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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.

Find Williamson County Maps Here

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.

    Franklin is considered to be Middle Tennessee's most beautiful town.

It is named after Benjamin Franklin. 

New FREE Williamson County Research Resource and Website available

The United States Reference Unit at the Family History Library has launched a new research guide for Williamson County
in the new FamilySearch Wiki format. Anyone who wishes to can register and add material or update material already on the site.

Check out this NEW source for information.

https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Williamson_County,_Tennessee

[space]   Archives [space]   Family Bios [space]   Bios Board
[space]   Bibles [space]   CEMETERIES [space]   CENSUS
[space]   CHURCHES [space]   Marriages [space]    Homepages
[space]   LOOKUPS [space]   NEWSPAPERS [space]   OBITUARIES
[space]   County Courthouses of TN [space]   WILLS [space]    Pension Records
[space]   Occupations Of Yesteryear  [space]    Professional Help

 

       

   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

   Downtown Franklin, 1960's

   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 

Note: A New Query system is under development and will be added in the next few weeks.
In the mean time please use the Mailing List to list your queries.

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 Listing
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 in Tennessee 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

Visit Here to find out more about:

Click on the city to find the local page

 


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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NOTE: Much of the information and photos on this site were provicded by other individuals and is thus their property.

If you would like to copy anything for your personal files please contact me.

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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