When we studied TN History in the eighth grade in 1940 one of things we had to learn was the names of the counties and the name of each county seat. Maybe they don't teach that anymore. Frances ---------- > From: Yelowstone@aol.com > To: TN-ROOTWALKER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ROOTWALKER] County Seats in ROOTWALKER Country. > Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 5:43 PM > > Hello everyone, > > Often, when researching in the archives or a library somewhere, people ask > what the county seat of a particular county is, or I overhear them talking to > themselves wondering the same thing. I know the seats of all the 26 counties > covered by ROOTWALKER, but most people don't because they don't deal with all > those counties each day, but can't recite all 96 counties or their county > seats. > > So, to help some of you out whenever your research takes you from one county > to another, here is a list of all the counties in Tennessee. I am going to > put the ROOTWALKER counties at the head of the list because we are sort of > partial to them. > > The county name is first, and the county seat follows. > > You might want to save this list, just in case... > > ROOTWALKER COUNTIES > > Cannon Woodbury > Cheatham Ashland City > Clay Celina > Cumberland Crossville > Davidson Nashville > DeKalb Smithville > Dickson Charlotte > Fentress Jamestown > Hickman Centerville > Houston Erin > Humphreys Waverly > Jackson Gainesboro > Macon Lafayette > Montgomery Clarksville > Overton Livingston > Pickett Byrdstown > Putnam Cookeville > Robertson Springfield > Rutherford Murfreesboro > Smith Carthage > Stewart Dover > Sumner Gallatin > Trousdale Hartsville > White Sparta > Williamson Franklin > Wilson Lebanon > > NON-ROOTWALKER COUNTIES > > Anderson Clinton > Bedford Shelbyville > Benton Camden > Bledsoe Pikeville > Blount Maryville > Bradley Cleveland > Campbell Jacksboro > Carroll Huntingdon > Carter Elizabethton > Chester Henderson > Claiborne Tazewell > Cocke Newport > Coffee Manchester > Crockett Alamo > Decatur Decaturville > Dyer Dyersburg > Fayette Somerville > Franklin Winchester > Gibson Trenton > Giles Pulaski > Grainger Rutledge > Greene Greeneville > Grundy Altamont > Hamblen Morristown > Hamilton Chattanooga > Hancock Sneedville > Hardeman Bolivar > Hardin Savannah > Hawkins Rogersville > Haywood Brownsville > Henderson Lexington > Henry Paris > James Abolished in 1920, Records in Hamilton County. > Jefferson Dandridge > Johnson Mountain City > Knox Knoxville > Lake Tiptonville > Lauderdale Ripley > Lawrence Lawrenceburg > Lewis Hohenwald > Lincoln Fayetteville > Loudon Loudon > McMinn Athens > McNairy Selmer > Madison Jackson > Marion Jasper > Marshall Lewisburg > Maury Columbia > Meigs Decatur > Monroe Madisonville > Moore Lynchburg > Morgan Wartburg > Obion Union City > Perry Linden > Polk Benton > Rhea Dayton > Roane Kingston > Scott Huntsville > Sequatchie Dunlap > Sevier Sevierville > Shelby Memphis > Sullivan Blountville > Tipton Covington > Unicoi Erwin > Union Maynardsville > Van Buren Spencer > Warren McMinnville > Washington Jonesboro > Wayne Waynesboro > Weakley Dresden > > Thanks everyone for being the ROOTWALKER family. > > Sincerely, > > > > Stan Magnesen > ROOTWALKER site/list coordinator > > > > ==== TN-ROOTWALKER Mailing List ==== > ******Genealogists "bury" themselves in data!****** > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >