SULLIVAN COUNTY DATA


Sullivan

County Seat: Blountville




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

County Historian - TBD

TN Gen Web - Tony Galloway
Email: tony.galloway@sullivancountytn.gov Send Email
Sullivan County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1908
Marriage - 1863
Deaths* - 1925
Court - 1861
Land - 1775
Probate - 1830
Census - 1810

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

1863 - Fire damaged courthouse records.
Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820
Lost marriage records: 1780 to 1863
Lost probate records: 1780 to 1838
Lost court records: 1780 to 1850s/1860s
Societies / Museums / Archives
Sullivan County Department of Archives and Tourism, Regional History Center
3425 Hwy. 126, Suite 100
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: 423-323-4660
Click to go to Website

Watauga Association of Genealogists
100 W Millard St
Johnson City, TN 37604
Click to go to Website
Library Kingsport Public Library & Archives
400 Broad St.
Kingsport, TN 37660
Phone: 423-229-9465
Library Page Click to go to Website
Archives Page Click to go to Website
Archives Phone: 423-229-2539
Archives Email: Send Email

Sullivan County Public Library
1655 Blountville Boulevard
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: (423) 279-2714
Library Page Click to go to Website

Bristol Public Library
701 Goode Street
Bristol, VA 24201
Phone: (276)645-8780
Library Page Click to go to Website
Genealogy Page Click to go to Genealogy Page

While located in Virginia, located just across a line from Bristol, TN.
They have Sullivan County marriages, minutes, and tax lists.
They have Washington Co., VA deeds on microfilm; census records
on microfilm; newspapers from 1907 - present.
They have Bristol City Directories for TN (1896-present some early years missing.
Up to 1944 are digitized on-line). They have vertical files. Maps from 1891 in the Archives.
Sullivan Courts Sullivan County Courthouse
3411 Highway 126
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: 423-323-6428
Hours: M-F 8am-5pm
Sullivan County Court Clerk
Phone: (423)323-6428
Click to go to Website

Sullivan County Circuit Court Clerk
140 Blountville Bypass
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: 423-279-2752
Click to go to Website

Sullivan County Chancery Court-Clerk & Master (Probate)
140 Blountville Bypass
Blountville, TN 37617
Phone: (423)323-6483
Click to go to Website

Sullivan County Register of Deeds
Phone: 423-323-6420
Click to go to Website
County Archives Click to go to Website