Carter County was the first county erected by the first General Assembly of Tennessee in April 1796, before the state was admitted into the Union on June 1st 1796. It was taken from Washington County, the oldest county in the state and was named for Landon Carter, son of John Carter. The county seat, Elizabethton, was named in honor of his wife, Elizabeth. The records found in this volume are the county court minutes for the time period. These are the day to day recordings of the happenings within the county. There are records of deeds, wills, orphans, road orders and other activities that the court dealt with their time.

Example from this volume:

“August 1827 - Ordered by the court that Michael Smithpeter be an overseer of the public road in the stead [meaning in place of] of John Whitehead and have the same hands that Whitehead had.”

 

Surnames Included in This Publication

ADAMS, ADKINS, AIKEN, ALLEN, ALLISON, ALMONY, ANDERSON, ARNOLD, ARNOLDS, ARRENDELL, ARROWOOD, ASHER, ATCHESON, ATKINS, AUSBOURN, AUSTINS, AVERY

BACON, BAIN, BAILY, BAKER, BANKS, BASSENDINE, BAUGHMAN, BAYLES, BAYER, BAYLEY, BEAR, BEARD, BENNET, BENTON, BERRY, BERRYS, BEVERS, BIRCHFIELD, BISHOP, BLAIR, BLEVENS, BELVINS, BOAR, BOGART, BOMAN, BOREN, BOWERS, BOWMAN, BOYED, BOYDS, BOIDS, BRADBURN, BRADLEY, BRADLY, BREWER, BRIANT, BRIDGES, BRITT, BRITTON, BROOKS, BROWN, BROYLES, BRUMET, BRUMMET, BRUMMIT, BRYLES, BUCK, BUCKEYE, BUCKLES, BUNTON, BROWN, BURNS, BURROW, BUSHONG

CABLE, CALEB, CALVERT, CAMPBELL, CAMMERON, CANNON, CARDEN, CARPENTER, CARRIGER, CARROL, CARROLL, CARTER, CARVER, CASPER, CASSODY, CATES, CHAMBERS, CHANCE, CHERTS, CHESTER, CHISHOLM, CHURCH, CLARK, CLAWSON, CLAWSONS, CORROLL, COBB, COLBOUGH, COLE, COMBE, COOK, COOLEY, COOPER, CORNET, CORNUT, COUNCIL, COX, CRAB, CRANBERRY, CRAWFORD, CROSS, CROSSWHITE, CROUGHN, CROW, CRUMLEY, CRUTCHFIELD, CURTNER, CURTIS

DANIELS, DAVIS, DEADERICK, DELASHMIT, DENNES, DENTON, DIXON, DOHERTY, DONALLY, DONATHANS, DORAN, DORANS, DOUGHERTY, DRAKE, DUGGAR, DUGGER, DUGGERS, DUGLESS, DUN, DUNKIN, DUNLAP, DUNGINS, DYER

EARNEST, EDENS, EDINS, EDWARDS, ELKINS, ELLIS, ELLIT, EMBREE, EMIRT, EMMERD, EMMERSON, EMMERT, EMMON, ENSOR, ERWIN, ESTEP, EVANS

FARES, FERRELS, FERRIS, FINCH, FINCHER, FINY, FLETCHER, FOSTER, FOUST, FORRISTER, FOSTER, FRANCES, FRASURE, FREEK, FRICK, FULTON, FURR, FYFFE

GAMBLE, GARLAND, GENTRY, GEORGE, GIBSON, GIFFORD, GILLFORD, GILLILAND, GILLIS, GLOVER, GODSEY, GOODWIN, GOODWINS, GOTT, GOURLEY, GOURLEYS, GOURLY, GRAHAM, GRANT, GRASON, GRAVES, GRAY, GREEN, GREENWAY, GREER, GREERS, GRINDSTAFF, GUINN, GUTHRID

HAINS, HAINES, HAMPTON, HAMPTONS, HALL, HARDEN, HARDIN, HARLEY, HARRIS, HARRISON, HART, HARTS, HARVEY, HARVY, HATCHER, HATCHEWAY, HATHEWAY, HATHORN, HAUN, HAYES, HAYS, HAYWOOD, HAZLET, HEADERICK, HEAD, HEATON, HEATHERLY, HETHERLY, HELMS, HENDRY, HENDRIX, HERREN, HICKS, HICKEY, HICKORY, HICKENBOTTOM, HINKLE, HINKLES, HELTON, HIDER, HILTON, HILL, HODGE, HOLLERS, HOLLY, HOLT, HOUSTON, HOWARD, HOWEL, HUFFMAN, HUGHES, HUMPHREYS, HUNT, HUNTER, HUTCHENS, HUSTON, HYDER, HYDERS

INGRAM, INMAN, INNMON, INSOR, IRELAND, IRVINE, IRWIN, ISAAC, ISAACS

JACKSON, JENKINS, JINKINS, JOBE, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, JONES, JUSTICE

KADE, KEEHN, KEEN, KEENER, KELLY, KELSO, KELSY, KENN, KENNEDY, KERR, KEUHN, KEYS, KINNICK, KIPPS, KITE, KITTSMILLER, KOON

LACY, LACEY, LANSDOWN, LEWIS, LINCOLN, LINNG, LIPPS, LISENBY, LITTLE, LITTLETON, LOUDERMILK, LOVE, LOVELACE, LOWE, LOYD, LOYED, LUCKY, LUSK, LYLES, LYON, LYONS

MACLIN, MADDIN, MADDOX, MARK, MARKLAND, MASSENGALE, MASSENGILL, MAST, MASTERS, MAXWELL, McBEE, McCANN, McCULLOUGH, McEFEE, McFALL, McHENRY, McINTURF, McINTURFF, McINTURFFES, McKENNEY, McKENNY, McKEEHEN, McKLEYEA, McLEOD, McLEODS, McNABB, McQUEEN, MERIT, MESSICK, MICHAEL, MILLER, MINKS, MIRES, MOLTON, MOODY, MONTGOMERY, MOOR, MOORE, MOORFIELD, MOORHEAD, MOORLAND, MORE, MORELAND, MORELEY, MORELY, MORGAN, MORRIS, MORTON, MOSLEY, MOTTORN, MURRAY, MULLINS, MUSGRAVE, MUSGRAVES

NAVE, NEAL, NELSON, NETHERLY, NICHOLES, NICHOLSON, NICHOLS, NUSTIN, NYDEVER, NYDIVERS

OAKS, OBRIAN, OBRIANS, OBRIENS, ODLE, ODELL, ODONEAL, OLIVER, ORNDUFF, ORTON, OSBOURN, OVERBAY, OVERBEE, OVERHOLSE, OXFORD, OWINS

PAIN, PARKS, PARKER, PARKES, PARKEY, PARSONS, PATTON, PATTONS, PAXTON, PEARCE, PENEGER, PEOPLES, PERKINS, PERRY, PETERS, PIERCE, POLAND, POLK, POTTER, POWEL, PRESTON, PRICE, PRIMMER, PRIVIT, PROFFIT, PROFFITT, PUGH, PUGHS, PURKINS

RAINBOLT, RAMBEARD, RANGE, RASOR, REECE, REECES, REEVE, REEVES, RENFRO, RENO, RHEA, RICHARDSON, RIDDLE, RIGHT, RILEY, RICHIE, RITCHIE, RITTER, ROCKHOLD, ROLLENS, ROLLINS, ROBERTS, ROBINSON, ROBERTSON, ROSENBALM, ROSS, ROWE, ROYSTON, RUST, RUTLEDGE

SAILOR, SALTS, SAMMS, SAMS, SANDERS, SCOTT, SCOTCH, SHACKLEFORD, SHARP, SHAVER, SHAVERS, SHAWLEY, SHEETS, SHEFFIELD, SHELL, SHELLY, SHIELDS, SHOUN, SHOWN, SIMMERLY, SIMMERLYS, SIZEMORE, SLIMP, SLOAN, SMITH, SMITHSON, SMITHERMAN, SMITHPETERS, SNODGRASS, SNIDER, SNYDER, STALCUP, STANFIELD, STEPHEN, STERRET, STOKES, STOUT, STOVER, STROUD, STUART, SULLENBERGER, SWIFT, SWINNY, SUTHERLAND, SWAN, SWANGER

TAYLOR, TAYLORS, TIPTON, THOMPSON, TILTON, TOMPKINS, TRUSLER

VANCE, VANHOUSE, VANHUSE, VAUN, VAUGHT, VAUT, VEST, VINE, VOAN

WAGGONAR, WAGGONER, WAGNER, WAGNERS, WAGONER, WAIDE, WAILY, WALLACE, WARD, WARDENS, WASHINGTON, WATSON, WATSONS, WAUGH, WHALEY, WHALEYS, WEBB, WEST, WHITALL, WHITE, WHITEHEAD, WILCOX, WILKERSON, WILLS, WILLIAM, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINSELS, WISEMAN, WOODBY, WOODS, WOOLFRIDGE, WRIGHT

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