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Welcome to beautiful Benton County. We are located in Western Tennessee, one of the state's Three Grand Divisions. We're bordered on the north by Henry and Stewart Counties, on the the east by Houston and Humphreys Counties, on the southeast by Perry County, on the south by Decatur and Henderson Counties and on the west Carroll County.
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This site is managed by the Benton County Genealogical Society. Mike Stockdale is your County Coordinator

Benton County Research

Tennessee links:

Letters

new detailed
MASTER INDEX TO ALL BENTON COUNTY FILES & RECORDS ON THIS SITE
click here
or use the general category links below and search engines

Benton County Cemeteries onsite and links

Benton County Cemeteries onsite

Benton County Genealogical Society

Benton County Politics

Benton County Public Library-main-offsite link

Benton County Religion

Benton County Society Cemetery Project

Benton County Schools

Biographies from Goodspeed, same as early settlers

Bible Records new file submissions are welcome

Family Bibles

Census:

1860 Railroad Census
Census online

Court Records updated 7/25/2019

Deeds

Early Settlers & Biographies

Families: | updated 8/23/2020 Prince

Family Bibles

Family Photo Pages

Family Photographs

FamilyPhotos- unidentified

Goodspeed History of Tennessee

History

Land Records updated 8/22/2020 Prince Deeds

This section is reserved for news of temporary interest.

To submit information please
contact me

Benton County Genealogical Society

Next Meeting

January 23, 2025, 6:30 p.m.

at the Benton County Library.

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TNGenWeb Query Board the following link will give you the instructions.

tngenweb.org/benton/TNGenWeb_Query_Instructions.htm

TNGenWeb Historical News Portal reviews Benton County obit books:

http://tngenweb.org/histnews/death-notices-from-benton-county-tn-1876-1930/

New - Just Published

Death Notices From Benton County, Tennessee Newspapers

Vol. 5: 1921-1930

Benton County Genealogical Society

Letters From the Past

Links

Look Ups

Maps see TNGenWeb

Memoirs see new addition of a former Benton County
resident's recollections
"The Farm"

Migration Routes

Newspaper Columns

Obituaries

Old Cures and Recipes

Online Databases

Old Photos from Big Sandy, Danville, Faxon, Pilot Knob currently unavailable 3/8/2016

Probate Court Records

Publications list of books about Benton Co. updated 4/11/2021

Queries, TNGenWeb Query Board

Queries, Facebook group

Queries, Surnames and Researchers ( archived)

Revolutionary War

World War I

World War II


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County Seat                                                               Towns/Communities
Camden(pop. 3,828)                                                  Big Sandy (pop. 518)
                                                                                   Camden (pop. 3,828)
                                                                                     Eva
                                                                                     Holladay

Benton County Genealogical Society Benton County Library
P.O. Box 775, Camden,TN 38320 121 S. Forrest Ave., Camden, TN 38320-2055

Off Site Links of Interest

Bill Allen's Website with Families and Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery

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