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Middle Tennessee county in the Chestnut Ridge region. Established 1871.

The county is named after "Tennessee state legislator William Moore."^[3]

Parent County

1871--Moore County was established 14 December 1871 from Lincoln, Franklin, Coffee, and Bedford Counties.
County seat: Lynchburg ^[4]

County Pronunciation

1. Hear it spoken^[5] (female)
2. Hear it spoken^[6] (male)

Boundary Changes

"Rotating Formation Tennessee County Boundary Maps" (1777-1985) may be viewed for free at the My Tennessee Genealogy website. They rely on AniMap 3.0 software.

Record Loss

Lost census: 1890

County records are complete.^[7]

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Research Guides

• Genealogical "Fact Sheets" About Tennessee Counties: Moore County, courtesy: TSLA. (Identifies published county histories, published local records, census records, newspapers and local records on microfilm, and select manuscripts.)
• "Moore County Genealogical Records Survey," The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Spring 1989). For access, see Periodicals.

African American

United States African Americans Tennessee African Americans

Biographies

• Douthat, James L. Moore County, Tennessee Biographies. 1887; reprint, Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free Surname Index and purchase details at Mountain Press website.

Cemeteries

Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation.

• Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried.  Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.

• Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in Moore County linking to the  information about the people buried there,

• Moore Co. TN Cemetery Records, part of the TNGenWeb Cemetery Database, lists many cemeteries in the county, often with indexes and transcripts of the burials.

• Moore County, Tennessee, USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project lists many cemeteries in the county and has transcripts of the tombstones arranged by cemetery.

• The Family History Library Catalog lists some records of cemeteries in Moore county.  Some of the books or others may be on Google Books or available at public libraries.

• ePodunk list of Moore County cemeteries

Individual cemeteries:

• Lynchburg City Cemetery, Lynchburg BillionGraves

Census

1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 Moore County federal population schedules are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See Moore County, TN census assignments, including links to transcribed files and scanned census images. [The USGenWeb Census Project^®].

1890 - Lost, but substitutes are available:

• Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 6 1891. [Pickett County is included in Vol. 6.]
• Sistler, Byron H. and Barbara Sistler. 1890 Civil War Veterans Census, Tennessee. Evanston, Ill.: Byron Sister and Associates, 1978. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2s 1890.

Church

Court

DNA

• [Doss] Descendant of Samuel H. Doss, b. 1803 Virginia, resident of Shelby and Moore counties, Tennessee; Illinois; and Madison County, Arkansas. Y-DNA 37 Marker Test, FTDNA (Kit 85939). Genetic signature available online (labeled Sh-1), genealogical description available online, courtesy: The Doss DNA Project, World Families. Matches have been found.

Family Histories

It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

• Locate publications about direct ancestors
• Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
• Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]

General

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Moore, Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 4,000 entries.

Bibliography

• [Daniel] Parkes, John Franklin. Descendants of Calaway Daniel. Online at the Montgomery County Genealogy Website.
• [Frost] Frost, Wright Wilson. The Frosts and Related Families of Bedford County, Tennessee. Knoxville, TN: W.W. Frost, c1962. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 F929f and FHL US/CAN Fiche 6104871; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($) and World Vital Records ($).
• [Edens] Colsher, Sue M. The Edens Family.Online at the Montgomery County Genealogy Website.
• [Felps] Parks, Roy H. The Felps Family. Online at the Montgomery County Genealogy Website.
• [Logan] Dietz, Virginia My Logan ancestors from Scotland to Logan, Missouri Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2002. FHL book 929.273 L828. Digital version available at FamilySearch Books Online.
• [Parkes] Parks, Rufus Alonzo. The Parkes Family, The Parkes Collection and A Statement of M.N. Parkes, Jr.Online at the Montgomery County Genealogy Website.
• [Simpson] Miner, Ethel Nerim. Descendants of Rice and Rachael Simpson: of Franklin and Moore Counties, Tennessee. Fountain Hills, Arizona: Four Peaks Enterprise, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Si58me.

Land

• Evans, 91 deeds dated 1807-1915 in Moore County, Tennessee placed on a map. DeedMapper, 2009. It is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product to view the maps.]

Local Histories

• Goodspeed firm, publishers, Chicago. History of Tennessee, from the earliest time to the present; together with an historical and a biographical sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore counties.Nashville, Tenn., The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886. Free digital copy.

Maps

Military

War of 1812

• Embry, Hermione D. "War of 1812 - Tennessee Pensioners on List - January 2, 1883," Ansearchin' News, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Apr. 1961):49-52. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a v. 8 (1961); digital version at journal website. [Includes Moore County pensioners (p. 49).]

Civil War

• Civl War Research Database $
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System

Civil War service men from Moore County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Moore County.

Confederate Soldiers

• 1st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Turney's) - CSA - Companies D and E.
• 8th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company K.
• 17th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA
• 23rd Battalion, Tennessee Infantry (Newman's) - CSA - Companies D and E.
• 34th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (4th Confederate Infantry) - CSA - Company C.
• 41st Regiment, Tennessee Infantry - CSA - Company G.

Additional sources for Civil War soldiers from Moore County:

• USGenWeb, Civil War Regiments of Moore County, Tennessee (accessed 31 Jan 2012). 
• USGenWeb Archives, Moore County Tennessee Archives, (accessed 1 Feb 2012).  Pensioners on the Roll 1883.
• Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications : Moore County, (accessed 1 Feb 2012). Includes soldier's name, county, pension #, unit or widow.
• United States Pension Bureau, List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ... (Washington Printing Office; 1883), (accessed 1 Feb 2012). Online at Internet Archive. Moore County, page 366-367.
  

Newspapers

Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Moore County click on the following city:

• Lynchburg

Occupations

• Miller, Alan N. Middle Tennessee's Forgotten Children: Apprentices from 1784 to 1902. Baltimore, Md.: Printed for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2004. FHL US/CAN 976.8 U2ma. Purchase at Genealogical.com. [Includes Moore County.]

Periodicals

Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers who are new to their area would not likely discover. This type of material may be found in local, regional, or statewide genealogical society journals. The following periodicals cover this county:

Ansearchin' News

Genealogical articles with abstracts of Moore County, Tennessee records have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly FHL Book 976.8 B2a.

The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History

Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Moore County, Tennessee have been published in The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, the quarterly of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society (23+ Vols.). To view a list of these articles, visit their online Index to Articles (1988-2005). Surname indexes are also available online for Vols. 2-22. The website also offers back issues for sale in paper and on CD. The Family History Library has a complete collection of this quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.85 D25m.

Probate

The Moore County Court and Chancery Court have responsibility for probate records.

FamilySearch has placed scans of the following records online in the Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 collection. These are browse-only collections. Handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes:

• Wills, 1872-1966
• Bonds, 1872-1966
• Settlements, 1871-1962 (7 vols.)

Taxation

The following Moore County tax records have been abstracted:^[8]

• [1860] Tax List, 1860, District 1, Moore County Review, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Jul. 1998).

Vital Records

See also Tennessee Vital Records

Birth

• 1881-1882 - Moore County Birth Index 1881-1882 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free. Batch C519572.^[9]
• 1881-1882 - Moore County Clerk.Vital statistics, births and deaths 1908-1911, births 1881-1882. Manuscript. TSLA, 1967. FHL 501086

Marriage

The original Moore County marriage records are kept at the County Courthouse. The following Moore County marriage records are microfilmed:

• [1872-1988] Available at the TSLA.
• [1872-1966] Available at the Family History Library. Some volumes are indexed.FHL 501075

The following Moore County marriage records have been indexed:

• 1872-1938 - Moore County Marriage Index 1872-1938 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[9]
• Tennessee, Chancery Court. Chancery Court Records (Moore County, Tennessee)1830-1993; index, 1915-1978. Manuscript. Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2007. FHL 1572735
• Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950 - covers all counties in Tennessee.
• Many county marriage records are indexed with images at Ancestry's Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. ($)  Be aware that this index is not complete for many counties.

Moore County is not included in Sistler's Early Middle Tennessee Marriages.

Death

• Moore County Clerk.Vital statistics, births and deaths 1908-1911, births 1881-1882. Manuscript. TSLA, 1967. FHL 501086
• Tennessee Deaths and Burials 1874-1955 at Record Search Pilot at FamilySearch. Name index with extracted death certificate information.  Search by surname then browse through the results. You may need to supply variant spellings of the names.

For deaths of Methodists in Moore County (or what became Moore County) between the 1830s and the 1920s, try:

• Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. FHL US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851 ff; digital versions at David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository. [Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.]

Societies and Libraries

Moore County Historical and Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 408
Lynchburg, TN 37352
Phone: 1-931-759-7285
E-mail: georgestone@cafes.net
Archive located in the basement of the County Building in Lynchburg
Hours: Fridays 9 am - 3 pm
Phone: 1-931-759-7068
E-mail: moorecountyarchives@yahoo.com

Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN, USA 37203-7507
The society serves the 40 counties of middle Tennessee of which Moore County is one. It publishes The Middle Tennessee Journal of Genealogy and History, a quarterly containing articles of genealogical and historical interest. Little-known Tennessee records are published and indexed, along with family genealogies, Bible records and material submitted by members. There is an alphabetical Index to articles in the Journal 1988-summer 2005

Moore County Public Library
P.O. Box 408
Lynchburg, TN 37352
Phone: 1-931-759-7285
Hours: Mon., Wed., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tues. 1-8 p.m.
Sat. 9 a.m.-12 p.m.

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Moore County, Tennessee

• Chestnut Ridge Cousins Genealogy Records, Surname Exchange, Maps, Obituaries, Photos, History
• Family History Library Catalog (FamilySearch)
• Moore County, TN Family History and Genealogy Message Board (Ancestry)
• Moore County, TN Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Moore County, TN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
• Moore County, TNGenWeb (USGenWeb)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS-L (Chestnut Ridge Region Genealogy List)
• RootsWeb Mailing List: TN-SOUTHCENTRAL-L (South Central Tennessee List)

References

1. ↑ "Earliest County Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives.
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Moore County, Tennessee page 642, At various libr40ries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ "List of counties in Tennessee," Wikipedia.
4. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), 642. (FHL Collection Ref Book 973 D27e 2002). WorldCat entry.
5. ↑ Voice of Lynnae Weller, Kingsport, Tenn. (2010).
6. ↑ Voice of Gene Black, FamilySearch employee, former resident of Bristol, Tenn. (2010).
7. ↑ Robert M. McBride, Tennessee County Data (Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee States Library and Archives, 1966), 38.
8. ↑ The Heritage Quest Online version of PERSI aided in the compilation of this list.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/8/88/Igitennesseel.pdf.

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