Van Buren County Data


Van Buren

County Seat: Spencer




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County Contacts County Genealogist - None

County Historian - Mr. Landon D. Medley
558 Bald Knob Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559

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Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1925
Marriage - 1840
Deaths* - 1926
Court - 1840
Land - 1840
Probate - 1840
Census - 1810

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

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.
Marriage records: Records start from 1840, but are incomplete.
Probate records: Records start from 1840, but are incomplete.
Societies / Museums / Archives Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN 37203-7507
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Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association
PO Box 575
Cookeville, TN 38503-0575
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Van Buren County Historical & Heritage Museum
179 College Street
Spencer, TN, TN 38585
Phone: (931) 808-1454
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Library Buritt Memorial Library
427 College Street
Spencer, TN 38585
Phone: 931-946-2575
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Van Buren Courts Van Buren County Courthouse
121 Taft Drive
Spencer, TN 38585
Phone: (931)946-2314
Hours: M-F 8am - 4pm

Van Buren County Court Clerk
Phone: (931)946-2121

Van Buren County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: (931)946-2153

Van Buren County Chancery Court-Clerk & Master (Probate)
Phone: (931)946-7151

Van Buren County Register of Deeds
Phone: (931)946-7363