The Williamson Co. TNGenWeb  Site is dedicated to providing information to searchers and is made available FREE for those individuals that are tracking the family roots in  Williamson County.   I hope that you enjoy your visit with me and and  that this site can help you in tracing and verifying your Tennessee Roots.  

Noel C. Matthews, CC of the Williamson Co. TNGenWeb  Site.

If you have information to share or would like to volunteer to provide information to this site, let me know. I need your help in gathering information on Williamson County,   Or, if you would like to help in other ways, let me know. We will be happy to work with you.

If you can help, contact me.

 Just Where Is Williamson County Anyway?

Here is a couple of maps and other location information that will let you find where Williamson County is in relation to Nashville and the rest of Tennessee. You will even learn a little of the history of Williamson County too.

Williamson County was established in 1779 and named in honor of Dr. Hugh Williamson,
surgeon general of the North Carolina militia, member of the Continental Congress,
and signer of the Constitution.

Find Williamson County Maps Here

What is new in Williamson Co. 

Tennessee Courthouses

Thanks Noel for the link to the Aerial photo of downtown Franklin, Check out the Franklin, 1960's

If you have information to share, send to me Noel C. Matthews Archives Family Bios Bios Board  Bibles CEMETERIES CENSUS CHURCHES  Marriages   Thompson'Station Homepages   LOOKUPS NEWSPAPERS  OBITUARIES   Post Cards of TN   WILLS Occupations Of  Yesteryear  Pension Records Professional Help

Check out the 1836 District Boundary Map of Williamson County. See how the original county was divided. Descriptions of all districts are included. Take a tour of the 1878 District Boundary Map of Williamson County. District by district. Includes land owners and their property locations. TAKE A TOUR OF Williamson  County (Send in your favorite photos, for all to see).   WILLIAMSON COUNTY SCHOOLS   Do you have any Schools Annual that you would like to share?   Dillahunty Migration  - Jones County NC to Williamson County TN MISSING PERSONS??. Do  you have some  old photos  and not sure who they are, Do you know the names of these men?      Triune Baseball Club WILLIAMSON CO.  SURNAMES :  The list can be used to find information on your Williamson County roots from others who are also researching the same surnames.      Davis Family Book , BLACKWELL FAMILY    War Between the States  in Williamson County.   Two major engagements were fought within its boundaries:  the Battle of Thompson's Station in 1863 and the Battle of Franklin in 1864. T. Vance Little Welcome to My Corner Of Tennessee

 

1867 Voter List - This listing includes both black and white voters.

Other Census working on

1810	1820	1830	1840	1850
1860	1870	1880	1890	1900
1910	1920	1930	Other

ORGANIZATIONS 

The Heritage Foundation of Franklin	Williamson County Public Library
Tennessee Records Repository	Williamson County Historical Society's
Sons of Confederate Veterans	Tennessee Confederate Pension
Tennessee State Library and Archives

   

A successful query is a brief, well-worded tightly focused request for specific information. Take time to word your queries well because they are your chance to let others know which ancestors you're looking for and during what time period. 

You have two Query Boards  and a Mail-L to submit your questions and answers :

Click here,  which has information for the State of Tennessee

Post Queries for Unknown County.

New Site for posting East Tennessee Pre-1796 Queries

   View Posted Queries Here

Williamson Co. Tennessee Mail-L

"Looking for anything on the Jasper family in middle Tennessee"
will not get you the results you are hoping for.

Here is an example of a query that WILL get you great results:

"Looking for information on the parents of Solomon Oden Jr., who was born in 1816 in
Thompson's Station, Williamson County, Tennessee. He married Latitia Cowen about 1840.
Their children were Thomas Hardeman Oden, Albert Oden, Sarah E. Oden, and Solomon W. Oden."

Williamson Co. Rootsweb Message Boards

 

USCensusSearch	TNGenWeb’s County
Williamson County Archives	First People of Tennessee
TNNewspapers	People of Color in Old Tennessee
The Land of Our Ancestors	Cherokee By Blood
Indian Land Cessions inTennessee	The Intruders
Sickness and Death in the Old South	The Maps Our Ancestors Followed
East Tennessee Pre-1796	Middle Tennessee Pre 1796
Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War	Tennesseans in the War of 1812
Tennessee in Volunteers in the Indian Wars 1836-1838	Federal Military Roster CSA
Civil War Units (Williamson Co.)	Tennessee and the Civil War

 

Post Offices of Williamson Co

T. Vance Little
Welcome to My Corner Of Tennessee
Author, Historian and Legal Expert - on Genealogy and Historic Research

Visit Here to find out more about:

• Listing of Books Published and Where to find them
• Tips, Legal Terms and Information for the Genealogist
• Tennessee Law, the Early Days

Looking for information on Veterans -  Do you have Pension Information?   Please Share  gbm

American Revolution - War of 1812

War Between the States -  Project Page

World War I - World War II (need some help here)

Korea War - Viet Nam (need some help here)

Desert Storm - Iraq (need some help here)

 

A TNWILLIA Mailing List or Contact list is available FREE to anyone who has a
genealogical or historical interest in Williamson County, Tennessee.
The list can be used to find information on your Williamson County roots from
over 300 other individuals who are also searching for their ancestors.
You never know when you might just find another relative that you didn't even know that you had!

Follow this link to join:
TNWILLIA Mailing List

 

Click on the city to find the local page

Brentwood	College Grove	Fairview	Franklin
Grassland	Leiper's Fork	Nolensville	Peytonsville
Southall	Spring Hill	Thompson's Station	Triune

 

    Franklin is considered to be Middle Tennessee's most beautiful town. It is named after Benjamin Franklin. 

Go here for Williamson County Government, Communities & People

GENEALOGICAL CONTACTS -  INFORMATION

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at the Tennessee State Library and Archives

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