Research Helps

• Announcements of Note Regarding Genealogy & History
• Reunions
• Other Events of Interest

• Original pieces about historic events, research tips, and more

• DumplinTN E-Mail List -- THE place to be for the best Jefferson County information and assistance on the Web!
• Jefferson County TNGenWeb Queries
• Off-Site Discussion Lists and Message Boards
  • Rootsweb TNJeffer List (low message traffic)
  • Ancestry/MyFamily.com Message Board
  • GenForum/Genealogy.com Message Board
• For a catalogue of other mailing lists that might interest you, be sure to visit John Fuller's and Chris Gaunt's outstanding Genealogy Resources on the Internet Web site.  (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)

• County Formation and Boundary Changes
• Historical Businesses
• Church/Religious Associations
• Cemeteries
• Clinics, Hospitals & Health Care Providers
• County Records - Court, Probate, Vital Statistics, Land, and more
• Databases
• Family Bibles and Documents
• Fraternal Organizations
• Funeral Homes & Undertakers
• Military Records
• Maps & Gazetteers
• Museums & Archives (see Library information below)
• Newspapers
• Obituaries from The Standard-Banner newspaper; updated weekly, not archived (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• School Records

• The December, 1992, issue of Tennessee Ancestors, the tri-annual publication of the East Tennessee Historical Society contains an essay on the history of the Gass family and Jefferson County history, maps, bibliography, family Bible records, transcriptions of citizens' petitions to the Tennessee Legislature, and much more.
• List of Published Family Histories at the Dandridge Memorial Library
• Suggested Resources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives
• A Suggested Bibliography is on-line and in the process of being updated.

• Tennessee Manumission Society (formed in Jefferson County, 1815)
• Bills of Sale for Slaves in Jefferson County
• Sarah Livingston, Who Are You? Sarah was the mother of Robert Livingston, who lived in White Pine about 1890.  (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Descendants of slaves of John Roper Branner (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Slave births recorded in the family Bible record of John & Margaret O. Blevins
• TNGenWeb People of Color in Old Tennessee Project (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Afrigeneas - African American and African Ancestored Genealogy (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Christine's African-American Genealogy -- an outstanding site (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Slave Archival Collection (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)

• TNGenWeb First People of Tennessee Project (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• TNGenWeb Cherokee by Blood Project (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Bicentennial Bites - Articles by Billie McNamara in 1996 discuss Jefferson County's pre-history and Native American residents

• Estle Muncy was appointed County Historian in 1995.  However, Mrs. Jean Patterson Bible, who served in that capacity for more than 30 years, is the foremost authority on Jefferson County.  Her newspaper columns and books are an excellent resource.
  
• David C. "Cleve" Smith is the de facto expert on the county's Civil War history.  He can be contacted by mail (please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope) at 1173 Mountainview Drive, New Market, TN 37820.  His book, Campaign to Nowhere is required reading for those with Civil War interests in Jefferson County.
  
• Bob Jarnigan has become the recognized authority on Jefferson County land grants and early land owners.  He is very active in the Dandridge Historic Trust and keeps the old records for Hopewell Presbyterian Church.  Bob welcomes historians who call at his office across just half-a-block east of the Courthouse (H. B. Jarnagin & Co., PO Box 39, Dandridge 37725; phone 865-397-3421).
  
• Pete Wyatt, proprietor of Lost Creek Bottle Farm, has knowledge of, and a collection of artifacts from, the New Market Train Wreck.

• Jefferson County Genealogical Society
  P.O. Box 267, Jefferson City, TN 37760
  
• Jefferson County Historical Society
  P. O. Box 325, Dandridge, TN 37725
  
• Jefferson County Chapter, Association for the Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities
  Glenmore Mansion, Chucky Pike, Jefferson City, TN 37760
  
• Dandridge Historic Trust
  P. O. Box 25, Dandridge, TN 37725

Jefferson County's public libraries are in the Nolichucky Region of the Tennessee Multi-County Regional Library System.

• Jefferson County Museum & Archives
  Beginning in the Fall of 1994, Billie McNamara spearheaded a movement to establish a formal Archives for preservation of Jefferson County's exceptional documentary history.  The result is the Jefferson County Archives, located in the Courthouse on Main Street in Dandridge. The Archives, which is administered by the County Public Records Commission is staffed by volunteers who welcome visitors from all over the U. S.

  Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1193, Dandridge, TN 37725
  Telephone: (423) 397-4904
  Hours: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday - Friday

• Dandridge Memorial Library (e-mail)
  P. O. Box 339, 1235 Circle Drive, Dandridge, TN 37725-0339
  865-397-9758 (voice); 865-397-0950 (fax)
  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 7:30-5:30
  
• Jefferson City Public Library (e-mail)
  1427 Russell Avenue, Jefferson City, TN 37760-2527
  865-475-9094 (voice); 865-475-1253 (fax)
  Monday, Wednesday, Friday 10:00-5:00; Tuesday, Thursday 11:30 - 6:30; Saturday 9:00 - 2:00
  
• White Pine Public Library (e-mail)
  P. O. Box 430, 1708 East Main Street, White Pine, TN 37890-0430
  865-674-6313 (voice); 865-674-8511 (fax)
  Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00-5:30; Friday 9:00 - 3:00
  
• Parrott-Wood Memorial Library (e-mail)
  P. O. Box 399, 3133 W. Old Andrew Johnson Highway, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871-0399
  865-933-1311 (voice); 865-932-3718 (fax)
  Monday - Thursday 12:00 - 6:30
  
• Carson-Newman College Library Special Collections
  P. O. Box 71949, Jefferson City, TN 37760
  The Library contains local genealogy resources, the college Archives spanning more than 150 years, and the Center for Baptist Studies with an amazing archival collection for regional Baptist historical researchers.
  
• Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection, Bridgewater College
  Rev. Pritchett was the Jefferson County Historian and established the county's Museum in 1955.  Click here for a list of Jefferson County items identified in the Bridgewater collection.  Rev. Pritchett's scrapbooks about development of the Museum are on microfilm and available from the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
  
• State of Tennessee Library & Archives, Nashville
  
• McClung Historical Collection, Knoxville
  
• Sherrod Memorial Library, East TN State University, Johnson City
  
• University of Tennessee Reference Library (including microforms), and Special Collections, Knoxville
  
• LDS Family History Centers (Knoxville, Sevierville, Morristown)

• Historic Sites
• Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce (Note: There is no back link from there to here.)
• Planning a Research Trip (This section is in progress.)
• On-line Album of Historic Scenes (This section is in progress.)