County Historian

James A. Dillon, Jr

Address: PO Box 563 , McMinnville, TN  37111-0563
Phone:(931) 668-8766

Library

Magness Memorial Community House & Library

Address: 118 W. Main St. McMinnville, TN 37110
Phone: (931) 473-2428 Fax: (931) 473-6778
Contacts: Mary Robbins, Head Librarian; Brad Walker, TN History and Genealogy
Hours: (Central Time)
Monday 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday 8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sunday Closed

LDS Family History Research Center

McMinnville Family History Center

Director: Kacie Cantrell
Address: 183 Underwood Dr.,  McMinnville, TN 37110
Phone: 473-1053
Phone: FHRC Director (931) 939-2425
Fax: (931) 507-7420
Hours: (central time)
         Wednesday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
         Thursday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 pm

County Offices with Genealogical-Interest Records

Circuit Court Clerk, (931) 473-2373 - 111 S. Court Square, McMinnville, TN 37111

Clerk And Master, (931) 473-2364 - 111 S. Court Square, McMinnville, TN 37110

County Clerk, (931) 473-2623 - 201 Locust Street, McMinnville, TN 37110

County Executive, (931) 473-2505 - 201 Locust Street, McMinnville, TN 37110

Register of Deeds, (931) 473-2926 - 201 Locust Street, McMinnville, TN 37110

Trustee and Tax Collector, (931) 473-2935 - 201 Locust Street, McMinnville, TN 37110

County Public Records Commission

James Dillon, County Historian, (931) 668-8766

David Smartt, Keeper of Records, (931) 668-4971

J. Smith, Register of Deeds, (931) 473-2926

Charles Haston, (931) 473-5119

Melvin Maxwell, County Commissioner, (931) 473-3481

Robbie Beaver, Genealogist, (931) 473-3274

Emma Hitchock, Genealogist, (931) 686-2297

Warren County Historical Commission

The Warren County Historical Commission came into existence 23 January 1995 for the six-fold purpose to:

1. Encourage and support research into the county's history and pre-history.
2. Apply for and administer such state or federal historical research and preservation grants as may become available.
3. Promote the preservation of historically significant materials, including artifacts and the spoken or written word
as well as photographs, drawings and electronic recordings.
4. Offer its specialized resources and co-ordination services to individuals, groups or institutions performing local research.
5. Stimulate interest in our history among the general populace.
6. Offer leadership and material support for the study of Warren County history in our schools.

Officers are:

Chairman, Wanda Muncey Gant

Vice-Chairman, Mark Gribble

Secretary, Jimmy Haley

Research Director & Historian, Jimmy Haley

 

Contact: Wanda Gant, 562 Gant Hollow Lane, McMinnville, TN 37110-4676.

Cemetery Records

Privately Published Cemetery Records - Three local genealogists/historians, Alemita Cunningham, Martha Holt, and Betty M. Majors have jointly produced four (4) volumes on the interments in Warren County. You will find the published volumes at the Magness Library in McMinnville and in other regional libraries. You may contact Betty Moore Majors about the availability of published volumes. Libraries take note: Betty has a limited supply of hardbound Vol's I, II, and III. Also, you may try Byron Sistler, a Nashville bookseller of Tennessee genealogical subjects. He has some soft bound copies.

Correlations

Correlations, an 1850 US Census of Warren County, Tennessee database, created by Ann Turner.
Visit her Correlations page to see this. It might be very helpful.

US Federal Census Records

Dates available on film: 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930

Transcriptions: Transcriptions of all of the above censuses are at the Magness Library with the exception of 1920 and 1930 which are being transcribed by the Warren County Genealogical Association.

Genealogical and Historical Societies

Warren County Genealogical Association, Inc.

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society, Inc.

White County Genealogical-Historical Society

Van Buren County Historical Society

Coffee County Historical Society

Grundy County Historical Scoiety

Cannon County Historical Society, Adams Memorial Library, 212 College Street, Woodbury, TN 37190-1402

Newspapers

Southern Standard In operation since 1879.

Civil War Resources, Warren County

A Brief History of the 16th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

A Brief History of the 35th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

Funeral Homes

High Funeral Home, Inc. Year of origination: 1925

Love-Cantrell-Cope Funeral Home

McMinnville Funeral Home Year of origination: April 1978

Microfilmed Public and Private Records

Warren County Microfilms at Temmessee State Library and Archives (TSLA)

Chancery Court Minute Books, 1847-1990
Enrolling Dockets, Chancery Court, 1870-1903
Circuit Court Minute Books, 1842-1990
County Court Minute Books, 1848-1990
Claims Filed against Estates, 1932-1966
Administrators Letters of Testamentry, 1870-1990
Guardian and Administrator Bonds, 1870-1990
Guardian Minute Books, 1870-1893
Insolvent Estates, 1860-1990
Marriage Records, 1852-1990
Wills, Inventories, Settlements, 1827-1990
Deed Books, 1814-1990
Grant Books, 1824-1901
Plat Books, 1824-1990
Trust Deeds, 1870-1990
Tax Books, 1876-1966

These films are available for purchase from the Tennessee State Library and Archives, 411 7th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37219. The cost is $20.00 per roll, each roll covering approximately a 2-year time frame.
 

Indexes to Warren County, Tennessee records

Warren County Tennessee Indexes
These indexes refer to many of the items above found in the microfilms at the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA). A fine research tool for researchers to utilize.

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