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The Williamson Co. TNGenWeb  Site is dedicated to providing information to searchers and is made available FREE for those individuals that are tracking the family roots in Williamson County.   I hope that you enjoy your visit and that this site can help you in tracing and verifying your Tennessee Roots.

If you have information to share or would like to volunteer to provide information to this site, let me know. I will be happy to work with you.

 Just Where Is Williamson County Anyway?

Here is a couple of maps and other location information that will let you find where Williamson County is in relation to Nashville and the rest of Tennessee. You will even learn a little of the history of Williamson County too.

Williamson County was established in 1779 and named in honor of Dr. Hugh Williamson,
surgeon general of the North Carolina militia, member of the Continental Congress,
and signer of the Constitution.

Find Williamson County Maps Here

Tennessee Courthouses

Aerial photo of downtown Franklin

Downtown Franklin, 1960's

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   Check out the 1836 District Boundary Map of Williamson County. See how the original county was divided. Descriptions of all districts are included.

   1878 District Boundary Map of Williamson County. District by district. Will include land owners and their property locations.

   TAKE A TOUR OF Williamson County

   Dillahunty Migration  - Jones County NC to Williamson County TN

   WILLIAMSON CO.  SURNAMES The list can be used to find information on your Williamson County roots from others who are also researching the same surnames.

   Davis Family Book

   BLACKWELL FAMILY  

   War Between the States  in Williamson County.
Two major engagements were fought within its boundaries:  the Battle of Thompson's Station in 1863 and the Battle of Franklin in 1864.

 

1867 Voter List - This listing includes both black and white voters.

ORGANIZATIONS 

   

You have two Query Boards  and a Mail-L to submit your questions and answers :

Click here,  which has information for the State of Tennessee

Post Queries for Unknown County.

New Site for posting East Tennessee Pre-1796 Queries

View   View Posted Queries Here

Williamson Co. Tennessee Mail-L

A TNWILLIA Mailing List or Contact list is available FREE to anyone who has a
genealogical or historical interest in Williamson County, Tennessee.
The list can be used to find information on your Williamson County roots from
over 300 other individuals who are also searching for their ancestors.
You never know when you might just find another relative that you didn't even know that you had!

A successful query is a brief, well-worded tightly focused request for specific information.
Take time to word your queries well because they are your chance to let others know which ancestors you're looking for and during what time period. 

"Looking for anything on the Jasper family in middle Tennessee"
will not get you the results you are hoping for.

Here is an example of a query that WILL get you great results:

"Looking for information on the parents of Solomon Oden Jr., who was born in 1816 in
Thompson's Station, Williamson County, Tennessee. He married Latitia Cowen about 1840.
Their children were Thomas Hardeman Oden, Albert Oden, Sarah E. Oden, and Solomon W. Oden."

Williamson Co. Rootsweb Message Boards

Follow this link to join:
TNWILLIA Mailing List

 
USCensusSearch  TNGenWeb’s County
Williamson County Archives First People of Tennessee
TNNewspapers People of Color in Old Tennessee

The Land of Our Ancestors

Cherokee By Blood
Indian Land Cessions inTennessee The Intruders
Sickness and Death in the Old South The Maps Our Ancestors Followed
East Tennessee Pre-1796 Middle Tennessee Pre 1796
Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War  Tennesseans in the War of 1812
 Tennessee in Volunteers in the Indian Wars 1836-1838 Federal Military Roster CSA
Civil War Units (Williamson Co.) Tennessee and the Civil War

 

Post Offices of Williamson Co

T. Vance Little
Welcome to My Corner Of Tennessee
Author, Historian and Legal Expert
- on Genealogy and Historic Research

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    Franklin is considered to be Middle Tennessee's most beautiful town. It is named after Benjamin Franklin. 

Go here for Williamson County Government, Communities & People

GENEALOGICAL CONTACTS -  INFORMATION


Genealogy   Genealogical Sources for Williamson County
at the Tennessee State Library and Archives

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Tennessee State Library and Archives.

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Can you Volunteer to do genealogy related Lookups   Do you have military or public records (deeds, wills) Bible records or other information about your family, towns, churches, or cemeteries? Remember, if it is of interest to you, It also will be of interest to others. Email Me  

Noel C. Matthews, CC of the Williamson Co. TNGenWeb  Site.


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