HAMILTON COUNTY DATA


Hamilton

County Seat: Chattanooga




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

County Historian - Ms. Linda Moss Mines Email: localhistorycounts@gmail.com Send Email

TN Gen Web - Tim Stowell
Email: timsetn@gmail.com Send Email
Hamilton County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records









Record Notes

Births* - 1881
Marriage - 1857
Deaths* - 1881
Court - 1860
Land - 1796
Probate - 1865
Census - 1810

*Statewide Registration for Births & Deaths began in 1911 with general compliance by 1927
City of Chattanooga Birth begin 19008 & Deaths begin 1908

1871-1919: The extinct James created in 1871 went bankrupt and was merged back into Hamilton county in 1919
along with its courthouse records. However, James County Courthouse fires in 1890 and 1913
caused extensive record loss. The surviving James County records are now housed in Hamilton County.

1910: Hamilton County Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
Antebellum Will books are lost.
Lost censuses: 1820
Lost marriages: 1819 to 1856
Lost probate: 1819 to 1861
Societies / Museums / Archives Hamilton Genealogical Society (Internet Based Society)
PO Box 1213
Harrison, TN 37341
Site Administrator: dcwilson@hctgs.org
Click to go to Website

Signal Mountain Genealogical Society
1838 Taft Hwy
Walden, TN 37377
Facebook Page Click to go to FB Page
Library Chattanooga-Hamilton County Public Library
1001 Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-643-7700
Library Page Click to go to Website
Local History & Genealogy Page Click to go to Website

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga
UTC Library George Connor Special Collections- Library Room 439
600 Douglas St.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-425-4501 (Ask for Special Collections)
Hours: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (By Appointment - See Website) Library Page Click to go to Website
Hamilton Courts Hamilton County Courthouse
625 Georgia Ave.
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423-209-6500
Hours: M-F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Hamilton County Court Clerk
Phone: 423-209-6500
Click to go to Website

Hamilton County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: 423-209-6701
Click to go to Website

Hamilton County Chancery Court-Clerk & Master (Probate)
Phone: 423-209-6601
Click to go to Website

Hamilton County Register of Deeds
Phone: 423-209-6560
Register of Deeds Click to go to Website