Grainger County

GRAINGER COUNTY DATA

County Seat: Rutledge

FamilySearch Wiki Click to go to Website

TSLA Fact Sheet Click to go to Website

County Contacts County Genealogist - None

County Historian - Ken Coffey
Email: ut215@msn.comSend Email

TN Gen Web - Billie R. McNamara
Email: grainger@tngenweb.org Send Email
Grainger County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website

Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records

Record Notes
Births* - 1908
Marriage - 1796
Deaths* - 1908
Court - 1796
Land - 1796
Probate - 1796
Census - 1810

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

1946 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged
Lost censuses: 1800, 1810, 1820
A partial 1810 census was compiled by Pollyanna Creekmore and
available at the McClung Historical Collection in Knoxville Public Library
Lost probate records: 1796 to 1832

Societies / Museums / Archives
Grainger County Historical Society
PO Box 553
Rutledge, TN, 37861
Phone: (865) 712-5527
Website: Click to go to Website
Facebook: Click to go to Website

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN 37203-7507
Click to go to Website

Grainger County Archives
P. O. Box 408
Rutledge, TN 37861-0408
HOURS: M-T 9:30 am - 3:30 pm; 1st & 3rd Wed 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Phone: (865) 828-3693
Email: oldrecords@graingerarchives.orgSend Email
Click to go to Website

Library Rutledge Public Library
8030 Rutledge Pike
Rutledge, TN 37861
Phone: 865-828-4784
Library Page Click to go to Website
Facebook Page Click to go to Website

Grainger Courts Grainger County Courthouse
8095 Rutledge Pike
Rutledge, TN 37861
Hours: M-T-Th-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; W & S 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Grainger County Court Clerk
Phone: 865-828-3511
Click to go to Website

Grainger County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: 865-828-3605
Click to go to Website

Grainger County Chancery Court- Clerk & Master (Probate)
270 Justice Center Drive - Suite 107 Rutledge, TN 37861 Phone: 865-828-4436
Click to go to Website

Grainger County Register of Deeds
Phone: 865-828-3523
Register of Deeds Click to go to Website
County Archives Click to go to Website

FamilySearch Wiki	Click to go to Website
TSLA Fact Sheet	Click to go to Website
County Contacts	County Genealogist - None County Historian - Ken Coffey Email: ut215@msn.comSend Email TN Gen Web - Billie R. McNamara Email: grainger@tngenweb.org Send Email Grainger County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates Major County Records Record Notes	Births* - 1908 Marriage - 1796 Deaths* - 1908 Court - 1796 Land - 1796 Probate - 1796 Census - 1810 *Statewide Registration for Births & Deaths began in 1911 with general compliance by 1927 1946 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged Lost censuses: 1800, 1810, 1820 A partial 1810 census was compiled by Pollyanna Creekmore and available at the McClung Historical Collection in Knoxville Public Library Lost probate records: 1796 to 1832
Societies / Museums / Archives	Grainger County Historical Society PO Box 553 Rutledge, TN, 37861 Phone: (865) 712-5527 Website: Click to go to Website Facebook: Click to go to Website Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society PO Box 330948 Nashville, TN 37203-7507 Click to go to Website Grainger County Archives P. O. Box 408 Rutledge, TN 37861-0408 HOURS: M-T 9:30 am - 3:30 pm; 1st & 3rd Wed 9:30 am - 3:30 pm Phone: (865) 828-3693 Email: oldrecords@graingerarchives.orgSend Email Click to go to Website
Library	Rutledge Public Library 8030 Rutledge Pike Rutledge, TN 37861 Phone: 865-828-4784 Library Page Click to go to Website Facebook Page Click to go to Website
Grainger Courts	Grainger County Courthouse 8095 Rutledge Pike Rutledge, TN 37861 Hours: M-T-Th-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm; W & S 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Grainger County Court Clerk Phone: 865-828-3511 Click to go to Website Grainger County Circuit Court Clerk Phone: 865-828-3605 Click to go to Website Grainger County Chancery Court- Clerk & Master (Probate) 270 Justice Center Drive - Suite 107 Rutledge, TN 37861 Phone: 865-828-4436 Click to go to Website Grainger County Register of Deeds Phone: 865-828-3523 Register of Deeds Click to go to Website County Archives Click to go to Website