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
1790-1930
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
& 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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(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
1835 Tennessee Pension Roll - Statewide
1840
Census of Pensioners - Statewide
1850
Federal Census Index
1850
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1850
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1850
Federal Census Slave Schedules Index
1850
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1860
Federal Census Index
1870
Federal Census Index
1870
Federal Census Images
1880 Federal Census - Search and View the images

1880
Federal Census Search at Family Search
1900
Federal Census Index
1900
Federal Census Images
1908-1912 Tennessee Death Records Index
1910
Federal Census Index
1914-1925 Tennessee Death Records Index
1920
Federal Census Index
1930
Federal Census Index
Tennessee State Databases of Census Records & Genealogy Records
TN Census Records Online by County
Anderson County (formed 1801 from Knox)
1830
Federal Census
1840
Federal Census
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
1870
Federal Census of Colored People
Other Records
Revolutionary
War Soldiers
1908-1912
Death Records
Bedford County (formed 1807-08 from Rutherford)
1820 Federal Census Index Surnames A-Pat
1820 Federal Census Index Surnames Patt-Ziv
Benton County (formed 1835 from Henry &
Humphreys)
1840 Federal Census Surname Index
1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule
1860 Special Railroad Census
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Other Records
1836 Land & Poll Tax List
Civil War Tragedy at Duck Hill
Bledsoe County (formed 1807 from Roane)
Other Records
1815 Tax List
Blount County (formed 1795 from Knox)
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
Other Records
1858 Membership Roll of Millers Cove Baptist Church
1908-1912 Death Certificate Transcriptions Partial
1917-1918 Death Certificates
1962-2001 Memorial Funeral Home Records
Bradley County (formed 1836 from Indian Lands)
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
Campbell County (formed 1806 from Anderson & Claiborne)
1830 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1830 Federal Census Records 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 Slave Schedule
1860 Federal Census Index with clickable links to census pages
1860 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1860 Federal Census Slave Schedule
1870 Federal Census Index with clickable links to census pages
1880 Federal Census in progress
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
1890 Veterans Census Records Transcription
Other Records
Military Records
1818 Tax Records
1838 Tax Records
1839 Tax Records
1890 Tax Records
1895 Tax Records
1908-1912 Death Certificate Transcriptions
Cannon County (formed 1836 from Coffee, Warren & Wilson)
1840
Federal Census
1840 Federal Census Records
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
Other Records
1833-1851
Membership List of Hopewell Baptist Church
1854 Insolvent Tax List
Carroll County (formed 1821 from Western District)
1840 Federal Census Records
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1850 Federal Census Records
1860 Federal Census Records
1870 Federal Census (partial)
1880 Federal Census Records
1900 Federal Census (partial)
1910 Federal Census (partial)
1920 Federal Census Records
Other Records
Early Court Records Indexes
Early Church Records and Membership Lists
Early to mid 1800s Wills
Goodspeed Biographies
Military Records
1885-1910 Poplar Springs Church & School
1930 Death Certificates Index
Carter County (formed 1796 from Washington)
1830 Federal Census Index
1830 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1830 Federal Census Pages 3-15
1830 Federal Census Pages 16-28
1830 Federal Census Pages 29-39
1840 Federal Census Index
1840 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
1840 Federal Census Pages 170-177
1840 Federal Census Pages 178-185
1840 Federal Census Pages 186-193
1840 Federal Census Pages 194-199
1850 Federal Census Surname Index by SK Publications
Other Records
1796 Tax List
1850 Delinquent Tax List
1880s Store Ledger of William F. Church
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