WEAKLEY COUNTY DATA


Weakley

County Seat: Dresden





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

County Historian - Mike Rhea
Phone: 731-234-2027
Email: mandm@outlook.com Send Mail

County Archvist - Greg Roach
Weakly County Archives Room
Dresden Adult Education Center
8250 TN-22
Dresden TN 38255
Phone: 270-627-6674
Email: weakleycountyarchives@frontier.com Send Mail

TN Gen Web - Mary Carol Schrupp
Email: kinfolke78@gmail.com Send Email
Weakley County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1908
Marriage - 1840
Deaths* - 1908
Court - 1794
Land - 1826
Probate - 1828
Census - 1810

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

County Clerk has marriage records from 1840 and probate records from 1828
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records
Register of Deeds has land records
1948 Fire damaged courthouse records. At the 1948 fire, a large number of chancery and circuit court files were discarded
They passed into the keeping of a private citizen, and in 1995 the files were given to the University of Tennessee at Martin,
where they constitute MS 4 and MS 2, respectively. Special Collections. Both collections have since been filmed by the FHL
Lack of marriage records: 1825 to 1842
Lost probate records: 1825 to 1827
Societies / Museums / Archives Weakley County Historical & Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 92
Martin, TN 38111
Website: Click to go to Website

Weakley County Genealogical Society helps to maintain a collection of books, magazines, files,
and microfilms located in the library's Tennessee Room



Weakly County Archives Room
Dresden Adult Education Center
8250 TN-22
Dresden TN 38255
Phone: 270-627-6674
Email: weakleycountyarchives@frontier.com Send Mail
Library Ned Ray McWherter Weakley County Library and Museum
341 Linden Street
Dresden, TN 38225
Phone: 731-364-2678
Library Page Click to go to Website

C.E. Weldon Public Library 100 Main St
Martin, TN 38237
Phone: 731-587-3148
Email: weldonlib@charter.net Send Mail
Library Page: Click to go to Website

West Tennessee Heritage Study Center
Paul Meek Library
University of Tennessee at Martin
Wayne Fisher Dr
Martin, TN 38237
Phone: 731-881-7060
Library Page Click to go to Website

The Heritage Study Center holds a variety of genealogical resources including materials relating
to the following counties in Tennessee: Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette,
Gibson, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Houston, Humphreys, Lake, Lauderdale, Madison, McNairy, Obion,
Perry, Shelby, Stewart, Tipton, Wayne, Weakley and Carlisle (KY), Fulton (KY), and Hickman (KY) counties in Kentucky.
Weakley Courts Weakley County Courthouse
116 W. Main St., Room 104
Dresden, TN 38225
Phone: 731-364-2285
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Weakley County Court Clerk
Phone: 731-364-2285
Click to go to Website

Weakley County Circuit Court Clerk
Phone: 731-364-3454
Click to go to Website

Weakley County Chancery Clerk & Master Court (Probate)
Phone: 731-364-3454
Click to go to Website

Weakley County Register of Deeds
Phone: 731-364-3646
Register of Deeds Click to go to Website