Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Sequatchie 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 Deeds1858–1975
- Deeds · Register of Deeds1858–1998
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1876–1998
- Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1920–1969
- Plats · Register of Deeds1964–1968
Wills
- Wills and Inventories · Probate Records1858–1968
- Wills · Probate Records1962–1987
Estates and guardianships
- Misc. Real Estate Transfers · County Clerk1858–1888
- Settlements, Guardian · Probate Records1860–1902
- Misc. Insolvent Estates · County Clerk1871–1897
- Bonds, Administrators · Probate Records1880–1968
- Bonds, Executors · Probate Records1880–1967
- Bonds, Guardian · Probate Records1881–1968
- Settlements, Adm. Ex. Guard · Probate Records1925–1969
- Guardian, Conservator · Probate Records1982–1992
- Inventories and Settlements · Probate Records1982–1993
- Probate Minutes · Probate Records1982–1988
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages · County Clerk1858–1997
- Vital Statistics (Births) · County Clerk1880–1940
- Vital Statistics (Deaths) · County Clerk1881–1938
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1861–1997
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1919–1968
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · County Clerk1858–1997
- Minutes · Chancery Court1869–1995
- Loose Rec. Index case # 1-85 · Chancery Court1870
- Loose Rec. case # 86-134 · Chancery Court1880
- Loose Rec. case # 135-196 · Chancery Court1890
- Loose Rec. case # 197-271 · Chancery Court1900
- Minutes · School Board1908–1999
- Loose Rec. case # 272-414 · Chancery Court1910
- Loose Rec. case # 415-486 · Chancery Court1925
- Loose Rec. case # 487-498 · Chancery Court1925
- Loose Rec. case # 499-579 · Chancery Court1930
- Minutes, Quarterly · County Clerk1950–1998
- Minutes · Circuit Court1961–1983
- Minutes · Dunlap, City of1961–1998
- and 2 more series in the full listing
County government and the poor
- Misc.School, Commissioners · County Clerk1871–1897
Other records
- Misc. Physicians Records · County Clerk1889–1963
- Miscellaneous Records · Register of Deeds1932–1998
- Ordinances and Resolutions · Dunlap, City of1961–1967
- General Index Direct · Register of Deeds1976–1998
- General Index Reverse · Register of Deeds1977–1998
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
- Sequatchie 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: Sequatchie 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, Sequatchie" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Hamilton County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Hamilton County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1857, 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.