Carter County, Tennessee:
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Projects

• Appalachian American Genealogy  Consolidated genealogical information for 83 mountain counties in GA, TN, NC and SC
• Carter County Genealogy Trails, Tennessee      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Carter County, Tennessee Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Avery County, NC  to the southeast
• Johnson County, TN  to the east
• Mitchell County, NC  to the south
• Sullivan County, TN  to the north
• Unicoi County, TN  to the southwest
• Washington County, TN  to the west

Bible Records

• Carter County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Carter Co, Tennessee, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Carter County and Johnson County, Tennessee Families      (Source: Family Tree Maker User Home Pages)
• Carter County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Carter County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Carter County Letters      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Tennessee Genealogical Records  Records of Early Settlers from State and County Archives     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Church Records

• Carter County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Carter County Court Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Carter County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Carter County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• Carter County Probate Records-Vol. A 1796-1806  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Carter County Probate Records-Vol. B 1806-1815  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Carter County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Tennessee Probate Court Books  1795-1927     (Source: Family History Library)
• Tennessee Probate Court Files  1795-1927     (Source: Family History Library)

History (15)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Carter County Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Carter County      (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• Carter County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Carter County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• The Carter Mansion  Elizabethton, Tennessee
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Carter County, Tennessee     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Carter County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (26)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Carter County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Carter County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Fort Watauga      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Carter County, Tennessee     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Carter County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A.  including a narrative of the bridge burning; the Carter County rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson counties, Tennessee, during the Civil War     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A.  1903     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.A.  including a narrative of the bridge burning, the Carter County Rebellion, and the loyalty, heroism and suffering of the Union men and women of Carter and Johnson Counties, Tennessee during the Civil War     (Source: Internet Archive)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Carter County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Carter County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications  Carter County     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)

• Revolutionary War

  • Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War  Carter County

• World War I

  • Carter County (Part 1 : Albertson - Frazier)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Carter County (Part 2 : Gardner - Knight)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Carter County (Part 3 : Lacey - Proffit)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Carter County (Part 4 : Rainbolt - Wright)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Carter County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Carter County, Tennessee  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Carter County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Carter County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• East Tennessee Roots Historical/Genealogical Magazine 
• East Tennessee's Forgotten Children  Apprentices from 1778 to 1911     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Migrations through Carter County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• Tennessee Genealogical Records  includes Carter County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Carter County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Carter County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Elizabethton Star  Jan 2, 2004 - May 2, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Carter County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Elizabethton Star 
• Elizabethton Star      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Carter County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Carter County Image Index      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Carter County Images      (Source: Nostalgiaville)
• Carter County Photos      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Historical Postcards of Carter County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tennessee--Carter County--Elizabethton.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Carter County School Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Elizabethton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Milligan College      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• Milligan College, Elizabethton  Historic Campus Architecture Project

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Carter County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Carter County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Carter County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• East Tennessee Historical Society 
• Watauga Association of Genealogists  Northeast Tennessee

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (88)

Tax Lists

• Carter County Tax Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Delinquent Taxes 1850 

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Carter County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Carter County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Carter County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Carter County Century Farms 
• Elizabethton's Covered Bridge 
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• North American Rayon Corporation and American Bemberg Corporation      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• Patents  Carter County, Tennessee     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (12)

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