Hamilton County, Tennessee
Genealogy

Hamilton County is located in East Tennessee, one of the state's three "grand divisions."
Hamilton County was formed in 1819 from part of Rhea County.

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This site is associated with the TNGenWeb Project and the USGenWeb Project

Census Records
The following links lead to census indexes of these particular years. Only surnames and the page number within the census records are mentioned. Perhaps they will be of some use.

Additionally the 1840 and 1850 census will be transcribed for inclusion on this site.

1830 index | 1830 Census Listing
1840 index | 1840 Census Listing
1850 index | 1850 Census Listing

1851 Census of Cherokees in Hamilton County

The donation of the 1860 Hamilton County, Tennessee, Census images for permanent, free display in the USGenWeb Archives was made possible through the generosity of Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogical Society and the permission of S-K Publications.

1860 Census Images

Year	Population	Year	Population
1820	821	1830	2276
1840	8175	1850	10075
1860	13258	1870	17241
1880	23642	1890	53482
1900	61695	1910	89267
1920	115954	1930	159497
1940	180478	1950	208255
1960	237905	1970	254236
1980	287643	1990	285571
1997	294676	2000	307896

Year	County Rank
1970	151
1980	172
1990	184
2000	185

Early Pictorial Views

Pictures from Hamilton County area

Hamilton County Cemeteries

Birth Records - 1881
Death Records - 1881

Hamilton County Deeds

Hamilton County Wills

Hamilton County Guide to Church Vital Statistics - 1942 - 311 churches

Hamilton County Marriages - July 9, 1918 - April 18, 1919 - sample listing - 20 of 1000

Map - Chattanooga - pre-Civil War
Map - Chattanooga - 1919

Bonny Oaks School

Current obituaries listed in Chattanoogan.com

Older obituaries listed in Chattanooga newspapers

Chattanooga National Cemetery
More Complete Chattanooga National Cemetery

WWI Vets

Coming sometime

Vital Records - Births - 1879 - 1915
Vital Records - Deaths - 1872 - 1923

These items are long term. Census records will be my main focus for the time being.

Post a Hamilton County Query

Hamilton County Query Board

Current Hamilton County Queries 28 Jun 2009

Slightly Older Hamilton County Queries

Archived Hamilton County Queries - 1996 - 2007

Hamilton County Lookups - Volunteers NEEDED

Goodspeed's History of Hamilton County

About the TNGenWeb Project

Hamilton County Research Helps

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A list dedicated to finding cousins in Hamilton County.

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This search will allow you to search the contents of all the publicly available WWW documents at this site.

30 May 2008

Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
Holdings include Census Records, Soundex, Military Records, State and County Records, Obituary Indexes and City Directories and these Hamilton County records.

East Tennessee Historical Society