Stewart County, Tennessee Genealogy
Be sure to consult the Master Index on the home page for a comprehensive index to the record types listed here.
Stewart County Genealogy Research Guide
List of Stewart County Records Which Have Survived
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African-American Database (last updated 12/12/2022) |
A downloadable Excel spreadsheet containing over 19,000 entries that mention persons of color in sources relating to,
or from, Stewart County.
(Cemeteries, Census records, Church records, Court minutes, Deeds, Marriage records, Newspapers, Wills, etc.) |
| Bible Records | (Atkins-Darr, Brigham, Darr-Brinton, Earhart, Free, Guinn, Smith, Stavely-Largent, Vinson families) |
| Births | Birth Records 1881-1883 |
Delayed Birth Records 1869-1909  |
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Birth Records 1908-1912 |
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Birth Records 1914 |
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Birth Records 1915 |
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Birth Records 1916 |
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Birth Records 1919 |
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Birth Records 1922 |
| Cemeteries |
Stewart County
Cemeteries (click for a listing of cemeteries online) |
| Cemetery
Sign Program
Our friends over at the Stewart County Historical Society have a goal of placing new signs at all of the county's cemeteries, to ensure that these historical places are not lost or disrupted. The cost for a sign and post is $50.00. So far, 234 signs have been posted. If you would like to 'adopt' a cemetery or make a general donation, please contact Kim Schmidt. |
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Cemeteries originally part of Stewart County |
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Allen's Cemetery Atlas (directions and maps to area cemeteries listed below) Barrow Cemetery ; Barrows (2) Cemetery ; Boswell Cemetery ; Cherry Cemetery ; Dennis Cemetery ; Dover Christian Church Cemetery ; Fort Donelson National Cemetery ; Hendon Cemetery ; Hendon Cemetery (2) ; Hart Cemetery ; Hicks Cemetery ; Hillcrest Cemetery ; Largent Cemetery ; Memorial Gardens ; Mount View Cumberland Presbyterian Church ; Outland Cemetery ; Petite Cemetery ; Trinity Methodist Church and Cemetery ; Wofford Cemetery-Walnut Grove |
| Death Records | Early Deaths |
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Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from The
Nashville Christian Advocate, 1839-1919 Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from The Banner of Peace and Cumberland Presbyterian Advocate, 1843-1953 Genealogical Abstracts of Reported Deaths from The Tennessee Baptist, 1844-1862 |
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1850 Stewart County Mortality Schedules 1860 Stewart County Mortality Schedules 1880 Stewart County Mortality Schedules |
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| 1882-1883 Misc. Death Records | |
| Undertaker Reports from Model Area 1915-1918 | |
| Tennessee Death Records 1908-1965 online, via Ancestry.com (subscription required), or Tennessee Electronic Library (free to TN residents, click on ‘Genealogy’, then ‘Tennessee Death Records’) | |
| For a partial statewide index to 1949-2014 death records, consult the Archives section of the Shelby County Register of Deeds web site. |
| Election Records | Original election returns from 1841-1879 are online at the Stewart County Archives |
| Election Records 1804-1879 (book for sale from County Archives) |
| Guardian Records |
Guardianships were required when minor children received an
inheritance. The County Court appointed one or more guardians
to oversee the money, invest, and disburse it, and make a periodic
accounting with the County Court until the minor reached legal age. From 1804-1842, guardian records were recorded in the Settlements, Wills and Bonds books (see section below); from 1842, they were recorded in their own minute and settlement books. The original papers, however, do not survive. (1842-1955 Guardian Records are at the Stewart County Archives) |
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Guardian Records 1806-1842 (book for sale from County Archives)
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| Guardian Records 1842-1850 (book for sale from County Archives) |
| Letters |
William Williams Letters (1814-1855) letters to family from a Dover merchant and clerk; mentions local events and residents |
| Marriage Records | Stewart County Marriages 1804-1950 - sorted by Groom |
| Stewart County Marriages 1804-1950 - sorted by Bride | |
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Marriage books sold through County Archives and Amazon:
Stewart County Tennessee Marriages Revisited, 1804-1881 Stewart County Tennessee Marriage Records, 1881-1910 |
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| Early Marriages inferred from Stewart County records | |
| Marriage Book "4", 1838-1848 transcription (on County Archives website) | |
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Marriage
Records by Family (note: please send e-mail if you wish your family marriages to be listed
here) Brown; Carney; Coppedge; Dortch; Downs; Green; Jones; Lightfoot; Parchman; Hargis-Hinson license |
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| Stewart County Divorces 1817-1833, from Tennessee Divorces 1797-1858 |
| Masonic Records |
Masonic Lodge members, 1820s-1910s Blue Spring Lodge #663 (Ft. Henry) Cedar Spring Lodge #357 (near Rushing Creek, chartered 1867) Charity Lodge #370 (Cumberland City, chartered 1867) Indian Mound Lodge #303 (Indian Mound, chartered 1866) Iron Mountain Lodge #544 (Tharpe, chartered 1889) Lineport Lodge #207 (Lineport, Bumpus Mills, chartered 1850) Moriah Grove Lodge #301 (Standing Rock, chartered 1866) Mt. Moriah - Dover Lodge #39 (Dover, chartered 1824) Phoenix - Dover Lodge #270 (Dover, chartered 1858) |
| Newspapers | List of Stewart County Newspapers |
| Stewart County Newspaper Archive, 1859-1960 | |
| Newspaper Clippings | |
| Excerpts from 1859 issue of the Dover Weekly Intelligencer | |
| List of Dover newspapers available on microfilm at TSLA | |
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Library of
Congress' Chronicling America
web site Online newspaper collection from 1836-1922: use the Advanced Search engine to search Tennessee newspapers, especially Clarksville and Nashville |
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Stewart County in Newspapers: 1804-1875 A collection of over 800 newspaper articles which mention Stewart county people and places, culled from various newspapers, microfilm and web sites. This collection is available at the Stewart County Archives and at the Stewart County Public Library. The index for this collection is below, and contains names of over 1,900 persons: Name Index for Stewart County in Newspapers: 1804-1875 Place Index for Stewart County in Newspapers: 1804-1875 Articles, 1804-1830 |
| Origins | Other counties mentioned in Stewart County records |
| Other counties whose records mention Stewart County |
| Post Offices and Postmasters |
| Schools |
Schools Between the Rivers |
| Tip Top School History |
| Tax Lists | (a great alternative to early census records, since tax lists were compiled every year, and listed all males aged 21-50, plus all landowners) |
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Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1804-1840 book
from the Stewart County Archives, index here Stewart County, Tennessee Tax Lists, 1841-1866 book from the Stewart County Archives, index here |
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| 1798 Montgomery Co. Tax List (partial - lands later part of Stewart Co.) | |
| 1799 unpaid Montgomery Co. Taxes (some lands later part of Stewart Co.) | |
| 1800 Montgomery Co. Tax List (on the Montgomery Co. site) | |
| 1801 unpaid Montgomery Co. Taxes (some lands later part of Stewart Co.) | |
| 1802 unpaid Montgomery Co. Taxes (some lands later part of Stewart Co.) | |
| 1804 Tax List (partial) | |
| 1805 Tax List (partial) | |
| 1806 Tax List | |
| 1807 Tax List | |
| 1808 Tax List | |
| 1809 Tax List | |
| 1810 Tax List | |
| 1811 Tax List | |
| 1812 Tax List | |
| 1827 Tax List | |
| 1829 Tax List | |
| 1830 Tax List | |
| 1836 Tax List | |
| 1837 Tax List | |
| Selected Records from 1828-1851 Tax Lists | |
| Selected Records from 1852-1866 Tax Lists | |
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Explanation of Civil Districts created in 1836
Note: In 1846, portions of District 8 and District 9 were organized into a new District 9. The remainder of the original District 9 was renamed District 10. The original District 10 was renamed District 11, and the original District 11 was renamed District 12. |
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