top

KNOX County

Tennessee, USA

 

Introduction

Gen Tool-Kit

Surnames

Ancestral Gen-Sites

Researching by Location

Website Resources

Image Gallery

Contact Information

 

 

Introduction

 

     Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Its county seat is Knoxville, as it has been since the creation of the county. The county is at the geographical center of the Great Valley of East Tennessee. Near the heart of the county is the origin of the Tennessee River at the union of the Holston and French Broad Rivers.

     Knox County was created on June 11, 1792 by Governor William Blount from parts of Greene and Hawkins counties, and has the distinction of being one of only eight counties created during territorial administration. It is one of nine United States counties named for Revolutionary War general and first United States Secretary of War Henry Knox. Parts of Knox County later became Blount (1795), Anderson (1801), Roane (1801), and Union (1850) counties.

     The following counties lie adjacent to Knox County: Union County (north);  Grainger County (northeast);  Jefferson County (east);  Sevier County (southeast);  Blount County (south); Loudon County (southwest);  Roane County (west);  and Anderson County (northwest).

 

 

Gen Tool-Kit

gen tool-kit

County Records 

Knox County Clerk has Marriage Records from 1792 and Probate Records from 1792 and is located at Courthouse, 400 Main St., Knoxville, TN 37902; Telephone: (865) 215-2555.

Knox County Register of Deeds has Land Records from 1791 and is located at Courthouse, 400 Main St., Knoxville, TN 37902; Telephone: (865) 215-2000.

Knox County Clerk of Circuit Court has Court Records from 1792 and is located at Courthouse, 400 Main St., Knoxville, TN 37902; Telephone: (865) 215-2400.

Knox County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Knox County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Knox County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

 

Historical & Genealogical Societies

*       Tennessee Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 3343, 9114 Davies Plantation Rd, Brunswick, TN 38014, (901) 381-1447; [EMAIL]

*       Tennessee Historical Society, 300 Capital Boulevard, Nashville 37243

*       The Andrew Bogle Chapter  Knoxville     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

*       Captain Thomas Carter Chapter, Knoxville  National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century

*       Daughters at University of Tennessee Chapter  Knoxville (Source: National Soc. Daughters of the American Revolution)

*       East Tennessee Historical Society 

*       General Henry Knox Chapter  Knoxville     (Source: United States Daughters of 1812)

*       The Isaac Anderson Society of Knoxville, Tennessee  (Children of the American Revolution)

*       Knox Heritage 

*       Knoxville Civil War Roudntable 

*       Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Knoxville      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)

 

Libraries, Museums & Archives

*      Knox County Archives, 500 W. Church Ave., Knoxville , TN 37902, Phone: (865) 215-8804

*      Knox County Health Department, 140 Dameron Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917-6413; (423) 215-5100, [EMAIL]

*      University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996 865-974-2144

*      Johnson Bible College, Glass Memorial Library, 7900 Johnson Drive, Knoxville, TN 37998 865-251-2277

*      Tennessee State Library and Archives, 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37243-0312; Phone: (615) 741-2764,

*      Fax (615) 741-6471

*      Libraries, Museums, Archives In Knox County, Tennessee

 

Historical Places

Your LINK to the Historical Places and Districts in KNOX County

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

National Park Service

National Historic Landmarks

National Battlefields

National Historic Sites

National Historical Parks

National Memorials

National Monuments

surnames

Researching
by Surname

The following are names of persons, found within our databases,

as having been either born, married or died in this location.

To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK.

McVicker; Moreland; Pinnell; Scruggs and allied families

Hart;   Lineberry;   Rhodes

Bozarth; Peiffer; Quigley; Rhubart and allied families

 

Dellinger; Knecht; Pfeffer; Silar and allied families

Additional information regarding these and other surnames may also be found at:

Surname Locator Resources

Free Genealogy
Surname Search 
From Google

Use this free genealogy site to help you get the best genealogy searches from Google™ by using your family tree, for your research. It will create a series of different searches  using tips or "tricks"

that will likely improve your results. The different searches will give you many different ways of using Google and the Internet to find ancestry information about  this  or  any  other  Surname. 

Ancestral 
Gen-Sites

ancestral gen-sites

Family History Notes

 

Gen-Site Profiles

 

Knoxville

LOCATION:  Country: United States;   State: Tennessee;   County: Knox;  

Place:Knoxville; Coordinates/Map: 35° 58′ 22″ N, 83° 56′ 32″ W

The Sunsphere built for the Knoxville World’s Fair of 1982

 

Click on thumbnail

 for larger image

DESCRIPTION:   Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County.  It is also the largest city in East Tennessee.

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:  William C. Rhodes was born March, 1820 in Knox County.

INTERNET WEB LINK(s):  Knoxville, Tennessee - Wikipedia

 

LOCATION:  Country: United States;   State: Tennessee;   County: Knox;  

Place:; Coordinates/Map:

 

Click on thumbnail

 for larger image

DESCRIPTION: 

ANCESTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS GEN-SITE:  

INTERNET WEB LINK(s):

populated places

Researching
by Location

Map of

This County

Gazetteer of Places in This County

Link to State-Wide Resources

Where in the World

are My Ancestors?

map

Map of County

The Red Star in the map designates the location of the seat of government for this county.  Yellow Stars designates county seats in adjacent counties.   A Purple Dot shows the location of identified ancestral Gen-Site(s).

For  a better view of this map set your windows  ZOOM  feature  (lower right corner of screen) to 150%

gazetteer

Gazetteer of Places

The list below will assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestor’s birth, marriage, death dates and the place(s) within this locality at which these events may have occurred.

Profiles for 306 cities, towns and other populated places in Knox County Tennessee

Map of Knox County Tennessee

Knox County Physical, Cultural & Historic Features

Knox County ZIP Codes | Area Codes

Knox County Land - Property, Farms & Ranches

 

Cemeteries on USGS Maps: Knox County, Tennessee

Links To Populated Places Within This County

Find Physical Features* Within This County

* includes but not limited to Cemeteries, Churches, Locales,

Military Installations;  Populated Places, Post Offices, Schools, Streams, and Trails

Links to More Locations in Tennessee

State-Wide Resources

For more information about the U.S. State in which this county is located  click  on  these  LINKS:

 

Where in the world

Where in the World
are My Ancestors?

Resources which enhance our knowledge of the places inhabited by our ancestors are almost as important as their names. The LINK

MAPS

GAZETTEERS

to the right will take you to Maps, Gazetteers,   and other helpful  resources  that will assist you in discovering Ancestral Locations. 

resources Website
Resources

 

This search engine may

provide you with additional

information to assist with

your research about this topic.

General Resources

·         Our Genealogy Reference Library (USA Locations)

·         Genealogy Forum: U.S. States

·         Family Search, IGI Batches, Localities

·         Genealogy.com: Resources by county

·         Rootsweb.com – U.S. Message Boards

·         Cyndi's List - General U.S. Sites

Locality Specific Resources

·         Knox County, Tennessee Genealogy Links

·         Knox County (Family History 101.com)

·         Knox County USGenWeb

·         Knox County, Genealogy Forum

·         Knox County, at Rootsweb

·         Cyndi's List - U.S. – Tennessee - Localities

·         Linkpendium > Genealogy> Knox County

 

Our Genealogy 
Reference Library

The following Link will take you to our library of genealogy reference books.   Here you may find books about the history and records of this county and other places such as towns and churches.  The collection also contains research works about military units and personnel during America’s wars, in addition too resource texts about the ethnic and religious groups who may have settled in this locality.

 

U.S.A. Locations Library - States, Counties, & Localities

Gallery

Image Gallery

During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities.  Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives.

A view of Knoxville, Tennessee

 

If you have any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral

location, we would greatly appreciate hearing from you.

 

Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to this location.

ANCESTRAL LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES

 

Free Image Search
help from Google

Use the power of Google™ to find more interesting images about this topic. A Click on this button will link you to the Google Images Search  page.   Enter  the

topic you are searching in the box and click “Search Images”. At the “Images” display page you will see the image, as well  as the  website to  which it is linked.

 

Contact Information 

Contact information

Email

Snail mail:

Fred
889 Dante Ct.
Mantua, NJ 08051

USA

Email

Pony Express:

Tom
27 Christopher Dr.
Burton, NB E2V3H4
Canada