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Marshall County

Marshall County

Marshall County was formed in 1836 from
Bedford, Lincoln and Maury counties
(Private Acts of Tennessee 1835-36, Chapter 35).

The county seat is Lewisburg.

There were fires at the Marshall County
courthouse in 1872 and 1927.

SELECTED PUBLISHED COUNTY HISTORIES

  • Goodspeed Histories of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford & Marshall counties of Tennessee (Goodspeed, 1971)
  • Hertiage of Marshall County, Tennessee (Marshall County Heritage Books Committee, 2008)* [name index]
  • History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present : Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, [includes Marshall County] (Goodspeed, 1988)
  • History of Marshall County, Tennessee (Wright, 1963)* [surname index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee : A Sesquicentennial History (Marshall County Historical Society, 1986)*

Additional county and community histories can be found at the Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources:  Marshall County. The items in the bibliography may not all be available at TSLA.  

 

PUBLISHED LOCAL RECORDS


  • 1880 Census, Marshall County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1999)* [alphabetical by head of household]
  • Bethlehem Cemetery, Marshall County, Tennessee, 1868-1968 (Tindell & Whitesell, 1968) [alphabetical]
  • Cemetery Records of Marshall County, Tennessee (Marsh & Whitesell, 1981)* [surname index]
  • Cemetery Records of Marshall County, Tennessee (Marsh & Whitesell, 1996) [surname index]
  • Cornersville Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Register, Cornersville, Tennessee (Platt, 2000) [name index]
  • First (1840) Census of Marshall County, Tennessee (Marshall County [Tenn.] Historical Society, 19??) [surname index]
  • First United Methodist Church, Lewisburg, Tennessee (Jones, 1984?)
  • Land Deed Genealogy of Marshall County, Tennessee [vol. 1 1836-1840; *vol. 2 1840-1845] (Marsh, 1988) [name index in each volume]
  • Marriage Record(s), Marshall County, Tennessee, 1836-1870 (Porch, 1976)* [surname index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee 1850 Census (Whitesell, 1967) [surname index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee Court Minutes, 1836-1845 (Marshall County Historical Society, 1980)* [surname index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee Court Minutes, 1845-1848 (Marshall County Historical Society, 1980) [name index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee, Court Minutes, vol.A, 1836-1840 [2 vols.] (WPA, 1936) [name index in vol. 1]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, vol.1, 1838-1849 (WPA, 1936) [name index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, vol.2, 1849-1865 (WPA, 1936) [name index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee Tax Record, 1839-1841 (Porch, 1966)
  • Marshall County, Tennessee, Will Book, vol.A, 1835-1855 (WPA, 1936) [name index]
  • Marshall County, Tennessee Wills, 1835-1865 (Porch, 1978)* [name index]
  • Maury County Neighbors; Records of Giles, Lewis, and Marshall Counties, Tennessee [Marshall County cemetery records] (Lightfoot & Shackelford, 1967) [name index]
  • Name Index to History of Tennessee ... : Together with ... Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson, Bedford and Marshall Counties (Marsh, 1971)
  • New Hope Cemetery, Near Talley Station, Marshall County, Tennessee (Nicholas, 1977)
  • Private Acts of Marshall County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1994)
  • Revolutionary War Patriots of Marshall County, Tennessee (Alford, 1976)* [surname index]
  • Service Record, World War I and II Marshall County, Tenn (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Bill Lowe Wheatley Post, 1948?) [sections in alphabetical order]
  • South Central Tennessee Regional Polk City Directory : Including Bedford, Lincoln, Marshall and Moore Counties (R.L. Polk & Co., 1999)
  • Tombstone Inscriptions of Marshall County, Tennessee (Whitesell, 1968)* [surname index

 

LOCAL RECORDS ON MICROFILM 

An inventory of microfilmed Marshall County records is available on our web site.  Individual reels of microfilm may also be purchased.    

Earliest records include:

  • marriages from 1836
  • wills from 1835
  • deed index from 1836
  • chancery court minutes from 1840
  • county court minutes from 1836
  • circuit court minutes from 1836
  • tax books from 1839

 

The following reels are available on interlibrary loan from TSLA:

  • Administrators' & Executors' Settlements -- 1839-1873 (#11, 1 reel)*
  • Deed Index -- 1836-1940 (A-O) (#59, 1 reel)*
  • Deed Index -- 1836-1940 (P-Z) (#60, 1 reel)*
  • Estate Inventories -- 1839-1880 (#14, 1 reel)*
  • Estate Inventories -- 1850-1871 (#15, 1 reel)*
  • Insolvent Estates -- 1857-1872 (#A2188, 1 reel)*
  • Marriages -- 1836-1877 (#22, 1 reel)*
  • Wills -- 1835-1912 (#42, 1 reel)*
  • WPA Records, Marshall County (Record Group #107, Roll 57, 1 reel). Roll includes County Court Minutes, Vol. A, pts. 1 & 2 (1836-1840), Will Book A (1835-1855) and Marriage Bonds, Vols. 1 & 2 (1838-1865).*

 

NEWSPAPERS ON MICROFILM 

Newspapers were published in Lewisburg.  Scattered early issues are available from 1838, and a complete run begins in 1945.  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.  

 

SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS MATERIAL

 

CENSUS RECORDS

  • Census on microfilm for Marshall County:  1840-1880, 1900-1930
  • State-wide census index:  1840-1880
  • State-wide census index on microfilm  (Soundex):  1880,  1900-1930
  • Marshall County census records in book form:  1840, 1850, 1880*

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR MARSHALL COUNTY

 

* Indicates this title may be borrowed on Interlibrary Loan from TSLA.

 

 

Updated October 4, 2013

 
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