Hi, I guess I should let everyone know what is going on with the records in Grainger Co. Most if not all know the records are a mess. Several years ago the Courthouse basement flooded, this is where a lot of the records had been stored. When the basement was cleaned they moved a lot of records to the old Rutledge High School. It has been told that some of the soaked papers were thrown away but I don't have first hand knowledge of this. But I have been to the old school and the records are a mess. They are stored in the auditorium. There are boxes of records sitting on the floor and in chairs. I along with a couple of friends worked one day this summer going through boxes trying to retrieve marriage records. We did find a lot of them and took them back to the courthouse. We are not certain that we found them all. I along with another friend have been going through the boxes of marriage license and bonds and making an index of these and at the same time putting them in order. They are boxed in order of a 10 year period. We have found one marriage license that was issued in Hancock Co. and one that was issued in Jefferson Co. How these came to Grainger Co. is a mystery. We made copies of these and mailed it to the county where the license was issued to let them know where the original is filed. As we sort through these files we have made an index and I typed them and have printed copies and had them bound. These are in a 10 year period starting with the oldest files. The first book contains the license and/or bonds for 1796-1809. There are over 500 couples listed. Several people had contacted me about contributing money toward our work in Grainger Co. I don't feel comfortable just taking their money so I thought the books would at least give them something for their money. The books are bound with the comb type binding with a heavy paper front and back cover. They are typed in alphabetical order using the grooms last name. It lists the grooms name, bride's name and the date the license and/or bond was issued. Anyone that orders the book and would like a copy of something in the book we do that for a small charge. We also will do other research but you will need to contact me privately about the charge for that. The books are $15.00 each and this covers postage of mailing the book back to you 1st class mail. If you would like to order a copy of any of the books just mail a money order for $15.00 to: Mickey Morris P.O. Box 34 Powell, TN 37849 Book #1 (1796-1809) Book #2 (1810-1819) Book #3 (1820-1829) Be sure to make a note of which book(s) you are ordering. Be sure to e-mail me if you have any questions. Also if you have any questions about our work you may contact Barbara Jackson (county court clerk of Grainger Co.) at the courthouse in Grainger Co. Thanks! Mickey