Benton
County Tennessee
Genealogy
Published Resources
Benton County Tennessee and Region
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| TITLE & PUBLICATION INFORMATION |
AUTHOR(S) | DESCRIPTION |
| A
history of Benton County, Tennessee, to 1900 PUBLISHER: J. Edge Co., DATE: 1970 PUBL. PLACE: Memphis |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | 151 p. illus. 28 cm. |
| A
Pictorial History of the "Old 23rd
District" PUBLISHER: C.D. Robbins DATE: 1984 PUBL. PLACE: Paris, Tenn. |
Larry T. Perry | Information about
many families that lived in the area. The price of the book is $34.00 per copy, post paid. To purchase a copy of the book, send money to: Larry Perry 331 Huskey Drive Seymour, TN 37865 |
| An
abstract of the 1840 United States census for
Benton County, Tennessee PUBLISHER: s.n. DATE: 1977 PUBL. PLACE: [s.l. : |
Jonathan K.T. Smith | ii, 106 p. : ill. ; 29 cm |
| An
historical survey of the road system of Benton
County PUBLISHER: Smith DATE: 1976 PUBL. PLACE: Memphis |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | iii, 88 p. : ill., facsims., maps ; 28 cm |
| Barnes-Ralph:
Seasons Gone By: Colonial America to 2000 The following Benton County Families are included: Barnes, migrated from Nash County, NC, Henderson, Robertson, Pierce, Clement, Bingham, Allen, & Cooper. Includes Nash County, NC Hines, Dortch & Vick families. |
Diana Allison | $40.00 plus $5.00 shipping & handlingOver 400 pages, 8.5 X 11, 60# TX Glacier 95 Bright (Acid Free) paper, Dark Blue Vinyl hard cover with Gold Lettering. |
| Benton
County PUBLISHER: Memphis State University Press DATE: 1979. PUBL. PLACE: Memphis, Tenn. |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | 136 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm |
| 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. Benton County Genealogical Society has reprinted this book (2004) is softbound, contains 192 pages including surname index, and can be purchased at the library or from the society. |
J.K.T.
Smith. Benton County Genealogical Society |
Price
is $25 plus $5.00 shipping fee. Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN |
| Benton
County, Tennessee 1860 & 1870 census PUBLISHER: Brown DATE: 1977 PUBL. PLACE: Eva, Tenn. |
John C. & Catheryn C. Brown. | iv, 436 p. : map ; 28 cm. |
| Benton
County, Tennessee, cemetery records PUBLISHER: the Chapter DATE: 1979 PUBL. PLACE: Camden, Tenn |
Glover's Trace Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution | x leaves, 373 p. : map ; 27 cm |
| Benton
County, Tenn. deeds PUBLISHER: Simmons Historical Publications DATE: 1999. PUBL. PLACE: Melber, KY |
Laura Willis | 95, [5] p. ; 28cm. |
| Benton
County, Tennessee, heritage notes PUBLISHER: R. H. Harris DATE: 1975. PUBL. PLACE: Memphis |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | iv, 114 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Benton
County, Tennessee marriages, 1832-1957 PUBLISHER: Lydia Russell Bean Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution DATE: 1962. PUBL. PLACE: Knoxville, Tenn. |
Florence Elliott Hillis | 31, xi leaves ; 29 cm. |
| Benton
County, Tennessee marriage book #1, 1846-1850 PUBLISHER: J.L. Douthat DATE: 1981 PUBL. PLACE: Signal Mountain, TN |
James L. Douthat | 15 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Benton County Genealogical Society | $45.00 plus $7.50
Shipping and Handling Over 600 pages, 27000 Names
Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN |
|
| Cowell's
Chapel in Benton County, Tennessee and its
pioneer families PUBLISHER: Padmoor Press DATE: c1978. PUBL. PLACE: Memphis, Tenn. |
Jonathan K.T. Smith | iv leaves, 167 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm |
| Benton County Genealogical Society | Out Of Print | |
| Families
and Histories Benton County Tennessee Vol. 2 Walsworth Publishing Company Copyright 1992 |
Benton County Genealogical Society | $45.00 plus $5.00
Shipping and Handling Benton County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN |
| Benton County, Tennessee Marriage Records 1837-1900. It sells for It has 114 pages, is softbound, and has Index to Brides, grooms are listed in alphabetical order. Order through the Benton County Genealogical Society. | Compiled by Glovers
Trace Chapter NSDAR Benton County Genealogical Society |
$25 plus $5.00 shipping and
handling. Benton County
Genealogical Society P.O. Box 775 Camden, TN |
| Family
Bible records of Benton County, Tennessee PUBLISHER: Smith DATE: 1976. PUBL. PLACE: Memphis |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | ix, 192 p. : ill. ; 28 cm |
| Genealogical
gleanings in Benton County, Tennessee PDATE: 1974 PUBL. PLACE: Memphis |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | 1129 p. 28 cm. |
| Historic
Benton : A people's history of Benton County,
Tenn. PUBLISHER: Smith DATE: 1975 PUBL. PLACE: Memphis? |
Jonathan Kennon Smith | iv, 231 p. : ill. ; 28 cm |
| History
of Tennessee from the earliest time to the
present : together with an
historical and a biographical sketch of Carroll,
Henry and Benton Counties, besides a valuable
fund of notes, original observations,
reminiscences, etc., etc. PUBLISHER: Southern Historical Press DATE: 1978. PUBL. PLACE: Easley, S.C. |
Goodspeed Publishing Co. | viii, 797-954, [6] p. ; 24 cm |
| Index
of volume 1 and volume 2 of Miscellaneous records
of Benton County, Tennessee, 1836-1855 PUBLISHER: s.n.] DATE: 1980. PUBL. PLACE: [S.l. |
Noel M. Taylor and Inez Taylor | 92 leaves ; 29 cm. |
| Samuel
Alsup of Benton County, Tennessee, and his
descendants PUBLISHER: R.R. Alsup DATE: 1991. PUBL. PLACE: Monument, CO |
Reba Rae Morgan Alsup | 247, A-Y p. : ill. ; 29 cm |
| Tennessee
Convicts 1850 - 1870 |
Chuck Sherrill | This volume
covers records from 1850 through 1870, including
more than 2,200 prisoners and their family
members who are named in the original ledger
volumes. It is 420 pp., softbound, with an
every-name index. During this period
abolitionists, Confederate bushwhackers and Union
army soldiers convicted by courts martial were
among those who crowded the State Penitentiary.
In addition, the regular complement of
counterfeiters, horse thieves and murderers from
across the state are also represented. Cost of the book is $30.00 plus $2.50 shipping. Tenn. residents add $2.40 sales tax. Send orders to Chuck Sherrill at 1023 Waters Edge Cir., Mt. Juliet, TN 37122, or order on-line via PayPal. For more information, see this Web Site |
| Tennessee,
records of Benton County, marriage record book UBLISHER: Works Progress Administration DATE: [1937?] PUBL. PLACE: [Nashville, Tenn.?] |
CO-AUTHOR: Mrs.
John Trotwood Moore CO-AUTHOR: United States. Works Progress Administration. |
7, 14 leaves ; 29 cm |
| The
1880 U.S. census of Benton County, Tennessee PUBLISHER: Brown DATE: 1978 PUBL. PLACE: Eva, Tenn. |
John C. & Catheryn C. Brown. | iv, 217p. ; 28 cm |
| The Descendents of Wyatt Arnold, 1848-1998 | Doris M. Craig | $45.00 plus $6.50
S&H 450 pgs., 150 pictures from the 1860's to the present & indexed. Surnames: ARNOLD, MELTON, VESTER, BENTON, BERRY, FARRAR to list a few. Doris M. Hightower |
| Tombstone
inscriptions from Black cemeteries in Benton
County, Tennessee PUBLISHER: J.K.T. Smith DATE: 1995. PUBL. PLACE: [Jackson, Tenn.] : |
Jonathan K.T. Smith | 82 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm. |
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