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How to Find Information<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In Tennessee, the deeds, wills and marriage records are handled by different departments within the courthouse, and are not all inclusive in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office as in Virginia.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n SULLIVAN COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>(Land records from 1770)<\/em><\/p>\n Bart Long<\/p>\n 3411 Highway 126, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Mailing address: P.O. Box 570, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Phone: (423) 323-6420\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax: (423) 279-2771<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SULLIVAN COUNTY CHANCERY COURT CLERK\u2019S OFFICE\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>(Wills and probate records from 1867<\/em>) Sarah Housewright<\/p>\n 140 Blountville Bypass, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Mailing address: P.O. Box 327, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Phone: (423) 323-6483\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax: (423) 279-3280<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 225 West Center Street, Kingsport, TN 37660<\/p>\n Phone: (423) 224-1726\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax: (423) 224-1736<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 801 Anderson Street, Room 239, Bristol, TN 37621<\/p>\n Phone: (423) 989-4363\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax: (423) 989-4362<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SULLIVAN COUNTY CLERK\u2019S OFFICE<\/a>\u00a0 <\/strong>(Marriage records from 1863 (records prior to 1863 were burned.)<\/em>) Jeanie Gammon<\/p>\n 3258 Highway 126, Suite 101, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Mailing address: P.O. Box 327, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Phone: (423) 323-6428\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax: (423) 279-2725<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SULLIVAN<\/strong> COUNTY<\/strong> PROPERTY ASSESSOR<\/strong><\/p>\n Bob Icenhour<\/p>\n 3411 Highway 126, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Mailing address: P.O. Box 587, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Phone: (423) 323-6455\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Fax: (423) 279-2808<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SULLIVAN COUNTY LIBRARY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 1655 Blountville Boulevard, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Mailing address: P.O. Box 510, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n (423) 279-2714<\/p>\n The library has 400 microfilm rolls of courthouse records through 1950. The library also features a newly-remodeled Genealogy Room with hundreds of books, including several three-ring binders with copies of obituaries. Contact Theresa, the library director for additional information.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SULLIVAN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 3425 Hwy. 126, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Mailing address: P.O. Box 3179, Blountville, TN 37617<\/p>\n Phone (423) 323-4660\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fax (423) 323-4635<\/p>\n Contact: Shelia Hunt at info@sullivancountytn.gov<\/a><\/p>\n Opened in 2004, the Sullivan County Archives<\/a> welcomes historical and genealogical researchers. Its primary focus is to preserve county governmental records and to serve as a regional research center for history and genealogy.\u00a0 The Research Center is home to the Sullivan County Historical and Genealogical Society<\/a> (link to their Facebook page.)\u00a0 It is located next door to the old Sullivan County Courthouse on Highway 126 in historic downtown Blountville. For additional information or visit the website at www.historicsullivan.com<\/a>. Its holdings include:<\/p>\n You may also write to the Sullivan County Historical and Genealogical Society at P.O. Box 568, Blountville, TN 37617.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TENNESSEE<\/strong> VITAL RECORDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Central Services Building, 1st Floor<\/p>\n 421 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37247-0460<\/p>\n (615) 741-1763<\/p>\n The Department of Health has Tennessee death, divorce and marriage records for the years 1957-2007. Fees are as follows:<\/p>\n Births:<\/span> $15.00 for first copy and $2.00 for each additional copy of the same record. For births from 1949 to present a computer generated copy can be obtained for $5.00 with each additional copy $2.00. Both types are certified and include a raised, embossed seal.<\/p>\n Deaths:<\/span> $5.00 per certified copy. The cause of death is not normally included on a certified copy unless specifically requested and then is available only to certain family members or legal representatives.<\/p>\n Marriage and Divorce Records:<\/span> $10.00 for the first copy and $2.00 for each additional copy.<\/p>\n Fees\u00a0include a search the year before and the year after the requested record date. If no record is found in the search, you will be notified by mail. The fee is not refunded as it is charged for the search.<\/p>\n You may order Vital Records Certificates online\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(VitalCheck.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TENNESSEE STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0312<\/p>\n (615) 741-2764<\/p>\n Contains records from the early years not maintained by the Office of Vital Records.\u00a0 Patrons may submit questions to reference.tsla@state.tn.us<\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n BRISTOL<\/strong> PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 701 Goode Street, Bristol, VA 24201<\/p>\n Phone (276) 645-8780\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Fax (276) 669-5593<\/p>\n <\/p>\n KINGSPORT<\/strong> PUBLIC LIBRARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n 400 Broad Street, Kingsport, TN 37660 (one block from Center Street between cross streets New Street and Sullivan Street.)<\/p>\n Information: (423) 229-9489 \u2022 Archives: (423) 224-2559 \u2022 Youth Services: (423) 229-9366<\/p>\n Circulation: (423) 229-9465 \u2022 Director: (423) 229-9388 \u2022 Reference: (423) 224-2539<\/p>\n The Palmer Room has genealogical information plus extensive cemetery records of Sullivan County.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE E.W. KING LIBRARY<\/a> <\/strong>at KING COLLEGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n 1350 King College Road, Bristol TN 37620<\/p>\n (800) 362-0014 or (423) 652-4861<\/p>\n King College in Bristol, Tennessee\u00a0has a special collection which contains materials on local Presbyterian churches and regional Presbyterianism, as well as the most complete microfilm records of the runs of Bristol newspapers.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE SHERROD LIBRARY<\/a> at EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Box 70267, Johnson City, TN 37614-0054<\/p>\n (423) 439-1000<\/p>\n Contains the Archives of Appalachia and much genealogical material.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How to Find Information In Tennessee, the deeds, wills and marriage records are handled by different departments within the courthouse, and are not all inclusive in the Circuit Court Clerk’s Office as in Virginia. \u00a0 SULLIVAN COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS\u00a0\u00a0 …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-18","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4550,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18\/revisions\/4550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/sullivan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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