Offers a guide to census indexes, including federal, state, county, and town records, available in print and online; arranged by year, geographically, and by topic.
By: Marcus J. Wright, Pub. 1882, reprinted 2023, 130 pages, Index, ISBN #9781-63914-154-8. McNairy county was created in 1823 from Hardin County, Tennessee. It lies in the western portion of the state just above Tishomingo County, Mississippi on the state line. This book is similar to other county history books of the era with the one exception. This book is filled from cover to cover with mini biographies of these early settlers of the county. Surnames of these early settlers are: Adams (2), Anderson (2), Beard, Beavers, Beck, Bell, Braden, Browder, Brooks, Carter, Cason, Chambers, Chaney, Cloud, Cox, Cross, Crump (2), Denny, Devault, Dorion, Duke, Ferguson, Gooch, Gullett, Hamm, Harwell, Hill, Holt, Hooker, Houston, Huggins, Jackson, Jones, Jopling (2), Kendal, Kincaid, Lorance, Maxedon, McCann, McCuller, McKinney, McKissick, Meeks, Melugin, Newberry, Pace, Perkins (3), Prather, Rains, Randolph, Reed, Riggs, Saunders, Sells, Simonton, Smith, Stovall, Street, Sweat, Tatum, Walsh, Warren (3), Weaver, Wilkerson, Wisdom (4), Worthington, and Wright (4).
Overall, this is an alphabetical index to 35,000 Tennessee heads of households listed in the fourth federal census, taken in 1820, with reference to the individual's county of residence and the page number of the census schedule wherein full data on the household and its occupants may be found.