Fall photo taken above Tumbling Run hollow looking towards Seymour Ridge UNION COUNTY is one of Tennessee’s later counties, being first authorized in 1850, however, the final organization of the county offices was not completed until 1854. Maynardville is the county seat. When Union County was erected, its various parts were taken from these counties; Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, and Knox. Genealogists whose Union County family connections may extend back in time before Union County’s erection should examine the early records of the surrounding counties. It is said that Union County was so named because of the pro union (federal) sympathies of its citizens during the pre-Civil War period. Union County is divided by the waters of the Clinch River. In the late 1930s, the United States government through its Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) dammed the Clinch just downriver from Union County. Before the waters backed up into Union County, people were forced to evacuate the low lands and grave yards were relocate. A rural county from the start, it has gone through that period of disruption only to become a major recreation area for the Knoxville urbanites. Beautiful Norris Lake attracts water loving visitors by the thousands. Country music greats, Roy Acuff, Chet Atkins, and Carl Smith were born in Union County.   Latest Additions TVA Cemetery Index updated with links to each grave that was removed due to Norris Reservoir. Map is included to show where each cemetery is located. Special thanks Patricia Ezzell and Suzanne Pratt. Added to the "Links" section; Sharp Families In America Association website hosted by Rootsweb. Link Courtesy Stan Jacobs Link: Index to Tina's East Tennessee Obituary Collection CD Family reunion coming up?  Email us information about it (what, when, and where) and we will add it to this web site. Memories Along Clinch River Written by Mrs. Virgie Brewer Perry To New Visitors Welcome to the Union county genealogy and history web site a TNGenWeb project. In the Geographics section we list historical locations in Union county. Also listed are cemeteries, churches, and other significant locations listed with the GNIS.

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