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Main article: Sevier County, Tennessee

General

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.^[1]

As of August 2010, a query for persons born in Sevier (County), Tennessee at World Connect, results in more than 135,000 entries!

For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:

East Tennessee Historical Society. First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff.

Books that discuss local families include:

Karr, Beulah. The History and Folks of English Mountain: Sevier County, Tennessee. 2004. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8893 D2k.
Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273R22b 1978. [Discusses the Bradley, Conner, Emert, Huskey, McCarter, Reagan, Shultz, Trentham, Watson, and Whaley families.]
Russell, Gladys Trentham. Call Me Hillbilly: A Personal Account of Growing Up in the Smokies near Gatlinburg. Alcoa, Tenn.: Russell Pub., [1988]. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8893 D2r.
Russell, Gladys Trentham. Smoky Mountain Family Album. Alcoa, Tenn.: Russell Pub., 1984. FHL US/CAN Book 976.889 D2r.
Sevier County Heritage Book Committee. Sevier County, Tennessee, and Its Heritage. [Waynesville, N.C.]: Walsworth Pub. Co., 1994. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8893 H2s.

Bibliography

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]

[Barnes] See Longley.
[Biard] Smith, Maud Biard. The Biard Family. Paris, Texas: M.B. Smith, 1954. FHL US/CAN Film 1033942 Item 8; digital version at FamilySearch Books Online.
[Burchfield] Finks, Betty Lou. The Descendants of the Moore Family. n.p.: B.L. Finks, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M787f.
[Cantrell] See Longley.
[Cates] Dawson, Aurelia Cate. Our East Tennessee Kinsmen: Cate, Henry and related families. Seaford, DE: Unknown, 1962. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d; for an index see FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d index or FHL US/CAN Film 874417 Item 7; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
[Chandler] Chandler, Annamae Barber, Philip A. Gowan and John R. Rossell. Discovering Chandler Lines, 1474-1996, in Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1944. Seattle, Wash.: AB Chandler, 1996. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C361ch.
[Curd] See Longley.
[Dagley] Waterfield, Marjorie Featheringill. Dagley Family Group Sheets, 1700-1900. Bowling Green, Ohio: M. Waterfield, 19--. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 D133w.
[Gaut] McWilliam, Judly L. and Roberta B. Pierson. Jones/Gaut: James & Jerusha: Arno, Wayland, Weber, Mabel. Sacramento, Calif.: J.L. McWilliams, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 J71mp.
[Gist] Dorsey, Jean Muir. Christopher Gist of Maryland and Some of His Descendants, 1679-1957, Chicago, IL: J.S. Swift Co., 1958. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 G447; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
[Green] Green, William. Life and Papers of A.L.P.Green, D.D.. Nashville, Tennessee: Southern Methodist Pulblishing House, 1877. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
[Hatcher] Edwards, Olga Jones. The Hatcher Papers, 1793-1898. Typescript, FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 504.
[Henry] Dawson, Aurelia Cate. Our East Tennessee Kinsmen: Cate, Henry and related families. Seaford, DE: Unknown, 1962. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d; for an index see FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C282d index or FHL US/CAN Film 874417 Item 7; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
[Hurst] Littell, Noble K. The Hurst Family: from the Archives. Newsclipping from the Gazette, September 6, 1972, Morgan County Public Library, Martinsville, Ind. FHL US/CAN Film 1502553 Item 51.
[Jones] Jones--Sams--Scott Family Bible Records, 1833-1960, and Jones--Scott and Allied Families Records, ca. 1615-1959. Typecript, microfilmed in 1960. FHL US/CAN Film 219477 Item 14.
[King] King, Robert R. Wiley King and Margaret Adair King of Little Greenbrier Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee. McLean, Va.: American Society for Genealogy and Family History, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 K58kr.
[Langley] See Longley.
[Lawson] Lawson, Fred Raulston. The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Decatur, Ga.: Looking Glass Books, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L444Lf.
[Link] Link, Paxson. The Link Family: Antecedents and Descendants of John Jacob Link, 1417-1951. Paris, IL?: Unknown, 1951. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L648L; FHL US/CAN Film 1036535 Item 1; digital version at Ancestry ($); and Heritage Quest Online ($). For the 1988 supplement to this book see FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L648d.
[Locke] Broyles, Bettye J. Locke Family History: Descendants of Thomas and Susanna (Henry) Locke. Chattanooga, Tenn.: B.J. Broyles, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L795b.
[Longley] Matthews, Addah Longley. Genealogy, Curd-Longley, Cantrell-Barnes. North Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1966. Available at FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 C922g; digital version at Heritage Quest Online ($).
[Lowe] Reed, Kenneth Charles. The Lowe Family: Ancestors and Descendants of William Albert Lowe and Fannie Harriet Turner: Ancestral Lines: Witcher, Keen, Blair, Turner and Lowe: Descendant Lines: Perry, Douglass, Lowe and Reed. 1984; reprint, Houston, Texas: K.C. Reed, 1997. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L951r.
[McGaughey] Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey. Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey (Settled in York County, Pa. 1740). Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Quintella Printing, 1984. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M128s.
[McGaughey] Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey. Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughey - Settled in York County, Pa., 1740s: Supplement 1991. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: P.R.M. Sutton, 1991. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M128s supp. 1991.
[McGaughey] Sutton, Polly Rachel McGaughey. Addendum to Descendants of William and Margaret McGaughy/ey: William and Elizabeth (Lackey) McGaughy/ey Line. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: P.R.M. Sutton, [1995?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M128s supp. 1995.
[McGhee] McGhee Family. Taken from Notable Southern Families. Microfilmed in 1989. FHL US/CAN Film 1638488 Item 15.
[Maples] Southworth, Mary Ford. A Maples Leaf. Orange, Calif.: M.F. Southworth, 1968. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M321s.
[Maples] Farny, Anne Marie. A Maples Leaf,: and Pedigree of Anne Marie Martin. El Monte, Calif.: A.M. Martin, 198-?. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M363mf.
[Massey] Goddard, Mrs. E.E. Family Reunion at the Home of Dr. John and Mrs. Massey, Atlantic City, New Jersey, September 20, 1925. 1925. FHL US/CAN Film 1036213 Item 22.
[Mattox] Lawson, Fred Raulston. The Lawsons of East Tennessee. Decatur, Ga.: Looking Glass Books, 1999. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 L444Lf.
[Montgomery] Edwards, Olga Jones. The Montgomery Papers, 1817-1913. Tacoma, Wash.: O.J. Edwards, 1964. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M766e.
[Moore] Finks, Betty Lou. The Descendants of the Moore Family. n.p.: B.L. Finks, 1995. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 M787f.
[Nation] Nation, Carole Clawson. James Anderson Nation and Myrtle Della Sands, Their Ancestors, Descendents & Related Families. Rio Linda, Calif.: C.C. Nation, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 N213nc.
[Ottinger] Ottinger, Charles Love and Marie Matthews Ottinger. From Affoltern to Atlanta: The Story of One Branch of the Ottinger Family Tree. [Tenn.: C.L. Ottinger], 1992. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ot8oc.
[Ownby] Park, Percival David. Ownby--Watson Family History: With Information on the Bradley, Cardwell, Wilson and Other Allied Families of Sevier County, Tennessee. Atlanta, Ga.: P.D. Park, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ow4p.
[Parsons] Bishop, Rachel Parsons Flynn. The Parsons Family of Natural Bridge, Virginia. Moneta, Va.: R.P. Bishop, 1987. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P251b.
[Porter] Barnett, Bobby D. Descendants of Mitchell Porter: Revolutionary War Soldier. [South Pasadena, Fla.]: B.D. Barnett, 2000. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 P834bb.
[Reagan] Shelton, Lula F. Joshua Reagan, Son of Timothy Reagan & Elizabeth Trigg. Phoenix, Ariz.: L.F. Shelton, 1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R228s.
[Reagan] Reagan, Donald B. The Book of Ragan/Reagan. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.R. Reagan, 1993. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R126rd.
[Reyer] Broadway, Mavene et al. Der Reiher: Journal of the Reyer Family. Ardmore, Tenn.: Reyer Family in America, 1979-1982. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R33r.
[Roberts] Hays, Maud Callaway. Hays Records and Roberts and Allied Families. n.p.: Hays, 1952. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 H333h.
[Robertson] Robertson, Rhonda. William Robertson of England and His Descendants: (A Partial Genealogy). n.p.: Rhonda Robertson, 1978. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R545rr.
[Robertson] Roberson, Rhonda S. "Genealogical Sketches of Revolutionary War Soldiers: William Robertson," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr. 1978):55-78. FHL Book 975.57 D25s v. 1 (1978).
[Routh] Routh, Ross H. Stephen Routh (1797-1871) and Some Descendants: A Genealogy. El Paso, Texas: R.H. Routh, 1980. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 R765sr.
[Shields] Shields, John Arthur. The Shields Family: Particularly the Oldest and Most Numerous Branch of that Family in Our America; an Account of the Ancestor and Descendents [sic of the Ten Brothers of Sevier County, in Tennessee (1917).] Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive. Digital copy also available at FamilySearch Books Online
[Shields] Coleman, Mary O. Derrick, Rebecca S. Hardin, and Fulton County Historical Society (Indiana). Shields Genealogy. Rochester, Ind.: Fulton County Historical Society (Indiana), 1979. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 2951.
[Shields] Shields, A. Randolph. The Descendants of Robert and Margaret Emmert Shields of Cades Cove, Tennessee. Maryville, Tenn.: A.R. Shields, 1986. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh61sa.
[Shultz] Schultz, Earl K. An Early American Family. n.p.: n.p., n.d. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 A1 no. 1198.
[Shultz] Reagan, Donald B. Early History of Doctor Martin Shultz and Julianna Stentz. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1989. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Sh92r.
[Thomas] Wynn, C.B. Isaac Thomas of Sevierville, Tennessee: and a Few of His Many Descendants, with Allied Families. Gatlinburg, Tenn.: Buckhorn Press, 1980. FHL FAM HIST Book 921.73 T363w.
[Thomas] Lethco, Sue Eledge and Herbert E. Sharp. The William Carroll Thomas Progeny. Sevierville, Tenn.: S.E. Lethco and H.E. Sharp, 1994. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T368L.
[Trentham] Trentham, Jo An. Trentham Heritage. n.p.: J. Trentham, [2007?]. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 T723tj.
[Watson] Park, Percival David. Ownby--Watson Family History: With Information on the Bradley, Cardwell, Wilson and Other Allied Families of Sevier County, Tennessee. Atlanta, Ga.: P.D. Park, 1983. FHL FAM HIST Book 929.273 Ow4p.
[Wear] Col. Samuel Wear's Bible [Records, 1780-1870]. Tacoma, Wash.: Tacoma Genealogical Society, 1963. FHL US/CAN Book 979.7 D2t.

References

↑ "Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online," Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog, 12 October 2008.

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