The Family and the History on This Family Knoxville Kentucky Davidson County

Guide to Davidson Canton, Tennessee beginnings, genealogy and family history, nativity records, marriage records, death records, demography records, family history, and military records.

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County Facts Canton seat: Nashville Organized: October half-dozen, 1783 Parent Canton(s): Washington[one] Neighboring Counties Cheatham  • Robertson  • Rutherford  • Sumner  • Williamson  • Wilson Come across County Maps Courthouse Location Map Adoption Prefer-a-wiki folio This page adopted past: TNGenWeb Projection who welcome you lot to contribute. Adopt a page today

Lake Watauga, Centennial Park, Davidson County, Nashville, TN.

County Data [edit | edit source]

Clarification [edit | edit source]

The County was named for William Lee Davidson, a North Carolina full general who was killed opposing General Cornwallis and the British Army'due south crossing of the Catawba River on February 1, 1781. The County is located in the north-primal area of the country.^[ii]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Davidson County, Tennessee Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Information for this chart was taken from diverse sources, often containing conflicting dates. This data should be taken equally a guide and should exist verified by contacting the canton and/or the state regime agency.

Known Commencement Dates for Major County Records [4]
Birth*	Wedlock	Death*	Courtroom	State	Probate	Demography
1881	1789	1881	1783	1784	1783	1810
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1914. General compliance by 1927.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

• 1783--Davidson County was created 6 October 1783 from Washington County.
  
• County seat: Nashville^[6]
  
• For animated maps illustrating Tennessee county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewedat the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The post-obit are the nigh historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this canton:^[seven]

Cities
Belle Meade Berry Hill	Goodlettsville Nashville	Oak Loma Ridgetop
Unincorporated communities
Antioch Bakertown Bellevue Bellshire Bordeaux Donelson	Hermitage Inglewood Joelton Lakewood Madison Old Hickory	Pasquo Rosebank Smith Springs Due west Nashville Whites Creek Woodbine
Suburbs
Forest Hills

All of Davidson County is included in the consolidated Metropolitan Regime of Nashville and Davidson County. In many cases if the municipalities were incorporated before consolidation they retained some autonomy as independent municipalities. For the purpose of U.Southward. Census, the portions of Davidson Canton that are outside the boundaries of the half-dozen independently incorporated municipalities are collectively treated as the Nashville-Davidson balance.

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Additional Information
Davidson County was officially established in April of 1783 past an act of the Northward Carolina legislature. It was named for Gen. William Davidson, an officeholder of North Carolina in the Revolutionary war.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of N Carolina, and it is hereby Enacted by the authority of the same, that all that part of this State lying westward of the Cumberland Mountain where the Virginia line crosses, extending w along the said line to Tennessee River, thence upwards said river to the oral fissure of Duck River, thence up Duck River to where the line of marked trees run by the commissioners for laying off country granted the Continental Line of this Land intersects said river (which said line is supposed to be in thirty-five degrees fifty minutes north latitude) thence east forth said line to the top of Cumberland Mount, thence northwardly along said mountain to the beginning, shall after the passing of this Act be and is hereby declared to be a distinct county past the name of Davidson.

In 1780, the Cumberland Compact referred to the settlement on the barefaced above the Cumberland River as Nashborough. Nashborough was also the name used in the minutes of the Davidson County court which commenced in the fall of 1783. Although Nashborough was the formal name given to the fort, the pioneering settlers, by and large, referred to it as French Lick Station. (Eastin Morris' TENNESSEE GAZETTEER, 1834)

In Apr of 1784, the legislature of North Carolina passed an act that fabricated the boondocks official, changing the name to Nashville. The nib set aside "two hundred acres of land, situate on the due south side of Cumberland River, at a place called the Barefaced, adjacent to the French Lick, in which said Lick shall not be included, to be laid off in lots of one acre each, with convenient streets, lanes, and alleys, reserving iv acres for the purpose of erecting public buildings, on which country, so laid off according to the directions of this act, is hereby constituted and erected, and established a town, and shall be known and called Nashville, in retentivity of the patriotic and brave Gen. Nash." V Trustees were appointed to handle the concern of the town and a treasurer was named. A plan of town lots of one acre each and a public square of four acres was surveyed. Proceeds from the sale of the lots were to exist used to build a courthouse and a jail on the public square.

Centre Tennessee Canton. Davidson County was at the heart of the pioneer Cumberland Settlements.^[8]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

Biographies [edit | edit source]

• Pray, Carl Esek. John Bell of Tennessee : his career in the Firm of Representatives. University of Wisconsin, 1913. Gratuitous digital copy.
• Johnson, Susannah (Brooks) b. 1794; Johnson, Adam Clarke. Recollections of the Rev. John Johnson and his habitation: an autobiography. Nashville, Tennessee: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1869.
• History of Davidson Canton, Tennessee with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers Ancestry].com ($). May be usedat Family History Center. To locate a heart near you, click hither.

Business, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

• Miller, Alan N. Heart Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. Baltimore, Dr..: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. FHL United states/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Purchase at Genealogical.com. Includes Davidson County.

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

  Tennessee cemetery records frequently identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, likewise as religious affiliation.

• The Nashville City Cemetery Association website is a comprehensive site for Nashville burying information. The primeval records of burials, between 1822–1846, were lost during the Civil War years. A project to transcribe all the information in the Interment Records (1846-1979) of the 20,000 people buried in the cemetery was completed.
  
• 1843-1962 - Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville City Cemetery Records, 1843-1962 at FamilySearch — index and images- How to Use this Collection
• Davidson County Cemetery Survey Projection - comprehensive survey of Davidson County cemeteries

Census Records [edit | edit source]

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1790	3,459	—
1800	9,965	188.i%
1810	15,608	56.6%
1820	20,154	29.i%
1830	28,122	39.five%
1840	30,509	8.v%
1850	38,882	27.4%
1860	47,055	21.0%
1870	62,897	33.7%
1880	79,026	25.half-dozen%
1890	108,174	36.9%
1900	122,815	13.v%
1910	149,478	21.seven%
1920	167,815	12.3%
1930	222,854	32.8%
1940	257,267	fifteen.4%
1950	321,758	25.1%
1960	399,743	24.two%
1970	448,003	12.1%
1980	477,811	6.7%
1990	510,784	six.9%
2000	569,891	11.half dozen%
2010	626,681	ten.0%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 federal population censuses of Davidson 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, endeavour checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are oftentimes transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

Encounter Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Picture show, or Book for more than information about statewide printed indexes.

See Davidson County, TN demography assignments including links to transcribed files. The USGenWeb Census Projection^®

1790 Lost, merely statistics survive ^[9], only substitutes are available:

• Eakle, Arlene. Tennessee Research. 2010. Purchase information at Arlene Eakle'due south Tennessee Genealogy Weblog. Includes a reconstructed 1790 demography, 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 past local historians from records that nosotros have not seen or read ourselves."
• Fulcher, Richard Carlton, comp. 1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements: Davidson, Sumner and Tennessee Counties (In what is at present Tennessee). Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1987. Available at FHL US/Tin can Book 976.8 X2f; digital version at World Vital Records ($).
• McGhee, Lucy Kate. Fractional Census of 1787 to 1791 of Tennessee equally Taken from the North Carolina State Grants. three Parts. Microfilmed in 1990. FHL The states/Tin can Films 1728882 Detail four and 1683130 Item three.

Lost

1800 Lost, but a substitute is available, see Davidson.

1810 Lost, merely a substitute is available:

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

1810-1891

• Tennessee, Compiled Demography and Demography Substitutes Alphabetize, 1810-1891 at Ancestry ($)

1820

• Waldrep, M.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," bachelor online, courtesy: Gratis African Americans website. Includes African Americans in this county.

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.

• National Athenaeum. Indexes to Manufacturers Census of 1820. 1920; reprint, Knightstown, Ind.: Bookmark, 1977. FHL United states of america/Can Volume 973 X2m 1820.

1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners

• A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Armed services Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, equally 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.Due south. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. Run into Tennessee, Heart District, Davidson Canton on page 155.

1850

• Porch, Deane. Davidson County, Tennessee, 1850 Demography. Fort Worth Texas, American Reference Publishing Co., 1969. FHL 976.855 X2p 1850
• Tarpley, Sarah. The 4th Ceremonious District of Davidson County, Tennessee, 1850Located at Binkley Branches. .

1860

• Index and transcription of the 1860 Federel Census for Davidson, Tennessee. Located at the USGenWegb Demography Projection.

1890 Lost, but a substitute is available:

• Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil State of war Veterans Demography, Tennessee. Evanston, Illinois: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1978. FHL 976.8 X2s 1890

1891 Male person Voters

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

Church building Records [edit | edit source]

Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as data about family members and clues about family unit migration. For boosted information about church records, religions, and religious archives in Tennessee, see Tennessee Church Records.

• Davidson County Church Records

- FamilySearch Catalog - Davdison County Church Records

• Church histories tell when a church started in the expanse, who the early members were, requite information nigh church leaders, etc.

- FamilySearch Catalog - Davidson Canton Church building History

• If the records you lot demand are not through the Family unit History Library, contact the church(es) in the area where your antecedent lived. Two sites that give information about churches in Davidson County are:

- List of Davidson County churches with addresses and phone numbers (Yellowbook)

- List of Davidson Canton churches (TN HomeTownLocator)

• In 1936, a helpful guide to early Davidson County church records was published by the Works Projection Administration. ^[10]Utilise this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee Land Library and Athenaeum has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate "county fact sheet" on the TSLA Web site and roll downwards to "selected manuscript cloth". All filmed church building records at the TSLA for Davidson County are listed. Many of these filmed records are also bachelor at the Family History Library.

Baptist

• Southern Baptist Historical Library and Athenaeum
  The Southern Baptist Convention Building
  901 Commerce Street #400
  Nashville, TN 37203
  Phone: 615-244-0344
  Net: website

Disciples of Christ

• Disciples of Christ Historical Society
  1101 Nineteenth Avenue Due south
  Nashville, TN 37212-2196
  Telephone: 866-834-7563
  Net: website

Episcopal

• 1858-1885 - St. Ann'due south Episcopal Church building, Nashville, Marriage Index 1858-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M710331

Jewish

• Jewish Federation of Nashville Center Tennessee Library and Archives
  801 Percy Warner Boulevard, Suite 102
  Nashville, TN 37205
  Telephone: 615-356-3242 x255
  Fax: 615-352-0056
  Internet: website
  

• 1881 - 1895 - Congregation Ohavai Sholom, Nashville, Union Alphabetize 1881-1895 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch M710341 .^[eleven]

Methodist Episcopal

• Tennessee Briefing
  520 Commerce Street, Suite 205
  Nashville, TN 37203
  Telephone: 615-263-0518 (call to make an date)
  Net: website
• Mathews, Reverend John D.D. Peeps into Life Autobiography. Methodist Episcopal Church Tennessee Conference, 1904. Gratis digital copy.
• The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Nashville, Tenn. Yard.Eastward. Church, Due south, Tenn., 1892. Digital version at Google Books.

Presbyterian

• The First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee: The Addresses Delivered in Connexion with the Observance of the Ane Hundredth Ceremony, November viii-fifteen, l9l4. Nashville, Tenn.: Foster & Parkes Company, 1915. Digital version at Google Books.
• 1861 - 1885 - Moore Memorial Presbyterian Church building, Nashville, Baptism Index 1861-1885 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch. Batch C530311 .

Roman Catholic

• Diocese of Nashville
  The Catholic Center
  2400 Twenty-kickoff Avenue, South
  Nashville, TN 37212-5387
  Telephone: 615-383-6393
  Fax: 615-292-8411
  Net: website

Courtroom Records [edit | edit source]

Police force and Legislation

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

Directories [edit | edit source]

Nashville City Directories are available for virtually years between 1853 and 1997 at the Tennessee Land Archives. Digitized copies are available online for the following years:

• 1853
• 1855-56
• 1857
• 1859 ($)
• 1860
• 1865
• 1880
• 1881
• 1924
• 1855-1856 - Nashville Business concern Directory for The City of Nashville and Suburbs, Vol. 2, 1855-6. Digital version at Don'southward Listing

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

• During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding 35 British aliens, many of whom had families, living in Nashville and Davidson County. Beginnings ($) ^[12]
  

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

African Americans

• Blackness Nashville: A Bibliography, available online, courtesy: Black Nashville Genealogy & History weblog.
• Waldrep, Yard.C. "'Complimentary Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website. Includes African Americans in this county.
• Daniel Graham Slave Records - site by Konnetta Alexander
• Employment Rolls and Nonpayment Rolls of Negroes Employed in the Defenses of Nashville, Tennessee, 1862-1863 Index On-line.
  

In 1862 Nashville built a series of forts around the metropolis. The projection was built past Union soldiers and impressed slaves and blackness workers in just five months. This site lists the laborers employed August i, 1862 to April ane, 1863. The site gives the proper name of the slave, the slave possessor and the file number.

For a case report of how to trace a slave family in early on Nashville, study:

• Franklin, John Hope and Loren Schweninger. In Search of the Promised Country: A Slave Family unit in the Old Due south. New York: Oxford University Printing, 2006. FHL Volume 929.273 T361f

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Davidson, Tennessee at Earth Connect, results in more than 65,000 entries. A query for persons built-in in Nashville, Tennessee results in more than 45,000 entries.

• East Tennessee Historical Social club. Start Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early on Settlers and Their Present-twenty-four hour period Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: Eastward Tennessee Historical Guild, 2000. FHL US/Tin Book 976.viii H2ff. Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before information technology achieved statehood in 1796.

Bibliography

• Barkley - Fischer, Kathryn Barkley The Barkley brigade: the story of John Barkley of Smith County, Tennessee and his descendants, 1753-1994 Covington, Louisiana: Barkley-Symons Enterprises, 1994 FHL book 929.273 B246. Digital version bachelor at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Bong - Lewis, Leroy Carlisle. Leander Bell of Henderson Canton, Tennessee: A Genealogical Survey and Historical Record of His Life and the Lives of His Descendants and His Ancestors. Searcy, Ark.: Fifty.C. Lewis, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B413L.
• Bell - Bell, Eldon Raymond. Bells History: of Shenandoah Valley, VA and Knox County, TN. Springdale, Arkansas: E.R. Bell, 1994. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 B413ber.
• Bishop - Grayness, John W. The Life of Joseph Bishop, the Historic Old Pioneer in the Showtime Settlements of Middle Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: due south.p., 1858. Free digital copy.
• Branch - Ford, Ethel Taylor. Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Branch of Nashville, Tennessee, and Related Families. Amarillo, Tex.: E.T. Ford, 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T218f; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Buchanan - Whitworth, M.C. and Whitworth Family unit Association. Malchiga Coffee Whitworth, III: Member No. 76, Whitworth Family Association. Nashville: K.C. Whitworth, (1998?). FHL US/CAN Film 1425148 Detail 9.
• Burnett - Burnett, Paul H. Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1880. Costless digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
• Byrn - Turner, Mary Lalla Byrn The Byrn family: the ancestors and descendants of James Riley Byrn of middle Tennessee and western Kentucky and his wife, Emily Blackwell Oliver, from Virginia Paducah, Kentucky: Grand.50.B. Turner, (1985?). Utica, Kentucky: McDowell Publications. FHL volume 929.273 B846. Digital version bachelor at FSbook.
• Clupper - Clupper, Milford Lyon and Mona Atwill Clupper. Ix Generations from David Keith Clupper: Born in Nashville, Tenn. [Murfreesboro, Tenn.]: M. Clupper, 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C628cm.
• Flournoy - Rivers, Flournoy. "The Flournoy Family unit," The Virginia Mag of History and Biography, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jul. 1894):81-90; Vol. two, No. 2 (Oct. 1894):190-213; Vol. two, No. 3 (Jan. 1895):318-327; Vol. 2, No. 4 (Apr. 1895):437-447; Vol. 3, No. 1 (Jul. 1895):67-79; Vol. iii, No. four (Apr. 1896):414-416; Vol. iv, No. ane (Jul. 1896):97-101. Digitized by JSTOR
• Gambill - Brown, Louise Yard. and Jane C. Luna. The Descendants of Bradley Gambill. Columbia, Tenn.: P-Vine Press, 1979. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G143b.
• Hardeman - Burnett, Paul H. Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1880. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Annal.
• Harris - Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Lineage of Judith Gene Harris Doss, Nashville Tennessee: Includes Hodges, Randle, Hearn, Parker, Turner, Truitt, and Smith. Typescript, 1968. FHL US/Tin can Film 875145 Item 2.
• Central - Key, Betty and Marcus M. Central. "John and Susannah Key of Old Amherst County, Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 29, No. ii (Apr.-Jun. 1985):117-122; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):196-204. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 29 (1985).
• McKinley - McKinley, Gay Martin and Ruth Carter McKinley. McKinley Memories: Descendants of Daniel Bong McKinley, Sr. and Mary Bonville. Wyandotte, Okla.: Gregath, 1997. FHL 929.273 M215mg
• Smith - Dyson, Dawn. A History of the Family unit of Herman Hampton and Julious Bonnie Holloway Smith of Nashville, Tennessee. Athens, Ga.: D. Dyson, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sm58d.
• Stephens - Stephens, Robert W. Stephens Family History: Beginnings and Descendants of Revolutionary Soldier Robert Stephens and His Wife, Sarah Farmer, of Virginia, Through Their Son Josiah Stephens. Dallas, Texas: R.W. Stephens, c1982. FHL Volume 929.273 St45sr.
  
• Stumb - Saeger, Paul H. The Stumb Family of Nashville, Tennessee. Birmingham, Ala.: P.H. Saeger, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 St95sp.
• Swanson - McRaven, William Henry. Life and Times of Edward Swanson: One of the Original Pioneers Who with General James Robertson Founded Nashville, Tennessee, 1779; Starting time Recorded Settler of Williamson County, Tennessee, March, 1780. Nashville, Tenn.: W.H. McRaven, 1937. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sw24m.
• Tate - Carpenter, Evelyn Yates. Tate and Allied Families of Robertson County, Tennessee: Includes the Nearby Tennessee Counties of Davidson, Sumner, and Wilson. Includes Virginia and N Carolina, the States of Tate Family Origin. Includes Counties in Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri and Throughout the U.s. Where Many Tate Families Migrated. Clarksville, Tenn.: Jostens, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T187c.
• Taylor - Ford, Ethel Taylor. Thomas Taylor and Benjamin Co-operative of Nashville, Tennessee, and Related Families. Amarillo, Tex.: E.T. Ford, 1972. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T218f; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Thomas - Franklin, John Promise and Loren Schweninger. In Search of the Promised Land: A Slave Family unit in the Old South. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. FHL Book 929.273 T361f
  
• Thurman - Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Thurman Lineage: Descent of Mrs. Helen Goodpasture of Nashville, Tennessee. Typescript, 1950. FHL U.s.a./Tin can Motion picture 1035575 Detail eight; digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
• Whiteley - Whiteley, Amos. This Brief History of the Whiteleys in America is Issued for the Purpose of Presenting Changes and Additions Since My Former Volume was Issued ...: As well to Include Information Recently Procured in Regard to the Maryland Branch of the Whiteley Family unit. n.p.: A. Whiteley, 1922. FHL 929.273 W587wa; digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library and Internet Archive.
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• Wright - Wright, Samuel S. Wright Family. S. Wright, 1994. FHL 929.273 W93ws

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]

Deeds

• Davidson County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1784. Land and property records include transfer of existent manor or personal property, mortgages, leases, surveys, and entries

• The Family History Library has microfilm copies of country records of deeds 1784-1940 with indexes 1784-1924; register books 1784-1789; and Davidson county state buying maps from the Library of Congress Map division 1871-about 1900.
• The organization Strictly By Name provides online indexes to early on Davidson County land records. They offer a enquiry service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small-scale fee. Available indexes:
• 1874-1787 - Deed Volume A
• 1787-1791 - Deed Book B
• 1791-1796 - Act Book C
• 1796-1798 - Deed Book D
• 1798-1802 - Deed Book Eastward
• 1803-1806 - Act Book F

Local State Entries Issued by Northward Carolina
The original Davidson County land entries issued past North Carolina are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. On their website, users tin bring up a list of land entries issued in Davidson Canton, both before and later on it became a part of the country of Tennessee. Years covered: 1783-1824.

• Secretarial assistant of State Land Grant Search Instructions on the Detect Online Itemize (Md)

Land Grants

• Free index to 1500+ Pioneer Cumberland Settlements Land Grants, available online, courtesy: Cumberland Pioneer Settlers. The Cumberland Settlements region covered what is now this county. To view the state grants platted on maps, purchase the books described on this site, or access those available at the Family History Library FHL U.s./CAN Large Q Book 976.8 E7d.

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

• Albright, Edward. Early History of Middle Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee: Brandon Printing Co., 1909. Gratuitous digitized re-create.
• Beard, W.E. It Happened in Nashville, Tennessee: A Collection of Historical Incidents which Occurred in Nashville, are Commemorated At that place, or in Which Nashville People were Actors. Davie Printing Co., 1912. Digital version at Google Books.
• Clarke, Ida Clyde Gallagher. All Almost Nashville: A Consummate Historical Guide Book to the City. Marshall & Bruce Co., 1912. Digital version at Google Books.
• Clayton, W. W. History of Davidson County, Tennessee: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: J.W. Lewis, 1886. Available at FHL U.s./CAN Film 541321. Indexed in FHL U.s.a./CAN Volume 976.855 H22w. Digital versions available at Ancestry ($); Heritage Quest Online ($); and Globe Vital Records ($).
• McRaven, William Henry. Nashville: "Athens of the Southward". Chapel Colina: Published for the Tennessee Book Co. by Scheer & Jervis, 1949. Digital version at Beginnings ($).
• Nashville Tennessee Centennial Album. Nashville, Tennessee: J. Prousnitzer & Co., 1896. Free digital version. Includes pictures of local public buildings and churches, private residences, and representative citizens.
• Putnam, Albigence Waldo. History of Middle Tennessee: or, Life and Times of Gen. James Robertson. Nashville, Tenn.: A.A. Stitt, Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1859. Digital version at Google Books.
• Snyder, Ann Due east. On the Watauga and the Cumberland Nashville, Tennessee: Methodist Espiscopal S Publishing House, 1884. Complimentary digital copy. Early Davidson County history and settlers.
• Tennessee State Fair. Official Souvenir Progam and Guide, Tennessee State Fair, September 23rd to 28th, 1907. Nashville, Tennessee: Folk-Keelin Impress Co., 1907. Free digital copy. Includes pictures of local buildings and prominent citizens.
• The Wayne Hand-Book of Nashville and the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Illustrated - a complete guide volume for tourists, with maps, plans, etc. Wayne Publishing Company, Ft. Wayne, Indiana, 1897. Free digital copy.
• Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Pioneers of Davidson Canton, Tennessee. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1996. Available at FHL Us/CAN Book 976.855 H2wh; digital versions are available at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).
• History Of Tennessee (Nashville, Tennessee) Ancestry].com. ($) May exist usedat Family unit History Center. To locate a centre nearly you lot, click here.
• Pioneers of Davidson County, Tennessee Ancestry].com. ($) May exist usedat Family History Center. To locate a centre near you, click hither.

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

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The TSLA (TSLA) is in the showtime stages of posting digital copies of historical maps on their website through the Tennessee Virtual Archives (TEVA). Among the drove is a 1907 historical map showing Davidson Canton ceremonious districts and the plotted residences of families living within those districts.

Additional Nashville and Davidson County historical maps include:

• 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.
• 1855 Full general View of Nashville. Published 1855. Buy at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-downwardly version of the map.
• 1860's - Map of Nashville, Tennessee. Published 1860s. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• 1871 Map of Davidson County, TN. Published 1871. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-downwards version of the map.
• 1872 Ruger. Bird'southward Middle View of Nashville. Originally published 1872. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-downwardly version of the map.
• 1880s Wellege. Nashville, Tennessee in the 1880s. Originally published 1872. Buy at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-downwardly version of the map.
• 1894 A City Map of Nashville, Tennessee. Published 1894. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-downwardly version of the map.
• 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee. Originally published 1897. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-down version of the map.
• 1939 A Map of Nashville. Published 1939. Purchase at ReevesMaps.com; website includes a scaled-downwards version of the map.

Migration [edit | edit source]

Military machine Records [edit | edit source]

Revolutionary State of war
The following Davidson Canton Revolutionary War records are available online through TNGenWeb:

• 1835 Pension Ringlet
• 1852 Rejected or Suspended Pensions

Additional resources include:

• A Demography of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Armed services 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 Demography. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Medico.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. FHL US/CAN Volume 973 X2pc 1840; FHL United states/CAN Film 2321. 1841 edition digitized past the U.Southward. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. See Tennessee, Middle District, Davidson County on folio 155.
• 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 ($). Tennessee entries abstracted online at Tennesseans in the Revolutionary State of war, courtesy: TNGenWeb. Includes veterans from this county; Tennessee section begins on folio 381.
• Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Tennessee Genealogical Records, Davidson County Pioneers: Revolutionary and War of 1812 Soldiers. 1965. FHL United states/Can Book 976.855 M23w.
• Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Pioneers of Davidson Canton, Tennessee. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1996. FHL United states/CAN Book 976.855 H2wh; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and World Vital Records ($).

War of 1812

• Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - Jan 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 7, No. ii (Apr. 1960):forty-45. FHL United states/CAN Book 976.8 B2a five. 7 (1960); digital version at periodical website. Includes Cocke Canton pensioners (pp. 41-42)
• Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Tennessee Genealogical Records, Davidson Canton Pioneers: Revolutionary and War of 1812 Soldiers. 1965. FHL US/CAN Book 976.855 M23w.

Ceremonious War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 - Tennessee, Ceremonious State of war Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
• 1861-1865 - Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Marriage Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch- How to Utilise this Drove
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Amalgamated Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Beginnings
• 1861-1865 - U.S., Marriage Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1891-1965 - Tennessee, Confederate Alimony Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965 at FamilySearch- How to Utilize this Drove
• Civil State of war Inquiry Database
• Ceremonious State of war Soldiers and Sailors Organisation

Regiments. Men in Davidson County served in diverse 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 Davidson County:

Confederate Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, South Carolina Infantry (Butler's) (1st Regulars), Company D
• 1st Battalion, Tennessee Light Artillery - CSA - Visitor A
• 1st Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (McNairy's) - CSA - Companies A, B, and D
• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Feild'due south) - CSA - Companies A,B, C, E, F, and L.
• 1st/27th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A, B, C, East, and F.
• second Tennessee Cavalry - First Battalion consisting of five companies - organized at Nashville.
• 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies C and G.
• 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Robison's) (Walker Legion) - CSA
• 4th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Murray'south) - CSA - Company H. organized July 22, 1861 at Nashville, Davidson County every bit Q. C. Sanders' Company.
• 6th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Wheeler's)- CSA- Companies C and D.
  
• 8th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Smith's) - CSA
• ninth Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ward'due south) - CSA - Companies I and Grand.
• 10th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (DeMoss') - CSA - Visitor D
• 10th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies B, C, D, F, Thou, H, and G.
• 11th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (Gordon's) - CSA - Companies C, D, and E.
• 11th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies B, D, and G.
• 18th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies B and Yard.
• 20th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A and C.
• 21st Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Carter's), Visitor A
• 22nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Barteau's), Companies A and B.
• 34th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (quaternary Amalgamated Infantry) - CSA - Visitor F.
• 44th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company E.
• 54th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Companies A and B.
• 55th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's) - CSA - Companies H and I.
• 44th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Visitor E.
• 50th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company G.
• Douglas' Battalion, Tennessee Partisan Rangers, Companies of Felix H. Blackman, Nathan W. Carter, and Thomas F. Perkins.
• Napier's Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, Company A

Union Soldiers

• 1st Battalion, Tennessee Light Artillery - organized at Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville.
• 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Company I
• 12th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - United states of america - Company Eastward.
• 13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - USA - Organized at Strawberry Plains, Nashville and Gallatin, Tennessee.
• 14th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - USA - enlisted on duty on Nashville Northwestern Railroad.
• 12th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry - Company E.
• 26th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry - Companies A, B, C, D, E, and M

Additional sources for Ceremonious War soldiers from Davidson County:

• McMurray, William Joseph. History of the 20th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. Nashville, Tennessee: southward.p., 1904. Free digital copy.
• Quintard, Charles Todd. Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and 2nd Bishop of Tennessee. Sewanee, Tennessee: The University Printing, 1905. Gratis digital copy. Chaplain of the 1st Tennessee Regiment.
• TNGenWeb, Davidson County, Ceremonious War. Includes a variety of links.
• Tennessee Ceremonious War Preservation Clan, The Ceremonious War in Davidson Canton.
• Davidson County, Tennessee Genealogy Page,Ceremonious War. Includes links to 18th Tennessee Infantry, Map of the Nashville Battleground, Roster of Company A, First Tennessee Arms and Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service.
• Tennessee Civil State of war Historical Markers: Davidson County.
• Tennessee Land Library and Archives, Tennessee Amalgamated Pension Applications: Davidson County. Includes soldier'south name, canton, pension #, unit or widow.
• United States Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Coil Jan 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Crusade for ... (Washington Printing Part; 1883). Online at Internet Archive. Davidson County, page 328-331.
• CWSAC Battle Summaries, Nashville. Located in Davidson County.
• American Retentiveness, Selected Civil State of war Photographs, 1861-1865.

Civil War Battle
The following Ceremonious War battle was fought in Davidson County:

• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville. Heritage Preservation Services.

Map showing Civil War battles fought in Tennessee.

Spanish American War

• Hale, Will T. The First Tennessee Regiment, United States Volunteers. Nashville, 1899. Free digital copy.

Globe State of war I
Gilmore, Rose Long. Davidson County Women in the Globe War 1914-1919. Nashville, Tennessee: Foster and Parkes, 1923.

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

United States Passport Applications are bachelor from 1796-1925 - indexed at Family unit Search

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

Nashville Hindsight - The Nashville Retrospect is amonthly newspaper devoted to Nashville nostalgia and history. It features reprints of long-forgotten news, articles by local historians, and remembrances by older Nashvillians. Also bachelor by subscription if you are not local.

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 non bachelor for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Davidson County click on the following cities:

• Brentwood
• Donelson
• Goodlettsville
• Hermitage
• Madison
• Nashville
• Old Hickory

• 1794-1851 - Lucas, Silas Emmett. Marriages from Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1978. FHL 976.8 V2L.
• 1876 Smith, Jonathan K.T. Nashville Daily American, 1876, a Genealogical Scrapbook. Jackson, Tennessee: J.K.T. Smith, 2003. FHL 976.855 V4s

For deaths of Methodists in Davidson Canton between the 1830s and the 1920s, endeavour:

• 1847-1914 - Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.M.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.

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Photographs [edit | edit source]

• Historic Nashville Photographs ~ Nearly.com
• South Nashville History
• Historic Nashville ~ Nashville Web Review
  

Prisons [edit | edit source]

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

Private Papers [edit | edit source]

• Baldock, Margaret. Bible Records of James Carothers, Born 30 January 1792, Nashville, Davidson Canton, Tennessee: and Allied Families: Barfield, Goodloe, Carter, Crutcher, McMillian, Jarman. Clovis, Due north.M.: M. Baldock, 1990. FHL US/CAN Film 1597826 Detail 11.
• Family Bible of P. W. Duke and Mollie E. Moore: Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee. Microfilmed in 1963. FHL United states/Tin Flick 301101 Item 15.
• Francis McGavock Papers ~ TSLA Manuscripts
• McGavock Family Papers ~ Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library
• McGavock Family Papers ~ Special Collections William and Mary College
• Rachel Jackson Manuscripts ~ List
• Andrew Jackson Donelson Papers ~ University of Tennessee Knoxville Drove
• A Guide to Andrew Jackson Donelson ~ Briscoe Center for American History
• The Papers of Andrew Jackson ~ University of Tennessee Knoxville Collection
• Papers of Andrew Jackson ~ The Avalon Project

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Genealogical periodicals tin contain unique sources and tin be local, regional, or statewide. The post-obit periodicals embrace this county:

• Ansearchin' News: Quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. For a keyword search, become to the county index. Read previous bug on their website; FHL Book 976.8 B2a.
• Harpeth Gleanings: Covers Bellevue and the Harpeth River Valley in southwest Davidson canton. Family History Library US/Can Volume 976.855 H25h
• The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History: Quarterly magazine of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. For surnames, use the book-by-volume index, or do a keyword search of the Article Index. FHL US/Tin can Book 976.85 D25m.

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

The Davidson County Court and the County Clerk have responsibility for the probate records, most available at the Metropolitan Government Archives.

Online Records

• 1779-2008 - Tennessee Wills and Probate Records 1779-2008 at Ancestry ($)
• 1784-1792; 1792-1804 SourtheasternGenealogy.com Images of Wills, Estates, Deeds ($)
• 1784-1940 - Davidson Canton portion of Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 at FamilySearch - images only; handwritten indexes may be establish at the forepart or back of some volumes.- How to Use this Collection
• 1805-1809; 1805-1816 SourtheasternGenealogy.com Images of Wills ($)

The organization Strictly Past Name provides free online indexes to early Davidson County probate records. They offer a inquiry service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

• 1784-1794 - Will Volume 1: 1784-1794
• 1794-1804 - Will Volume 2: 1794-1804
• 1805-1809 - Will Volume 3: 1805-1809
• 1809-1816 - Will Book iv: 1809-1816

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1783-1830 - Marsh, Helen C. and Timothy R. Marsh. Davidson Canton, Tennessee, Wills and Inventories. Greenville, Southward Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1990. Indexed. Contains Vol. 1, 1783-1816, and Vol. 2, 1816-1830. (FHL volume 976.855 P2m.)
  
• 1784-1861 - Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Tennessee Wills & Administrations 1779-1861. Nashville, Tenn. Byron Sistler & Associates, Inc., 1990. FHL Usa/Tin can 976.8 P22s. Includes an index to this county'south probate records.
• 1784-1816 - Strictly By Name (see above).

School Records [edit | edit source]

• Roger Williams 1884-1885 School Catalog
• Fisk University: History, Building and Site, and Services of Dedication, at Nashville, Tennessee, Jan 1st, 1876. New York: Published for the Trustees of Fisk University, 1876. Digital version at Google Books.
• Stearns, Eben S. Historical Sketch of the Normal College, at Nashville, Tenn: An Address Before Its Officers and Students on Its Ninth Anniversary, Dec. ane, 1884. Cincinnati: Elm Street Press Visitor, 1885. Digital version at Google Books.

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• 1935-2014 The states Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to apply this collection; index. Also at Beginnings, 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 [edit | edit source]

Volume Abstracts and Indexes

• 1787 "Davidson County Taxation List for 1787," available online, courtesy: Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN.
• 1787, 1812 Whitley, Edythe Johns Rucker. Pioneers of Davidson Canton, Tennessee. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., c1996. Bachelor at FHL Us/Tin can Book 976.855 H2wh; digital versions are available at Beginnings ($) and World Vital Records ($).
• 1787 Kickoff Revenue enhancement List, 1787, Brief, Krefeld Immigrants and Their Descendants. Sacramento CA: Autumn 2003. Vol. twenty Iss. 2.
• 1788, 1805, 1811 Sistler, Byron and Barbara Sistler. Index to Early Tennessee Tax Lists. Evanston, Sick.: B. & B. Sistler, 1977. FHL US/Tin can Book 976.8 R4s. Includes 1788, 1805, 1811 tax lists.
• 1789 Cumberland Settlements, Tax Listing, 1789, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Autumn 1990). For possible FHL and online access, as well equally indexes, see Davidson.
• 1798 Duncan, Ruth Henley. "List of Taxable Property, Davidson County, Tennessee, October i, 1798" and "List of Slaves Owned in Davidson County, Tennessee, October one, 1798," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. iii (July 1961):78-86. For FHL and online admission, as well as indexes, see Davidson.
• 1805 - Due west, Betsy F. "Davidson Canton, Tennessee, Tax List-1805," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 26, No. 2 (Spring 1979):80-85; Vol. 26, No. 3 (Fall 1979):128-132; Vol. 26, No. 4 (Winter 1979). For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, run into Davidson.
• 1805 Davidson County 1805 Revenue enhancement List Annotated, The Middle Tennessee Periodical of Genealogy and History, Vol. 21, No. i (Summertime 2007); Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 2007); Vol. 21, No. 3 (Winter 2008); Vol. 22, No. two (Fall 2008); Vol. 22, No. iii (Winter 2009); Vol. 22, No. 4 (Spring 2009). For possible FHL and online admission, as well as indexes, see Davidson.
• 1811 Sherrill, Charles A. The Reconstructed 1810 Demography of Tennessee: 33,000 Long-lost Records from Tax Lists, Courtroom Minutes, Church Records, Wills, Deeds and Other Sources. Mt. Juliet, Tenn.: C.A. Sherrill, 2001. FHL The states/Tin Volume 976.8 X2s 1810. Cites Davidson County Tax List, 1811, Early Tax Lists microfilm reel #3, TSLA, Nashville as source.
• 1812 - W, Betsy F. "Davidson County, Tennessee, Taxation Listing-1812," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 26, No. iv (Winter 1979):164-173. For FHL and online access, also as indexes, see Davidson.
• 1812 Douthat, James L. 1812 Davidson Canton, Tennessee, Tax Listing: Taken from the Microfilm Re-create Constitute in the Tennessee State Athenaeum. Indicate Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press, (2000?). FHL US/Tin Book 976.855 R4d; online: index and purchase details.
• 1812 "Enumeration of the Complimentary Male Inhabitants of Davidson County Taken in the Year 1812," Alphabetical Arrangement available online, courtesy: Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN.
• 1812 "Enumeration of the Complimentary Male person Inhabitants of Davidson Canton Taken in the Twelvemonth 1812." Arranged by company. Available online, courtesy: Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN.
• 1812 Davidson County Taxation List 1812, The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 16, No. three (Wintertime 2003); Vol. xvi, No. iv (Jump 2003); Vol. 17, No. 1 (Summer 2003). For possible FHL and online access, every bit well as indexes, see Trousdale.
• 1814 - "Direct Federal Tax-Delinquent Belongings Owners Listed for 1814," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. three(Fall 1996):115-120. For possible FHL and online access, likewise as indexes, come across Davidson. Includes Davidson Canton.
• 1817 "U.South. Holds 1817 Public Sale of Federal Tax-Delinquent Properties in Tennessee," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 43, No. ii (Summertime 1996):63-68. For possible FHL and online access, also every bit indexes, see Davidson. [Includes Davidson County.]
• 1826 Release of Taxes, 1826, Middle Tennessee Periodical of Genealogy and History. Nashville TN: Summer 1996. Vol. ten Iss. 1.
• 1829 - "Davidson Canton, Tennessee 1829 Tax List," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Summertime 1985):63-68; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Fall 1985):123-130; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Winter 1985):179-182. For FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Davidson.
• ca.1865 Tennessee Tax Lists Holdings, ca.1865, Southern Genealogists Commutation Quarterly. Jacksonville FL: Summertime 1965. Vol. half-dozen Iss. 34.

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

Nascency [edit | edit source]

• 1828-1939 - Tennessee Births and Christenings 1828-1939 at FamilySearch- How to Apply this Collection
• 1854-1902 - Davidson County Guardian Receipts and Settlements 1854-1902 - Nashville Metro Archives
• 1869-1909 - Tennessee Delayed Nativity Records 1869-1909 at Beginnings ($)
• 1881-1891 - Nashville Birth Index 1881-1913 in International Genealogical Alphabetize at FamilySearch^[xiii]
• 1881-1913 - Nashville Birth Records 1881-1913 - Nashville Metro Archives
• 1908-1912 - Davidson County Birth Records: 1908-1912 - Nashville Metro Archives
• 1908-1912 - Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Serial), 1908-1912 at FamilySearch
  - How to Use this Collection

Marriage [edit | edit source]

Online Indexes and Records

• 1625-1966 - Tennessee, United States Marriages at FindMyPast ($)
• 1780-2002 - Tennessee Country Marriages, 1780-2002. at Ancestry ($)
• 1788-1830 - Marriage records for Davidson Canton: 1788-1839 Metro Archives
• 1789-1837; 1838-1847; 1848-1849 SourtheasternGenealogy.com Marriages ($)
• 1789-1932 - Davidson County Marriage Index 1789-1932 in International Genealogical Alphabetize at FamilySearch^[14]
• 1789-1837 - Davidson Canton, Tennessee Wedlock Digital tape book I, January ii, 1789 - December 13, 1837 Click on view all pages
• 1790-1962 - Tennessee Canton Marriages, 1790-1950 [1790-1962] - at FamilySearch. index and images. Covers all counties in Tennessee.- How to Use this Collection
• 1796-1950 - Tennessee Marriages 1796-1950 (Indexes simply) at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
• 1851-1900 - Tennessee Marriages 1851-1900 at Ancestry ($)
• 1838-1847 - Spousal relationship Records, 1838-1847, Davidson County, Tennessee. Typescript. FHL|24631|film (Item 2) +++
• 1838-1888 - Tennessee Civil Marriages, 1838-1888 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Drove
• 1864-1905 - Marriages Recorded in Nashville, 1864-1905. Metro Archives Index courtesy of the Nashville.
• 1980-2014 - Marriage Records Alphabetize 1980-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Book Abstracts and Indexes

• 1789-1847 - Marriages of Davidson County, Tennessee, 1789 - 1847. Ii volumes. FHL|976.855 V2w
• 1789-1870 - 35,000 Tennessee Matrimony Records and Bonds 1783-1870. 3 vols. FHL 976.viii V2t v. 1. Includes names of brides, grooms, bondsmen, marriage bond dates, and officiators for specified years.
• 1789-1873 - Early on Center Tennessee Marriages. 2 vols. FHL US/Tin Book 976.eight V2sb 5. 2 ff.

Expiry [edit | edit source]

• 1780-1805 - Meier, Oveda. Tennessee Ancestors: The Brave and the Dead, Probate and Expiry Records of Early Center Tennessee, 1780–1805. Common salt Lake City, Utah: O. Meier, 1990. (Family History Library book 976.8 P2m; film 1697372.) This source contains abstracts of probate, Bible, and court records, county histories, and military machine death records for Davidson and Sumner counties. It includes a surname index.
• 1874-1913 - Nashville Death Index 1874-1913 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch^[15]
• 1874-1955 - Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955 at FamilySearch- How to Employ this Collection
• 1900-1923 - Davidson Canton Death Index 1900-1923 in International Genealogical Alphabetize at FamilySearch^[16]
• 1908-1933 - Tennessee Deaths, 1908 - 1933 at MyHeritage ($) — index
• 1908-1958 - Tennessee Death Records 1908 - 1958 at Ancestry ($)
• 1908-1912 - Tennessee Expiry Records 1908-1912 at Tennessee State Library & Athenaeum - index
• 1914-1933 - Tennessee Death Records 1914-1933 at Tennessee Land Library & Archives - alphabetize
• 1914-1966 - Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection
• 1855-1955 - Expiry Notices in Nashville Newspapers 1855-1907,online alphabetize, courtesy: TSLA.
• 1908-1812 - Statewide Index to Tennessee Death Records 1908-1912 Online index from TSLA.
• 1913 Nashville Obituaries & Expiry Notices for 1913 > Part 1: Introduction,online alphabetize, courtesy: TSLA.
• 1914 -1930 - Statewide Index to Tennessee Death Records 1914-1930. Online alphabetize from TSLA.
• 1900-1913 - Davidson County Death Records 1900-1913 Online index from TSLA. Many of these records exercise not appear in the Tennessee Decease Records 1908-1912.
• 1949-2009 - Tennessee Statewide Death Alphabetize, 1949-2009 - searchable database from the Shelby County Register of Deeds. Includes data from all over the state.
• 1949-2014 - Death Records Alphabetize 1949-2014 at Shelby County Register of Deeds - index

Divorce [edit | edit source]

Online Records

• 1796-1850 - Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850 at Tennessee State Library & Archives - alphabetize
• 1800-1965 - Tennessee, Divorce and Other Records, 1800-1965 at Ancestry - ($), selected counties: Anderson, Carroll, Cheatham, Dickson, Franklin, Haywood, Henderson, Obion, Tipton, Williamson
• 1980-2014 - Divorce Records Alphabetize 1980-2014 at Shelby County Annals of Deeds - index

Online Titles

• W.P.A. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn.: The Tennessee Historical Records Survey, 1941. FamilySearch Digital Library

Research Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed below are athenaeum in Davidson County. For country-wide archival repositories, see Tennessee Archives and Libraries.
Metropolitan Regime Archives
3801 Green Hills Village Drive
Nashville, TN 37215
Phone: 615-862-5880
Website Metropolitan Government Archives, a division of the Nashville Public Library, contains historical records of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County.

Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee
3801 Green Hills Village Bulldoze
Nashville, TN 37215
Phone: 615-862-5880
Website
Website includes links to records including cemetery records, demography, tax lists, church records, court records, vital records, military records and more.

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Heart and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

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

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Madison Tennessee Family History Center
• Nashville Tennessee Family unit History Center
• Brentwood Public Library - an affiliate library.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives - an chapter library.

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Davidson County. For land-wide library facilities, meet Tennessee Athenaeum and Libraries.

Nashville Public Library
615 Church building St.
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-862-5800
Website
Houses a significant drove of Davidson County records. They have posted an online index to Nashville marriages 1864-1905 and Nashville obituaries 1964 to the present. Obituaries from 2006 are available in full text with a Nashville Library carte. Copies of obituaries can be accessed at the library or at the TSLA.

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Listed below are societies in Davidson County. For state-broad genealogical societies, come across Tennessee Societies.

Metro Nashville Archives
615 Church St.
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-862-5880
Website
Facebook

Websites [edit | edit source]

• Cumberland Pioneer Settlers Cumberland Compact Signers, Pioneer Land Grant Recipients, Publication Descriptions, Free Volume Indexes
• Davidson Canton, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
• Cyndi's Listing - A comprehensive, categorized & cantankerous-referenced listing of links that point you to genealogical enquiry sites online.
• Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County Online Records
• 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.

Research Guides [edit | edit source]

• Genealogical "Fact Sheets" Most Tennessee Counties: Davidson Canton, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, demography records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
• "Genealogical Inquiry in Davidson Canton," The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. six, No. 4 (Leap 1993). For possible FHL and online access, as well as indexes, see Davidson.

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: Usa, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Davidson, Tennessee" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee accessed 17 Dec 2018
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: Usa, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Lost Records: Courthouse Fires and Disasters in Tennessee in Tennessee State Library and Athenaeum in Tennessee Secretarial assistant of Land (accessed xiii March 2016).
6. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: Us of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tennessee.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Davidson County, Tennessee," in Wikipedia: the Complimentary Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_County,_Tennessee, accessed 11 November 2019.
8. ↑ Founding of the Cumberland Settlements: The First Atlas 1779-1804.
9. ↑ Arlene Eakle, "Reconstructing the 1790 Demography of Tennessee," Arlene Eakle'due south Tennessee Genealogy Blog, 20 May 2010.
10. ↑ WPA. Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee. Nashville: Tennessee Land Planning Commission, 1942. FHL 976.8 K23w
11. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/vi/60/Igitennesseea.pdf.
12. ↑ Kenneth Scott. British Aliens in the The states During the War of 1812. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378 (meet West Tennessee). FHL U.s./CAN 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($).
13. ↑ Genealogical Order of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/6/60/Igitennesseea.pdf.
14. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://world wide web.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/6/60/Igitennesseea.pdf.
15. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/half dozen/sixty/Igitennesseea.pdf.
16. ↑ Genealogical Club of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/6/60/Igitennesseea.pdf.

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