1) Go the to the website of the Tennessee State Library and Archives _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/) 2) click on History & Genealogy _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/index.htm_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/index.htm) 3) click on County Records (in the column on the left side of the page) _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm) 4) click on Inventories of County Records _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm) 5) click on Smith County _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/preservation/countymicro/smit.pdf_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/preservation/countymicro/smit.pdf) You will then be at a 19-page pdf. format of the register listing the microfilmed county records of Smith County. Microfilms of the records are also what you would be requested to use if visiting the courthouse, as well (rather than the originals). These microfilmed records represent all the records that have survived for Smith County (microfilmed only to about 1986), so far as I am aware. Best wishes, Gale Williams Bamman, Certified Genealogist P.S. I listed the steps to help you understand the layout of TSLA's website. You can go directly to number 5, should you wish, by just clicking on it. In a message dated 8/18/2005 9:12:00 AM Central Standard Time, lites@aristotle.net writes: I have a relative that is shown in the 1840 Smith Co. TN census and I am interested in researching at the courthouse in TN. Are there land records, tax records for 1840 available? Is there anything available that I cannot find on-line? I would appreciate any suggestions. Jesse Cornell is my ancestors name. Offie Lites ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Visit The Smith Co Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/

Are you sure that isn't Jesse Cornwell? ----- Original Message ----- From: GWBamman@aol.com To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [TNSMITH] Cornells in Smith Co. 1) Go the to the website of the Tennessee State Library and Archives _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/) 2) click on History & Genealogy _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/index.htm_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/index.htm) 3) click on County Records (in the column on the left side of the page) _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm) 4) click on Inventories of County Records _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/county/index.htm) 5) click on Smith County _http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/preservation/countymicro/smit.pdf_ (http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/preservation/countymicro/smit.pdf) You will then be at a 19-page pdf. format of the register listing the microfilmed county records of Smith County. Microfilms of the records are also what you would be requested to use if visiting the courthouse, as well (rather than the originals). These microfilmed records represent all the records that have survived for Smith County (microfilmed only to about 1986), so far as I am aware. Best wishes, Gale Williams Bamman, Certified Genealogist P.S. I listed the steps to help you understand the layout of TSLA's website. You can go directly to number 5, should you wish, by just clicking on it. In a message dated 8/18/2005 9:12:00 AM Central Standard Time, lites@aristotle.net writes: I have a relative that is shown in the 1840 Smith Co. TN census and I am interested in researching at the courthouse in TN. Are there land records, tax records for 1840 available? Is there anything available that I cannot find on-line? I would appreciate any suggestions. Jesse Cornell is my ancestors name. Offie Lites ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Visit The Smith Co Web Site http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/ ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Have you updated your Smith County Query lately? http://www.tngennet.org/queries/qpost.htm