Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Trousdale 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 Deeds1905–1996
- Probate Deeds · Probate Records1905–1927
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1905–1995
- Deed and Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1906–1954
- Liens · Register of Deeds1940–1977
- Deed Index · Register of Deeds1954–1996
- Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1975–1995
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1905–1995
Estates and guardianships
- Bonds, Administrators · Probate Records1906–1978
- Bonds, Guardian · Probate Records1906–1981
- Estates, Claims Against · Probate Records1906–1943
- Settlements, Adm. Ex. Guard · Probate Records1906–1977
- Estates, Executors · Probate Records1907–1971
- Inventories · Probate Records1980–1995
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Index Loose Rec · County Clerk1905–1950
- Marriages Loose Records · County Clerk1905–1950
- Marriages · County Clerk1906–1991
- Vital Statistics Births · County Clerk1917–1940
- Vital Statistics · County Clerk1925–1938
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1948
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1917–1981
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · Chancery Court1906–1996
- Minutes · Circuit Court1906–1973
- Minutes · County Clerk1906–1961
- Minutes · School Board1907–1996
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1912–1948
- Minutes · Hartsville, City of1916–1989
- Minutes, Quarterly · County Clerk1961–1994
- Minutes, Chambers · Chancery Court1967–1994
- Minutes, Civil · Circuit Court1973–1994
- Minutes, Criminal · Circuit Court1973–1995
- Minutes · Probate Records1980–1995
Other records
- Leases · Register of Deeds1969–1991
- Greenbelt · Register of Deeds1982–1983
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
- Trousdale 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: Trousdale 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, Trousdale" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Macon County, Smith County, Sumner County, Wilson County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Macon County, Smith County, Sumner County, Wilson 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.