Greene County, Tennessee Genealogy

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Tennessee

Greene County

Guide to Greene County, Tennessee ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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County Facts County seat: Greeneville Organized: April 18, 1783 Parent County(s): Washington Neighboring Counties Cocke  • Hamblen  • Hawkins  • Madison (NC)  • Unicoi  • Washington See County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Adopt-a-wiki page This page adopted by: TNGenWeb Project who welcome you to contribute. Adopt a page today General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786)

County Information

Description

The County was named for Major General Nathanael Greene. The County is located in the northeast area of the state.

County Courthouse

Greene County Courthouse
101 South Main Street
Greenville, TN 37743
Greene County Courthouse Phone: 423.798.1708
Clerk and Master 101 South Main Street, Phone: 423-798-1742
County Clerk 204 North Cutler St., Suite 200, Greeneville, TN 37745, Phone: 423-798-1775

County Clerk has marriage and probate records
Register of Deeds has land records.

County Pronunciation Hear it spoken (female) Hear it spoken (female)

Greene County, Tennessee Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records
Birth*	Marriage	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1881	1780	1908	1783	1785	1802	1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1914. General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss

Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820 Many pre-1800 marriage bonds and licenses are lost; only a fraction of those issued in 1815 survive Lost probate records: 1783 to 1800 For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see: Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle. When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog. Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.

Boundary Changes

1783--Greene County was created 18 April 1783 from Washington. County seat: Greeneville For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Cities
Tusculum
Towns
Baileyton	Greeneville	Mosheim
Unincorporated communities
Afton Camp Creek Chuckey Cross Anchor DeBusk Grandview Horse Creek	Jearoldstown Liberty Hill Limestone Lost Mountain Midway Mohawk Newmansville	Orebank Ottway Rheatown Romeo South Greene Warrensburg
Census-designated places
Fall Branch

History Timeline

In the 1780s, this county's land fell within the bounds of the State of Franklin Genealogy

• 1783 - Created by the North Carolina legislature from Washington.
• 1784 - Greene joined two neighboring counties in declaring their independence from North Carolina.
• 1785 - These counties applied for admission to the United States Genealogy as the State of Franklin Genealogy. The request was denied and hope for Franklin statehood faded by 1789.
• 1789 - When North Carolina was admitted to the United States, she ceded her westernmost counties including Greene County to the United States. The United States turned these counties into the Southwest Territory.
• 1792 - Southwest Territory created Jefferson County partly out of Greene County.
• 1796 - all the land in these Southwest Territory counties became part of the new State of Tennessee.

Additional Information
The county is named after Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene (1742-1786).

Resources

Biographies

• Crockett, David. Col. Crockett's Exploits and Adventures in Texas. New York Wm. H. Graham, Tribune Buildings, 1848.Free digital copy.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

• Miller, Alan N. East Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1778 to 1911. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2m. Digital version at World Vital Records ($). Purchase at Genealogical.com. Includes Greene County.

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Greene County, Tennessee online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online	Findagrave.com TNGenWeb TNGenWeb Archives Tombstone Project TNGenWeb Cemeteries BillionGraves
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)	Family History Library WorldCat
List of Cemeteries in the County	Findagrave.com TN Gravestones
See Tennessee Cemeteries for more information.

 

• Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.
• Greene County, Tennessee Cemetery Records at Ancestry ($)
• Charles A. Reeves Jr. has drawn a detailed map showing the locations of Grainger County cemeteries. It may be purchased for a small fee through his Cemetery Maps Catalog$

Census Records

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	7,741	—
1800	7,610	−1.7%
1810	9,713	27.6%
1820	11,324	16.6%
1830	14,410	27.3%
1840	16,076	11.6%
1850	17,824	10.9%
1860	19,004	6.6%
1870	21,668	14.0%
1880	24,005	10.8%
1890	26,614	10.9%
1900	30,596	15.0%
1910	31,083	1.6%
1920	32,824	5.6%
1930	35,119	7.0%
1940	39,405	12.2%
1950	41,048	4.2%
1960	42,163	2.7%
1970	47,630	13.0%
1980	54,422	14.3%
1990	55,853	2.6%
2000	62,909	12.6%
2010	68,831	9.4%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Greene County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Greene County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Project^®

1790- Lost, only statistics survive, but substitutes are available, see Greene and:

• Eakle, Arlene. Tennessee Research. 2010. Purchase information at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Genealogy Blog. Includes a reconstructed 1790 census, sources: "Contemporary lists–tax lists, militia rolls, land grants and deeds, claims for pre-emption lands, names recorded in diaries and journals. And numerous histories compiled by local historians from records that we have not seen or read ourselves."
• Jackson, Ronald Vern. Ohio, 1790, Volume Two. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1986. FHL US/CAN Book 977.1 X2o 1790. Includes "Territory Southwest of the River Ohio," i.e. East Tennessee.
• McGhee, Lucy Kate. Partial Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee as Taken from the North Carolina Land Grants. 3 Parts. Microfilmed in 1990. FHL US/CAN Films 1728882 Item 4 and 1683130 Item 3.

1800

1810 Lost, but a substitute is available:

• Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810.

1810-1891

• Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 at Ancestry ($)

1820 Lost

1820 Manufactures

The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the NARA, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: FHL US/CAN Films 1024517-1024518.

The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records.

• National Archives. Indexes to Manufactures Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2m 1820

1830

• Sistler, Byron H. 1830 Census, East Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: n.p., 1969. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2p 1830.

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321. 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Eastern District, Greene County on page 152.

1880

• Sistler, Byron. 1880 Census Greene County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: B. Sistler & Associates, 1993. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 X2s 1880.

1890 Lost, but substitutes are available:

• Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 7 1891. Greene County is included in Vol. 7.
• Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890.

1891 Male Voters

• 1891 Tennessee Enumeration of Male Voters 1891 at Ancestry ($)

1920

• Godwin, William. 1920 Greene County, Tennessee Census Index: Includes Heads of Households and Persons Whose Surnames Differ from Those of Heads of Household. Greeneville, Tenn.: Greene County Genealogical Society, 2002. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 X22g 1920.

Church Records

• Greene County Bank. Faith of Our Fathers. Greeneville, Tenn.: n.p., n.d. FHL US/CAN Large Q Book 976.891 K2f. Includes photographs of 21 Greene County churches with short histories.

Lutheran

• 1802-1870 - Sinking Springs Lutheran Church Baptism Index 1802-1870. Batch C710481 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Quaker

• Records of Births, Deaths and Marriages from Monthly Meeting of Friends, New Hope, Green County, Tennessee: Notes of Mildred S. Grimsley in Possession of the Las Vegas Nevada Family History Center. Las Vegas, Nev.: Las Vegas Nevada Family History Center, 1989. FHL US/CAN Film 1597620 Item 15.

Court Records

• Circuit Court minutes (Greene County, Tennessee), 1809-1913; indexes, 1900-1955

• Chancery court minutes - Greene County, Tennessee (November 1825-January 1831) : [Bean court cases]

• Green County, Tennessee, minutes of the Court of Common Pleas, 1783-1795

• Minutes, 1825-1843; Authors: Tennessee. Chancery Court (Greene County)

Law and Legislation

• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names. January 25, 2005. In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service. The TSLA has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource Click here. The searchable index is available at the TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Emigration and Immigration

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 11 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Greeneville and Greene County. Ancestry ($)

Genealogies

More than 90 genealogies have been published about Greene County, Tennessee families. For more information visit Greene County, Tennessee Compiled Genealogies.

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.

Land and Property Records

The TSLA microfilmed the original Greene County Deed Books 1 to 50 (1785-1887) and Indexes (1785-1931). Copies of their films are also available at the Family History Library: FHL US/CAN Films 944411-944439.

Online Records and Indexes

• 1785-1793 Deed Book 1: 1785-1793 Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1785-1797 Deed Book 2: 1785-1797 Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1787-1797 Deed Book 3: 1787-1797 Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1790-1802 Deed Book 4: 1790-1802 Strictly By Name - Index only

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• Burgner, Goldene Fillers and Betty Goff Cook Cartwright. North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee, 1778-1791. [Greenville, S.C.]: Southern Historical Press, 1981. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R2b.
• Burgner, Goldene Fillers. North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene County, Tennessee. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 R2b.

Local Land Entries Issued by North Carolina

The original Greene County land entries issued by North Carolina are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. On their website, users can bring up a list of land entries issued in Greene County, both before and after it became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1778-1803.

Local Histories

• Brandon, Connie B. Step Back in Time to Laurel Gap / Baileyton: (Late 1700s through Early 1900s) in Greene County, Tennessee. Greenville, Tenn.: C. Brandon, 2005. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891/B2 H2b.

Maps and Gazetteers

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• 1777-1985 - Maps of Tennessee (1777-1985)
• 1783 Reeves, Charles A. Davidson & Greene Counties, Tennessee - Created in 1783. Published 2000. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.

Military Records

Indian Wars

• Service against Chickamaugas, 1790 Claims, Tennessee Ancestors, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Dec. 1989).

Revolutionary War
The following Greene County Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:

• 1835 Pension Roll
• 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions
• Select Greene County, Tennessee Revolutionary War Pension Files

Additional resources include:

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL US/CAN Film 2321. 1841 edition digitized by the U.S. Census Bureau and Google books et. al. See Tennessee, Eastern District, Greene County on page 152.

• Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." Digital version at Ancestry ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on page 381.

War of 1812

• Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. 3 (Jul. 1960):65-68. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 7 (1960); digital version at journal website. [Includes Greene County pensioners (p. 65)]
• War of 1812 Pensioners and Widows, 1869-79, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 1990). For access, see Periodicals.
• Capt. Robert Maloney Company - War of 1812 at TNGenWeb

Civil War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 - Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 - Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1891-1965 - Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• Civil War Research Database
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Regiments. Men in Greene County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (part of a large regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Greene County:

Confederate Soldiers

• 12th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Day's) - CSA - Companies B and F.
• 16th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Neal's) - CSA - Company E.
• 29th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies F and H.
• 39th Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (W. M. Bradford's) (31st Infantry) - CSA - Company H.
• 61st Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Pitts') (81st Infantry) - CSA - Companies A, C, D, and I.

Union Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies D, H, I, and M.
• 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - Companies A, C, E, and F.
• 4th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Company B.
• 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies C, D, E, F, and G.
• 13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Companies E and L.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Greene County:

• Carter, William Randolph. History of the First regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry in the Great war of the Rebellion, with the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland, Under Generals Morgan, Rosecrans, Thomas, Stanley and Wilson. Knoxville, Tennessee: Gaut-Ogden Co. Printers, 1902. Free digital copy. Union.
• USGenWeb Archives, Greene County Tennessee Archives. Civil War Records and Pensions.
• CWSAC, Battle Summaries, BlueSprings. Located in Greene County. Bull's Gap, located in Hamblen and Greene County.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications: Greene County. Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
• United States Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ... (Washington Printing Office; 1883). Online at Internet Archive. Greene County, page 337-339.
• Greene County Genealogy, 1890 Special Census Survivors and Widows of the War of Rebellion Union soldiers. Transcription.
• Greene County Genealogy, Civil War 4th Tennessee Infantry, US. Organization, timeline and engagements.

Civil War Battles
The following Civil War battles were fought in Greene County:

• October 10, 1863 - Blue Springs ]
• November 11-13, 1864 - Bull's Gap ]

Map showing Civil War battles in Tennessee.

Greene County Civil War Database gives name, birth, death, burial, Company, Unit, Rank, US or CSA, and where lived. Published in The Greene County Pioneer: A Journal of Greene County History and Genealogy. by Greene County Genealogical Society grv.ggcpl@gmail.com FHL 976.891 B2g Vol. 32 No. 1 (May 2016)

Newspapers

Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Greene County click on the following town:

• Greeneville

For deaths of Methodists in Greene County between the 1830s and the 1920s, try the following records:

• Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. (1847-1914) 10 vols. Jackson, Tenn.: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. FHL US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851 ff; digital versions at David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository. Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.

Other Records

Private Papers

• Stephens - Stephens Bible. [Tex.]: Texas DAR, Genealogical Records Committee, 1998. FHL US/CAN Book 976.4253 V2b. "This Bible was owned by A. Stephens, Jr.; S. L. Stephens in 1848; and S. S. Stephens in 1862 of Greene Co., Tennessee."

Prisons

• 1831-1850 - Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1831-1850 at Tennessee State Library and Archives
  
• 1851-1870 - Inmates of the Tennessee State Penitentiary 1851-1870 at Tennessee State Library and Archives

Periodicals

Genealogical periodicals can contain unique sources and can be local, regional, or statewide. The following periodicals cover this county:

• Ansearchin' News: Quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. For a keyword search, go to the county index. Read previous issues on their website; FHL Book 976.8 B2a.

• The Blount Journal: Publication of the Blount County Genealogical and Historical Society, with abstracts of Greene County, Tennessee records, began in 1985 and is still in print. Topic index available online. The Family History Library has acquired most volumes FHL US/CAN Book 976.8885 B2b.

• East Tennessee Roots: Published by East Tennessee Roots The table of contents for some issues are available on their website; FHL Book 976.8 D25e.

• The Greene County Pioneer: 25+ vols. Limestone, Tenn.: Greene County History and Genealogical Society, 1986-present. FHL US/CAN Books 976.891 B2g v. 1-35.

• The Pellissippian: Published by the Anderson County Historical Society (formerly called, Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society). The table of contents for some issues are available on their website. FHL Book 976.8 D25p.

• Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin: Published by Watauga Association of Genealogists. The table of contents for some issues are found on their website; FHL US/CAN Books 976.897 B2w; Bulletin Subject Index: The First Thirty Years, 1972-2001 (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Association of Genealogists, 2002) FHL Book 976.897 B2w index 1972-2001.

Probate Records

TSLA microfilmed the original Greene County Will Books 1 to 5 (1828-1931). FHL copies: FHL Films 944409-944410.

Online Records and Indexes

• 1780-1828 Will Book 0: 1780-1828 by Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1780-1828 Will Book 00: 1780-1828 by Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1780-1883 Will Books A-F: 1780-1883 by Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1780-1883 Will Books G-M: 1780-1883 by Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1780-1883 Will Books N-Z: 1780-1883 by Strictly By Name - Index only
• 1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry ($)
• 1802-1931 - Greene County portion of Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes.

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1783-1890 - Burgner, Goldene Fillers. Greene County, Tennessee, Wills, 1783-1890. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1981. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 P28b.
• 1783-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. FHL US/CAN 976.8 P22s. Includes an index to this county's probate records. Free Lookups Available!

Social Security Records

• 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.

• 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

The original Greene County Tax Books (1809-1892) are held at the County Courthouse. Microfilmed by TSLA; FHL copies: FHL US/CAN Films 94445-944452.

The original Greene County Tax Records (1828-1832) are held at the County Courthouse. Microfilmed by TSLA in 1960s; FHL copy: FHL US/CAN Film 464112.

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1783 Tax List, 1783, Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Washington DC: Apr 1919. Vol. 53 Iss. 4.
• 1783, 1805 Creekmore, Pollyanna. Early East Tennessee Taxpayers. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1980. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4cp and Silas Emmett Lucas's Revised Index FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4cp index. Includes 1783 and 1805 tax lists.
• 1783 Tax List, 1783, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Sep. 1985); Vol. 1, No. 3 (Dec. 1985).
• 1783, 1805, 1812 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Ill.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4s. Includes 1783, 1805, 1812 tax lists.
• 1783 "First Tax List for Greene County, 1783," The Blount Journal, (Nov. 1988). For FHL access, or to purchase back issues, see Greene.
• 1783 Tax List, 1783, A-F, Pellissippian, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 1988).
• 1785 Tax List, 1785, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: May 1991. Vol. 7 Iss. 2.
• 1785-1800 - Tax Lists, 1785, Greene County Pioneer. Vol. 9, No. 2 (Nov. 1993), Vol. 10, No. 1 (May 1994). For FHL access, see Greene.
• 1787-1792 - Tax Lists, 1787-92, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb. 1989).
• 1788 Taxable Property in State of Franklin, 1788, Genealogist's Post. Danboro PA: Jan 1965. Vol. 2 Iss. 1.
• 1788, 1789 Clerk's Taxes, 1788, 1789, North Carolina Genealogical Society Journal. Raleigh NC: Nov 1992. Vol. 18 Iss. 4
• 1796 Tax List, 1796, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: Jun 1987. Vol. 3 Iss. 2.
• 1796 Taxables, 1796, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: May 1989. Vol. 5 Iss. 2.
• 1797 Taxables, 1797, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: Aug 1989. Vol. 5 Iss. 3.
• 1798 Taxables, 1798, Green County Pioneer, Vol. 5, No. 4 (Nov. 1989); Vol. 6, No. 1 (Feb. 1990).
• 1799 Tax List, 1799, Greene County Pioneer, Vol. 6, No. 3 (Aug. 1990).
• 1805 - "1805 Enumeration, Greene County, Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Winter 1981):159-163. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Greene. Free digital versions at Sevier County, Tennessee, Genealogy & History website and Jefferson County, Tennessee, Genealogy & History website.
• 1805, 1812 Curtis, Mary Barnett. Early East Tennessee Tax Lists. Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing Company, 1964. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 R4c. Includes 1805 and 1812 tax lists.
• 1805 Tax List, 1805, Wagoner Genealogist. Wagoner OK: Mar 1988. Vol. 8 Iss. 1.
• 1809 - Standefer, Jewel B. "Petitioners of Green County, Tennessee, Asking for Reduction in Taxes, Etc., 1809," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 11, No. 3 (July 1964):121-124. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Greene.
• 1809-1817 - Historical Records Project (Tennessee). Tax Books, 1809-1817, Greene County, Tennessee. Typescript, Nashville, Tenn. FHL US/CAN Film 24667 Item 3.
• 1809-1817 - Burgner, Goldene Fillers. Greene County Tax Digests, 1809-1817. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1986. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 R4b.
• 1809-1817 - Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Census of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Court Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1810. [Cites Burgner's tax digests as source.]
• 1809 - "Tax List-1809 Greene Co., Tennessee," available online at TNGenWeb. Source: TSLA Microfilm.
• 1814 - "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Property Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Greene. Includes Green(e) County.
• 1814-1816 - Direct Tax, 1814-16, Greene County Pioneer. Greeneville TN: May 1996. Vol. 12 Iss. 1.
• 1825 "Greene County Property Sold in 1825 for Unpaid Federal Taxes," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. 4 (Winter 1996):187. For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Greene.
• 1830 - Houston, Sandra Kelton. Greene County, Tennessee Guardians and Orphans Court Records, 1783-1870 and 1830 Tax List. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1984. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 P2h.
• 1836 Douthat, James L. Greene County, Tennessee, 1836 Tennessee Civil District and Tax List. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, 1993. FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 R4d; online: surname index and purchase details.
• Tax Reduction Petitioners, Ansearchin' News. Memphis TN: Jul 1964. Vol. 11 Iss. 3.

The Greene Co., Tennessee GenWeb site includes abstracts of tax payers by the surnames Brown and Willis.

Vital Records

Birth

• 1908-1912 - Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Marriage

Online Indexes and Records

• 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at FindMyPast ($)
• 1780-1895 - Greene County Marriage Index 1780-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch.
• 1783-1818 - Tennessee Marriage Records, Volume 3, Greene County, Volume 1, 1783-1818 at Family Search Digital Book
• 1790-1962 - Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950 [1790-1962] at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection. Covers all counties in Tennessee.
• 1796-1950 - Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950 (Indexes only) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1838-1888 - Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry ($)
• 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1780-1837 - Greene County, Tennessee Marriage License Bonds, 1780-1837 .FHL US/CAN 976.891 V28
• 1783-1820 - Greene County, Tennessee Marriages, 1783-1868 FHL US/CAN 976.891 V2
• 1783-1868 - Greene County, Tennessee marriages, 1783-1868 FHL US/CAN 976.891 V2
• 1783-1868 - Early East Tennessee Marriages FHL US/CAN 976.8 V2 2 vols. Free Lookups Available!
• 1783-1870 - 35,000 Tennessee Marriage Records and Bonds 1783-1870 FHL US/CAN 976.8 V2 3 vols.

Death

• 1874-1955 - Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1908-1933 - Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1908-1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry ($)
• 1908-1912 - Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1914-1933 - Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1914-1966 - Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
• 1949-2014 - Death Records Index 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce

• 1796 - 1850 - Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - index
• 1980-2014 - Divorce Records Index 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Greene County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

Family History Centers

Family History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a family history center.

• Family History Center and Affiliate Library Locator

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Greene County. For state-wide library facilities, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.

Greeneville-Greene County Library
210 N. Main St.
Greeneville, TN 37745-3816
Phone: 423-638-5034
Website

Mosheim Public Library
730 Main St.
Mosheim, TN 37818-0611
Phone: 423-422-7937
Website

Societies

Listed below are societies in Greene County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Tennessee Societies.

Greene County Genealogical Society
T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library
229 N. Main St.
Greeneville, TN 37745
Phone: 423-638-9866
Website

East Tennessee Historical Society
601 S. Gay Street
P.O. Box 1629
Knoxville, TN 37901-1629
Phone: 865-215-8824
E-mail: eths@east-tennessee-history.org
Website

Websites

• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
• Greene County, TN (American History and Genealogy Project)
• Greene County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)

Research Guides

• Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Greene County at TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)

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