Guardianship Records: Inventory and Access (Physical and On-line)
The following list of Carter County Guardianship records was compiled by Jackie and Dawn Peters in 1997 and was annotated in 2023 with the FamilySearch image links.
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Guardian’s Bonds & Letters
| Volume Number |
Volume Date Span | TSLA Film No. |
FamilySearch Catalogue |
| TSLA list Unnumbered |
July 1866 – Jan. 1876 | 54 | Link |
| TSLA list Book 1 |
Mar. 1876 – Nov. 1935 | 54 | Link |
| 1 TSLA list Book 2 starts Nov. 1935 |
Nov. 1935 – Mar. 1960 [sic] TSLA list end date Mar. 1970 |
55 | Link |
| 2 | Mar. 1960 – Oct. 1966 | 55 | Link |
| 3 | Oct. 1966 – Feb. 1976 | A-16,333 | Link |
| 4 | Feb. 1976 – Apr 1990 | A-16,454 | Link |
Guardian’s Final Settlements
Note: These volumes contain overlapping date ranges.
| Volume Number |
Volume Date Span | TSLA Film No. |
FamilySearch Catalogue |
| 1 | 1876 – 1909 TSLA list dates for unnumbered volume Feb. 1887 – Oct. 1942 |
97 | Link |
| 2 | 1943 – 1980 TSLA list Vol. 2 begin date Apr. 1903 |
97 | Link |
| 3 | 1980 – 1995 TSLA list Vol. 3 end date Mar. 1938 |
97 | Link |
| 4 TSLA list Vol. 2 |
Jan. 1938 – Jul. 1948 | 98 | Link |
| 5 | Jul. 1948 – Jan. 1959 | 98 | Link |
| 6 | Jan. 1959 – Apr. 1966 | 98 | Link |
| 7 | Apr. 1966 – Nov. 1970 | A-16,338 | Link |
| 8 | Aug. 1971 – Jan. 1980 TSLA list Vol. 8 end date Aug. 1976 |
A-16,338 | Link |
| 9 | Jan. 1980 – 1990 TSLA list no Vol. 9 |
Link | |
| 10 | Mar. 1990 – 1995 TSLA list no end date |
A-16.455 | Link |
Guardian’s Reports & Bonds
| Volume Date Span | TSLA Film No. |
FamilySearch Catalogue |
| 1854 – 1878 | Link | |
| 1879 – Oct. 1942 | Link | |
| 1866 – 1896 | Link | |
| June 1894 – Mar. 1903 | Link | |
| 1907 – 1935 | Link | |
| Nov. 1935 – June 1954 | Link |
Conservator’s Bonds & Letters
| Volume Number |
Volume Date Span | TSLA Film No. |
FamilySearch Catalogue |
| 1868 – 1986 | Link | ||
| no dates; book is blank | Link |