Tennessee Census Notes
Since Tennessee didn't become a state until 1796, it was not
enumerated in the 1790 Federal Census.
1800 Federal Tennessee census records were completely lost.
This leaves us without early
Tennessee census schedules and it is most unfortunate for those of us
searching for ancestors in Tennessee during this time period. Early
Tennessee tax records may prove to be helpful. See
Early TN Tax Records &
Earliest TN County Records.
1810 Federal Tennessee census records exist only for part of Grainger County and all of Rutherford County.
All other counties are missing.
1820
Federal Tennessee census records only survived for 20 eastern
counties. They are: Bedford, Davidson, Dickson, Franklin, Giles, Hardin, Hickman, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Maury, Montgomery, Overton, Perry, Robertson, Rutherford, Shelby, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson and Wilson.
Federal
Tennessee census records are complete for census years 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
& 1930.
See
1790-1940 US Census Records at Ancestry.
1890 Federal Tennessee census records were completely destroyed by
a 1921 warehouse fire, however, the schedules for Veterans and Widows
census did survive and is often helpful for locating ancestors in that census year.
See A Fire Destroyed The 1890 Census,
Bridging the 1890 Census Gap & 1890 Veterans Schedules at Ancestry.
There is an 1891 Tennessee Voters List
which is often used as a census substitute for the missing 1890 Federal
census. It is included in the
1810-1891 Tennessee Census Records & Voters Lists at Ancestry.
Tennessee State Census
Records: There are not any known state census records for Tennessee.
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Tennessee
(Territory: 1790) (Statehood: 1796)
Statewide Tennessee Census Records Online
1770-1790 Census of the Cumberland Settlements at Ancestry
1810-1891 Tennessee Census Records & Voters Lists
at Ancestry
1840
Census of Pensioners - Statewide
1850 Federal Census Index and 1850 Census Images
1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index and Images
1850 Federal Census Slave Schedules Index and Images
1860
Federal Census Index
1870 Federal Census Index and 1870 Census Images
1880 Federal Census - Search and View the images

1880
Federal Census Search at Family Search
1900 Federal Census Index and 1900 Census Images
1910
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1920
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1930
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1940 Federal Census Index and 1940 Census Images
Tennessee
Databases at World Vital Records
Tennessee State Databases of Census Records & Genealogy Records
Other TN Statewide Genealogy Records Used as Census Substitutes
1835 Tennessee Pension Roll - Statewide
1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records Index
1914-1933 Tennessee Death Records Index
TN Census Records Online by County
Anderson County Census Records (formed 1801 from
parts of Knox & Grainger County)
1830 Federal Census Records Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
1830 Federal Census of the City of Clinton
1840 Federal Census Records Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
1850 Federal Census Index & 1850 Census Records
1850 Federal Census Family # 1-225
1850 Federal Census Family # 226-436
1850 Federal Census Family # 437-655
1850 Federal Census Family # 656-869
1850 Federal Census Family # 870-1099
1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1860 Federal Census Index & 1860 Census Records
1870 Federal Census Index & 1870 Census Records
1870 Federal Census Index & 1870 Census Records at USGW Census
Project
1870
Federal Census of Colored People
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts
Other Records
1908-1912 Death Records
Revolutionary
War Soldiers
WWII Casualties
Bedford County Census Records (formed 1807-08 from Rutherford
County and Indian Lands)
1820 Federal Census Index Surnames A-Pat
1820 Federal Census Index Surnames Patt-Ziv
Benton County Census Records (formed 1835 from Henry &
Humphreys)
1840 Federal Census Surname Index
1840 Census of Pensioners
1850 Federal Census Records for Camden
1860 Federal Census Index & 1860 Census Records at US Census
Project
1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule
1860 Special Railroad Census
1870 Federal Census Records for Camden
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts
Other Records
1836 Land & Poll Tax List
Biographies of Benton County Residents
Civil War Tragedy at Duck Hill
Bledsoe County Census Records (formed 1807 from Roane
County & Indian Lands)
1850 Federal Census Index & 1850 Census Records at US Census
Project
1850 Federal Census Records at USGenWeb Archives
1860 Federal Census Index & 1860 Census Records at US Census
Project
1890 Federal Census - Veterans and Widows Census
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts
Other Records
1807 Petition for a Grist Mill with Signers
1809 Petition with Signers
1815 Tax List
1817 Petition for a Penitentiary with Signers
Revolutionary War Veterans
WWII Casualties
Blount County Census
Records (formed 1795 from Knox)
1830 Federal Census Records
1830 Federal Census Records at US Census Project
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1850 Federal Census Index & 1850 Census Records
1850 Federal Census Index & 1850 Federal Census Records at US
Census Project
1860 Federal Census Index & 1860 Federal Census Records at US
Census Project
1880 Federal Census Records 1% Sampling
1883 Pensioners on the List
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts
Other Records
1803 Unpaid Taxes for Sevier, Cocke and Blount County
1844 Poll Tax
1858 Membership Roll of Millers Cove Baptist Church
1908-1912 Death Certificate Transcriptions Partial
1917-1918 Death Certificates
1962-2001 Memorial Funeral Home Records
Goodspeed History of Blount County
Revolutionary War Pensions
WWI Veterans
WWII Casualties
Bradley County Census Records (formed 1836 from Indian Lands)
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedule at Genealogy Trails
1851 Chapman Rolls / Bradley County / Eastern Cherokee
1852 Chapman Roll
/ Census of Cherokee in Hamilton, Bradley & McMinn County
1860 Federal Census Index & 1860 Federal Census Records at US
Census Project
1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule at Genealogy Trails
1870 Federal Census Records (partial)
1883 Pensioners List
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts Part 1
Part 2
Other Records
Goodspeed Biographies
WWII Casualties
Campbell County Census Records (formed 1806 from Anderson & Claiborne)
1830 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1830 Federal Census Records at USGW Archives
1830 Federal Census Transcription
1840 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1840 Federal Census Index and Linked Transcription
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1850 Federal Census Index and Linked Transcription
1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1850 Federal Census Mortality Schedule at Genealogy Trails
1850 Federal Census Slave Schedule
1860 Federal Census Index with clickable links to census pages
1860 Federal Census Records at USGW Archives
1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule
1870 Federal Census Index with clickable links to census pages
1870 Federal Census Records at USGW Archives
1880 Federal Census Records at USGW Archives
1880 Federal Census in progress
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1883 Pensioners on the Roll
1890 Federal Census - Veterans and Widows Schedule at USGW
Archives
1890 Veterans Census Records Transcription
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts
Other Records
1818 Tax Records
1838 Tax Records
1839 Tax Records
1890 Tax Records
1895 Tax Records
1908-1912 Death Certificate Transcriptions
Military Records
WWII Casualties
Cannon County Census
Records (formed 1836 from Coffee, Warren & Wilson)
1840
Federal Census (PDF File)
1840 Federal Census Records
1840 Federal Census Records at TNGenWeb
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1860 Federal Census Index & 1860 Census Records
1883 Pensioners on the Roll
1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts
Other Records
1833-1851
Membership List of Hopewell Baptist Church
1836-1895 Index to Will Book A
1854 Insolvent Tax List
WWII Casualties
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