Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Loudon 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 Deeds1870–1986
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1874–1947
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1874–1985
- Land Entry · Register of Deeds1891–1898
- Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1902–1949
- Plat Books · Register of Deeds1942–1964
- Deeds and General Index (Dir.) · Register of Deeds1948–1985
- Deeds and General Index (Rev · Register of Deeds1948–1985
- Deeds and General Index · Register of Deeds1985–1989
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1870–1986
Estates and guardianships
- Settlements, Administrators · Probate Records1870–1980
- Settlements, Guardian · Probate Records1870–1980
- Bonds and Letters, Guardian · Probate Records1879–1988
- Bonds and Letters, Executors · Probate Records1880–1985
- Miscellaneous, Tax Sales · County Clerk1894–1920
- Settlements, Executors · Probate Records1950–1980
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages · County Clerk1870–1988
- Vital Statistics · County Clerk1908–1936
- Minutes, Divorces · Circuit Court1963–1986
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1873–1983
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1920–1988
- Military Discharges, Index · Register of Deeds1920–1968
Court orders and minutes
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1870–1876
- Minutes · Chancery Court1870–1987
- Minutes · County Clerk1870–1987
- Minutes, Civil and Criminal · Circuit Court1870–1927
- Minutes · Lenoir City, City of1906–1980
- Minutes · School Board1907–1984
- Minutes, Quorum · County Clerk1917–1987
- Minutes, Criminal · Circuit Court1925–1986
- Minutes · Loudon, City of1927–1987
- Minutes, Civil · Circuit Court1927–1988
- Minutes, Final Decree Appeals · Chancery Court1936–1968
- Utilities Minutes · Loudon, City of1939–1988
- Misc., Loose Minutes · School Board1942–1950
- Minutes · Greenback, City of1957–1985
- and 1 more series in the full listing
County government and the poor
- Bonds and Letters, Admin · Probate Records1879–1982
- Planning Commission · Greenback, City of1980–1983
Other records
- Cash Journals · Trustee1898–1920
- Pro Register, (Physicians) · County Clerk1907–1950
- Pro Register, (Optometry) · County Clerk1910–1951
- Pro Register, (Dentist) · County Clerk1919–1964
- Ordinances · Loudon, City of1927–1954
- Pro Register, (Nurses) · County Clerk1940–1955
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
- Loudon 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: Loudon 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, Loudon" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Blount County, Monroe County, Roane County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Blount County, Monroe County, Roane County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1870, 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.