By: Pauline Young, Pub. 2013, 110 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-530-8.

Equity records are a wonderful source of genealogical information. In the course of settling disputed or complicated inheritance, names of children, stepchildren, half siblings, maiden names, deceased spouses, first, second, third spouses, and extended family relations may all be part of the revelation of troubles and relationships found in Equity Court holdings. In many suits, dozens of pieces of evidence have been compressed into a few paragraphs of names, dates, situations and decrees. These equity records cover the...

By: Mrs. F.F. Baker, Printed 2013, 156 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-679-7.

Columbia County was created in 1790 from Richmond County, GA. These court records contain such things as: Deeds of Gift, Bill of Sale, Powers of Attorney (many of which are from Revolutionary Soldiers asking that their bounty lands and pensions in other states be obtained for them), and other Legal Oddments.

By: Work Projects Administration, Pub. 1938, reprinted 2014, 285 pgs, Index, ISBN #0-89308-549-9.

Franklin County is located in the middle Tennessee and was created in 1807 from Warren and Bedford Counties. It was a major county of migration and is surrounded by the counties of: Bedford, Coffee, Lincoln, Marion, Warren, and the Alabama State line on the South. In these abstracts, one will find local office holders being appointed, levying and expenditure of local taxes, selecting & Summoning of juries, licenses being granted to operators of taverns, as well as deeds & bills of sale...

By: Work Projects Administration, Pub. 1938, reprinted 2014, 139 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-332-1.

Smith County was formed in 1799 from part of Sumner County and most of the early settlers were from North Carolina and Virginia via East Tennessee. In these abstracts, one will find local office holders being appointed, the levying and expenditure of local taxes, selecting & summoning of juries, Licenses being granted to operators of taverns, as well as deeds & bills of sell being acknowledged by the grantor. The court also oversaw a wide range of matters involving estates, including...

By: WPA, pub. 1938, reprinted 2014, 120 pages, Index, ISBN 30-89308-548-0.

Coffee County was created in 1836 from Bedford, Franklin, and Warren counties. This area of Middle Tennessee was a great source of migration into and from other parts of the Union. Wills are a great source for research due to the wide and varied details that are left within them.