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Administrator’s Settlements
African American Information
Bible Records
Biographies/People
- Biographies of Dekalb County citizens – at the TNGenWeb Who’s Who in TN Special Projects site
- Dekalb Countians in State & US Government
Businesses
Cemeteries
- Dekalb Co. TNGenWeb Cemetery Records
- Directions for Dekalb County cemeteries
- Transcriptions for Dekalb County cemeteries
- Dekalb County Cemetery Listings at Find-A-Grave – search and/or browse
- Elijah and Rebecca (Doughtery) Whaley Grave Photos
Census
- 1850 Census Civil Districts
- 1860 Dekalb County Census
- 1920 Dekalb County Census Civil Districts
- Search free census records at FamilySearch.org
Churches
- Salem Baptist Church Minutes (1809-1908)
- Baptist Church of Christ – Index & Minutes (1885-1894)
- Methodist Episcopal Church of the South – Index & Minutes (1879-1893)
- Salem Baptist Church Minutes and Enrollments – Index & Minutes (1809-1908)
Court & County Records
- Dekalb County Officials
- Misc. Dekalb County Court Records
- Postmasters of Dekalb County
- Dekalb County Records on Microfilm at the Tennessee State Library & Archives
Deaths
- Obituaries from the Smithville Review – more than 2,000 obits (mostly dated in the 2000s)
- Social Security Death Index (FamilySearch)
- Tennessee Death Records, 1915-1955 (FamilySearch) – images included
- Tennessee Death Index, 1949-2009 – index only
Deeds
Families & Personal Items
- Misc. Family Histories
- You Can Go Home – reminisces by Jimmy Lee on growing up in Smithville (1975)
- Webb Families of Dekalb County,Tennessee (2002) – book by Thomas G. Webb
- Journal of R.M. Johnson – late 1890s to early 1900s
Funeral Homes
Land/Maps
- 2002 Dekalb County Highway Map – (large PDF file)
- Land Laws of TN – free book at Google Books
Marriages
Military
- Revolutionary War
- Civil War
- 1890 Civil War Veterans Census
- Dekalb County in the Civil War (1915)
- Dekalb County Southern Claims Commission Applications 1871-1873
- Undated CSA Veterans Photo – Reunion at Seven Springs
- 16th Tennessee Infantry
- Map of TN War Battles
- Allison’s TN Calvary Squadron
- Civil War Veterans Questionnaires
- Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database
Newspapers
- Alexandria Times Newspaper abstracts
- Liberty Herald Abstracts (1886-1900)
- Reminisces of Smithville – article series by W.T. Foster
Photos
- Photos of Dekalb County – families & places
- Photos of relatives of Connie Mize
- Foutch Family Photos
- Lawson, Magness, and Adcock Photos
- Roy, Vick, Yeargin Family Photos
- Robert Lack Photos- can you help identify them?
Religion
- History of Middle Tennessee Baptists (1902) – book by John Harvey Grime (churches start on page 60)
Schools
- Bright Hill School Class Photo (1922)
- Holmes Creek School photo (1927)
- Oakland Institute Occupants – from 1850 census
- Pure Fountain College History
Wills