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Hamilton County, Tennessee
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Hamilton Co. Location

Hamilton County is located in East Tennessee, one of the state's three "grand divisions."
Hamilton County was formed in 1819 from part of Rhea County.

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Census Records

 The following links lead to census indexes of these particular years. Only surnames and the page number within the census records are mentioned. Perhaps they will be of some use.

Additionally the 1840 and 1850 census will be transcribed for inclusion on this site.

1830 index | 1830 Census Listing
1840 index | 1840 Census Listing
1850 index | 1850 Census Listing

1851 Census of Cherokees in Hamilton County

The donation of the 1860 Hamilton County, Tennessee, Census images for permanent, free display in the USGenWeb Archives was made possible through the generosity of Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogical Society and the permission of S-K Publications.

1860 Census Images

Celebration of Victory-Peace World War I
on the first 4th of July afterwards.

YearPopulationYearPopulation
182082118302276
18408175185010075
186013258187017241
188023642189053482
190061695191089267
19201159541930159497
19401804781950208255
19602379051970254236
19802876431990285571
19972946762000307896

YearCounty Rank
1970151
1980172
1990184
2000185

Early Pictorial Views

Pictures from Hamilton County area

Hamilton County Cemeteries 28 Jan 2024

Birth Records - 1881

Death Records - 1881

Hamilton County Deeds

Hamilton County Wills

Hamilton County Guide to Church Vital Statistics - 1942 - 311 churches

Hamilton County Marriages - July 9, 1918 - April 18, 1919 - sample listing - 20 of 1000

Map - Chattanooga - pre-Civil War
Map - Chattanooga - 1919

Bonny Oaks School

Current obituaries listed in Chattanoogan.com

Older obituaries listed in Chattanooga newspapers

Chattanooga National Cemetery
More Complete Chattanooga National Cemetery

WWI Vets

WWI Victory-Peace Pageant

Coming some day

Vital Records - Births - 1879 - 1915
Vital Records - Deaths - 1872 - 1923

These items are long term. Census records will be my main focus for the time being.

Hamilton County Query Board

2009 Queries

Slightly Older Hamilton County Queries

Archived Hamilton County Queries - 1996 - 2007

Hamilton County Lookups Volunteers NEEDED

Goodspeed's History of Hamilton County

About the TNGenWeb Project

Hamilton County Research Helps

Join the Hamilton County Mailing List replacement


A group dedicated to finding cousins in Hamilton County.

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SEARCH the ENTIRE Hamilton County site!

This search will allow you to search the contents of all the publicly available WWW documents at this site.
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Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
Holdings include Census Records, Soundex, Military Records, State and County Records, Obituary Indexes and City Directories and these Hamilton County records. 27 Jan 2024

East Tennessee Historical Society

Links to neighboring counties


Go to Bledsoe County site
Go to Bradley County site
Go to James County site
Go to Marion County site
Go to Meigs County site
Go to Rhea County site
Go to Sequatchie County site

Links to other sites


Tennessee Genealogy page
Tennessee County Selection page
United States Genealogy


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