The following information and facts indicates whatever birth, death, marriage, land, wills, and courtroom records will be in Fentress County or in the Tennessee State Library & Archives. The dates indicated below could be the first widely known documents for this county.

Fentress County Clerk
- Address: P.O. Box 823, Jamestown, TN 38556
- Phone: (931) 879-8014
- Marriage Records: 1905
- Probate Records: 1905
Fentress County Register of Deeds
- Address: P.O. Box 341, Jamestown, TN 38556
- Phone: (931) 879-7818
- Land & Deed Records: 1820
Fentress County Clerk of Circuit Court
- Address: P.O. Box 699, Jamestown, TN 38556-0699
- Phone: 931-879-7919
- Chancery Court Minutes: 1854
- Circuit Court Minutes: 1854
- County Court Minutes: None before 1894

Where can find Fentress County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?

Fentress County vital records can be found at the Tennessee Department of Health (VDH) Office of Vital Records which has copies for copies of birth certificates, marriage licenses and divorce decrees. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Tennessee for current fees and application process.

Marriage license records are available from the county clerk who issued the marriage license. Court divorce orders may be obtained from the clerk of the court that granted the divorce.

You can search online for Fentress County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Tennessee Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificates to mail.

What Fentress County, TN census records are available?

Federal Population Schedules for Fentress County can be found for 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.

Fentress Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Fentress Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Fentress Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890. The Slave Schedules exist for 1850 & 1860. One can find free online and printable census forms to help you with your research.

What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Fentress County, TN?

Fentress County Historical Society, P. O. Box 1431, Jamestown, TN 38556-1431
Fentress County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 178, Jamestown 38556
Fentress County Public Library, 306 South Main Street, Jamestown, TN 38556 931-879-7512

Fentress County Genealogy Resources

Where can I connect with other Fentress County, TN Researchers through message boards and forums?

Tennessee Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)

Tennessee State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
Fentress County, Tennessee Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com) read and post messages about your ancestors in Fentress County
Fentress County, Tennessee Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)

Genealogical “Fact Sheets” About Fentress County (tn.gov) The purpose of these fact sheets is to help determine what sources are available for genealogical research about the people and places in Fentress County. Although this is by no means an exhaustive list of all the possible places one might search, it does cover the major publications and microfilms available at TSLA on the Fentress County.

What other genealogical resources are available in Fentress County, TN?

The following are links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relevant to Fentress County. A majority of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business oriented Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some call for a payment. This is merely a collection which has been collected or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site over another. Feel free to suggest your own most popular Fentress County genealogy or family history affiliated sites.

Fentress Co. TN Books, Newspapers & Publications

Tennessee Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide

Tennessee historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
Historical Newspapers from Tennessee (1795 – 1929 ) (genealogybank.com) Rapidly find names and key phrases in over 450 million content articles, obituaries, marriage notices, birth announcements as well as other items written in over 2,800 old U.S. newspapers. Brand new articles and other content added every month!
Tennessee Newspaper List by County and City (.state.tn.us)

Fentress County, Tennessee Books (amazon.com)
Search Tennessee Obituaries (1990 to current) (genealogybank.com)

Fentress Co. TN Birth, Marriage & Death Records

Tennessee Vital Records Research Guide

Order Hard Copies of Vital Records (archives.com)
Social Security Death Index (search.ancestry.com)

Fentress Co. TN Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

Tennessee Real Estate Assessment Data Property Search (assessment.state.tn.us)

Fentress County Records on Microfilm (tennessee.gov) – Order County Microfilm Inventories and Reels
Early Fentress County Records Available on Interlibrary Loan (tennessee.gov)
BLM Land Records (glorecords.blm.gov)

Fentress Co. TN Census Records

Fentress Co. TN Military Records

Tennessee Military Records Research Guide

Tennessee Military Records (Fold3.com) delivers access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the Tennessee both women and men that served. Great for Fentress County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.

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