HAYWOOD COUNTY DATA


Haywood

County Seat: Brownsville




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County Contacts County Genealogist - TBD

County Historian - Mr Lynn Shaw
P.O. Box 207
Brownsville, TN 38012

TN Gen Web - Linda Hayes
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Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1881
Marriage - 1859
Deaths* - 1908
Court - 1808
Land - 1793
Probate - 1826
Census - 1810

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

County Clerk has marriage records from 1859
Divorce records 1941-1965 and probate records from 1826 to August 1982

Register of Deeds has land records and DDS214s, including land grants to 1831,
German-American War discharges, and DD214 for wars WWI through the present

County Assessor has city and county maps with parcel #s, including many old maps that date into the 1800s

Chancery court has jurisdiction of probate records from August 1982 to present,
divorce records, court records from 1965 to present,
as well as guardianship, adoption, and property dispute records
Societies / Museums / Archives
No genealogical Society exisits for Haywood County
Library Elma Ross Public Library
1011 East Main Street
Brownsville, TN 38012
Phone: 731-772-9534
Library Page Click to go to Website
Genealogical Resources are available in the Reese J. Moses-Scallions Genealogy Room
Haywood Courts Haywood County Courthouse
1 North Washington Street
Brownsville, TN 38012
Phone: 731-772-2362
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Haywood County Court Clerk
Phone: 731-772-2362R
Click to go to Website

Genealogy Information

Marriages are recorded in Haywood County for the years 1859 to the present.
To request copies, you must submit in writing the names of the applicants and the date of the marriage
The fee for this is $5.00 per copy

Wills or probate records in the Haywood County Clerk’s office may be obtained for the years of 1826 through 1982
The fees for these copies are $0.25 per copy. If you desire certified copies, a $5.00 fee is applicable.
If you desire copies of wills after the year of 1982, you must contact the Haywood County Chancery Court
at 731-772-0122 since probate was transferred to that office in 1982

Divorce records in the Haywood County Clerk’s office may be obtained for the years 1941 through 1965.
The fee for these copies is $0.25 per copy. If you desire certified copies, a $5.00 fee is applicable.
If you desire copies of divorces after 1965, you must contact the Haywood County Chancery Court
at 731-772-0122 or the Haywood County Circuit Court at 731-772-1112 since divorces were transferred
in 1965 to these courts.

County Court minutes are recorded in this office for the years of 1826 to the present
To obtain copies, you must call and give a description of the minutes desired.
A different fee is applicable to each type of minute copies desired


Haywood County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: (731) 772-1112
Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Click to go to Website

Haywood County Chancery Court (Probate)
Phone: (731) 772-0122
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Click to go to Website

Records in the Chancery Court Office date back to the early 1800s. Some of the early 1800 records
have been converted to microfilm, and it is stored and at the Elma Ross Public Library

Haywood County Register of Deeds
Phone: 731-772-0332
Register of Deeds Click to go to Website