Welcome to McMinn County
"Our Tennessee Home"
"The Knobs in eastern McMinn County"
whose people will see our time as history...
Sharon McCormack & Joyce G. Reece, May, 2003
Tennessee Local History Network Website
American Local History Network www.alhn.org
American History and Geography Project www.ahgp.org
Click here for a larger version of this map
A wonderful map of the Overhill region which includes McMinn County. The communities of Delano, Calhoun, Riceville, Etowah, Englewood, Athens & Niota showing on this map are in our county. Just north are the Monroe County communities of Tellico Plains, Madisonville, Coker Creek, Sweetwater and Vonore. South are towns of Polk County which include Copperhill, Ducktown, Turtletown, Farner, Reliance, Conasauga, Old Fort, Ocoee, Benton and the Wetmore community adjacent to Delano. This region is called the "Overhill" in honor of the Over-the-Hill Cherokee People.
Our on-site records are now located thru this link
An announcment concerning McMinn County's Records:
McMinn County recently moved many of our county records into a central location.
They are now located within the Historical Society offices in the basement of the courthouse.
For hours please call 423.744.3911 (staffed by volunteers)
or email mcminn_history06@compnet.net
County Historian Mr. Joe D. Guy
All off-site links are now located thru this link
McMinn County History IS Here!
Look for it here!
This is a working timeline please feel free to submit info to go in it
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| Barbara Dooley | jb.dooley@verizon.net | Census Records | 1840, 1870, 1880 |
| Mary Sue Mason |
masonms@bellsouth.net Mary Sue is researching Arnold, Mason, Vaughn, Vincent & Wilson. |
McMinn Census state census Marriage Records Wills and Estates |
1850,1870,1880 1860 1820-1870,1900-1920 1820-1870 |
| Kaye Buckner Presley | kpre833757@aol.com | "Tennesseans in the Civil War" | |
| Chancery Court Lookups page | Chancery Court Lookups
Click here For an article that helps explain the Chancery Court system please click here. For a listing of District Chancery Court documents 1832-1842 please visit www.rootsweb.com/~tnmonroe Archives link |
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| Peg White Sulfsted | pegmws@mindspring.com | SAR Patriot Index Edition III 2002 This search may or may not turn up your patriot. They only show those who have descendants in the Society. Your ancestor may have served and not have a descendant in the society. | |
| Jean Kinzalow | dragonlair@spacey.net | McMinn County Census Be sure to put McMinn County in the subject line. Jean does a lot of counties and needs to know which one you want |
1830-1850 |
| Doris Melton | bookworm307@dishmail.net | McMinn County Cemetery Index by Sharon McCormack based on Marvin and Samme Templin's Book and Cemetery Webpages |
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| Mary Jo Bohmholdt | maryjo@bohnmholdt.com | McMinn County Cemeteries from the Samme and Marvin Templin book | |
| Rex Bertram |
rexwb@insightbb.com check his webpage at http://www.angelfire.com/in4/genealogyhelp/lookup.html | List the State and Year in Subject Line Limit two per lookup request |
1790 Census Index 1850 TN Census Index 1860 TN Census Index 1880 Census Index |
| Linda Manuel | pschomom@msm.com | WPA McMinn Transcripts book | Bible Records and original Cedar Grove Cemetery | Jane Lasley | Zoe520@aol.com Check out the other books she can do lookups from at http://www.leavesfromourtree.com/Books.html
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The Legend of Buster Duggan |
| Mary Clyde Reid Mungo | mrmungo@InfoAve.netOnly two lookups per week and make sure it's specific name not just a surname and mention specific book lookup in subject line |
King'sMountain and It's Men by Lyman C Draper King's Mountain Men by KK White Patriot's of King's Mountain by Bobby Gilmer Moss |
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| Samme and Marvin Templin | Marvin Templin MTTemplin@aol.com | Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness | Still photos of tombstones Will also do digital photos and email. |
| Kristi Moffitt | kkcem@blomand.net | please send Kristi as much information as you have regarding the person or family you are seeking | Census 1900-1930 |
| Claudia B Carson |
claudiabcarson@aol.com The Annals of Tennessee to the end of the eighteenth century comprising its settlement, as The Watauga Association, from 1796 to 1777; A Part of North Carolina, from 1788 to1784; The Territory of the U. States, South of the Ohio, from 1790 to1796; The State of Tennessee, from 1796 to 1800 by J.G.M. Ramsey, A.M., M.D. | The ANNALS OF TENNESSEE by Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey | |
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Joyce | see page at Will Book Lookups
There is a slight charge for this.
| McMinn County Will Books and Estates
McMinn Marriage Records A few early marriages 1820-1934 from Works Progress Administration Records | 1820-1870 provides
hard copy of the abbreviated court record unless otherwise requested.
Copies of pages available by mail or email.
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Need Professional Help?
Here is a list of people who can do research here in McMinn County
Message Boards at Rootsweb/Ancestry.com
Many times these boards will be sent on to the rootsweb mailing lists but not always. When checking out the information look for a message at the upper left portion of the board mentioning that the board is gatewayed to the list.
Mailing Lists
To subscribe to the following mailing lists--click link for an email connection. Put subscribe in subject line and send. You will receive an email confirming your subscription and telling about the archives of past lists and how to unsubscribe if necessary.
These addresses are for regular list mode if you want digest substitute D for L
| McMinn Co | SE-TN | Tennessee | Monroe Co |
| Polk Co | Bradley Co | Hamilton Co | Meigs Co |
| Roane Co | Loudon Co | James Co | Knox |
Below are the Message boards at Genforum
The internet offers many message boards but the two best are Ancestry/Rootsweb and Genforum. Remember however everyone does not always read or send messages to both so be sure to check both for some informative help.
| McMinn Genforum | Monroe Co Genforum | Bradley Genforum |
| Hamilton Co Genforum | Polk Genforum | TN Genforum |
Libraries are always a great resource. Here are links for a few in our area.
(Data compiled by Sharon McCormack)
| EG Fisher Library 1289 Ingleside Av Athens, TN 37303 423-745-7782 |
Carnegie Library 723 Ohio Ave Etowah, TN 37331 423-263-9475 http://www.etowahlibrary.com/ |
Fort Loudoun Regional 718 George St Athens, TN 37303 423-745-5194 Fort Loudon webcat | |
| Madisonville 305 College St Madisonville, TN 37354 mplib@tellico.net Kim Hicks Lib. Director genealogy@tellico.net Head of Genealogy Dept-Jo Stakely |
Sweetwater 210 Mayes Av Sweetwater, TN 37874 |
Chattanooga Bicentennial Library 1001 Broad St. Chattanooga, TN 37402 Chattanooga Bicentennial Library | |
| Lawson McGhee 500 West Church Avenue Knoxville, TN |
Knoxville Public 500 West Church Avenue Knoxville, TN 37902 865-215-8750 http://www.knoxlib.org/ |
Decatur Public Library 120 E Memorial Dr 37322 | |
| Cleveland Public Library History Branch 833 N Ocoee Cleveland, TN 37311 |
Tennessee State Library and Archives http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/ |
East Tennessee Historical Center 314 West Clinch Avenue Knoxville, TN http://www.east-tennessee-history.org/ | |
| Calvin McClung Collection 314 West Clinch Avenue Knoxville TN http://www.knoxcounty.org/library/mcclung/. |
McMinn County Historical Society and Archives |
These links take you to area newspapers that contain McMinn, Bradley and Polk Co Obituaries
| The Daily Post Athenian | The Cleveland Daily Banner | Monroe County Democrat/Advocate | Polk County News email |
Please visit the websites of our neighboring counties
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| Sharon McCormack | Joyce Gaston Reece |
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A very special thanks to Jeannie Ruthem a local artist who is well known for her dedication to various arts. We surely appreciate her taking time from her very busy schedule to help with our American Local History Network web site.
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