Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Marshall County, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Land and deeds
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1836–1986
- Deeds · Register of Deeds1836–1967
- Probate Deeds · Probate Records1836–1840
- Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1868–1986
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1868–1967
- Misc., Land Sales, Petitions · County Clerk1872–1877
- Plats · Register of Deeds1896–1981
- Lien Books · Register of Deeds1932–1967
- Deeds and Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1967–1986
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1835–1988
Estates and guardianships
- Settlements, Guardian · Probate Records1836–1957
- Estate, Inventories · Probate Records1839–1957
- Settlements, Executors · Probate Records1839–1917
- Bonds, Administrators · Probate Records1842–1989
- Estates, Insolvent · Probate Records1857–1933
- Letters, Administrators · Probate Records1859–1878
- Bonds, Executors · Probate Records1862–1988
- Minutes, Guardian · Probate Records1871–1929
- Bonds, Guardian · Probate Records1905–1965
- Settlements, Admin. and Exec · Probate Records1917–1986
- Settlements, Conservators · Probate Records1954–1984
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages · County Clerk1836–1987
- Marriages (Colored) · County Clerk1865–1882
- Vital Statistics (Deaths) · County Clerk1909–1911
- Vital Statistics (Births) · County Clerk1927–1938
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1839–1983
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1920–1967
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · Circuit Court1836–1951
- Minutes · County Clerk1836–1986
- Minutes, Index · County Clerk1836–1907
- Minutes · Chancery Court1840–1987
- Minutes, Index · Chancery Court1840–1921
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1872–1881
- Minutes · Cornersville, City of1901–1987
- Minutes · Lewisburg, City of1902–1988
- Minutes · School Board1907–1988
- Minutes, Quarterly · County Clerk1928–1986
- Minutes, Civil and Criminal · Circuit Court1951–1986
- Minutes · Chapel Hill, City of1961–1986
County government and the poor
- Misc., Merchant's Bonds · County Clerk1847–1872
- Tipplers and Adulterators Bond · County Clerk1860–1873
- Misc. County Officials Book · Register of Deeds1942–1978
- Bonds, Conservators · Probate Records1953–1988
Elections
- Voters, Register of · County Clerk1865–1867
Other records
- Loose Records File 1-63 · Chancery Court1836–1850
- Loose Records File 137-210 · Chancery Court1836–1850
- Loose Records File 64-136 · Chancery Court1836–1850
- Loose Records, Index · Chancery Court1836–1850
- Cemetery Records, Lone Oak · Lewisburg, City of1867–1955
- Ordinances · Lewisburg, City of1904–1986
- Pro. Reg. Physician/Optometris · County Clerk1909–1929
- Professional Register, Dentist · County Clerk1920–1926
- Release Books · Register of Deeds1936–1985
- Ordinances · Cornersville, City of1937–1988
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
- Marshall 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: Marshall 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, Marshall" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Bedford County, Lincoln County, Maury County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Bedford County, Lincoln County, Maury County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1836, 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.