{"id":77,"date":"2021-08-11T20:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/?p=77"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:35:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:35:45","slug":"fentress-county-genealogy-fact-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/fentress-county-genealogy-fact-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Fentress County &#8211; Genealogical &#8220;Fact Sheet&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Source: Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives. <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/pages\/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-fentress-county\" type=\"URL\" id=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-tennessee-counties-fentress-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> to check for the most up-dated version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fentress County<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sostngovbuckets.s3.amazonaws.com\/tsla\/general\/images\/fentress.gif\" alt=\"Fentress County\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fentress County was formed in 1823 from Morgan, Overton and White counties<br>(<a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/pages\/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-fentress-county#F\"><em>Private Acts of Tennessee<\/em> 1823, Chapter 302<\/a>).<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The county seat is Jamestown.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There was a fire at the Fentress County courthouse in 1905.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Davy Crockett and Others in Fentress County (Hogue, 1955)*<\/li><li>Fentress Countians in the Great War (Crouch, 2017)&nbsp; <em>[alphabetical by surname]<\/em><\/li><li>Fentress County History as I Reviewed It (Pinckley, 1987)<\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee Pictorial History : Volume 1, the First One Hundred Years (1998) <em>[surname index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>Hill Country History &#8220;as I Renewed It&#8221; (Pinckley, 1989)<\/li><li>History of Buffalo Cove, Fentress County, Tennessee (Peavyhouse, 1969?)*<\/li><li>History of Fentress County, Tennessee (Fentress County Historical Society, 1987)*<\/li><li>History of Fentress County, Tennessee, the Old Home of Mark Twain&#8217;s Ancestors (Hogue, 1920)<em> [name index]<\/em><\/li><li>Little Crab as I Knew It (Pinckley, 1986)<\/li><li>Local History as I Pursued It (Pinckley, 1988)<\/li><li>Mark Twain&#8217;s Obedstown and Knobs of Tennessee; A History of Jamestown and Fentress County, Tennessee (Hogue, 1950)<\/li><li>Mountain History &#8220;as I Rescued It&#8221; (Pinckley, 1990)<\/li><li>Musings on Fentress County Education&nbsp; (Crouch, 2015)<\/li><li>One Hundred Years in the Cumberland Mountains Along the Continental Line (Hogue, 1933)*<\/li><li>Wilma R. Pinckley Recalls&#8211; Journeys Down Memory Lane (Pinckley, 1994)*<\/li><li>Wilma Recalls&#8211; Our Upper Cumberland Heritage (Pinckley, 1993)*<\/li><li>Wilma Recalls&#8211; Treasured Memories (Pinckley, 1992)*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional county and community histories can be found at the <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/pages\/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-fentress-county\">Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Fentress County<\/a>. <em>The items in the bibliography may not all be available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1850 Fentress County Census (Scott County Historical Society, 1985?)<em> [surname index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>1860 Fentress County census (Scott County Historical Society, 1985?)<em> [surname index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>1860 Fentress County, Tennessee, Census (Ramsey, 1994)<em> [surname index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>1872 Tax Records, Fentress County, Tennessee (Hatfield, 1991)<em> [name index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>1880 Census, Fentress County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1993)<em> [alphabetical by head of household]<\/em>*<\/li><li>1880 Federal Census of Fentress County, Tennessee (Hatfield, 1986)<em> [surname index]<\/em><\/li><li>1900 Federal Census of Fentress County, Tennessee (Hatfield, 1991)<em> [name index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>1910 Federal Census of Fentress County, Tennessee (Hatfield, 1989)<em> [surname index]<\/em> *<\/li><li>1920 Census of Fentress County, Tennessee (Ramsey, 1994)<em> [surname index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>*Big Fentress County Census, 1820-1890 [includes 1820 census of Overton &amp; White counties, and 1890 census of TN Civil War veterans of Fentress County] (Norris, 2002)<em> &nbsp;[alphabetical listing]<\/em>*<\/li><li>Cemetery Records, Fentress County, Tenn. (Wheeler, 1988)<em> [surname index]<\/em><\/li><li>Cumberland Co., Tennessee, Fentress Co., Tennessee, Jackson Co., Tennessee, Loudon Co., Tennessee, Morgan Co., Tennessee, Overton Co. [1891 enumeration of male voters] (Reed, 1990)<em> [name index]<\/em><\/li><li>Early Records, Fentress Co., TN : 1830 &#8211; 1840 &#8211; 1850 Census, 1833 Enumeration (Hatfield, 1988)<em> [surname index]<\/em><\/li><li>Entry Books of Fentress County, Tennessee : Volumes A, B &amp; C, 1824 to 1901 (Hatfield, 1990)<em> [name index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>Fentress County Footprints (Norris, 2001)<em> [alphabetical listing]<\/em>*<\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee, Deed Book A and B, 1824-38 (WPA, 1938)<em> [name index]<\/em><\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee, Entry Book A, 1824-1836 (WPA, 1936)<em> [name index]<\/em><\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee Hints and Clues (Norris, 2001)<em> [alphabetical]<\/em><\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee, Minutes Book, vol. 1, 1842-44 (WPA, 1937)<em> [name index]<\/em><\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee Veterans : Honoring County Veterans who Served Their Country Well (Fentress County Historical Society, 2013)&nbsp; <em>[name index]<\/em><\/li><li>Fentress County, Tennessee, Vital Statistics, 1914 through 1925 (Wiefering, 1994)<em> [name index]<\/em>*<\/li><li>Funeral Home Records from Jennings Funeral Home : Jamestown, Fentress Co., TN, Formerly Jamestown Funeral Home [vol. 1 Nov. 1957 &#8211; Feb. 1973; vol. 2 Feb. 1973 &#8211; Dec. 1983] (Ellis &amp; Posey, ????) <em>[name indexes]<\/em>*<\/li><li>Private Acts of Fentress County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1994)<\/li><li>Seventh Census of the United States, 1850, Fentress County, Tennessee : Free Population Schedules (Carpenter, 1969)<em> [surname index]<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/sostngovbuckets.s3.amazonaws.com\/tsla\/preservation\/countymicro\/fent.pdf\">inventory of microfilmed Fentress County records<\/a> is available on our web site.&nbsp; Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earliest records include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>marriages from 1905<\/li><li>wills from 1905<\/li><li>deed index from 1820<\/li><li>chancery court minutes from 1854<\/li><li>county court minutes from 1894<\/li><li>circuit court minutes from 1854<\/li><li>tax books from 1897<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>*Deed Index &#8212; 1820-1904&nbsp;&nbsp; (#6, 1 reel)*<\/li><li>*WPA Records, Fentress County (Record Group #107, Roll 18, 1 reel). Roll includes Entry Book A (1824-1836),&nbsp; Deed Book A &amp; B (1824-1838) and Circuit Court Minute Book 1 (1842-1844).*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newspapers were published in Allardt and Jamestown.&nbsp; Scattered early issues are available from 1891, and a complete run begins in 1962. &nbsp;Microfilms are loaned to Tennessee libraries.&nbsp; Individual reels may also be purchased.&nbsp; An <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/newspapers-microfilm-tennessee-state-library-and-archives\">Inventory of Newspapers on Microfilm at the Library and Archives<\/a> is available on our web site.<strong><em>SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS MATERIAL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tnsla.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/tnslapublic\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:104495\/one\">Albert Houston Roberts Papers, 1859-1938<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (Microfilm Manuscript #1394, 20 reels)*<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tnsla.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/tnslapublic\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:40690\/one\">Albigence Waldo Putnam Papers, 1775-1869<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (Microfilm Manuscript #140, 1 reel)*<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tnsla.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/tnslapublic\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:235694\/one\">B. M. Colditz Diaries, 1870-1872, 1885-1889<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (Microfilm Manuscript #68, 1 reel)*<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tnsla.ent.sirsi.net\/client\/en_US\/tnslapublic\/search\/detailnonmodal\/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:40720\/one\">Myrtle Crowley Goss Papers, 1862-1963<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; (Microfilm Manuscript #1395, 1 reel)*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CENSUS RECORDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Census on microfilm for Fentress County:&nbsp; 1830-1880, 1900-1930<\/li><li>State-wide census index:&nbsp; 1830-1880<\/li><li>State-wide census index on microfilm&nbsp;(Soundex):&nbsp; 1880,&nbsp; 1900-1930<\/li><li>Fentress County census records in book form:&nbsp; 1830*, 1840*, 1850*, 1860*, 1870*, 1880*, 1900*, 1910*, 1920*<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AIDS FOR&nbsp;FENTRESS COUNTY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/guides\/tennessee-confederate-pension-applications-soldiers-widows\">County Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/early-tennessee-tax-lists-tennessee-state-library-and-archives\">Early Tennessee Tax Lists at the Tennessee State Library and Archives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/funeral-home-records-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-books-manuscripts\">Funeral Home Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/index-tennessee-death-records-1908-1912\">Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/statewide-index-tennessee-death-records-1914-1933\">Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com\/tsla\/history\/county\/school.htm\">School Census Records<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/guides\/tennessee-world-war-i-veterans-an-introduction\">Tennessee World War I Veterans<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>* &nbsp; Indicates this title may be borrowed on interlibrary loan from the Library and Archives.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives. Click here to check for the most up-dated version. Fentress County Fentress County was formed in 1823 from Morgan, Overton and White counties(Private Acts of Tennessee 1823, Chapter 302). The county seat is Jamestown. <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/fentress-county-genealogy-fact-sheet\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-history-information","category-research-aids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5061,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/5061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}