{"id":10,"date":"2011-10-25T21:36:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T02:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea2\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2022-01-16T02:18:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T08:18:26","slug":"records-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/records-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Records and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Did you know that the Courthouse survived the Civil War and with only a few exceptions records exist from 1808? Lots of data to pursue in this county!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please send submissions to data and records to the Rhea County\u00a0Coordinators! <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Biographical<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"CALDWELL, James Reid (1929 Graduate)\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/caldwell-james-reid-1929-graduate\/\">CALDWELL, James Reid<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">1929 Graduate of Oglethorpe University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Goodspeed Biographies of Rhea County\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/goodspeed-biographies-of-rhea-county\/\">Goodspeed Biographies of Rhea County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Books<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/tsla\/history\/bibliographies\/bibrhea.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhea County Bibliography<\/a> &#8211; courtesy of the Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rhea County books for sale &#8211; at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skpub.com\/genie\/census\/tn\/rhea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SK Booksellers<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/titles\/places\/tennessee\/Rhea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Press<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Businesses<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Account Ledger of Asa Newport, Blacksmith\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/account-ledger-of-asa-newport-blacksmith\/\">Account Ledger of Asa Newport, Blacksmith<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cemeteries<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Individual Cemetery Listings\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/individual-cemetery-listings\/\">Individual Cemetery Listings on this site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/cemeteries\/include\/map.php?county=rhea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Map of Rhea County cemeteries<\/a> &#8211; see local cemeteries on a Google map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Census<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/tn\/rhea\/census\/1830\/cen1830.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1830 Rhea County census<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/tn\/rhea\/census\/1840\/rhea40.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1840 Rhea County Heads of Families index<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1850 Rhea County census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/tn\/rhea\/census\/1850\/rhea50.txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcription<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1860 census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1473181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1870 census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/tn\/rhea\/census.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcription<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1438024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1880 census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1417683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1900 census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1325221\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1910 census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1727033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1920 census<\/span> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1488411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1930 census &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1810731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1940 census- <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/1940census\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free search at FamilySearch.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Churches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/financial-records-of-the-old-friendship-church\/\">Financial Records of the Old Friendship Church<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/history-of-the-old-friendship-church\/\">History of the Old Friendship Church<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/origin-of-old-friendship-church\/\">Origin of Old Friendship Church<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rheatn\/baptist.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minutes of the Hiwassee United Baptist Church Association<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Court<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rhea County, TN Private Acts &#8211; <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1807\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/tn-private-acts-1807\/\">1807<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1809\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1809\/\">1809<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1811\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1811\/\">1811<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1813\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1813\/\">1813<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1815\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1815\/\">1815<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1817\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1817\/\">1817<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1819\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1819\/\">1819<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1820 &amp; 1821\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1820-1821\/\">1820-21<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1822\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1822\/\">1822<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1822, 1825, 1826\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1822-1825-182\/\">1825-1826<\/a>, <a title=\"Rhea County, TN Private Acts: 1828-1829\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-tn-private-acts-1828-1829\/\">1828-29<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/search\/image\/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2F10929712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhea County Probate Court Books<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Deaths<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/obituaries\/\">Rhea County Obituaries<\/a> &#8211; dates vary for these user-submitted death notices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tslaindexes.tn.gov\/search-all-collections?f%5B0%5D=field_database_death_records%3A1444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index to TN Deaths: 1908-1912<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tslaindexes.tn.gov\/search-all-collections?f%5B0%5D=field_database_death_records%3A1447\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index to TN Deaths: 1914-1933<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1417505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TN Death Certificates: 1914-1955<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">free registration required to view images<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Deeds\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/deeds\/\">Rhea County deeds<\/a> (various years)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Families<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~colbaugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colbaugh\/Kalbach Family Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com\/~delberts\/Holloway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Holloway Family<\/a> &#8212; site by Del Spencer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~leuty\/THOMAS%20LEUTY%20DESCENDANTS.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leuty Family<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Geography &amp; Maps<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"1836 Plat Map and Civil Districts\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/1836-plat-map-and-civil-districts\/\">1836 Plat Map and Civil Districts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Rhea County Civil Districts\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-civil-districts\/\">Rhea County Civil Districts<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Map Location of Rhea County\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/map-location-of-rhea-county\/\">Map location of Rhea County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">History<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Chronology of Rhea County\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/chronology-of-rhea-county\/\">Chronology of Rhea County<\/a> &#8211; a brief timeline<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"In the Beginning\u2026\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/in-the-beginning\/\">In the Beginning<\/a>&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Formation of Rhea County\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/formation-of-rhea-county\/\">Formation of Rhea County<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Land <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tncenturyfarms.org\/rhea-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Farms of Rhea County<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marriages<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/search\/collection\/1681022\">Index to Tennessee Marriages, 1796 &#8211; 1850 <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Marriages\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/marriages\/\">Misc. Rhea County marriage notices<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Military<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/fort-hiwassee-roster-1809\/\">Fort Hiwassee Roster<\/a> (1809)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"War Casualties of East Tennessee\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/war-casualties-of-east-tennessee\/\">War Casualties of East Tennessee<\/a> &#8211; a searchable database of war-related deaths<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Southern Claim Commission Records\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/records-resources\/southern-claim-commission-records\/\">Southern Claims Commission <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Newspapers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a title=\"Rhea County Newspapers\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/rhea-county-newspapers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rhea County newspapers<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/titles\/places\/tennessee\/Rhea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find old issues of Rhea County newspapers on microfilm<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rheatn\/newspaper.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dayton Herald News Gazette<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/rheatn\/daytonnews.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Excerpts from the 1880s from Rhea County newspapers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/records\/images\/search-results?place=5136143&amp;page=1&amp;recordTypes=119166\">Rhea County Newspapers at Family Search<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; sign into Family Search to see list of images<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">People<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easttnhistory.org\/research\/first-families-tennessee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First Families of Tennessee<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"In Memoriam: Bettye Jeane Broyles\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/in-memoriam-bettye-jean-broyles\/\">Former County Historian: Bettye Jeane Broyles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/category\/goodspeed\/\">GoodSpeed Biographies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/category\/exodus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">They Went That a Way<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Rhea County families that migrated to other places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/will-of-john-able\/\">Will of John Able<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/will-of-john-hill\/\">Will of John Hill<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/will-of-john-hood\/\">Will of John Hood<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/rhea\/will-of-joseph-love\/\">Will of Joseph Love<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/search\/image\/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.familysearch.org%2Frecords%2Fwaypoint%2F10929712%3Fcc%3D1909088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wills, 1825-1967<\/a> &#8211; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">original wills are available online at FamilySearch.org; requires a free registration to view images.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that the Courthouse survived the Civil War and with only a few exceptions records exist from 1808? Lots of data to pursue in this county! Please send submissions to data and records to the Rhea County\u00a0Coordinators! 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