The official starting date for Union county was in 1850, although I'm sure that all the government entities for the county weren't immediately in place. I've not seen a date for the courthouse opening, and I do know that the marriages were apparently destroyed during the Civil War because there aren't any courthouse records until the early 1860s. Karen In a message dated 2/9/2010 1:43:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com writes: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wethemoores Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.tennessee.counties. union/2173.1.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Union County was carved partially from Grainger County. I don't believe it existed in 1850. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNUNION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message