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Weakley County

Tennessee

Weakley County Genealogy & History

"Everyone has a leaf to add on the Family Tree"....M.C.

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My goal is to provide you real online research tools, along with a sprinkling of history and a little Down Home Country to feed your Southern Roots Soul. This is truly a Tennessee Volunteer web site, many kind Weakley County Cousins have volunteered materials and time over the years to make it what it is today. You will find LOTS of old photos. Please do not ask me to do your personal research.

Mary Carol
Your Volunteer Weakley County Coordinator & Webmaster

If you email me, please indicate something in subject line about Weakley Co. or I will think you are spam

**In the Spotlight...**
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OLD SCHOOLS - More schools and Maps added FARM LIFE - a Pictorial History of the Family Farm. NEW photos added GREENFIELD, Tennessee - Huge collection of old photos represent entire county - New photos Photo TOMBSTONES project - NEW tombstones added Weakley County's connection to the ill fated DONNER PARTY of 1846-47.

Weakley County was established October 21, 1823 from lands ceded by the Chickasaw Indians. Weakley County was named for Colonel Robert Weakley who was at the time Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate. Weakley County is located on the Plateau Slope of West Tennessee, one of the three "Grand Divisions". Weakley County is bordered on the north by the State of Kentucky, on the east by Henry County, on the South by Carroll and Gibson Counties, and on the west by Obion County. Dresden is the County Seat of Weakley County.

See PHOTOS of Colonel Robert Weakley & his wife

First Settlers of Weakley County

1823 Legislative Petitions with names

Col. John A. Gardner's 4th of July 1876 Speech at Dresden

Keep scrolling.....there's lots more!

**ONLINE RESEARCH SECTION**
SURNAMES	Weakley County SURNAMES with Researchers - this is the heart of the website - find a cousin or two here!
Old TOMBSTONES photo projcet	See your kinfolks tombstones - project in progress -come back often Old TOMBSTONE photo Project
U.S.CENSUS	1830 ... 1840 ... 1850 ... 1860 lookups ....1870 .....1870 Index ... 1880 lookups ... 1920... 1930
SLAVE SCHEDULES	1850 Slave Census ..... 1860 Slave Census
TAX LISTS	1842 Tax List - - 1843 Tax List - - 1844 Tax List - - 1845 Tax List - - 1846 Tax List - - 1847 Tax List - - 1848 Tax List - - 1849 Tax List - - 1850 Tax List - 1869 Tax List -
DISEASES EPIDEMICS Mortality Schedules	DISEASES - List of diseases with meanings. EPIDEMICS - in U.S. 1657 - 1918 1850-1860-1880 - Who died, cause of death.
OLD NEWSPAPERS	Cousin Martha's Abstracts of DRESDEN ENTERPRISE & early papers - 1837-1906. Surnames in CAPS, easy to find your ancestors. A gold mine!
MARRIAGES	1843-1854 Bride & Groom Index Nov 1886-Jun 1893 Bride & Groom Index June 1893 - Nov 1898 Bride & Groom Index Nov 1898 - Dec 1903 Bride & Groom Index Misc MARRIAGES
OLD BIBLES	Old family bibles OLD BIBLES transcribed
MAPS	1836 ... 1870 ... 1880 ... 1920
Goodspeed 1887	Weakley County section of GOODSPEED This has biographies of early settlers. A-Z index - NEW
DEEDS & COURT RECORDS	old DEEDS and old COURT RECORDS
Occupant Entry Book 1820 Surveyor Grid	Land Occupant Entry INDEX 1827 -1833. Search surname Index & check out where your kinfolks lived on 1836 MAP - 1820 Surveryor Grid on Modern Day Weakley map
WILLS	Transcribed old wills WILLS & Settlements
OBITS	Obits of our ancestors OBITS
BRICK WALL	see if anyone is searching for your kinfolks - MY BRICK WALL
Post Offices	OLD POST OFFICES of Weakley County
MURPHY FAMILY	Weakley County's connection to the ill fated DONNER PARTY of 1846-47.
Weakley Mailing List Ask your Questions Here	Join the freeTNWEAKLE-List Mailing list. Many kind Weakley County "Cousins" to help you in your research on the TNWEAKLE Mailing List..The list allows subscribers to share information and discuss Weakley County history, genealogy. To subscribe send a message to: TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word subscribe in the subject and body of the message. Search the TNWEAKLE ARCHIVES - look here first
free LOOKUPS	We have great LOOKUP Volunteers for Census, Marriage, etc. Take a look

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A memorial to our Weakley County VETERANS
who have bravely served their Country - Lots of Photos
Click on a War below
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Revolutionary War	CIVIL WAR	WORLD WAR II
WAR of 1812	WORLD WAR I	Modern Warriors

Please send your Weakley County Veterans information and old photos to
MaryCarol

**THE GOOD OLD DAYS**
**Life as it used to be....History...lots of old photos**
**Towns and Places of Weakley County**
**Greenfield has huge collection of old photos that represent all of Weakley County**
**Take a photo tour down memory lane**
Dresden Iris Festival	Martin Trains -UTM	Greenfield Lots of old photos	Sharon Rose of Sharon
Dukedom	FancyTown	Gleason	Crawley's Store
Hyndsver	Flytown	Jonesboro	Mulberry
New - Catfight	Public Wells The public well	Gardner	Ore Springs
Chestnut Glade	Austin Springs

Please send info and old pix's of your Weakley town or place
If it is not here - means nobody sent in anything yet
MaryCarol

**Our OLD FAMILY PHOTO ALBUM**
Click on Photo Album below to View our Kinfolk
We're real proud !!

Contribute your OLD family photos to MaryCarol

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Old Schools	SCHOOLS - Old Schools w/photos,Teachers and More
The FAMILY FARM	FARM LIFE - a Pictorial History of the Family Farm. NEW photos added
Churches of Weakley	Visit our oldCHURCHES -- Histories and old photos - stained glass windows - Angels
Old Letters	Letters from our Ancestors OLD LETTERS
Tidbits and Links	TIDBITS and LINKS - Genealogy Trivia, good things to know, great Links to other Web Sites to help you on your Genealogy Quest.
Comfort Foods	COMFORT FOODS - The foods that make you feel good - recipes - by MaryCarol
Weakley County TODAY Newspapers Online	DRESDEN ENTERPRISE - Keep up with what is going on in Weakley County Today. WEAKLEY COUNTY PRESS - Covers mostly the Martin area - UTM
Reunions-Gatherings	Weakley County Cousins - post your upcoming FAMILY REUNIONS and Gatherings here.
PONDER	A section that is constantly changing - Things to PONDER
CLIMBING TREES	Unique presentation -- find your cousins, add your branches! Only people that actually set foot in Weakley - CLIMBING TREES

**REFERENCE SECTION**
Libraries	LIBRARIES of the area, hours open, who to contact
Lookup Volunteers	We are very lucky to have such good help.....Census, Marriage Records, Cemeteries, Pensions.....and more. Remember to say Thank You.
Books	BOOKS and where to find them - relating to Weakley County.
Archived Queries	Look at old QUERIES
New Queries	Rootsweb provides format for submitting ALL QUERIES
TN State Archives in Nashville	Lots of help here...They keep changing their email addy so just google it.
Weakley County Genealogical Society	Weakley County Genealogical Society, Dues are only $10.00 per year. Great collection of Weakley County books and CD's available

**WEAKLEY COUSINS**
Web Sites & WORLDCONNECT	Visit WEB SITES of other Weakley County Cousins plus Weakley Cousins who have posted to WORLDCONNECT
FAMILY TREES	Post your family trees to the.. WORLD CONNECT project...It's great!!

The Way They Lived....pj Thompson Shares...
"Come Sit in the Swing Under The Shade Tree
and Let Me Tell You Of Days Gone By"

About the author: Meet pj.....	Making From Scratch: Woodstove Recipes......
Hog Killing Day....	Making Do With Old Time Household Recipes & Home Remedies...
Laying a Corpse......	Patsy and Paula Saga......
Miss Jennie & Miss Allie Feed pj

Please visit our Good Neighbors

Obion County	Carroll County	Gibson County	Henry County

Thank you RootsWeb for free webspace

Weakley County Coordinator
MaryCarol

Visitors since October 2001

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