Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Montgomery County, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Land and deeds
- Deed Index, Direct/Reverse · Register of Deeds1789–1967
- Deeds · Register of Deeds1789–1966
- Plats · Register of Deeds1792–1967
- Plats, Index · Register of Deeds1792–1967
- Deed Index, A-Z · Register of Deeds1870–1906
- Trust Deed Index, A-Z · Register of Deeds1871–1967
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1871–1965
- Plats, Wisdom-Weaver · Register of Deeds1879
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1906–1915
- Deed Index, A-C · Register of Deeds1906–1915
- Deed Index, Direct · Register of Deeds1915–1945
- Deed Index, Reverse · Register of Deeds1915–1945
Wills
- Wills · County Clerk1796–1966
Estates and guardianships
- Divorce, Estate Files Addendu · Probate Court, loose papers1840–1962
- Divorces, Estate Files · Probate Court, loose papers1840–1963
- Inventories / Settlements · County Clerk1871–1965
- Executor's Bonds & Letters · County Clerk1913–1967
- Administrator's Bonds · County Clerk1928–1966
- Guardian Bonds · County Clerk1942–1967
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Records #1800-3700 · County Clerk, loose papers1837–1950
- Marriages · County Clerk1838–1967
- Marriages, General Index · County Clerk1838–1963
- Marriage Records #1-550 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #2001-50 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #201-50 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #2351-900 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #251-300 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #301-200 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #301-325 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #326-504 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #3701-4540 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #401-550 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- Marriage Records #401-800 · County Clerk, loose papers1866–1950
- and 11 more series in the full listing
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1844–1966
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1919–1967
- Military Discharges, Index · Register of Deeds1919–1967
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · County Clerk1805–1967
- Minutes · Chancery Court1840–1967
- Minutes · Clarksville, City of1858–1985
- Minutes, Civil · Circuit Court1869–1967
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1872–1879
- Quarterly Minutes · County Clerk1905–1967
- Minutes, Criminal · Circuit Court1907–1967
- Juvenile Court Minutes · General Sessions Court1937–1966
- Chambers Minutes · Chancery Court1953–1965
County government and the poor
- Board of Edu., County · School Board1922–1967
- Conservator's Bonds · County Clerk1955–1967
Other records
- Loose Records · Chancery1860–1929
- Loose Records · Chancery18601860–1929
- Note Books · Register of Deeds1891–1962
- Board of Edu., City · School Board1906–1966
- Board of Edu., Joint · School Board1910–1963
- Insanity Records · County Clerk1919–1950
- Oil And Gas Leases · Register of Deeds1919–1964
- Charter Books · Register of Deeds1926–1967
- Ordinances · Clarksville, City of1929–1978
- Board of Health · Health Department1958–1966
- Resolutions · Clarksville, City of1966–1983
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
- Montgomery 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: Montgomery 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, Montgomery" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Tennessee County (extinct)
Later formed partly from Montgomery County: Cheatham County, Dickson County, Stewart County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1796, 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.