Wills and Estate Inventory Records: Inventory and Access (Physical and On-line)
The following list of Carter County Wills and Estate Inventory records was compiled by Jackie and Dawn Peters in 1997 and was annotated in 2023 with the FamilySearch image links.
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These volumes have overlapping dates.
| Volume Number | Volume Date Span | TSLA Film No. | FamilySearch Catalogue |
| 1 TSLA list no #1 |
1799 – 1847 | Link | |
| 2 | 1850 – 1915 TSLA Book 2 starts Jun. 1794 |
101 | Link |
| 3 | 1921 – 1931 [sic] TSLA list Book 3 ends June 1937 |
101 | Link |
| 4 | June 1937 – Oct. 1954 | 102 | Link |
| 5 | Oct. 1954 – Feb. 1965 | 102 | Link |
| 6 | Feb. 1965 – Sep. 1970 [sic] | 102 A-16,339 |
Link |
| 7 | May 1970 [sic] – Sep. 1975 | A-16,339 | Link |
| 8 | Sep. 1975 – Aug. 1979 | A-16,339 A-16,456 |
Link |
| 9 | Aug. 1979 – Mar. 1982 | A-16,456 | Link |
| 10 | Apr. 1982 – May 1985 | A-16,456 | Link |
| 11 | May 1985 – Nov. 1988 | A-16,456 | Link |
| 12 | Nov. 1988 – May 1991 | A-16,457 | Link |
| 13 | May 1991 – Feb. 1994 | A-16,457 | Link |
| 14 | Sep. 1986 – Nov. 1991 | A-16,457 | Link |
| 15 | Sep. 1991 – June 1993 | A-16,457 | Link |