Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Hickman 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 Deeds1808–1995
- Grants · Register of Deeds1814–1826
- Surveyor's Book · Register of Deeds1827–1901
- Entry Book · County Clerk1831–1909
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1876–1995
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1884–1994
- Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1925–1959
- Deeds c · Register of Deeds1950–1994
- Trust Deeds c · Register of Deeds1951–1994
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1866–1994
Estates and guardianships
- Settlements, Administrators · Probate Records1842–1982
- Settlements, Guardian · Probate Records1842–1981
- Bonds, Guardian · Probate Records1866–1966
- Minutes, Guardian · Probate Records1873–1882
- Inventories · Probate Records1876–1988
- Estates, Claims Against · Probate Records1877–1940
- Bonds, Administrators · Probate Records1917–1980
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Index · County Clerk1868–1940
- Marriages · County Clerk1868–1992
- Marriages (Bonds) · County Clerk1881–1883
- Vital Records · County Clerk1925–1939
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1867–1988
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges c · Register of Deeds1967–1990
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · Circuit Court1841–1954
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1853–1875
- Minutes · Chancery Court1854–1994
- Minutes · County Clerk1866–1993
- Mayor's Docket · Centerville, City of1905–1933
- Minutes, Criminal · Circuit Court1908–1994
- Minutes · School Board1926–1995
- Minutes · Centerville, City of1936–1994
- Minutes, Civil · Circuit Court1955–1994
- Minutes · Probate Records1982–1994
County government and the poor
- Bonds and License, Merchants · County Clerk1887–1905
- Bonds, Constable · County Clerk1894–1984
- Bonds, Magistrates · County Clerk1894–1954
Schools
- Miscellaneous, School Fund · County Clerk1888–1892
Roads
- Miscellaneous, Road Books · County Clerk1881–1918
Other records
- Charter · Centerville, City of1905
- Ordinances · Centerville, City of1905–1992
- Resolutions · Centerville, City of1962–1995
- Miscellaneous Index c · Register of Deeds1967–1990
- Miscellaneous c · Register of Deeds1967–1990
- Release Books c · Register of Deeds1967–1990
- Miscellaneous, Easement c · Register of Deeds1968–1991
- Miscellaneous · Register of Deeds1990–1995
- Release Books · Register of Deeds1990–1995
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
- Hickman 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: Hickman 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, Hickman" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Dickson County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Dickson County
Later formed partly from Hickman County: Lawrence County, Lewis County, Wayne County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1808, 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.