
orders for either book to:
Stewart County Public Library
102 Natcor Drive
Dover, TN 37058-3524
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For sale
from the Stewart County Archives:
Stewart
County, Tennessee Marriages Revisited, 1804-1881
Stewart
County, Tennessee Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 1 & 1A, 1821 - 1831
Stewart
County, Tennessee, Tax Lists 1804-1840
Stewart
County, Tennessee Abstracts of Settlements, Wills and Bonds, 1804-1896
Stewart
County, Tennessee Deed Book Indexes, 1786-1884
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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.
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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.
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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 Bulletin Board
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Stewart
County Web Site Search Engine
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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
(").
Mailing
List for Stewart County Genealogy
Genealogy
mailing lists are a great way to meet fellow researchers online and swap
information via e-mail. Stewart County Genealogy has its own Mailing List,
hosted by Rootsweb. The link below will take you to
the page that tells you how to join - see the section called Subscribing.
Click here for
information on the Stewart County Genealogy mailing list.
Please
e-mail your County Coordinators if you have questions
or would like to contribute to the site.
And
come back again soon! Happy Hunting!!!
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of information must be researched and proved, or disproved by the weight of
evidence.
You
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with other researchers or genealogical organizations, but this information
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