Greene County Genealogy Records

Greene County was formed in April 18, 1783 and is located in East Tennessee. It lies between the Unaka Mountains on the south and Bays Mountains on the North. The Nolachucky River and its tributaries of Lick Creek, Little Nolachucky, Horse Creek and Camp Creek is the main stream. According to the early last wills and testaments there was a population of Scots and Germans. During 1790 Quakers began migrating in the county from Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

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See Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy for the many Meetings which includes baptisms, births, marriages and deaths. The congregations of various Meeting traversed into other counties, eventually coming down through North Carolina and settling along the western trails.

Greene County was an original county for the State of Franklin. The border counties of North Carolina should be researched by genealogists searching for ancestors anywhere in the region. Also, the border counties of all of the original portion of the State of Franklin. Also, researchers should include the following counties of Tennessee: Caswell, Spencer, Wayne, Washington, Greene, Sevier, Blount and Sullivan.

• 1890 Veterans Census
• Greene County Rule Docket

Marriages 1780-1836

• Index A-b | Index C-I | Index J-M | N-Z | 1-414 | 415-800 | 801-1200 | 1201-1600 | 1601-2000 | 2001-2400 | 2401-2800 | 2801-3000 | 3001-3400 | 3401-3800 |

Marriages 1836-1837

• Index | 3891-4052

Marriages 1838-1855

• Index | 1-300 | 301-500 | 501-700 | 701-1000 | 1001-1400 | 1401-1800 | 1801-end