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| County | Date Formed | Parent County | County Seat | Coordinator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 1801 | Knox, Grainger | Clinton | Pellissippi Genealogical & Historical Society (Ron Evans, Emily Haverkamp, Stephanie Hill) |
| Bedford | 1807 | Rutheford, Indian Lands | Shelbyville | Jane Crowley & Charles Reeves |
| Benton | 1835 | Humphreys | Camden | Benton County Genealogical Society (Mike Stockdale) |
| Bledsoe | 1807 | Roane, Indian Lands | Pikeville | Nancy Cole |
| Blount | 1795 | Knox | Maryville | Taneya Koonce |
| 1836 | Indian Lands | Cleveland | Jane Colmenares | |
| Campbell | 1806 | Anderson, Claiborne | Jacksboro | Suzanne M. Pratt |
| Cannon | 1836 | Rutherford, Smith, Warren | Woodbury | Bill Spurlock & Pat Spradley |
| Carroll | 1821/1822 | Indian Lands | Huntingdon | Sheila Hopkins |
| Carter | 1796 | Washington | Elizabethton | Dawn Peters |
| Cheatham | 1856 | Davidson, Dickson & Montgomery | Ashland City | Courtney Tompkins & Lisa Walker |
| Chester | 1879 | Hardeman, Henderson, McNairy, Madison | Henderson | Nickey McKay |
| Claiborne | 1801 | Grainger, Hawkins | Tazewell | Darlene Anderson |
| Clay | 1870 | Jackson, Overton | Celina | Jane Crowley & Charles Reeves |
| Cocke | 1797 | Jefferson | Newport | Joyce Reece & P.J. Summers |
| Coffee | 1836 | Bedford, Franklin, Warren | Manchester | Ray Amos |
| Crockett | 1871 | Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Madison | Alamo | Natalie Huntley |
| Cumberland | 1855/56 | Bledsoe, Fentress, Morgan, Putnam, Rhea, White | Crossville | Mike Boniol & Jill Honcoop |
| Davidson | 1783 | Cumberland District of North Carolina, Washington County | Nashville | Jane Colmenares |
| Decatur | 1845/46 | Perry | Decaturville | Jerry L. Butler |
| DeKalb | 1837/38 | Cannon, Jackson, Warren, White | Smithville | David Johnson |
| Dickson | 1803 | Montgomery, Robertson | Charlotte | Cher Adams |
| Dyer | 1823 | Indian Lands | Dyersburg | Natalie Huntley |
| Fayette | 1824 | Indian Lands | Somerville | ADOPTABLE |
| Fentress | 1823 | Morgan, Overton, White | Jamestown | Tami Ramsey |
| Franklin | 1807 | Rutherford, Indian Lands | Winchester | Judy Henley Phillips |
| Gibson | 1823 | Indian Lands | Trenton | Barry L. Reeves |
| Giles | 1809, 1810 | Indian Lands | Pulaski | ADOPTABLE |
| Grainger | 1796 | Hawkins | Rutledge | Billie McNamara |
| Greene | 1783 | Washington | Greeneville | Elizabeth O’Neal |
| Grundy | 1844 | Coffee, Franklin, Warren | Altamont | David Johnson |
| Hamblen | 1870 | Jefferson, Grainger, Greene | Morriwstown | Carole Thomason |
| Hamilton | 1819 | Rhea | Dallas | Tim Stowell |
| Hancock | 1844 | Hawkins, Claiborne | Sneedville | Jane Colmenares |
| Hardeman | 1823 | Hardin, Indian Lands | Bolivar (known as Big Hatchie before 1824) | ADOPTABLE |
| Hardin | 1819/1820 | Indian Lands | Hardinsville (1820-30), Savannah (1830- date) | Robert D.H. Grimes & Jerry W. Murphy |
| Hawkins | 1786 | Sullivan | Rogersville | Billie McNamara |
| Haywood | 1823 | Indian Lands | Brownsville | Jim Ackerman & Debbie Sterbinsky |
| Henderson | 1821 | Indian Lands | Lexington | David Taylor |
| Henry | 1821 | Indian Lands | Paris | Jeffrey Kemp |
| Hickman | 1807 | Dickson | Vernon (1810-22) | Sam Sneed |
| Houston | 1871 | Stewart, Humphreys, Dickson, Montgomery | Arlington (1872-78), Erin (1878-present) | Melissa Barker |
| Humphreys | 1809 | Stewart | Reynoldsburg (1812-36), Waverly (1836-present) | ADOPTABLE |
| Jackson | 1801 | Smith, Indian Lands | Fort Blount (1892-06), Williamsburg (1806-1819), Gainesboro (1819-present) | Jane Crowley & Charles Reeves |
| James | 1871 | Bradley | Ooltewah | Tim Stowell |
| Jefferson | 1792 | Hawkins, Greene | Dandridge | Billie McNamara |
| Johnson | 1836 | Carter | Mountain City (known as Taylorsville pre-Civil War) | Mary Dykes |
| Knox | 1792 | Greene, Hawkins | Knoxville | Billie McNamara |
| Lake | 1870 | Obion | Tiptonville | Randy Brown |
| Lauderdale | 1835 | Haywood, Dyer, Tipton | Ripley | Connie Burkett |
| Lawrence | 1817 | Hickman, Indian Lands | Lawrenceburg | Reita Burress |
| Lewis | 1843/44 | Hickman, Lawrence, Maury, Wayne | Gordon (1844-48), Newberry (1848-97), Hohenwald (1897-present) | Cheryl Zelek |
| Lincoln | 1809 | Bedford | Fayetteville | George Waller |
| Loudon | 1870 | Blount, Monroe, Roane, McMinn | Loudon | Suzanne Pratt |
| Macon | 1842 | Smith, Sumner | Lafayette | ADOPTABLE |
| Madison | 1821 | Indian Lands | Jackson | Taneya Koonce |
| Marion | 1817 | Indian Lands | Cheekville (1818-20), Jasper (1820-present) | Nancy Cole |
| Marshall | 1836 | Bedford, Giles, Lincoln, Maury | Lewisburg | ADOPTABLE |
| Maury | 1807 | Williamson, Indian Lands | Columbia | Michelle Cannon |
| McMinn | 1819 | Indian Lands | Calhoun (1820-23), Athens (1823-present) | Edith Croft Ward & Sam Sneed |
| McNairy | 1823 | Hardin | Purdy (1824-90), Selmer (1890-date) | Jeffrey Kemp |
| Meigs | 1836 | Rhea | Decatur | Kay Griffin Snow |
| Monroe | 1819 | Indian Lands | Morganton (1820-22), Madisonville (1822-present) | Joy Locke, Edith Ward, & Cory Mills |
| Montgomery | 1796 | Tennessee (abolished in 1796) | Clarksville | Frances Osburn |
| Moore | 1871 | Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln | Lynchburg | John Parkes |
| Morgan | 1817 | Roane, Anderson | Montgomery (1818-70), Wartburg (1870-present) | Julie Cromwell |
| Obion | 1823 | Indian Lands | Troy (1824-1890), Union City (1890-present) | ADOPTABLE |
| Overton | 1806 | Jackson, Indian Lands | Monroe (1810-35), Livingston (1835-present) | Tami Ramsey |
| Perry | 1819 | Humphreys, Hickman | Perryville (1821-46), Bethel (Harrisburg) (1846-48), Linden (1848-present) | Jerry Butler |
| Pickett | 1879 | Fentress | Smyrna | Tami Ramsey |
| Polk | 1839 | Bradley, McMinn | Benton | Joyce Reece |
| Putnam | 1842 (abolished and re-established 1854) | Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Smith, White | Cookeville | Charles Reeves, Jr. |
| Rhea | 1807 | Roane | Dayton | Teresa Barley |
| Roane | 1801 | Knox, Indian Lands | Kingston | Jamey McLoughlin |
| Robertson | 1796 | Tennessee, Sumner | Springfield | Jerald “Jerry” Wilson |
| Rutherford | 1803 | Davidson, Williamson, Wilson | Murfreesboro | Ken Byers |
| Scott | 1849 | Anderson, Campbell, Fentress, Morgan | Huntsville | Tim West |
| Sequatchie | 1857 | Hamilton, Marion, Warren | Dunlap | Karen Caldwell Fletcher |
| Sevier | 1794 | Jefferson | Sevierville | Billie McNamara |
| Shelby | 1819 | Indian Lands | Memphis | Taneya Koonce |
| Smith | 1799 | Sumner, Indian Lands | Carthage | Charles Gregory |
| Stewart | 1803 | Montgomery | Dover | Jan Philpot, Jim Long & Cher Adams |
| Sullivan | 1779 | Washington | Blountville | Sharon Steele-Smith |
| Sumner | 1786 | Davidson | Gallatin | Diane Payne |
| Tipton | 1823 | Indian Lands | Covington | Susan Young |
| Trousdale | 1870 | Macon, Smith, Sumner, Wilson | Hartsville | Charles Gregory |
| Unicoi | 1875 | Carter, Washington | Erwin | Beth Bradford-Pytel |
| Union | 1850 | Anderson, Cambpell, Claiborne, Grainger, Knox | Maynardville | ADOPTABLE |
| Van Buren | 1840 | White, Warren | Spencer | ADOPTABLE |
| Warren | 1807/08 | White, Jackson, Smith, Indian Lands | McMinnville | ADOPTABLE |
| Washington | 1777 | Washington District, North Carolina | Jonesborough | Betty Jane Hylton & Margaret Hougland |
| Wayne | 1817 | Hickman | Waynesboro | Jerry W. Murphy & Betty Peacock |
| Weakley | 1823 | Indian Lands | Dresden | Mary Carol Schrupp |
| White | 1806 | Jackson, Smith | Sparta | Sandy Keathley |
| Williamson | 1799 | Davidson | Franklin | Noel C. Matthews & Darlene Anderson |
| Wilson | 1799 | Sumner | Lebanon | Dee Pavey |
Data for the county selection table were gleaned from the Tennessee Blue Book.
