Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Blount County, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Land and deeds
- Deeds · Register of Deeds1796–1971
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1884–1971
- Options & Contracts (Liens/Lease · Register of Deeds1900–1971
- Plat Index · Register of Deeds1906–1971
- Plats · Register of Deeds1906–1971
- Liens · Register of Deeds1933–1971
Wills
- Wills · County Clerk1795–1971
- Wills, Index to · County Clerk1857–1971
Estates and guardianships
- Inventoried Estates/Ad. Settlemen · County Clerk1857–1971
- Settlements, Guardian · County Clerk1857–1971
- Insolvent Estates, Accts/Min. of · County Clerk1879–1944
- Bonds & Letters, Guardians · County Clerk1914–1971
- Minutes, Probate · County Clerk1966–1971
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages, Loose Case Files · County Clerk1790–1950
- Marriages, Loose Case Files, Inde · County Clerk1790–1950
- Marriages · County Clerk1795–1971
- Divorces, Loose Case Files · County Clerk1862–1950
- Divorces, Loose Case Files, Index · County Clerk1862–1950
- Vital Records, Births/Deaths · County Clerk1881–1912
Tax lists
- Tax Books (District 1-17) · Trustee1845–1876
- Tax Books (District 1-18) · Trustee1877–1892
- Tax Books (District 1-19) · Trustee1893–1918
- Tax Books (Corporations) · Trustee1923–1928
- Tax Books (Districts 1-16) · Trustee1923–1928
- Tax Bks. (Districts 1-19) · Trustee1933–1970
- Tax Bks. (Maryville and Alcoa) · Trustee1933–1970
- Delinquent Tax Dockets · Chancery Court1953–1971
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1919–1971
- Military Discharges, Index · Register of Deeds1919–1971
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · County Clerk1795–1972
- Minutes, Board of Aldermen · County Clerk1850–1868
- Minutes, Civil/Criminal · Circuit Court1852–1924
- Minutes · Chancery Court1859–1971
- Minutes/Ordinances · Maryville, City of1868–1878
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1871–1920
- Minutes, Civil · Circuit Court1925–1971
- Minutes, Criminal · Circuit Court1925–1971
- Minutes, Board of Education · Education Department1947–1971
County government and the poor
- Bond s& Letters, Adm/Exec · County Clerk1889–9163
Other records
- General Index, Dir./Rev. A-Z · Register of Deeds1794–1926
- Miscellaneous Records · County Clerk1796–1934
- Charters · Register of Deeds1891–1971
- Insanity Records · County Clerk1918–1971
- General Index, Direct · Register of Deeds1926–1971
- General Index, Reverse · Register of Deeds1926–1971
- Cash Journal · Trustee1929–1940
- Affidavit Releases (*3) · Register of Deeds1932–1971
- Releases · Register of Deeds1932–1971
- Releases, Affidavit · Register of Deeds1932–1961
Open TSLA's full microfilm listing (PDF)
Source: Tennessee State Library and Archives, county records microfilm listing. Some record titles reflect the segregated record-keeping of their time. Statewide birth and death registration began in 1914, after a brief statewide attempt in 1908–1912.
Where to find the records
- Blount County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the register of deeds, the county clerk and the chancery and circuit court clerks, and any online record search the county offers.
- The register of deeds
Deeds, mortgages and other land records, usually from the county's beginning.
- The county clerk
Marriage licenses and bonds and the county court's minutes. For most of the 1800s the county court also handled wills, estates and guardians.
- The chancery and circuit court clerks
Lawsuits, including the chancery suits families used to divide land and settle estates.
- TSLA: Blount County records on microfilm (PDF)free
Every filmed volume with its years and roll number, by office.
- Tennessee State Library and Archivesfree
The state archives in Nashville, with microfilm of county records from every county.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Tennessee, Blount" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Knox County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Knox County
Later formed partly from Blount County: Loudon County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1795, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Tennessee's county court minutes record estate settlements, guardians, road orders and much more. When a will is missing, look there and in the chancery court, where families often went to divide land.