COCKE COUNTY DATA


Cocke

County Seat: Newport




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County Contacts County Genealogist - None

County Historian - Edward R. Walker III

TN Gen Web - Sharon McCormack
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TN Gen Web - P.J. Summers
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Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1908
Marriage - 1877
Deaths* - 1908
Court - 1877
Land - 1856
Probate - 1877
Census - 1810

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

1876 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged
Lost censuses: 1800, 1810, 1820
Antebellum deed books are lost
Pre-1876 wills were destroyed
Pre-1877 marriages
Societies / Museums / Archives
Cocke County Archives
360 East Main Street
Newport, TN 37821
HOURS: M-F 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Phone: 423-465-3023
Click to go to Website
Library Stokely Memorial Library
383 East Broadway
Newport, TN 37821
Phone: 423-623-3832
Library Page Click to go to Website
Cocke Courts Cocke County Courthouse
360 East Main St
Newport, TN 37821
Phone: 423-623-8791

Cocke County Court Clerk
Room 101
Phone: 423-623-6176
Click to go to Website

Cocke County Circuit Court Clerk
Room 201
Phone: 423-623-6124
Hours: M-F *:30 am - 4:30 pm
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Cocke County Chancery Court (Probate)
Suite 103, Courthouse Annex
Phone: (423) 623-3321
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Cocke County Register of Deeds
Suite 102, Courthouse Annex
Phone: 423-623-7540
Hours: MTThF 8:00 am - 4:30 pm W 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Sat 8:00 am - 11:00
Register of Deeds Click to go to Website
County Archives Click to go to Website