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Welcome to Benton County,
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Welcome to
beautiful Benton County. We are located in Western Tennessee, one
of the state’s Three Grand Divisions. We're bordered
on the north by Henry and Stewart Counties, on the the east by Houston and Humphreys Counties, on the southeast by Perry County, on the south by Decatur and Henderson Counties and on the west
Carroll County.
R.O. Sao, County Coordinator | |
Monuments at Benton County Courthouse
Photos© courtesy of Jean Gilley
President of the Benton County Genealogical Society
Click on any photo except the courthouse for larger view
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David Benton Monument on the left |
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Thomas Clark Rye on the left Gunboats and Calvary on the right |
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Photo of courthouse @ by
http://www.see-tennessee.com/
and used without their permission under fair use and notice of copyright
owner.
FYI:
"Images of America: Benton
County"
Take a look at the great photo on the cover
published
by
Benton
County Genealogical Society
"Images of America: Benton County" 128
pages, with 237 photos in it.
new detailed
MASTER INDEX TO ALL BENTON COUNTY FILES &
RECORDS ON THIS SITE
click
here
or
use the general category links below and search engines
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Americans in Benton County Benton County Cemeteries onsite and links Benton County Cemeteries onsite Benton County Genealogical Society Benton County Society Cemetery Project Biographies from Goodspeed, same as early settlers Bible Records new file submissions are welcome Census:
Family
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This section is reserved for news of temporary interest. To
submit information please In
the mean time, a couple of useless facts: the state legislature enacted a limited suffrage bill on April 17, 1919. Five days later, Mary Cordelia Beasley-Hudson of Benton County cast the first female ballot in the state in the Camden municipal election.
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Letters
From the Past
Look Ups emails may be outdated and I don't have anything other than is shown. Maps see TNGenWeb Marriages 1846-1851 Memoirs
see new addition of a former Benton County Publications list of books about Benton Co. Queries, automated for you to post Queries, Surnames and Researchers ( archived) |
| New Lookup Volunteer has offered lookups in Benton County Tenn. Deeds Vol 1 check the "lookups" page |
Newer Publications of interest to Benton County Researchers
"Images of America:
Benton County" |
| Family
Bible Records of Benton County, Tennessee It is now for sale by BCGS, This work was originally published in 1976, with only a few copies which mostly went to libraries. We believe this is the first time it has been available to the public to purchase. Price is $25 plus $5.00 shipping fee. Mail to : Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN. Benton County Genealogical Society Presented as a public service to our viewers- |
| County Seat Camden(pop. 3,828) Towns/Communities Big Sandy (pop. 518) Camden (pop. 3,828) Eva Holladay |
Benton
County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775, Camden,TN 38320 Benton
County Library |
Off Site Links of Interest |
| Benton County Marriage Records |
| Bill Allen's Website with Families and Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery |
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