Sumner County Archives
Overview of the Holdings
155 East Main Street, Gallatin, TN 37066, 452-0037
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Contact us at
sumnersettlers@yahoo.com.
The Sumner County Archives is the depository for the official records
of Sumner County, Tennessee and is also a genealogical and historical research
facility. It occupies 2,000 square feet with another 974 square
feet of basement storage that houses a Records Preservation Laboratory.
The records of Sumner County are largely intact and date from the county's
formation in 1786. Almost all early records are maintained at the
Archives. The Archives will provide a list of researchers for in-depth
projects or for those who cannot visit in person. Mail requests for
information are welcome.
What the Archives has:
LOCAL SUMNER COUNTY RECORDS:
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County, Chancery and Circuit Court Records prior to 2004
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Probate records prior to 2004
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Microfilms of deeds and deed indexes prior to 1965
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Over 250 microfilm reels of Sumner County records
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Marriage index by bride and groom 1787-1995 and marriages 1787-2004
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Tennessee death indexes 1908-1946
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Death records for Sumner County 1908 to
1925 ONLY
(click
here for further explanation)
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Birth records for Sumner County July 1908 to June 1912 ONLY
(click
here for further explanation)
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Sumner County census microfilms 1820 to 1930
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Census books for Sumner County 1820 to 1880 in neighborhood format
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Indexed
tax lists from 1787-1791
and 1793-1794.
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Un-indexed
tax lists for 1792 and years after 1794.
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Newspapers on Sumner and some surrounding counties
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Maps and photographs
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Civil
War compiled service records of Sumner County soldiers
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WW
I draft registrations of Sumner County soldiers
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WW
II discharge papers of Sumner County soldiers
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Vertical family files
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Manuscript material
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Genealogical library collection of family histories
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Funeral home collection
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Loose records collection - spans the entire existence of the county,
fully indexed and easily accessed. It includes original wills, estate packets,
a collection of miscellaneous documents and a vast collection of original
transcripts of lawsuits. It has been called a gold mine of genealogical
information on Sumner County.
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Geological survey maps (USGS), enhanced with locations of important
historical sites
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Church records
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Thomas Photograph Collection
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Master computerized index to obituaries (also in printed form)
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Special collections such as those relating to African American Research
TENNESSEE RECORDS:
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Tennessee census records on microfilm through 1880
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Tennessee census index books through 1880
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Tennessee
State death index thru 1946
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Smith
County, Tennessee Chancery Court Loose Records 1806-1930
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Genealogical library collection with a focus on Middle Tennessee and surrounding
states
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Tennessee statewide vital records (birth and death) were not
maintained until 1914
The Archives does not have:
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Plat maps showing individual tracts of land in Sumner County
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An easy way to locate divorces which can be in any of three courts and
are often not indexed
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Sufficient staff to provide in-depth research
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The County's original deed books which are housed at the Recorder of Deeds in the
County Administration Building
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Birth records before 1908
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Death records before 1908 or after 1925
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