In a message dated 3/31/00 6:06:39 PM US Eastern Standard Time, Roulx@aol.com writes: << Since you are here, I'll ask you a question. Do you know if part of Smith County TN records were destroyed? I have been searching for the marriage record for my g-g-grandparents, Lewis W. Hunt and Eveline Allen, and had always believed they were married M >> Cousin Pat: According to a book I have, 'TENNESSEE GENEALOGICAL RECORDS: Records of Early Settlers From State and County Archives', many of the early records of Smith Co. were lost in 1865 when the courthouse was used as the home of troops (it doesn't say whether the troops were Union or Confederate). Lynda