A list of publications and private manuscripts used in Cannon Co. research

Listed below are a few of the privately published resources and/or publications used in Cannon Co. research that might be helpful to you. These listings are for use only as a guide not as an offer to do lookups. Many of them are no longer in publication or only available from the individual author.  Some of them can be found at your local library or on loan from the LDS on microfilm.

Alexanders of Cannon Co.,TN – Vera B. Andrews 1989 (Some of the Surnames: Alexander, Barrett, Bogle, Bryson, Cooper, Davenport, Duggin, Jones, Leach, Melton, Nichols, Odom, Owen, Reed, Smith, Tedder, Tenpenny, Wilson)

“Cannon County Cousins“ 1998 by Patricia Wilson Spradley. A manuscript based on the Michael and Martha Bryson Wilson family. These are descendants of the Bogle, Bryson, Davenport, Higgins, Leach, Preston, Wilson families.

Books available from the Cannon County Historical Society
    Folk Tales of Cannon County – Robert L. Mason 1977
    History of Cannon Co., Tn  – Robert L. Mason 1984
    History of Cannon County Schools –
            A Project of The Cannon Co. Retired Teachers Assoc. 1990
   Prater Tennessee The Life & Death of a Community – Robert L. Mason 1981

“Cannon County, Tennessee Marriage Records Books A, A-1, B, C, D, E, and F, Vol 1”
“Cannon County, Tennessee Court Records, Chancery Court Enrolling Dockets 1852-1856 Vol 1”
“Cannon County Tennessee Court Records Circuit Court Enrolling Dockets 1847-1848 Vol 1”
transcribed by Helen L. Rogers

Goodspeed’s 1887 History of Cannon Co., Tn. 

“History of Duggin and Related Families of Cannon Co.,TN” 1979 by E. Dean Butler

History of Woodbury and Cannon Co.,TN – Sterling Spurlock Brown, Doak Publishing Co.,Manchester, Tn cost was $1.50 in 1936 Out of Print Available at Adams Memorial Library, Woodbury, Tn and at many of the larger Libraries in the Genealogy Section. LDS may also have this available on microfilm for loan. 

Other Manuscripts & Records  – some are available at the Adams Memorial Library, Woodbury,Tn
    “Davenport File”,Bettye Joyce Smith, private records (located at McMinnville,TN library)
    “Hancock Family History”, Richard Hancock
    “Genealogy Records of the Willard and Related Families” 1987
    “The Bogle Family File”,1937 Leila Mason Eldridge LDS microfilm #1036658 item 6

    “Rutherford Co.,TN Cem,Vol II,Eastern Third of County”,1975, Stones River Chapter S.A.R. &
     Rutherford Co. Hist. Soc.
    “R.A. Dennis Records of Cannon Co.,TN”, 1940 by Rufas A. Dennis on line
    “Minutes of Hopewell Church”, published by the Rutherford Co. Historical Society, pub No. 7,
     Summer 1976

“Tombstone Records of Cannon Co., TN” – Jess & Joanna Lewis  1997