Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Haywood County, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Land and deeds
- Entry Book · Register of Deeds1793–1902
- Land Grants · Register of Deeds1820–1834
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1823–1986
- Deeds · Register of Deeds1823–1986
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1868–1986
- Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1926–1973
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1826–1983
Estates and guardianships
- Bonds, Guardian · Probate Records1852–1982
- Inventories, Settlements · Probate Records1852–1983
- Settlements, Guardian · Probate Records1856–1983
- Bonds, Executors · Probate Records1867–1982
- Bonds, Administrators · Probate Records1869–1983
- Estates, Insolvent · Probate Records1870–1962
- Settlements, Administrators · Probate Records1870–1896
- Minutes, Guardian · Probate Records1875–1912
- Settlements, Admin. and Exec · Probate Records1889–1984
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Bonds · County Clerk1859–1901
- Marriage Index · County Clerk1859–1933
- Divorce Index File A-Y · Chancery Court1860–1936
- Vital Statistics · County Clerk1881–1939
- Marriages · County Clerk1901–1987
- Divorces · County Clerk1941–1965
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1834–1983
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1943–1972
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · County Clerk1823–1986
- Minutes · Circuit Court1840–1901
- Minutes · Chancery Court1842–1986
- Rule Dockets · Chancery Court1842–1910
- Enrollments · Probate Records1868–1876
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1869–1877
- Minutes, Civil and Criminal · Circuit Court1901–1986
- Minutes · Brownsville, City of1908–1987
- Minutes · Stanton, City of1932–1986
- Minutes · School Board1947–1987
County government and the poor
- Bonds, Conservators · Probate Records1959–1982
Other records
- Loose Records File 130A-178 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 178-201 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 201-232A · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 232A-263 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 263-322 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 322-348B · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 348B-400 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 400-448 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 448-492D · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 48-90 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 492D-545 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 545-596 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 596-653 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- Loose Records File 653A-699 · Chancery Court1808–1885
- and 14 more series in the full listing
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
- Haywood 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: Haywood 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, Haywood" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Haywood County: Crockett County, Lauderdale County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1824, 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.