Putnam County is located in one of the state's three "grand divisions," Middle Tennessee, as depicted in the map below.
Putnam County was first formed in 1842, but it was short-lived, since it was declared unconstitutional and dissolved. It was permanently established in 1854 and was named for Israel Putnam, a Revolutionary War hero.
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This page was created by Charles Reeves, Jr. with considerable input from Billie R. McNamara, Fred Clark, and others as indicated in the references.
Note: No claims or estimates are made nor intended of the validity of the information contained on the Putnam County Website. Each new piece of information found should not be taken at face value, but should be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. Among the items you may find are copies of copyright-expired texts pertaining to the history of Putnam County, Tennessee. These must be considered in the era that they were written. You are welcome to copy information found at the Putnam County Tennessee Genealogy Website for personal use and share information with other researchers or genealogical organizations, but this information may not under any conditions be sold or used in a commercial project without expressed prior written permission. The entire contents of the Putnam County TNGenWeb pages are copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2013 by Charles A. Reeves, Jr.