The goal of this site is to provide you with FREE genealogical resources for your family history research.  

If you have material you can share, please let us know. Your Coordinator is Bettye Liberty.  Please contact her with your questions and comments (link in right-sidebar menu). 

Please note we are unable to perform research, but the Marshall County Library has a fantastic local history collection and responsive librarians.

We wish to acknowledge the many contributors to Marshall County data on this site, especially previous Coordinators Karen Combs, Paulette Carpenter, and Jane Colmenares.

About Marshall County

Marshall County, Tennessee, is located in Middle Tennessee, one of the state’s three “Grand Divisions.”  Marshall was created in 1836 from parts of Giles, Bedford, Lincoln, and Maury counties. In 1870, a part of Giles County was added. The southern part of the county consists of fertile valleys and hills; the northern part is mostly level.  It is drained by the Duck River.  Today, the county is bordered by Lincoln, Bedford, Rutherford, Williamson, Maury, and Giles counties.

Marshall County was named after John Marshall, a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

The county seat is Lewisburg, named for explorer Meriwether Lewis.

The first federal census for Marshall County was taken in 1840.

The first justices of the peace were William McClure, Thomas Ross, William Wilkes, Peter Williams, Thomas Wilson, David McGahey, James Adams, George Cunningham, James V. Ewing, John Fields, Adam Miller, Joseph Cleek, Ephraim Hunter, Asa Holland, James Patterson, Jason Sheffield, Sherwood Dunnigan, and Andrew Laird.

The first county officials were: John R. Hill, sheriff; Martin W. Oakley, county court clerk; John W. Record, trustee; John Elliot, register; Joseph McCord, coroner; Isaac H. Williams, ranger; and Hugh McClelland, surveyor.