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Robertson County, Tennessee

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The first white settlement in Robertson County was established by Thomas Kilgore, who came there in 1778 claiming land and building a station in 1779 near present-day Cross Plains. Prior to statehood this area was one of the counties in Mero District and called Tennessee County, located north of Nashville on the Kentucky border.

One of the first acts of the new state was to appropriate Tennessee County's name for its own use and to divide that county into Robertson and Montgomery Counties. Robertson County took its name from General James Robertson, often called the "Father of Middle Tennessee." Robertson County, established by the general assembly on April 9, 1796, covered 477 square miles and contained 304,640 acres.

The enabling act, which created the new county appointed commissioners and instructed them to establish the county government system and "to lay off, and appoint a place, the most centrical and convenient in the county of Robertson, for the purpose of erecting a courthouse prison and stocks." By 1798 Thomas Johnson had surveyed and laid out the county seat of Springfield, and the lots sold for eight dollars each.

Newspapers were published in Adams, Greenbrier and Springfield. Scattered early issues are available from 1860, and a complete run begins in 1925.

 

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Robertson County Court and Probate Records

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Robertson County Clerk has Marriage Records from 1839 and Probate Records from 1796 and is located at 101 5th Ave W, Springfield, TN 37172; (615) 384-5650.

Robertson County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1796 and is located at Courthouse, 511 S. Brown St., Springfield, TN 37172; Telephone: (615) 384-5895 .

Robertson County Clerk of Circuit Court has Court Records from 1796 and is located at Courthouse, 511 S. Brown St., Springfield, TN 37172; Telephone: (615) 384-7702.

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Robertson County Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records

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Contact the Robertson County Clerk For County Marriage Divorce Records (See Robertson County Court Records for Address and Phone number) in the county where Certificate was granted.

Tennessee State Vital Records, is located at Central Services Building, 1st Floor, 421 5th Avenue North, Nashville, Tennessee 37243; Phone (615) 741-1763, FAX (615) 741-9860. The Tennessee Office of Vital Records registers and maintains the original certificates of births, deaths, marriages and divorces that occur in Tennessee. They have the following records:

  • Birth Certificates: Records are available beginning with January 1914, for Nashville since June 1881, for Knoxville since July 1881, and for Chattanooga since January 1882. Records of some births that occurred in the major cities from 1881-1913 are also available. A certified photocopy of the original record may be obtained at a fee of $12.00 for the first copy and $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record requested at the same time. For persons born from 1949 to the present, a certified copy produced by computer is also available at a fee of $7.00 for the first copy and $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record requested at the same time. For Earlier Records See Tennessee State Library and Archives Below.
  • Death Certificates: Death records are available for the past 50 years (1957). The fee is $7.00 per certified copy. The cause of death is not normally included on a certified copy unless specifically requested and then is available only to certain family members or legal representatives. For Earlier Records See Tennessee State Library and Archives Below. Click Here to Search the Social Security Death Index for FREEicon
  • Marriage & Divorce Certificates: Marriage and divorce records are available for the past 50 years at a fee of $12.00 for the first copy and $4.00 for each additional copy of the same record requested at the same time. For Earlier Records See Tennessee State Library and Archives Below.

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  • Order Electronically Online or You can download an application for Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates to mail. Order Birth Records, Marriage Records, Divorce Records or Death Records.

    Ordering Vital Records by Mail - Make certified checks and money orders should be made payable to "Tennessee Vital Records". Please do not send cash or checks. Fees are non refundable. Additional fees are required for expedited service. Mail all Applications to: Tennessee State Vital Records, Central Services Building, 1st Floor, 421 5th Avenue North, Nashville, TN, 37243. You can download an application online for Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marriage Certificates or Divorce Certificate.

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    Robertson County Census Records

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    Few, if any, records reveal as many details about individuals and families as do government census records. Substitute records can be used when the official census is unavailable

    Countywide Records: Federal Population Schedules that exist for Robertson County, Tennessee are 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1910, 1920 and 1940. Other Federal Schedules to look at when researching your family tree in Robertson County, Tennessee are Industry and Agriculture Schedules available for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Slave Schedules exist for 1850 & 1860. The Mortality Schedules for the years 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880.

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    Robertson County Maps & Atlases

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    Robertson County Military Records

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    Robertson County Tax Records

    The 1796 Constitution levied taxes on “every freeman of the age of twenty-one years and upward possessing a freehold in the county wherein he may vote, and being an inhabitant of this State, and every freeman being an inhabitant of any one county in the State six months immediately preceding the day of the election, shall be entitled to vote....”

    Many early surviving tax records were published in an effort to replace the missing federal censuses. Original extant tax records are preserved in the respective county courthouse as well as in the Tennessee State Library and Archives, where a card index exists for tax records in its collection pre-dating 1835, arranged by county, date, and district.

    Original tax schedules for most Tennessee counties for 1836 through 1839 are available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

    The 1891 tax lists of male inhabitant voters in each county were recently found. Available on microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, these nine reels are arranged alphabetically within each district in each county. Tax records from trustees office in counties are available on microfilm as well.

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    Robertson County Genealogical Addresses

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    Robertson County Church & Cemeteries

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    There are many churches and cemeteries in Robertson County. Some transcriptions are online. A great site is the Robertson County Tombstone Transcription Project. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has county maps the show the locations of churches and cemeteries free for viewing or download here.

    Although few histories for Tennessee churches have been published, there are church records for almost every county in the state. Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist were the principal religions of early settlers in the state, and documents from these groups make up the largest number of records available. Other representative religions include Lutheran, Church of Christ, Episcopal, Roman Catholic, and Jewish. Most early Tennessee churches only kept minutes and membership records. Church records could, however, include records of baptism, marriage, burial, membership, or removal, but it is rare to find all or several of these categories maintained by one church.

    A large collection of transcripts of Tennessee cemetery records has been compiled by members of chapters of the DAR. Records collection available at the Tennessee State Library and Archives and through the FHL. The state library and archives has notebooks containing listings of cemetery records.

    County genealogical and historical societies and local citizens have collected, compiled, and published numerous volumes of cemetery records.

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    County Church & Bible Records

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    Family Trees & Genealogy Tidbits

     

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    Robertson County Published Records

    • 1880 Census, Robertson County, Tennessee (Sistler, 1999)
    • Abstracts for the Slave Record Book of Robertson County, Tennessee Planter, Josiah W. Fort (Cragihead, 1993)
    • Cemetery Records of Robertson County, Tennessee [3 vols.] (Durrett & Williams, 1973-1975)
    • Marriages of Robertson County, Tennessee, 1839-1861 (Whitley, 1981)
    • Minute Book, 1796-1824 [vol. 1 1796-1807; vol. 2 1808-1811; vol. 3 1811-1815; vol. 4 1815-1818; vol. 5 1818-1820; vol. 6 1820-1822; vol. 7 1822-1824] (WPA, 1938-1941)
    • Private Acts of Robertson County, Tennessee (McIntyre, 1987)
    • Records of Red River Church at the Mouth of Sulpher Fork of Red River in Tennessee County (now Robertson County), Metro District, 1791 (WPA, 1936)
    • Red River Settlers : Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee (Whitley, 1980)
    • Robertson County Negro Year Book (Morton & Moore, 1938)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee 1802-1930 : Obituaries and Death Records (Poole, 1999)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, 1836 Civil Districts and Tax List (Douthat, 1999)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, 1850 Census (Porch, 1968)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, Abstracts of Chancery Court Loose Papers, 1844-1872 (Durrett & Reid, 1986)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee Cemetery Records (Williams & Reid, 1987)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee Court Minutes, 1796-1807 (Wells, 1993)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, General Index to Deeds, Book O, 1796-1838 (WPA, 1939)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, History of Ilai Metcalfe Account Book (WPA, 1938)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, Marriage Records, Vol.1, 1839-61 (WPA, 1936)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, Minutes of Red River Baptist Church, 1791-1826 (Lancaster, 1983)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, Population Schedules of the United States Census of 1820 (Presley, 1970)
    • Robertson County, Tennessee, Wills and Estate Settlements, no. 3, 1819-1821 (WPA, 1938)
    • Wills, Inventories, Bonds, etc., 1796-1818 [vol. 1 1796-1812; vol. 2 1812-1818] (WPA, 1936-1938)
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