Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Grundy County, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Land and deeds
- Misc. Survey Book · Register of Deeds1844–1968
- Deeds · Register of Deeds1852–1986
- Entry Takers · Register of Deeds1869–1898
- General Deed Index · Register of Deeds1882–1966
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1882–1986
- Land Sales · Probate Records1902–1911
- Land Sales for Taxes · Chancery Court1913–1966
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1967–1986
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1838–1989
Estates and guardianships
- Settlements, Admin. and Guard · Probate Records1841–1970
- Estates, Insolvent · Probate Records1856–1954
- Inventories · Probate Records1857–1988
- Settlements · Probate Records1970–1989
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages · County Clerk1850–1986
- Misc. Vital Statistics · County Clerk1908–1912
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1850–1967
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1919–1988
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · County Clerk1844–1987
- Minutes · Circuit Court1848–1970
- Misc. Revenue Docket · County Clerk1853–1869
- Minutes · Chancery Court1856–1989
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1873–1913
- Minute, Chambers · Chancery Court1912–1928
- Minutes · School Board1940–1986
- Minutes · Tracy City, City of1951–1989
- Minutes · Beersheba, City of1955–1989
- Minutes, Civil · Circuit Court1970–1981
- Minutes, Criminal · Circuit Court1970–1986
- Minutes, Quorum · County Clerk1970–1986
- Minutes · Coalmont, City of1974–1986
- Minutes · Probate Records1982–1987
County government and the poor
- Misc. Road Commission · County Clerk1891–1899
- Bonds & Letters, Ad. Ex. Guar · Probate Records1902–1968
- Bonds & Letters, Conservator's · Probate Records1961–1968
Other records
- Adams-Dixie (Loose Records) · County Clerk1830–1930
- Dugan-Irvin (Loose Records) · County Clerk1830–1930
- Index, (Loose Records) · County Clerk1830–1930
- Jenkins-Norvell (Loose Records · County Clerk1830–1930
- Miscellaneous, (Loose Records) · County Clerk1830–1930
- Odom-Stoub, P (Loose Records) · County Clerk1830–1930
- Stoub, R-Young (Loose Records · County Clerk1830–1930
- Enumeration · Probate Records1876–1880
- Misc. Professional Register · County Clerk1907–1965
- Miscellaneous Records · Register of Deeds1910–1986
- Equalization Conservator's, Min · Probate Records1912–1953
- Leases, Oil and Gas · Register of Deeds1946–1958
- Water Records · Tracy City, City of1955–1989
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
- Grundy 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: Grundy 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, Grundy" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Coffee County, Warren County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Coffee County, Warren County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1844, 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.