Stewart County, Tennessee Records
Availability
Stewart
County records are remarkably intact, despite erroneous stories of many records
having been lost when the courthouse was burned by Federal troops in 1862. Most county functions were suspended during
the Civil War, except for deeds and marriages, and the records survived.
Here
are the county records that have survived since the county’s formation in 1803,
and where to find them. Some of these
records have been transcribed or extracted for this web site. Original records are at the Stewart County Archives and at the Stewart County
Courthouse in Dover. Microfilmed copies
of many records are at the Stewart
County Public Library, the Clarksville-Montgomery
County Public Library and the Tennessee
State Library and Archives.
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Record |
Time Range |
Location of Originals |
Microfilmed? |
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Birth
Records: |
1881
– 1882 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1925
– 1951 |
Archives |
No |
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Census
Records (Federal): |
1820
- 1880, 1900 - 1930 |
n/a |
n/a |
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Chancery
Court Minutes: |
1865
– 1872 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1872
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes
(to 1994) |
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Circuit
Court Minutes: |
Sept.
1821 – 1953 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1953
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes
(to 2004) |
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Circuit
Court Loose Records |
1805
– 1930s |
Archives |
No |
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County
Court Minutes: |
1804
– 1807 |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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1808
– 1819 (partial) |
Archives |
Yes |
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1820
– 1831 |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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1831
– 1844 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1844
– 1853 |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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1854
– 1905 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1905
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes
(to 1989) |
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Death
Records: |
1881
– 1882 |
Courthouse |
No |
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1925
– 1937 |
Archives |
No |
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Deeds
& Deed Indexes |
1786
– present (including North Carolina
grants) |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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Guardian
Bonds and Records |
1842
– 1949 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1949
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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Marriage
Records: |
1804
– 1805 (partial) |
Courthouse |
No |
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1838
– present (except lost white marriages 1876-1881) |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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*Note: Tennessee did not require marriages to be
recorded prior to 1838 |
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Settlements,
Wills & Bonds: |
1804
– 1807 |
Unknown |
No |
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1806
– 1812 |
Archives |
No |
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1812
– 1814 |
unknown |
Yes |
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1814
– 1866 |
Courthouse |
Yes |
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1866
– 1916 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1916
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes
(to 1994) |
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Tax
Lists: |
1806
– 1811 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1827
– 1833 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1836
– 1843 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1846
– 1861 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1865
– 1866 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1875
– 1877 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1883
– 1999 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1999
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes
(to 1993) |
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Trust
Deeds: |
1864
– 1951 |
Archives |
Yes |
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1951
– present |
Courthouse |
Yes |