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Map of Warren County, Tennessee Districts
Map of Warren County, Tennessee Districts, circa 1950

     This is a modern map of Warren County and is presented with permission to show researchers the approximate civil districts, topographical features such as streams, mountains and the county outline. District lines have been changed many times, but the districts appear much as at the time of the 1850 census.


     Warren County is located in the heart of Middle Tennessee, one of the state’s three “Grand Divisions.” Warren County was formed in 1807 from White County. It is named for Major General Joseph Warren, patriot of the American Revolution. “Warren was one of the original Minute Men. Warren was Chairman of the Committee of Safety in Boston in 1775 and the man who sent Paul Revere to Lexington to warn John Adams and John Hancock of the British advance, setting Revere off on his famous ride. Warren was commissioned a Major General by the Massachusetts Provincial Congress and was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.” (Quote Source)
     Warren County is also known as the Nursery Capital of the World. McMinnville is the county seat.



In honor of the first person killed in military
action from Warren County in recent years
Jeremy Lynn Brown, 1989 - 2010
Spc. Jeremy Lynn Brown
15 May 1989, Warren Co., TN
9 May 2010, Contingency Outpost Zerok, Afghanistan
Son of Connie Mac and Rhonda Reed Brown





WARREN COUNTY'S MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT.
ROBERT DAVID RAY



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Table of Contents


Queries, &c.

   Our Warren County Query Board.
Post and View Warren County Queries (From August 2000)

   View Warren County Queries (Through July 2000)

   RootsWeb’s Warren County Mailing List

Records

   The Wanda Muncey Gant Page A Definite Must See! LISTS AND MORE LISTS!

   1806 Petition to form Warren County, Tennessee See the names of signers of this petition.

   Warren County in the War of 1812 Check it out.  Tennessee sent many volunteers.

   Southern Standard Obituaries Contributions Needed!

   Warren County Cemeteries (Locations and Photos Under Construction)

   Find A Grave:
Search for cemetery records in Warren County, TN at by entering a surname and clicking search:

Restrict search to
Surname
   Goodspeed’s History of Warren County including biographies Transcribed by Fred Clark!

   Warren County Family Bible Page Bible Submissions Needed!

   List of Microfilms of Warren County Records From TSLA!

Census Information

   Beginner’s Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses

   1820 Census Surname List of Warren County

   1830 Census of Warren County

   1840 Census of Warren County

   Warren County Census Information Population Figures   

   1850 Warren County Census Images From our Donation!

   1850 Warren County Census Index By S-K Publications

   Ann Turner’s 1850 Warren Co. Census Project “Correlations”
If you go to the Advanced Search screen, you can limit your query to the Warren County database.
1860 Federal Census, Warren County Tennessee, at US-Census.org
         Index of Surnames A-D
         Index of Surnames E-L
         Index of Surnames M-Q
         Index of Surnames R-Z

1860 Federal Census, Warren County Tennessee, Transcriptions, at US-Census.org
         Pages, 1-30
         Pages, 31-60
         Pages, 61-90
         Pages, 91-120
         Pages, 121-150
         Pages, 151-180
         Pages, 181-222

Warren County Poor Farm, Poor House, Almshouse Census Records.

Combs-Coombs &c Research Group Files:

   1812 Warren Co, TN Tax Lists

   1814 Warren Co, TN Militia List of Capt. James TAIT

   1828 Warren Co, TN Rocky River Church Membership List

   Revolutionary Soldiers of Warren Co, TN &c Surrounding Counties

   Warren Co. TN Records. Combs &c Families Site

   Johnson-Murrell Families of Warren Co, TN

Land and Maps

   County Map Page

   Red Banks or Browntown, an Exercise in Research.

   Survey Abstracts, 2nd Surveyors District, 1807-1809.

   Militia Districts & Civil Districts

   Warren County Land History

   600k USGS (detail) of Warren County

   1807 Warren County Boundary Lines

   A Few Early Land Tracts Near McMinnville

   Under Construction Map! 1850 Civil Districts - 224k Can You Help?

Photographs and Families

   Warren County Bicentennual Parade - 5 July 2008

   Warren County Family Photograph Album

   Chastain Family Photograph Album

   The Unfinished Grave Monument

   The Northcutt Plantation

   The Great Falls Cotton Mill

   A Warren County Dogtrot House

   This Old Anderson House

   Early Families of Warren County

   Private Family Homepages

   Warren County Court House

   C. S. A. 16th Tennessee Regiment Memorial Monument, McMinnville

Histories

   A Brief History of Warren County

   16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Eye Witness History   New! 27 Jan 2005 ...  350k!

   16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA, Compiled Roster, Annotated:

   Surnames A-D    150k
   Surnames E-L    144k
   Surnames M-R    138k
   Surnames S-Y    137k    A Brief History of the 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA

   A Brief History of the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA

General Information

   Topography of Warren County

   For Visiting Researchers, Lodging in Warren County

   Warren County Research Helps

   Warren County Historic Sites of Interest

   Warren County Genealogical Association

   Warren County School History

   Warren County Genealogical Association Book Mart

   DeKalb County, Tennessee Genealogical Society

   Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society

Southern Standard

   McMinnville’s Newspaper

This, That and t'Other

   Sickness and Death in the Old South

   Beginner’s Guide to U.S. Federal Censuses

   First People of Tennessee: Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations

   Indian Land Cessions in Tennessee

   The Land of Our Ancestors

   Letters From Forgotten Ancestors

   The Maps Our Ancestors Followed

   People of Color in Old Tennessee

   The Story of TNGenWeb Project

   Adopting a TNGenWeb County Website

   Tennessee USGenWeb Archives Digital Library

   Tennessee Local History Network (ALHN)

   USGenWeb Census Project

   The Hills of Tennessee, Warren County Page

Warren County History

     Warren County was established November 26, 1807, by an act of the Tennessee General Assembly. It was organized as a county February 1, 1808. The County was formed from part of White County. Warren County was named for the American patriot, General Joseph Warren. McMinnville was named for Joseph McMinn, transplanted Pennsylvania Quaker, who was speaker of the Tennessee Senate at the time McMinnville was established. He later became governor of the state.

     Warren County lies along the western foothills of the Cumberland Mountains. McMinnville, the county seat, near the geographic center of the county, is approximately 72 miles southeast of Nashville. It was organized with the following boundaries: "Beginning on Cumberland Mountains where the line of white County strikes the same; thence northwesterly with the said mountain to the Indian boundary line; thence along said line to the most eastwardly branch of duck River; thence north to the east boundary of Rutherford County; thence with lines of Rutherford, Wilson, Smith and White Counties to the beginning." The territory of Warren was subsequently materially reduced by the formation of Franklin and Grundy Counties on the south in 1809 and 1844 respectively; Coffee and Cannon Counties in 1836, DeKalb in 1837 and Van Buren in 1840. Originally, Warren County was considered to be in "West" Tennessee when today’s western part of Tennessee was still Chickasaw Country. After the 1818 Chickasaw Cessions west of the Tennessee River, the term Middle was applied to the area where Warren County is located.

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Warren County Topography

Warren County occupies a position nearly midway between the northern and southern boundaries of the State, and lies for the most part at the western base of the Cumberland table-land. Portions of the county have a high elevation, but most of it is from 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Ben Lomond, within about two miles of McMinnville, is the end of one of the spurs included within the county. Most of the county is based on the lithostrotion bed of the Lower Carboniferous. The lands situated on the lithostrotion bed have the characteristic chocolate color, and are naturally very fertile. Three-fourths of the county are red or chocolate lands, and the remainder are mountainous. If you see a name like Red Banks in an old land record, it refers to the red banks of a river like the Barren Fork; not a red haired lad.

     Collins River is the main stream of the county. This stream rises in Grundy County, passes near McMinnville, just below the town receives the waters of Barren Fork, and empties into Caney Fork. Hickory Creek is a branch of Barren Fork, and Charles Creek empties into Collins River, they with the two named and Mountain Creek composing the principal streams of the county.

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For Visiting Researchers, Lodging in Warren County

Historic Falcon Manor
Historic Falcon Manor
(Bed and Breakfast )
2645 Faulkner Springs Road, McMinnville
931-668-4444
In 1896, Warren County entrepreneur Clay Faulkner constructed
this solid brick mansion now known as Falcon Manor. It has been
wonderfully restored by George and Charlien McGlothin.

Best Value Inn
508 Sunny Side Heights, McMinnville
931-474-2570

Best Western Tree City Inn
809 Sparta Street, McMinnville
931-473-2159

Scottish Inn
1105 Sparta Street, McMinnville
931-473-2181

McMinnville Inn
2545 Sparta Street and US 70, McMinnville
931-473-7338

Reservations can, of course, be made through the national chains’ regular reservation system.


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        Cannon County Homepage
        Coffee County Homepage
        De Kalb County Homepage
        Grundy County Homepage
        Sequatchie County Homepage
        Van Buren County Homepage
        White County Homepage

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