Pickett County Bibliography from TN State Library
This list was maintained previously by the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The information may be duplicated elsewhere, but it is included here for reference.
Pickett County in General
Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Pickett County, Preliminary # 20). Nashville, TSLA, 1970. 49 pp.
Butts, Charles. Geology & oil possibilities of the northern part of Overton County, TN & of adjoining parts of Clay, Pickett & Fentress counties. Nashville, Williams Print. Co., 1919. 45 pp.
Effectiveness of best management practices in preventing degradation of streams caused by silvicultural activities in Pickett State Forest, TN. Cookeville, TTU Center for the Management, Utilization & Protection of Water Resources, 1990. 197 pp.
Glenn, Leonidas C. The northern TN coal field included in Pickett [& other] counties. Nashville, TN Div. Geol., 1925. 478 pp. (its Bulletin #33-b).
Holt, C.L. Seventy years in the Cumberlands. N.p., 1970. pp.
Huddleston, Tim L. History of Pickett County, TN. Collegedale, College Press, 1973. 330 pp.
Huddleston, Tim L. Pioneer families of Pickett County, TN. Collegedale, College Press, 1968. 180 pp.
Jillson, Willard R. The geology of Pickett County, TN; a reconnaissance field study designed as an aid in oil & gas exploration. Frankfort, KY, Roberts Print. Co., 1948. 109 pp.
Mitchell, Carrie L. An analysis of the possibilities for local support of education in Pickett County, TN. TN Polytechnic Institute thesis, 1960. 82 pp.
Pelren, David W. Effectiveness of best management practices for timber harvest in Pickett State Forest, TN. TTU thesis, 1990. 107 pp.
Pickett County History Book Committee. History & genealogy of families of Pickett County, TN. Byrdstown, the committee, 1989. 1190 pp.
Pickett County, TN, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 12 pp.
Sanders, Charles H. An educational & economic survey of Pickett County, TN. UT thesis, 1924. pp.
Smith, Charles C. A social & economic survey of Pickett County. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1928. 98 pp.
Soil survey, Fentress & Pickett counties, TN. Washington, D.C., US GPO, 1995. 117 pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps] issued periodically.
Upper Cumberland Development District. Comprehensive water & sewage plan: Pickett County TN. Cookeville, the district, 1971. 51 pp.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Frogue, Albany, Dale Hollow Reservoir, Byrdstown, Moodyville, Pall Mall, Sharp Place, Bartnell SW, Alpine, Riverton.
White, Linda C. “Champ Ferguson: a legacy of blood.” TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 44 (1978), pp. 60-70.
Wright, Absolom B. Autobiography of Rev. A.B. Wright of the Holston Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Ed. by J.C. Wright. Cincinnati, Cranston & Curtis, 1896. 447 pp.
Cordell Hull Birthplace
Evins, Joe L. “The Cordell Hull birthplace & memorial.” THQ 31 (1972), pp. 111-128.
Nance, Benjamin C. Historical research & archaeological testing at the Cordell Hull Birthplace State Historic Site, Pickett County, TN. Nashville, TN Div. Arch.,1992. 100 pp.