Montgomery County Archives Collection Information

The Montgomery County Archives is the repository for nearly all the pre-1950 governmental records of Montgomery County. With some exceptions, we have both the original and a microfilm copy of these records. Some of our holdings are the marriages, bound (from 1838) and loose (from 1866); probate record books (begin 1796); deed books (begin 1788); land mortagage books (begin 1896); loose papers of the County and Chancery Courts; County Court minutes (from 1805); Chancery Court minutes (from 1840); and delayed birth certificate orders. We also have microfilm copies of the various schedules of the 1820 through 1930 Montgomery County census including population, mortality, manufacturing, slave, and agricultural schedules. If you are interested in Tennessee law, we have a substantial and growing collection of Tennessee Supreme Court reports, TCAs, Public and Private Acts, Tennessee Digests, and other references.

In addition, we have several other record groups, which have not yet been processed. Among these are 1930s-1950s tax records, various maps, loose papers of the Quarterly Court, Circuit Court papers, loose wills, more Chancery Court papers, and chattel mortgage books.