{"id":6,"date":"2013-09-07T19:06:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-07T19:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis2\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:51:38","slug":"records-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/records-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Records &#038; Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lewis Co, TN Digital Archives<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">General Resources of Note<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/news\">TN Historical Newspaper Indexing Project<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teva.contentdm.oclc.org\/customizations\/global\/pages\/index.html\">TN Virtual Archive<\/a> TSLA Information here is in the public domain. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Historic American Buildings Survey<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/\">Library of Congress photos catalogue<\/a> (public domain!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.lib.utk.edu\/collections\/wpa-tva\">TVA archaeology photos<\/a> (public domain!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/help\/helpcenter\/article\/how-do-i-find-an-image-in-an-unindexed-collection-in-historical-records\">Unidexed records (microfilm frames!) at FamilySearch<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/en\/wiki\/Tennessee,_United_States_Genealogy\">FamilySearch Wiki<\/a> &#8212; select your county or the topic of interest &#8212; You can sign up to add and edit these pages! <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/\">Tennessee Probate Records<\/a> &#8212; IMAGES found at FamilySearch <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1909088\">1795\u20131927 Tennessee Probate Court Books, 1795\u20131927\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1909193\">1795\u20131927 Tennessee Probate Court Files, 1795\u20131927<\/a> &#8212; Not all counties. Organized by county\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorstates.org\/index.php?do=q&amp;state=TN&amp;county=Lewis\">Gold Star Veterans from World War I, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam<\/a> &#8212; These are casualties from Lewis Co, TN.<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gscassociates.com\/recordproducts.html\">Some county records with every-name index abstracts\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tnmuseum.org\/Stories\/posts\/the-stories-of-mrs-eula-gray-allison-and-rosenwald-schools-in-tennessee\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Stories of Mrs. Eula Gray Anderson and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8212;\u00a0 written by Matthew Gailani, TN State Museum Curator, this article details the Rosenwald School built in Lewis County where Mrs. Alison Gray Anderson taught.\u00a0 Today, the former Hohenwald Rosenwald School still stands as part of the Lewis County Senior Citizens Center. This is just one of the stories told in the Tennessee State Museum\u2019s new exhibition <em>Building a Bright Future: Black Communities and Rosenwald Schools in Tennessee<\/em>, which runs from June 16, 2023 to February 25, 2024.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Internet Archives<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/@lewislibrary?tab=uploads\">Lewis Co Public Library and Digital Archives<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Bible Records<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/bible-records\/\">Family Bible transcriptions<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Biographies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"DABBS, Z.V. (b. 1827)\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/dabbs-z-v-b-1827\/\">DABBS, Z.V. (b. 1827)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"MASSEY, Samuel L. (b. 1845)\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/massey-samuel-l-b-1845\/\">MASSEY, Samuel L. (b. 1845)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"STOCKARD, James W. (b. 1819)\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/stockard-james-w-b-1819\/\">STOCKARD, James W. (b. 1819)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Births<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/birth-announcements-published-in-the-lewis-county-herald-1-january-2004-through-31-december-2004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lewis County Herald 2004 Birth Announcements<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Cemeteries<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Lewis Co &amp; Perry Co, TN Burial Association\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-perry-co-tn-burial-association\/\">Lewis Co &amp; Perry Co, TN Burial Association<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/cemeteries\/index.html#!co=lewis\">TNGenWeb Cemetery Database &#8211; Lewis\u00a0 County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseegravestones.org\/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=51\">Tennessee Gravestone: Lewis Co, TN<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billiongraves.com\/search\/cemetery?country=United%20States&amp;state=Tennessee&amp;county=Lewis\">Billion Graves for Lewis Co, TN<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cemetery\/search?locationId=county_2475&amp;page=1#cem-2508720\">Find A Grave for Lewis Co, TN<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/politicalgraveyard.com\/geo\/TN\/LE.html\">Political Graveyard for Lewis Co, TN<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Census<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1850-census-index\/\">1850 Census Index<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1880-census-index\/\">1880 Census Index<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1880-census-by-town\/\">1880 Census by Town<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1990-census\/\">1900 Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1930-census-enumeration-districts\/\">1930 Census Enumeration Districts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1950-census-of-lewis-co-tn\/\">1950 Census of Lewis Co, TN Informaton<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tngenweb.org\/maps\/census\/\">Tennessee Census Maps<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/census-population-statistics\/\">Population Statistics 1850-2000<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Church Records<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Gordonsburg Church of Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/gordonsburg-church-of-christ\/\">Gordonsburg Church of Christ<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Kimmins Church of Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/kimmins-church-of-christ\/\">Town of Hohenwald Church Directory<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Kimmins Church of Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/kimmins-church-of-christ\/\">Kimmins Church of Christ<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Lomax Church of Christ\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lomax-church-of-christ\/\">Lomax Church of Christ<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Court Record \u2013 Cooper, Johnson, Dodson\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/court-cooper-johnson-dodson\/\">Court Record \u2013 Cooper, Johnson, Dodson<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courthouses.co\/us-states\/o-u\/tennessee\/lewis-county\/\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Lewis County, TN Court House History<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"McDonald Funeral Home Obituary Collection: 2003-2010\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/mcdonald-funeral-home-obituary-collection\">McDonald Funeral Home Obituary Collection<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/adair-funeral-home-obituary-collection\/\">Adair Funeral Home Obituary Collection<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-county-herald-death-notice-collection\/\">Lewis County Herald Death Notice Collection<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/nashville-newspaper-death-notices-for-lewis-county-tn-residents\/\">Nashville, TN Death Notices for Lewis Co, TN Residents<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/death-records-1949-2005\/\">Death Records 1949-2005<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/social-security-death-index\/\">Social Security Death Indexes 1964-2011<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-death-records-1909-1921\/\">Lewis Co, TN Death Records: 1909-1921<\/a><b><\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-connections-miscellaneous-contributed-obituaries\/\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Miscellaneous Contributed Obituaries<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Education\/School<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"History of Garrett Elementary School\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/history-of-garrett-elementary-school\/\">History of Garrett Elementary School<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Hazel Bell\u2019s 5th Grade Class (1930)\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/hazel-bells-5th-grade-class-1930\/\">Hazel Bell&#8217;s 5th Grade Class (1930)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Salem School History: Class of 1915\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/salem-school-history-class-of-1915\/\">Salem School &#8211; Class of 1915 photo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Early Hohenwald School Teachers Before 1938\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/early-hohenwald-school-teachers-before-1938\/\">Early Hohenwald School Teachers Before 1938<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Lewis County High School Class of 1928\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-county-high-school-class-of-1928\/\">Lewis County High School Class of 1928<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Grinder\u2019s Creek School\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/grinders-creek-school\/\">Grinder&#8217;s Creek School\u00a0Fire\u00a0(1921) <\/a>&#8211;\u00a0Newspaper Article from the Hohenwald Star<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Families<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/duncan-lindsey-marriage\/\">Duncan-Lindsey Marriage<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/histories-of-cooper-family-in-lewis-county\/\">Cooper Family and the Civil War<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/robert-melville-cooper-of-lewis-county\/\">Robert Melville Cooper Family<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/merriwether-lewis-story\/\">Meriwether Lewis Story<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Genealogy &amp; History Pages<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genealogytrails.com\/tenn\/lewis\/\">Lewis Co, TN Genealogy Trails History Group<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/TN-LEWIS\">TNLewis Google Group List<\/a>\u00a0 [replaces the Rootsweb Group List effective 2 March 2020]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>General Records on Microfilm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sostngovbuckets.s3.amazonaws.com\/tsla\/preservation\/countymicro\/lewi.pdf\">Consolidated Listing of Microfilmed Lewis County Records<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Goodspeed\u2019s History of Lewis County\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/goodspeeds-history-of-lewis-county\/\">Goodspeed&#8217;s History of Lewis County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tennesseeencyclopedia.net\/entries\/lewis-county\/\">Tennessee Historical Society: Tennessee Encyclopedia &#8211; Lewis County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Cane Creek Massacre <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Cane Creek Massacre TN Highway sign\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Tennessee-Morman-Massacre-Highway-Marker.jpg\" alt=\"TN Highway Marker: Tennessee Mormon Massacre\" width=\"206\" height=\"155\" \/><\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/tnmormonhistory\/events\/1884\/cane-creek-massacre\">TN Mormon History: Cane Creek Massacre<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/amateurmormonhistorian.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/cane-creek-massacre.html\">Amateur Mormon Historian: Cane Creek Massacre<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/genealogytrails.com\/tenn\/hickman\/newspaper_mormonmasacre.html\">Genealogy Trails History Group: Terrible Tragedy<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechurchnews.com\/archives\/2000-01-08\/1884-slayings-recall-bitter-time-today-is-more-peaceful-120840\">Deseret News: 1884 slayings recall bitter time; today is more peaceful<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stoppingpoints.com\/tennessee\/Lewis\/Tennessee%27s+Mormon+Massacre.html\">Tennessee State Historical Markers<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Death of Meriwether Lewis<\/em><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/history\/meriwether-lewis-mysterious-death-144006713\/\">Meriwether Lewis&#8217; Mysterious Death <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/579687\/meriwether-lewis-mysterious-death\">Caught in the Devil&#8217;s Backbone:\u00a0 The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legendsofamerica.com\/ah-meriwetherlewis\/\">Legends of America: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historynewsnetwork.org\/article\/1758\">History News Network: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Letters<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-capt-biffle-4-nov-1861\/\">Letter from Capt. Biffle, 4 November 1861<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-james-s-cooper-to-albert-g-cooper-25-jul-1850\/\">Letter from James S. Cooper to Albert G. Cooper, 25 Jul 1850<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-james-s-cooper-to-his-parents-january-1-1850\/\">Letter from James S. Cooper to His Parents, January 1, 1850<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-james-s-cooper-to-his-parents-june-6-1850\/\">Letter from James S. Cooper to His Parents, June 6, 1850<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-james-s-cooper-to-r-m-cooper-15-sep-1851\/\">Letter from James S. Cooper to R. M. Cooper, 15 Sep 1851<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-jesse-coble-16-august-1861\/\">Letter from Jesse Coble, 16 August 1861<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-l-b-cooper-10-june-1863\/\">Letter from L. B. Cooper, 10 June 1863<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-l-b-cooper-30-oct-1861\/\">Letter from L. B. Cooper, 30 October 1861<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-s-g-cooper-31-december-1861\/\">Letter from S. G. Cooper, 31 December 1861<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/letter-from-w-l-bramly-to-e-c-edwards\/\">Letter from W. L. Bramly to E. C. Edwards,<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Maps<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tn.gov\/historicalcommission\/state-programs\/cemetery.html\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tennessee Historic Cemetery Register and Statewide Cemetery Map<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Marriages<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/first-50-years-of-lewis-co-tn-marriage-records-1844-1894\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1844-1894 &#8211; First 50 Years of Lewis Co, TN Marriages<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-engagement-marriage-announcements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2004 Lewis County Engagement &amp; Marriage Announcements<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Military<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-the-civil-war\/\">Civil War in Lewis County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/civil-war-letters\/\">Civil War letters<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/1890-civil-war-veterans-union-soldiers-census\/\">1890 Civil War Veterans [Union Soldiers] Census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-county-tn-combat-casualties\/\">Combat Casualties &#8211; Lewis County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-world-war-1-veterans\/\">World War I Veterans &#8211; Lewis County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/world-war-ii-servicemen-and-women-from-lewis-co-tn\/\">World War II Veteran Photographs<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-world-war-i-draft-registration-cards\/\">Lewis Co, TN: World War I Draft Registration Cards<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/lewis-co-tn-u-s-wwii-draft-cards-young-men-1940-1947\/\">Lewis Co, TN: U.S. WWII Draft Cards from 1940-1947<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Newspapers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theancestorhunt.com\/blog\/tennessee-online-historical-newspapers-summary\/\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers Summary<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> This is a clickable list of newspapers available online for the state of Tennessee.\u00a0 Great information for genealogists.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Wills<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Will of James K. Pollock\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/will-of-james-k-pollock\/\">Will of James K. Pollock<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Will of Anderson Churchwell\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/will-of-anderson-churchwell\/\">Will of Anderson Churchwell<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Will of John Akin\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/will-of-john-akin\/\">Will of John Akin<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a title=\"Will of Ephraim McLean, Jr.\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lewis\/will-of-ephraim-mclean-jr\/\">Will of Ephraim McLean, Jr.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Bibliography of TN Local History Sources: Lewis County<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>General\u00a0 Sources for Lewis County<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Bingham, Roy H.\u00a0<b>Well water for home supplies in Lewis County.<\/b>\u00a0Nashville, TN Dept. Conservation, 1964. 12 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"content_text\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969<\/b>\u00a0(Lewis County, Preliminary #2). Nashville, TSLA, 1968. 42 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"content_text\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Goodspeed&#8217;s history of TN<\/b>\u00a0(Lewis County, pp. 801-807, 923-934). Goodspeed, 1886.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Graves, Marjorie &amp; Petty Hedge, comps.\u00a0<b>Lewis County pictorial history.<\/b>\u00a0Hohenwald, Lewis County Sesquicentennial Comm., 1994. unp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Holliday, M. Lynne.\u00a0<b>Preparing for economic growth &amp; change, Lewis County.<\/b>\u00a0Nashville, TN Advisory Comm. on Intergovernmental Relations, 1990. 80 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"content_text\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lewis County, 1980-1987: an economic analysis.<\/b>\u00a0Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 12 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"content_text\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Lewis County pictorial history.<\/b>\u00a0Compiled by Lewis County Sesquicentennial committee, Marjorie Graves &amp; Patty Hedge, co-chairmen. N.p., the committee, 1993. 192 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"content_text\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Phase II archaeological investigations at site 40LS203, Lewis County, TN.\u00a0<\/b>Memphis, MSU Dept. Anthrop., 1985. 43 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Sublett, Harold.\u00a0<b>History of Lewis County, TN.<\/b>\u00a0Hohenwald, Subletts Studio, 1976. 134 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">TN Dept. Transportation [<b>county maps<\/b>] issued periodically.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">TN Valley Authority. Ind. Div.\u00a0<b>Agricultural-industrial survey of Lewis County, TN.<\/b>\u00a0Knoxville, TVA, 1934. var. pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">US Geol. Survey [<b>topographic maps<\/b>] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Beaverdam Springs, Sunrise, Greenfield Bend, Graves Spring, Kimmins, Gordonsburg, Mt. Joy, Topsy, Riverside, Henryville, Summertown.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em>Mormon Massacre<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Nicholson, John.\u00a0<b>The TN massacre &amp; its causes; or, the Utah conspiracy, a lecture by John Nicholson, delivered in the Salt Lake Theater, on Monday, Sept. 22, 1884.<\/b>\u00a0Stenographically reported by John Irvine. Salt Lake City, UT Juvenile Instructor Off., 1884. 48 pp.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"content_text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Wingfield, Marshall. &#8220;<b>TN&#8217;s Mormon massacre.<\/b>&#8221;\u00a0<i>THQ<\/i>\u00a017 (1958), pp. 19-36.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Co, TN Digital Archives General Resources of Note TN Historical Newspaper Indexing Project TN Virtual Archive TSLA Information here is in the public domain. Historic American Buildings Survey Library of Congress photos catalogue (public domain!) TVA archaeology photos (public domain!) 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