CARTER COUNTY DATA


Carter

County Seat: Elizabethton




FamilySearch Wiki Click to go to Website
TSLA Fact Sheet Click to go to Website
County Contacts County Genealogist - None

County Historian - Scott Bowers

TN Gen Web - Jackie And Dawn Trivette Peters
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Carter County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1881
Marriage - 1790
Deaths* - 1881
Court - 1804
Land - 1795
Probate - 1800
Census - 1810

*Statewide Registration for Births & Deaths began in 1911 with general compliance by 1927

1933 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged
Lost censuses: 1800, 1810, 1820
Many early wills have been lost
Societies / Museums / Archives
Carter County History
Click to go to Website

Watauga Association of Genealogists
100 W Millard St
Johnson City, TN 37604
Click to go to Website

Library Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library
201 N. Sycamore St.
Elizabethton, TN 3764
Phone: 423-547-6360
Library Page Click to go to Website
Carter Courts Carter County Courthouse
801 East Elk Avenue
Elizabethton, TN 37643
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Carter County Court Clerk
Phone: (423) 542-1814
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Carter County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: (423) 542-1835
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Carter County Chancery Court (Probate)
Phone: (423) 542-1812
Click to go to Website

Carter County Register of Deeds
Phone: (423) 542-1830
Register of Deeds Click to go to Website