> http://www.tngenweb.org/polk/p_publ.htm#publications For those of you that have ONLY email and not Internet capabilities, the list of publications from PCHGS are: Census Records: 1840 Polk County Census : Names head of household, others grouped by age. 1850 Polk County Census Soft spiral bound. Terri Adams & Waunetta Ledford. Listed by household. Indexed 1860 Polk County Census: Soft bound spiral by Paula Carle-Bosch and Jo Ann Finnell. 1870 Polk County Census: 156 page spiral bound with index by Linda Adams for PCHGS. 1880 Polk County TN Census. 1900 Polk County TN Census. 1910 Polk County TN Census: Soft spiral bound and fully indexed. 1920 Polk County Census: 358 pages spiral boound by Evelyn Cronan and Linda Adams History and Family Histories: History of Polk County, 1839-1999: The manuscript and work of former Polk County historian, Roy Lillard. Ten chapters, bibliography, large appendix, indexed, 471 pages, pictures. Contains the county's early Indian heritiage, organizational years, education, politics, farming and industry, military involvement, Copper Basin, biographies. The Heritage of Polk County, 1839-1997: 733 family stories, church, organizations, community histories all in a 400 page beautiful hardbound with gold stamped cover and spine; surname index. Limited number available. Fun, Facts & Philosophy: The Diary of John Coffee Williamson 1858-1861 Edited by Dr. Ben McClary Harris, 166 pages, over 1,000 name indez, 55 page introduction full of tidbits of Polk County history, much of which was gleaned from 1954 interviews of JCW descendants. Hardbound. Confederate History of Polk County by A. J. Williams. Mr. Williams was a County Chairman, County Court Clerk and a Clerk and Master in early Polk County. A "must have" for anyone interested in the Civil War in Polk County. Softbound. The Old Homeplace by retired Forest Service employee, Thurman Parish, Jr. 103 pages of "Faces and Places" in the mountains of Polk County before there was a Cherokee National Forest. Softbound. Marriage Records: Marriage Records Polk County Tennessee 1894-1970: Compiled by Jennie V. Poteet-Pitts and published by Viola Jones. Alphabetical. Softbound. Cemeteries: Inscriptions of Polk County Cemeteries Many Polk County cemeteries (mainly east Polk). Copied by Helen and Ray Casada. Full index, 138 pages, softbound. Vital Records: Vital Statistics 1911-1912transcribed by PCHGS Secretary/Treasurer Jo Ann Finnell. 26 pages soft spiral bound. Bonus: First automobile owners in the county listed in the back. Miscellaneous: Back issues of the PCHGS Quarterly are available. Only 3 quarterlies were published our first year, 1995. 1931 Chilhowee 32 page softbound copy of the first yearbook of Polk County High School. For Pricing information and ordering instructions (as we are not allowed to quote pricings on rootsweb), write to: Marian Presswood <presswood@wingnet.net>