Stewart County, Tennessee Records Availability

Stewart County records are remarkably intact, despite erroneous stories of many records having been lost when the courthouse was burned by Federal troops in 1862. Most county functions were suspended during the Civil War, except for deeds and marriages.

Here are the county records that have survived since the county’s formation in 1803 – some of these records have been transcribed or extracted for this web site. Original records are at the Stewart County Archives and at the Stewart County Courthouse in Dover. Microfilmed copies of some records are at the Stewart County Public Library and the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Birth & Death Records: 1881 – 1882

Census Records (Federal): 1820 - 1880, 1900 - 1930

Chancery Court Minutes: 1865 - present

Circuit Court Minutes: Sept. 1821 – March 1861

Aug. 1871 – present

County Court Minutes: 1804 – 1808

1809 – 1810 (partial)

1811 – 1814

1815 (partial)

1816 – 1817

1818 – 1819 (partial)

1820 – 1824

1825 (partial)

1828 (partial)

1829 – 1862

1866 – present

Deeds & Deed Indexes 1786 – present

(including North Carolina grants)

Marriage Records: 1804 – 1805 (partial)

1838 – present

*Note: Tennessee did not require marriages to be recorded prior to 1838

Settlements, Wills & Bonds: 1804 – 1805

1806 (partial)

1807 – 1808

1809 – 1810 (partial)

1812 (partial)

1813 – 1816

1817 (partial)

1824 (partial)

1825 – 1861

1862 (partial)

1865 (partial)

1866 - present

Tax Lists: 1804 (partial)

1806

1807 (partial)

1808 – 1812

1827 – 1832

1833 (partial)

1836 – 1838

1841 – 1843

1846 – 1853

1855 – 1856

1858 – 1861

1865 – 1867

1877 - 1900

1910 – 1921

1925 – present

Trust Deed Index: 1832 – present

Trust Deeds: 1864 – present