Research Aids
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Businesses & Professionals
- Along the Morristown & Cumberland Gap Railroad
- Cheek’s Crossroads Store Journal, 1802-1807
- Grainger County in 1882
- Morristown & Cumberland Gap Railroad
- Progress on the Morristown & Cumberland Gap Railroad
Cemeteries & Undertakers
- Cemeteries Identified in the GNIS
- Grainger County Cemetery Transcriptions
- Relocated Burials Around Cherokee Lake
- Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Grainger County
- Shiloh Cemetery Transcription
- Some “North of the Mountain” Cemetery Transcriptions
Censuses
- 1830 Census Index
- 1830 Census of Grainger County
- 1836 Map of Hawkins County Boundaries
- 1850 Census Mortality Schedule
- 1850 Census Surname Index
- Grainger County Census Transcriptions
- Where Are the Census Records?
Courts & Councils
- 1801 Petition Regarding Courthouse
- An Account of the Compilations of the Statute Laws of Tennessee (as of 1902)
- An Introduction to Grainger County
- John (a Slave) vs. The State of Tennessee
- John Mayse vs. John and James Lafferty
- John Sellars vs. James M. Kinder
- Mayor and Aldermen of Morristown vs. George A. Shelton
- Petition of Isaiah Medkiff to Impeach Ambrose Yancey
- Private Acts: Board of Jury Comissioners & Jurors
- Private Acts: Court System — Chancery Court
- Private Acts: Court System — Criminal Court
- Private Acts: Court System — District Attorney General
- Private Acts: Court System — General Sessions
- Private Acts: Court System — Juvenile Court
- Record Transcriptions in the USGenWeb Archives
- Searchable Index to Tennessee Supreme Court Cases
- State Penitentiary Inmates, 1831-1850
Doctors & Healthcare
Ethnic Research
- Court-Ordered Sale of Alexander Blair’s Slaves
- John (a Slave) vs. The State of Tennessee
- Native American Research at Atlanta National Archives
- The Scotch-Irish in America
Families & Individuals
- “Surviving History” — Highly Regarded Book on Harris Family of Bean Station
- 2012 Cumberland Gap Genealogy Jamboree
- Baptist Archives of East Tennessee
- Benjamin Mitchell Obituary
- Bible of the White Family of Thorn Hill
- Bible of the William & Sally Lane Family
- Byrd/Noe Family Reunion
- Charles McAnally, Jr., Obituary
- Civil War Reparation Claims
- Clapp Family Reunion, 2011
- Collins & Cook Family Record
- Confederate Pension Applications
- Cook, Collins & Mystery Photos from Indian Creek
- Court-Ordered Sale of Alexander Blair’s Slaves
- Daniel Beeler, Convicted Murderer
- Death of Cal Thomas
- Death of David Williams
- Death of Harry Aiken
- Death of Priscilla Goodlin
- Death of Robert Bogart
- Death of Robert Davidson
- Death of Robert Meek
- Death of Walter M. Cocke
- Diary of Kate Livingston, 1859-1868
- Dr. George Tate Obituary
- Dr. John N. McAnally Obituary
- Dr. Samuel Shields Obituary
- Elizabeth Bliss Moffett Obituary
- Elizabeth Cook Collins’ Bible
- Eppie Hightower Obituary
- Fatal Fight Between Alexander Anderson and W. H. Vance
- Franklin Frazier Obituary
- Grainger County “Fact Sheet” from TSLA
- Grainger County Given Names
- H. G. Lea Obituary
- Henry Boyd Obituary
- Historic Joseph Cobb House
- Index to Goodspeed’s History
- Infant Son of Mr. & Mrs. B. George Obituary
- James Hodge Obituary
- John Mayse vs. John and James Lafferty
- John Nance Obituary
- John Salliser Obituary
- John Sellars vs. James M. Kinder
- John T. Fennell Obituary
- John W. Yoe Obituary
- Kent Branson Obituary
- Langley, the William M. Cocke Estate
- Lt. Col. Lawrence Charles Brinkman, USMC (Ret.)
- Margaret Ellen Shields Obituary
- Marriage of David Williams and Matilda Clarke
- Marriage of John Mallicoat and Martha Long
- Marriage of Noah Nance and Alice Williamson
- Marriage of William Burges and Mrs. Abigail Fields (1850)
- Memorial to Historian Clarence McGinnis
- Mrs. Elizabeth Singleton’s True Identity
- Mrs. John Donahue Obituary
- Mrs. Lizzie Cameron Obituary
- Mrs. Mary J. Bowen Obituary
- Mrs. Mary Watson Death
- Mrs. Matilda E. Acuff Obituary
- Mrs. Sarah Ann Darting of Rutledge, 113 Years Old in 1946
- Mrs. Sarah Austin Obituary
- Mrs. Sarah Grove Obituary
- Notice: Division of Lands of Henry Boatman, Deceased
- P. F. Whitlock Obituary
- Petition of James Conn, 1807
- Petition Regarding Deed from Joseph Beard to John Bullard, 1809
- Petitions Regarding the Turnpike Road to Kentucky, 1806
- Private Acts: Minor Boundary Changes
- R. F. Galyon Obituary
- Record Transcriptions in the USGenWeb Archives
- Rev. W. T. Senter Obituary
- Some Dalton Death Certificates
- State Penitentiary Inmates, 1831-1850
- The Death of John Goforth
- The Migrations Project
- The Murder of Capt. S. P. Greenlee
- Thomas Gill Obituary
- Thomas Reade Obituary
- Thomas Robinson Obituary
- TN Genealogical Society Articles
- Tolliver & Cecil Housewright
- W. B. Harris Obituary
- War of 1812 Pensioners in 1883
- William F. Williams Obituary
- William Jones Obituary
- William Nance Obituary
- World War II Veterans’ Histories
- “The Battle of Thorn Hill”
Land & Property
- Agricultural Problems in Grainger County (1936)
- Entries of Land Grants, 1824-1860
- John Mayse vs. John and James Lafferty
- Mayor and Aldermen of Morristown vs. George A. Shelton
- Petition Regarding Deed from Joseph Beard to John Bullard, 1809
- Record Transcriptions in the USGenWeb Archives
- TN Genealogical Society Articles
Legislative Petitions & Acts
- 1799 Petition Disputing County Formation
- 1799 Petition Objecting to Adding Part of Grainger to Jefferson County
- 1799 Petition Objecting to Erecting a New County
- 1799 Petition To Erect New County
- 1799 Petition To Form Counties and Establish Court
- 1801 Petition Regarding Courthouse
- 1801 Petition to Remove Joseph Powell as a Commissioner
- 1806 Petition To Change the Road to Kentucky
- 1806 Petition to Modify an Act Governing Registers and Rangers
- 1836 Civil Districts
- An Account of the Compilations of the Statute Laws of Tennessee (as of 1902)
- Law Enforcement — Offenses
- Law Enforcement — Offenses — Firearms
- Law Enforcement: Sheriff
- Petition of Isaiah Medkiff to Impeach Ambrose Yancey
- Petition of James Conn, 1807
- Petition Regarding Deed from Joseph Beard to John Bullard, 1809
- Petition Regarding Register & Rangers, 1800
- Petition to Form New State in North Carolina’s Western Country
- Petitions Regarding the Turnpike Road to Kentucky, 1806
- Private Acts: Administration — General Reference
- Private Acts: Board of Education
- Private Acts: Board of Jury Comissioners & Jurors
- Private Acts: Bond Issues
- Private Acts: Boundary Changes, 1798
- Private Acts: Boundary Changes, 1801
- Private Acts: Boundary Changes, 1809
- Private Acts: Boundary Changes, 1817
- Private Acts: Boundary Changes, 1819
- Private Acts: Court System — Chancery Court
- Private Acts: Court System — Criminal Court
- Private Acts: Court System — District Attorney General
- Private Acts: Court System — General Sessions
- Private Acts: Court System — Juvenile Court
- Private Acts: Creation of the County
- Private Acts: Elections
- Private Acts: Elections — Districts — Reapportionment
- Private Acts: Establish County Seat
- Private Acts: Highways & Roads
- Private Acts: Highways/Roads — Road Law
- Private Acts: Militia
- Private Acts: Minor Boundary Changes
- Private Acts: Schools — General Reference
- Private Acts: Taxation
- Private Acts: Animals & Fish
- Private Legislative Acts Regarding Grainger County
- Public Acts: Boundary Changes, 1883
- TN Genealogical Society Articles
Libraries, Archives & Museums
Maps & Gazetteers
- 1795 Map of Grainger County Area
- 1836 Map of Hawkins County Boundaries
- 1895 Map of Grainger County
- 1914 Map Showing Part of East Tennessee
- Adjacent County Boundaries, 1792
- County Boundary Changes
- County Demographics from 2000 Census Data
- County Map from Chamber of Commerce
- Current County Road Map
- Current Map of Grainger County (interactive)
- Early Tennessee Maps
- Grainger County on Wikipedia
- Map of Tennessee, Highlighting Grainger County
- Natural Wetland Inventory Map
- Pre-1801 East TN County Boundary Changes
- QuickFacts About Grainger County
- Tennessee Counties’ Population, 2010
- Tennessee Electronic Atlas
- Tennessee Maps from TNGenWeb
Military
- Bridge-Burning in Tennessee, 1861
- Civil War Battle of Bean’s Station
- Civil War Diary of William Stringfield
- Civil War Reparation Claims
- Confederate Pension Applications
- Diary of Kate Livingston, 1859-1868
- Grainger County Veterans of World War I
- Private Acts: Militia
- Record Transcriptions in the USGenWeb Archives
- Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Grainger County
- The American Civil War Homepage
- TN Civil War Sesquicentennial
- TN Civil War Soldiers’ Service Records On-Line
- TN Genealogical Society Articles
- TN State Library & Archives Digital Collections
- War of 1812 Pensioners in 1883
- World War II Veterans’ Histories
- Your $1.50 Can Preserve Civil War History
Miscellaneous
- Grainger County Given Names
- Grainger County Post Offices, 1803-1971
- Law Enforcement — Offenses
- Law Enforcement — Offenses — Firearms
- Law Enforcement: Sheriff
- Morristown & Cumberland Gap Railroad
- Primary Sources
- Private Acts: Elections
- Private Acts: Elections — Districts — Reapportionment
- Private Acts: Highways & Roads
- QuickFacts About Grainger County
- State Penitentiary Inmates, 1831-1850
- The Migrations Project
- TN State Library & Archives Digital Collections
Newspapers & Publications
- An Introduction to Grainger County
- Grainger County Newspapers
- Knoxville Newspapers Digitization Project
- Resource Contact Details
- TN State Library & Archives Digital Collections
Organizations
Public Records
Queries & Communication
Religious Institutions
Research Guidance
- Bibliography of Grainger County Resources from TSLA
- Grainger County “Fact Sheet” from TSLA
- Grainger County Courthouse Fire in 1946
- Primary Sources
- Resource Contact Details
- Top Ten Tennessee History Reference Books
Schools & Education
Searchable Databases
- Grainger County Cemetery Transcriptions
- Grainger County Death Records
- Relocated Burials Around Cherokee Lake
- Resource Contact Details
- TN State Library & Archives Digital Collections
Taxes & Assessments
- 1797 List of Insolvent Taxables
- 1805 Tax List
- 1836 & 1839 Tax List
- 1836 Civil Districts
- 1836 Map of Hawkins County Boundaries
- Partial Tax List 1810, 1811, 1812
- Private Acts: Taxation
- Taxable Inhabitants of Grainger County, 1805
- TN Genealogical Society Articles
Vital Statistics
- Grainger County Death Records
- Record Transcriptions in the USGenWeb Archives
- Some Dalton Death Certificates
- Some Marriages Recorded in Grainger County, 1796-1837
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