Lee Ann: The best place to look for this information is the TSLA web site at: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/r&r/mfcoff.htm There you find only these will books listed: Record Type Start / Stop Date Roll # Format and Volume Wills May 1836 - Feb 1859 74 35mm Wills 1 Nov 1870 - May 1901 74 35mm Wills 2-3 Jun 1906 - Oct 1955 75 35mm Wills 4 Aug 1958 - Jul 1972 A-7321 35mm Wills 5-6 Oct 1972 - Jun 1980 A-7322 16mm Wills 1-4 Aug 1980 - Feb 1987 A-7286 16mm but you also find: Settlements, Admin. & Exec. 1-2 Jan 1860 - Apr 1915 69 35mm Deeds I-K Mar 1857 - Mar 1861 85 35mm Deeds L-M Mar 1861 - Mar 1869 86 35mm Tax Books Jan 1856 - Dec 1862 234 35mm Tax Books Jan 1865 - Dec 1867 234 35mm County Clerk Minutes 3-4 Jan 1850 - Sep 1857 51 35mm County Clerk Minutes 5-7 Oct 1857 - Jul 1868 52 35mm Chancery Court Cases, Index to 1853 - 1902 263 16mm These deeds, tax lists, chancery court cases (loose papers) and county clerk minutes will disclose much of the effects of the probate of wills even if the wills themselves are missing. Steve Carson ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 21:33:28 -0800 From: "Lee Anne Center" <lacenter@comcast.net> To: TNCOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <000301c3dab9$1d6a0c40$316ffea9@ne1.client2.attbi.com> Subject: [TNCOFFEE] Is there no microfilm for wills from 1859 - 1870? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" There are will books for 1836 - 1859, but none for 1860 - 1869. Were some records burned and not others? On the TNCOFFEE website, it lists these microfilmed will records. Wills May 1836 - Feb 1859 74 35mm Wills 1 Nov 1870 - May 1901 74 35mm