Records that survive
These are the record series the Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) has microfilmed for Warren 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 Deeds1814–1986
- Plat Index · Register of Deeds1824–1867
- Plats · Register of Deeds1824–1968
- Trust Deeds · Register of Deeds1870–1986
- Liens · Register of Deeds1893–1896
- Grant Books · Register of Deeds1895–1938
- Deed and Trust Deed Index · Register of Deeds1925–1957
Wills
- Wills · Probate Records1888–1988
Estates and guardianships
- Inventories and Settlements · Probate Records1827–1968
- Estates, Insolvent · Probate Records1860–1959
- Settlements, Guardian · Probate Records1866–1987
- Bonds, Adm. & Guardian · Probate Records1870–1968
- Letters, Administrator's · Probate Records1870–1913
- Minutes, Guardian · Probate Records1870–1893
- Estates, Claims Against · Probate Records1921–1966
- Settlements, Administrator's · Probate Records1972–1983
- Minutes, Probate · Probate Records1983–1988
- Settlements, Estates · Probate Records1983–1987
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages · County Clerk1852–1986
- Vital Statistics · County Clerk1881–1912
Tax lists
- Tax Books · Trustee1876–1986
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Register of Deeds1919–1983
Court orders and minutes
- Minutes · Circuit Court1842–1968
- Minutes · Chancery Court1847–1986
- Minutes · County Clerk1848–1966
- Minutes · McMinnville, City of1859–1988
- Enrollments · Chancery Court1870–1903
- Minutes, Quarterly · County Clerk1899–1986
- Minutes · School Board1911–1988
- Minutes · Viola, City of1931–1989
- Minutes, Chambers · Chancery Court1931–1968
- Minutes, Quorum · Chancery Court1966–1983
- Minutes · Morrison, City of1968–1988
- Minutes, Civil & Criminal · Circuit Court1968–1986
County government and the poor
- Bonds, Adm. Ex. & Guard · Probate Records1978–1987
Roads
- Road Books · County Clerk1870–1891
Other records
- Pro. Lic. Registers, Physicians · County Clerk1889–1962
- Leases, Oil and Gas · Register of Deeds1896–1986
- Pro. Lic. Registers, Optometry · County Clerk1909–1931
- Federal Farm Loan · Register of Deeds1917–1930
- Pro. Lic. Registers, Dentist · County Clerk1919–1941
- Pro. Lic. Registers, Veterinary · County Clerk1921
- Ordinances · McMinnville, City of1929–1989
- Pro. Lic. Registers, Nurses · County Clerk1930
- Resolutions · McMinnville, City of1930–1987
- Board of Education · McMinnville, City of1956–1969
- General Indexes (Direct A-K) · Register of Deeds1958–1985
- General Indexes (Reverse A-K · Register of Deeds1958–1985
- Miscellaneous Records · Register of Deeds1964–1986
- General Indexes (Direct L-Z) · Register of Deeds1970–1985
- and 1 more series in the full listing
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
- Warren 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: Warren 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, Warren" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: White County
Check the parent county for earlier records: White County
Later formed partly from Warren County: Cannon County, Coffee County, DeKalb County, Grundy County, Van Buren County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1807, 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.