Records & Resources

Businesses

• Sullivan county area advertisements – from historical newspapers

Cemeteries

• Sullivan County Cemeteries
• Sullivan County cemeteries at the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database
• Map of Sullivan County cemeteries – see local cemeteries on a Google map
• Ashes to Ashes: Cremations and other non-burials
• Scott County, VA Cemetery Records
• Cemetery Survey Team of Northeast Tennessee on Facebook
• Sullivan County cemeteries from the US Geological Survey/Geographic Names Information System.

Census

• 1830 Sullivan County surname index
• 1840 Sullivan County surname index
• 1850 Sullivan County census
  • Sullivan County Census Transcription
  • Sullivan County surname index
• 1860 Sullivan County census
• 1870 Sullivan County census
• 1870 US Census – free search online via FamilySearch; images included
• 1880 Sullivan County census
• 1880 US Census  – free search online via FamilySearch; index only – no images
• 1900 US Census  – free search online via FamilySearch; images included
• 1910 US Census  – free search online via FamilySearch; index only – no images
• 1920 US Census  – free search online via FamilySearch; index only – no images
• 1930 US Census – free search online via FamilySearch; index only – no images
• 1940 US Census – free search online via FamilySearch

Churches (links to ChurchAngel)

• Blountville
• Bluff City
• Bristol
• Kingsport
• Piney Flats

City Websites

• Official site of Sullivan County
• Official site of Bristol, TN/VA
• Kingsport CVB

Crimes

• Inmates of the the TN State Penitentiary, 1831-1850

Deaths

• Sullivan County Obituaries – miscellaneous obits submitted to this site
• Sullivan County Obituaries Index – obits submitted to the USGenWeb Archives; covers approx. 2001-2005
• Sullivan County Obituaries from the Bristol Herald Courier, the Kingsport Times News and other area newspapers and funeral homes, 1998-2013
• Bristol Herald-Courier – view current obituaries from this newspaper
• Kingsport Times News – view current obituaries from this newspaper
• Tennessee Death Certificates, 1914-1955 – free images from FamilySearch; requires free registration

Education / Schools

• Hicks’ School History
• Research project on one-room school houses in East Tennessee
• Schools of Sullivan County

Events

• Click HERE for photos of historical events and activities in Sullivan County

Families

• Websites concerning Sullivan County families
• “Enterprise 1940: A Sullivan County Community” by Gene Morrell
• Biographical Sketches of Sullivan County families from Goodspeed Publishing Company (1887)(surnames A-H) (surnames J-T)
• Sullivan County families on “Who’s Who in TN” at TNGenWeb

History

• Some History of Sullivan County
• Historic Markers of Sullivan County
• Sullivan County Archives at USGenWeb
• Archives of the City of Kingsport
• Goodspeed’s History of Sullivan County and Biographical Sketches at TNGenWeb
• Bristol 150 (website about Bristol’s sesquicentennial in 2006)
• “Shelby’s Fort and Squabble State” at TNGenWeb
• Native American History
• 75th Anniversary of the Tri-Cities Airport
• “Mountain Memories” – historical articles submitted to the Sullivan County News by Gene Morrell

• Vintage Postcards of Sullivan County: Bristol
• Vintage Postcards of Sullivan County: Kingsport
• Vintage Postcards of Sullivan County: Miscellaneous cards
• Photos of Bristol and Sullivan County

Land

• Heritage Farms of Sullivan County

Marriages

• Sullivan County Marriages extracted from newspapers – misc. listings
• Sullivan County Marriages – a partial transcription of marriage records, mostly between 1866 and 1929.

Military

• Battle of Blountville Reenactment & Military Park
• Soldiers during the Cherokee Removal (1837 Trail of Tears)
• Mexican War – 5th Regiment Sullivan County Volunteers
• Civil War
• Pension Records
• Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War

Newspapers

• Sullivan County news articles – misc. articles extracted from newspapers; dates vary
• 1868-1878 Bristol County News – full issues of the newspaper available online
• Kingsport Times-News Online
• The Bristol Herald-Courier Online

Societies, Libraries & Museums

• Bristol Historical Association
• Bristol Public Library
• East Tennessee Historical Society – website | facebook | twitter
• E.W. King Library at King College
• Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia (has some Sullivan County information)
• Kingsport Public Library
• Sherrod Library at ETSU
• Sullivan County Department of Archives & Tourism
• Sullivan County Public Library
• Tennessee State Library & Archives
  • Items specific to Sullivan County

Surnames

• Site Surname Index – a list of surnames found on the site; not exhaustive but may be helpful

Wills