RHEA COUNTY DATA


Rhea

County Seat: Dayton




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

County Historian - Mrs. Patricia Guffey

TN Gen Web - Teresa Barkely
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Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1908
Marriage - 1808
Deaths* - 1908
Court - 1815
Land - 1808
Probate - 1825
Census - 1810

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

1869 and 1927 Fires damaged courthouse records.
Lost censuses: 1810, 1820
Lost probate records: 1808 to 1825
Societies / Museums / Archives Rhea Historical & Genealogical Society
1475 Market St
Dayton, TN 37321
Phone: 423-775-9494
Click to go to Website

Rhea Archives
375 Church St.
Dayton, TN 37321
Phone: 423-681-2871
Library Clyde W. Reddy Public Library
371 First Avenue
Dayton, TN 37321
Phone: 423-775-8406
Library Page Click to go to Website
Rhea Courts Rhea County Courthouse
375 Church St.
Dayton, TN 37321
Phone: (423)775-7818
Hours: M-F 9am-5pm
Rhea County Court Clerk
Phone: 423-775-7808
Hours: M-F, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m

Rhea County Circuit Court Clerk
1475 Market St.
Dayton, TN 37321
Phone: 423-775-7805

Rhea County Chancery Court (Probate)
1475 Market St.
Dayton, TN 37321
Phone: 423-775-7806

Rhea County Register of Deeds
Phone: 423-775-7841