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

Decatur County Clerk
- Address: PO Box 488, Decaturville, TN 38329
- Phone: 731-852-3417
- Marriage Records: 1869
- Probate Records: 1869
Decatur County Register of Deeds
- Address: P.O. Box 488, Decaturville, TN 38329
- Phone: (731) 852-3712
- Land & Deed Records: 1846
Decatur County Clerk of Circuit Court
- Address: P.O. Box 488, Decaturville, TN 38329-0488
- Phone: 731-852-3125
- Chancery Court Minutes: 1860
- Circuit Court Minutes: 1892
- County Court Minutes: 1869

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

Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County, TN census records are available?

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

Decatur Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Decatur Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Decatur 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 Decatur County, TN?

Decatur County Historical Society, P.O. Box 700, Decaturville, TN 38329
Decatur County Public Library, 20 West Market Street, PO Box 396, Decaturville, TN 38329 731-852-3325
Parsons Public Library, 105 Kentucky Avenue South, Parsons, TN 38363 731-847-6988

Decatur County Genealogy Resources

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

Tennessee Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)

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

Genealogical “Fact Sheets” About Decatur 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 Decatur 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 Decatur County.

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

The following are links to Family history and genealogy, Records and Resources relevant to Decatur 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 Decatur County genealogy or family history affiliated sites.

Decatur 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)

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

Decatur 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)

Decatur Co. TN Court, Probate Land and Tax Records

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

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

Decatur Co. TN Census Records

Decatur 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 Decatur County genealogists, researchers, historians plus much more.

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