Stewart County Tennessee Genealogy Research Databases

Stewart County, Tennessee
Genealogy Research Databases

List of Stewart County Records Which Have Survived

Stewart County Cemeteries
(click for a listing of cemeteries online)

Cemetery Sign Program

The Stewart County Historical Society has a goal of placing new signs at all of the county's cemeteries, to ensure that these historical places are not lost or disrupted.
The cost for a sign and post is $50.00.
So far, 221 signs have been posted.

If you would like to 'adopt' a cemetery or make a general donation, please contact Kim Schmidt.

Houston County Cemeteries
originally part of Stewart County

Chuck Allen's Cemetery Atlas
(directions and maps to area cemeteries listed below)
Barrow Cemetery ; Barrows (2) Cemetery ; Boswell Cemetery ; Cherry Cemetery ; Dennis Cemetery ; Dover Christian Church Cemetery ; Fort Donelson National Cemetery ; Hendon Cemetery ; Hendon Cemetery (2) ; Hart Cemetery ; Hicks Cemetery ; Hillcrest Cemetery ; Largent Cemetery ; Memorial Gardens ; Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Church ; Outland Cemetery ; Petite Cemetery ; Trinity Methodist Church and Cemetery ; Wofford Cemetery-Walnut Grove

Bible Records
(Atkins-Darr, Brigham, Darr-Brinton, Earhart, Free, Guinn, Smith, Stavely-Largent families)

Birth Records 1881-1883

Census Records

1940 Census at FamilySearch.org

Churches

Early Churches and Their Beginnings

Crockett's Creek Baptist Church deed
Indian Mound Methodist Church
Liberty Baptist Church excerpts and membership
McKendree Church Bible and membership, 1815-1862
Rushing Creek Baptist Church minutes
Saline Creek Baptist Church Minutes excerpts
Saline Creek Baptist Church Minutes additional abstracts
Stewart County Baptist Association History

...and from the USGenWeb site...
off-site link to Abstracts of Skewarkey Baptist Church (Martin Co., NC) minutes

Court Records

Circuit Court Minutes
Stewart Co. Circuit Court Minutes, Vol. 1 & 1A, 1821-1831 (book)

County Court Minutes
1804 - 1807
1809 - 1817
Nov. 1817
Feb. 1818 - Feb. 1819
Nov. 1819 - May 1821
Aug. 1821 - May 1824
1828
Feb. 1829
May 1829
Aug. 1833
Aug. - Nov. 1835
1844
Jan. - July 1845
July - Dec. 1845

Acts of the Tennessee Legislature, 1803-1841

Tennessee Legislative Petitions

Stewart County Cases Heard in the Tennessee Supreme Court, 1822-1923

1828 Petition to Gov. Sam Houston by "Walker's Line" Stewart Co. residents

Stewart Co. Inmates at the TN State Penitentiary, 1831-1850 and 1851-1870

Death Records

Early Deaths

Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from The Nashville Christian Advocate, 1839-1919
Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, 1843-1953
Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from The Tennessee Baptist, 1844-1862
1850 Stewart County Mortality Schedules
1860 Stewart County Mortality Schedules
1880 Stewart County Mortality Schedules
1882-1883 Misc. Death Records

Undertaker Reports from Model Area 1915-1918

Tennessee Death Records 1908-1959 online, via Ancestry.com (subscription required), or Tennessee Electronic Library (free to TN residents, click on ‘Genealogy’, then ‘Tennessee Death Records’)

For a partial index to 1949-2005 death records, consult the Archives section of the Shelby County Register of Deeds web site.
Misc. Death Certificates

Deeds

Deed Index, Vols. I and II (1800-1884)
Direct (Grantor) Surnames A-Z
Reverse (Grantee) Surnames A-Z
Download the Deed Indexes (1800-1884) as an Excel spreadsheet
also includes Number of Acres, Year and Description, not listed in the original indexes

Deed Books A & B (1): Deeds from 1799-1806
Deed Book 2: Deeds from 1783-1809
Deed Book C (3): Deeds from 1789-1818
Deed Book D (4): Deeds from 1810-1813

Kentucky Grants South of Walker's Line 1825-1923
1828 Petition to Gov. Sam Houston by "Walker's Line" Stewart Co. residents

Misc. Deed Extracts 1813-1942
Stewart County lands in Montgomery County Deed Books (1789-1809)

Deed Maps between Cub Creek and North Cross Creek, 1800-1841
These hand-drawn maps, based on Stewart County deed records, show the land ownership along the lower ends of Cub Creek and North Cross Creek, between the years 1800 and 1841. Each map is 250-400Kb in size.
1800 | 1803 | 1808 | 1813 | 1814 | 1815 | 1816 | 1818 | 1819 | 1824 | 1831 | 1841

Letters

Marriage Records

New Stewart Co. Marriage Book

Early Marriages inferred from Stewart County records

Marriage Records by Family (note: please send e-mail if you wish your family marriages to be listed here)
Brown; Carney; Coppedge; Dortch; Downs; Green; Jones; Lightfoot; Parchman; Hargis-Hinson license

Stewart County Divorces 1817-1833, from Tennessee Divorces 1797-1858

Newspapers

Newspaper Clippings
Excerpts from 1859 issue of the Dover Weekly Intelligencer
List of Dover newspapers available on microfilm at TSLA

Library of Congress' Chronicling America web site
Online newspaper collection from 1836-1922: use the Advanced Search engine to search Tennessee newspapers, especially Clarksville and Nashville

Stewart County in Newspapers: 1804-1875
A collection of over 800 newspaper articles which mention Stewart county people and places, culled from various newspapers, microfilm and web sites. This collection is available at the Stewart County Archives and at the Stewart County Public Library. The index for this collection is below, and contains names of over 1,900 persons:
Name Index for Stewart County in Newspapers: 1804-1875
Place Index for Stewart County in Newspapers: 1804-1875

Obituaries

Misc. Obituaries

Rootsweb Message Board for Stewart County

Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from the Nashville Christian Advocate, 1839-1919
Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from the Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, 1843-1953

Obituary Extracts from The River Counties
1970 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
1971 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
1972 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
1973 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
1974 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
1975 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times
1976 Obituaries from the Stewart-Houston Times