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Henderson County
The county seat is Lexington.
There was a fire at the Henderson County courthouse in 1896.
SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES
- Henderson County (Stewart, 1979) [name index]*
- Henderson County Historical Calendar, 1821-1996 (Fiddler, 1995)
- Henderson County, Tennessee : A Pictorial History [3 vols.] (Fiddler, 2012) [name index for series in volume 3]
- Henderson County, Tennessee : A Pictorial History (Fiddler & Davis, 1996) [name index]*
- Henderson County, Tennessee Connections: A Pictorial History (Fiddler, 2005) [name index]
- Henderson County's History (Bolen, 1922)
- History of Henderson County (Powers, 1930)
- History of Tennessee From the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Henderson, Chester, McNairy (Goodspeed, 1978)
Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Henderson County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.
PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS
- 1836 Henderson County, Tennessee Tax Listing and Civil Districts (Douthat, 2012) [name index]
- 1880 Census Henderson County, Tennessee (Sistler, 2001) [alphabetical by surname]*
- Crossing the Dark River : Henderson County, Tennessee, Obituaries, 1827-1950 (Fiddler, 1999) [name index]
- Genealogical Miscellany, Henderson County, Tennessee [7 vols.] (Smith, 1997) [surname index in each volume]
- Henderson County, Tennessee, Cemetery Inscriptions [3 vols.] (Harris, 1976) [surname index in vol. 3]*
- Henderson County, Tennessee, Court Minutes, 1860-66 (WPA, 1938) [name index]
- Henderson County, Tennessee, Will Book no. 3, 1895-1932 (WPA, 1938) [name index]
- Lexington Cemetery (Henderson County, Tennessee) (Donahue, 2001) [alphabetical]*
- Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, Henderson County Tennessee (Green, 1983?) [surname index]
- Promise of Good Things : Longfield Baptist Church, 1831-1981 (Hutton, 1982)
- Seventh Census of the United States, 1850: Henderson County, Tennessee (Carpenter, 1971) [surname index]*
- Tennessee, Records of Henderson County, Bible Records & Tombstone Inscriptions (WPA, 1939) [name index]
- Tombstone Inscriptions From Black Cemeteries in Henderson County, Tennessee (Smith, 1995) [surname index]*
LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM
An inventory of microfilmed Henderson County records is available on our web site. Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.
Earliest records include:
- marriages from 1893
- wills from 1895
- deed index from 1856
- chancery court minutes from 1880
- county court minutes from 1860
- circuit court minutes from 1895
- tax books from 1895
The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:
- Deed Index -- 1856-1935 [gaps in years] (#13, 1 reel)*
- WPA Records, Henderson County (Record Group #107, Roll 34, 1 reel). Roll includes Will Book 3 (1895-1932), County Court Minute Book (1860-1866) and Bible Records & Tombstone Inscriptions (undated).*
NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM
Newspapers were published in Lexington, Sardis and Scotts Hill. Scattered early issues are available from 1858, and a complete run begins in 1932. Microfilms are loaned to Tennessee libraries. Individual reels may also be purchased. An Inventory of Newspapers on Microfilm at TSLA is available on our web site.
- Christian Chapel Church of Christ Records. Henderson County, 1860-1943 (Microfilm Manuscript #550, 1 reel)*
- Henderson County Miscellaneous Records, 1789-1953 (Microfilm Manuscript #521, 1 reel)*
- Middlefork Primitive Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1823-1978 (Microfilm Manuscript #694, 1 reel)*
- Rock Hill Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1884-1985 (Microfilm Manuscript #888, 1 reel)*
- Union Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1842-1986 (Microfilm Manuscript #909, 3 reels)*
- Union Baptist Church Records. Lexington, 1915-1993 (Microfilm Manuscript #1433, 1 reel)*
- Widersville Baptist Church Records. Henderson County, 1871-1976 (Microfilm Manuscript #924, 1 reel)*
CENSUS RECORDS
- Census on microfilm for Henderson County: 1830-1880, 1900-1930
- State-wide census index: 1830-1880
- State-wide census index on microfilm (Soundex): 1880, 1900-1930
- Henderson County census records in book form: 1850*, 1870, 1880*
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR HENDERSON COUNTY
* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.
Updated January 16, 2013
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