Records & Resources: Roane County

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN

• People of Color South (TNGenWeb)
• Autobiography of Sterling Nelson Brown, 1858-1929 - African-American Clergyman

BIBLES

• Bayless Winslow Billings Family Bible
• Edney Deveraux Billings Bible

BIOS

• Autobiography of Sterling Nelson Brown, 1858-1929 - African-American Clergyman
• John Keeling
• Aaron J. Parker
• John Richard "Dick" Sensaboy

CEMETERIES

• Hood Cemetery
• Roane County Burials - at the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database
• Roane County Cemeteries - at FindAGrave.com

CENSUS RECORDS

• Census Records (Free at FamilySearch.org) - 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940

COURT RECORDS

• Keller vs. Fuller, Chancery Court 1853

DEATHS

• Misc. Deaths & Obituaries - submitted to the Roane Co. TNGenWeb site
• 1874-1955: Tennessee Deaths & Burials – free database from FamilySearch
• 1908-1912: Index to Tennessee Deaths – TN State Library & Archives
• 1914-1933: Statewide Index to Tennessee Deaths – TN State Library & Archives
• 1914-1963: Tennessee Death Records– free database from FamilySearch
• 1949-2009: Statewide Index to Tennessee Deaths – index by the Shelby County Register of Deeds; includes deaths from the entire state

DEEDS

• Deed of Conveyance from Lavina Howell To Benjamin Howell, 1850

MARRIAGES

• Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950 - from FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002 - from FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 - from FamilySearch.org

MILITARY

• Photo of veteran Thomas J. Hudson
• Revolutionary War Soldiers buried in Roane County
• Index to Roane County Applicants to the Southern Claims Commission
• Original Roster Book for the R.S. Kindrick Post #63 of the G.A.R, 1887
• The Last Recruit - From "The Clinton Public" November 29, 1895
• Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 - from FamilySearch.org
• Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 - from FamilySearch.org

MISC

• an old Rockwood directory (date unknown)

PHOTOS

• Photos of Rockwood

WILLS

• James Blair, 1827
• William Blair, 1843
• Jason Matlock, 1875

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