Stewart County TN Archives

Stewart County TN Archives The Stewart County Archives is the county repository for historic public records and manuscripts. Please direct all correspondence to our mailing address, P. O.

Box 367, Dover, TN, 37058. The focus of our all-volunteer staff is cleaning, archiving and indexing county records so that they are available to researchers. We do not offer free research services.

Subscribers to the Dover Courier Newspaper, 1880sCharles W. Crockett (1849-1920) owned the Dover Courier newspaper from ...
09/27/2026

Subscribers to the Dover Courier Newspaper, 1880s

Charles W. Crockett (1849-1920) owned the Dover Courier newspaper from 1877-1887. His father John W. Crockett had owned newspapers in New Orleans. His grandfather was Alamo defender David Crockett.

Crockett sold the Dover Courier in 1887 to Williams and Stamps, who changed the name to the Stewart Breeze. Two years later they sold to Dr. J. C. Steger, who changed the name back to the Dover Courier, and then to the Stewart Courier. Steger had the newspaper until 1898, when he sold it to J. T. Nance, who changed the name to the Dover Record - the name used in the early 1870s.

Only one issue of the Dover Courier is known to survive from its 11-year run.

The Archives holds 3 ledger books of the Dover Courier from the 1880s, one of which is a list of subscribers to the paper. About 60% of the subscribers were local, but the ledger contains the addresses of a couple hundred out-of-county subscribers, which may be useful for genealogists.

Name -- Delivery P. O.

Abernathy, B. F., Dr. -- Dover (town)
Abernathy, B. F., Dr. -- Dover
Abernathy, Josephine, Miss -- Moltke
Acree, C. E. -- To***coport
Acree, F. M. -- Tharpe
Acree, Frank -- To***coport
Acree, N. B. -- West Plains, MO
Acree, N. C. Jr. -- To***coport
Acree, Nathan -- To***coport
Allan, J. M. -- Dover (town)
Allan, J. M. -- Dover
Allan, William C. -- Monticello, NY
Allman, G. W. -- Stribling
American -- Nashville
Anderson, C. D. -- Tharpe
Andrews, H. C. -- Charleston, AR
Andrews, R. H. -- Dover
Andrews, R. T. -- Dover
Andrews, T. J. -- Quitman, AR
Andrews, W. C. -- Quitman, AR
Armstead, H. A. -- Indian Mound
Atkins, T. K. -- Erin
Atkins, W. J. -- Bruton
Ayer, J. C. & Co. -- Lowell, MA
Ayer, N. W. & Son -- Philadelphia, PA
Baggett, W. H. -- Dover
Bagwell, Alex -- Legate
Bagwell, R. R. -- Palma, KY
Bagwell, R. R. -- Hard Money, McCracken Co., KY
Banister, I. S. -- Dover
Banner -- Nashville
Barker, J. H., Capt. -- Milwaukee, WI
Beasley, L. G. -- Dover
Bell, B. D. -- Gallatin
Bennett, W. J. -- Dilday's Landing
Beringer, C. -- Pittsburgh, PA
Berry, Amelia -- Stribling
Bibb, W. M. -- Linton, KY
Biggs, R. -- Dover
Biggs, W. C. -- Bumpus Mills
Biggs, W. H. -- Bear Spring
Bird, R. T. -- Dover
Blane, M. W. -- To***coport
Blanton, Clemmie, Mrs. -- Grandview, TX
Blanton, R. F. -- Dover
Blanton, W. H. -- Tharpe
Bloch, Joseph -- Dover
Bogard, Jennie, Mrs. -- Fort Worth, TX
Bogard, R. W. -- Weaver's Store
Boyd, E. J. -- Dover
Boyd, J. R. -- Danville, Houston Co.
Boyd, John R. -- Bear Spring
Boyd, M. J. -- Dover
Boyd, Willie -- Lafayette, KY
Boykin, Blund & Co. -- Petersburg, VA
Boyle, N. P. -- Dilday's Landing
Bradford, W. C. -- Cumberland City
Bradford, W. C. -- Bear Spring
Brame, C. M. -- Big Rock
Brandon, C. M. -- New Haven, CT
Brandon, Caroline, Miss -- New Concord, KY
Brandon, J. P. -- Nashville
Brandon, M. F. -- Ellis
Brandon, M. F. -- Big Rock
Brandon, Milton -- Roaring Springs, KY
Brandon, N. -- Dover
Brandon, N. -- To***coport
Brandon, N. E. -- Dover
Brandon, N. E. -- Ellis
Brandon, N. G. -- Dover
Brandon, N. G. -- Bumpus Mills
Brandon, T. J. -- Dover
Brandon, T. J. -- Ellis
Brandon, W. C. -- Bradfordsville, KY
Brandon, W. M. -- Spencer, East Tenn.
Brandon, Wesley, Dr. -- Bumpus Mills
Brigham, J. W. -- Tharpe
Brown, G. W. -- Kellyville, TX
Brown, G. W. -- Bayne, TN
Brown, G. W. Jr. -- Lou Ellen Furnace, TX
Brown, George -- Bear Spring
Brown, Thomas -- Hematite, KY
Brown, Thomas -- Rock Castle, Trigg Co., KY
Bruton, W. M. -- Tharpe
Bruton, W. M. -- Dover
Bruton, W. P. -- Dover (town)
Bryan, H. B. -- Nashville
Bryant, N. -- Indian Mound
Buckingham, John G. -- Dover
Buckingham, John G. -- Stribling
Bufford, J. B. -- Dover
Bufford, J. H. -- Dover
Bufford, J. P. -- Dover
Bufford, J. P. -- Wynn
Bumpus, A. J. Jr. -- Bumpus Mills
Burcham, Alice, Mrs. -- Stribling
Burns, Robert -- Bumpus Mills
Burns, Robert -- To***coport
Burry, Jacob -- Stribling
Byard, Edward -- Rockport, MO
Byrd, G. H. -- Bruton
Byrd, G. W. -- Tharpe
Cable, Jacob -- Dilday's Landing
Cable, Jacob -- I Try, KY
Carney, J. R. -- Indian Mound
Carney, J. R. -- Dover
Carney, W. J. -- Mulberry Grove, IL
Carter, Henry -- Dover (town)
Cathey, J. A. -- Bumpus Mills
Cathey, Mattie, Mrs. -- Danville, Houston Co.
Causey, A. C. -- Hedrick, Dent Co., MO
Chadwick, J. H. -- Stewart Station
Cherry, A. V. -- Chillicothe, MO
Cherry, A. W. -- Dover (town)
Cherry, E. E. -- Bumpus Mills
Cherry, H. E. -- Bumpus Mills
Cherry, I. R. -- Indian Mound
Cherry, J. H. -- Granbury, TX
Cherry, J. R. -- Granbury, TX
Cherry, L. -- Paris
Cherry, S. J. -- Bumpus Mills
Cherry, Thomas, Mrs. -- Dover (town)
Cherry, Thomas, Mrs. -- Dover
Cherry, Y. W. -- Dover
Cherry, Y. W. -- Tharpe
Cherry, Y. W. -- To***coport
Clardy, J. H. -- Lafayette, KY
Clarksville To***co Leaf -- Clarksville
Cobb, Cyrus -- Big Rock
Cobb, W. P. -- Bumpus Mills
Cole, J. A. -- Dover
Collins Bros. Drug Co. -- St. Louis, MO
Cook, John F. -- Dover
Cooley, S. W. -- Paris
Cooley, S. W. -- Big Sandy
Cooper, Levi -- Oakwood
Coppedge, Charles -- Dover (town)
Coppedge, Charles -- Dover
Coussens & Tabler -- St. Louis, MO
Crain, S. B. -- Bruton
Crisp, S. P. -- Fulton Sta., Dodd City, TX
Crisp, Sidney J. -- Dover
Crockarell, D. E. -- Bruton
Crockarell, J. B. -- Bruton
Crockett, C. W., Hon. -- Nashville
Crockett, C. W., Mrs. -- Dover (town)
Crow, I. F., Dr. -- Dover (town)
Crow, I. F., Dr. -- Dover
Crow, I. F., Dr. -- Bumpus Mills
Cumberland Iron Works -- Bear Spring
Dabbs, J. L. -- Dover
Davis, Mattie, Mrs. -- Buffalo, Wyoming Terr.
Davis, Norman -- Stribling
Davis, S. J. -- To***coport
Davis, S. J. -- Roaring Springs, KY
Davis, W. E. -- Dover
Davis, W. E. -- Bear Spring
Dawson, E. -- Dover
Deason, C. P. -- Tharpe
Deason, C. P. -- Messenger
Deason, E. R. -- Messenger
Dennis, T. M. -- Tharpe
Dennis, W. A. -- Tharpe
Dill, G. M. -- Tharpe
Dillon, J. C. -- Dover
Dillon, J. C. -- Stribling
Dillon, S. D. -- Erin
Dodson, P. W., Prof. -- Dover
Dougherty, G. S. -- Dover (town)
Dunaway, M. D. -- Indian Mound
Dunbar, B. H. -- Cumberland City
Dunbar, S. Z., Mrs. -- Dardanelle, AR
Dunbar, W. E. -- Waxahatchie, TX
Duncan, Jerome -- Clarksville
Dunlap, B. F. -- Tharpe
Durham, J. P. -- Bumpus Mills
Eads, J. B. -- Mattoon, IL
Ellis, A. C. -- Bumpus Mills
Ellis, John F. -- Bumpus Mills
Ellis, John F. -- Memphis
Ellis, M. O., Mrs. -- Bumpus Mills
Ellis, W. H. -- Bumpus Mills
Equals, Allan -- Bear Spring
Ethridge, Jack -- Dover (town)
Ethridge, Jack -- Dover
Ethridge, Jack -- Tharpe
Evans, J. R. -- Dover (town)
Evans, J. R. -- New Concord, KY
Everett, Thomas -- Columbia
Ewing, D. R. -- Dover
Ezell, Steve -- Bumpus Mills
Ezell, T. H. -- Dover (town)
Ezell, T. H. -- Dover
Ezell, T. H. -- Bumpus Mills
Ferguson, C. R. -- Dover
Fessey, Sam O. -- Big Rock
Fessey, Sam O. -- Omega, Houston Co.
Fessey, Sam O. -- Corbandale, Montgomery Co.
Fielding, S. B. -- Wilson, FL
Fitch, E. T. -- Henderson, MN
Fitzhugh, J. E. -- Dover
Fitzhugh, P. P. -- Dover
Floyd, Sallie, Miss -- Kirksey, KY
Folks, G. E. -- Tharpe
Folks, I. W. -- Tharpe
Folks, W. J. -- Dover
Folks, W. M. -- Chickasaw, Ind. Terr.
Foster, R. A. -- Paris
Fowler, J. C. -- Dover
Fowler, J. C. -- Cave-in-Rock, IL
Fowler, J. C. -- Rose Clare, IL
Franklin Bank -- Clarksville
Free Press -- Detroit, MI
Free, B. H. -- Church Hill, KY
Free, E. M. -- Bumpus Mills
Free, G. D. -- Legate
Free, G. D. -- Lebanon
Free, G. D. -- Lafayette, KY
Free, N. M. -- Lafayette, KY
Free, W. R. J. -- Legate
French, John -- Legate
French, John -- Stewart Station
French, W. H. -- Tennessee Ridge
Frizzell, Daniel -- Woodville, KY
Furgerson, Jo -- Moltke
Furguson, Jo -- Bayne, TN
Gaiger, F. H. -- New York, NY
Gatlin, J. D. -- Dover (town)
Gatlin, J. D. -- Dover
Gatlin, Jeff -- Tharpe
Gatlin, W. P. -- Murray, KY
Gentry, F. J. -- Princeton, KY
Gentry, K. A. -- Princeton, KY
Gentry, P. H. -- Princeton, KY
Gentry, P. H. -- Woodford, Montgomery Co.
Gibbs, M. P. -- Indian Mound
Gibbs, P. S. -- To***coport
Gillum, J. R. -- Legate
Glasgow, J. A. -- Dover
Goode, W. M. -- Dover
Goode, W. M. -- Erin
Gooden, Charles -- Dover
Gorham, R. T. -- Dover
Gorham, R. T. -- Tharpe
Grace, J. L., Dr. -- Dover (town)
Grace, J. L., Dr. -- Dover
Gracey, F. P. & Bro. -- Clarksville
Gray, F. C. -- Dover
Gray, George -- Stribling
Green, F. C. -- Tennessee Ridge
Green, I. H. -- Dover
Greenhill, R. C. -- Bumpus Mills
Griffin, M. A. -- Bumpus Mills
Griffin, S. C. -- Ellis
Griffin, S. M. -- Big Rock
Griffy, James -- Kellyville, TX
Griffy, James -- Rock Run, AL
Grisham, C. M. -- Cave-in-Rock, IL
Gross, J. W. -- Gadsden, AL
Guinn, G. A. -- Big Rock
Halliday, Thomas -- Indian Mound
Halliday, W. B. -- Indian Mound
Hargis, J. W. -- Dover
Hargis, J. W. -- Blue Creek
Hargis, L. D. -- Bumpus Mills
Hargrove, Mack -- Murray, KY
Harrison, W. R. -- Bumpus Mills
Hart, G. W. -- Cumberland Furnace
Hart, Jane, Mrs. -- Bear Spring
Hart, Maj. -- Dover
Hart, W. T. -- Stribling
Hart, W. T. -- Buffalo, Humphreys Co.
Hatcher, J. W. -- Dover
Hayes, A. -- Dover
Heflin, J. W. -- Ellis
Heflin, W. L. -- Bumpus Mills
Helums, H. -- Stribling
Herndon, L. -- Dover
Herndon, L. -- Tharpe
Herndon, Phillip -- Emmett Station, Nevada Co., AR
Hewell, L. T. -- Lafayette, KY
Hewill, Hosier & Chadbourne -- New York, NY
Hickerson, S. T., Rev. -- Dickson
Higgs, Rubin -- Bear Spring
Hinson, R. C. -- Bumpus Mills
Hix, Lucy, Mrs. -- Monticello, NY
Hobing, J. H. -- Dover (town)
Hobing, J. H. -- Dover
Hogan, E. G. -- Dover
Hogan, E. G. -- Bumpus Mills
Hogan, M. H. -- Dover (town)
Hogan, M. H. -- Dover
Hogan, M. H. -- Worsham
Holland, Jennie, Miss -- Hematite, KY
Hooks, C. C., Mrs. -- To***coport
Horne, W. J. -- Big Rock
Horne, W. J. -- Legate
Hough, Sam -- Erin
Howell, O. L., Dr. -- Big Rock
Hutchinson, H. C. -- To***coport
Hyde, A. -- Dover
Hysmith, L. W. -- Center Hill, AL
Hysmith, S. J. -- Dover
Hysmith, S. J. -- Bumpus Mills
Hysmith, S. J. -- Ellis
Indiana Chemical Co. -- Crawfordsville, IN
Jackson, A. P. -- Clarksville
Jackson, G. W. -- Dover
Jackson, H. C. -- Blue Creek
Jackson, Jeff, Dr. -- Liberty, TN
Jameson, J. S. -- Tharpe
Jameson, Martha -- Tharpe
Jobe, L. A. -- Moltke
Johnson, Gus -- Ellis
Johnson, Polk G. -- Clarksville
Johnson, Thomas J. -- Indian Mound
Jones, Carroll -- To***coport
Jones, D. M. -- Dover
Jones, F. A. -- Bumpus Mills
Jones, Thomas -- Tennessee Ridge
Jones, W. J. -- Cumberland City
Jones, W. S. -- Gordon, TX
Jones, Wiley B. H. -- To***coport
Jordan, Willie -- Pine Bluff, AR
Joslin, M. L. -- Clarksville
Keel, R. E. -- Dover
Kellogg, A. N. & Co. -- Chicago, IL
Kellogg, A. N. & Co. -- New York, NY
Kellogg, A. N. & Co. -- St. Louis, MO
Kelly, Bettie, Mrs. -- Blue Creek
Kelly, C. A., Mrs. -- Sugar Loaf, TX
Kelly, E. -- Dover (town)
Kelly, E. -- Dover
Kelly, R. F. -- Dover
Kendrick, Pettus & Co. -- Clarksville
Kennerly, J. D. -- Dover
Key, D. F. -- Ellis
Kidd, Mary, Mrs. -- Clarksville
Kimble, Annie -- Arlington, Ballard Co., KY
Kincannon, Luther -- Stribling
Kingins, Q. L. -- To***coport
Kingins, Sol -- To***coport
Kirksey, W. H. -- Dover
Kirksey, W. H. -- Bumpus Mills
Kirksey, W. H. -- Bruton
Knight, R. M. -- Dilday's Landing
Knott, R. A. -- To***coport
Lagrange Iron Co. -- Stribling
Lancaster, E. -- Dover
Landy, Ed -- Dover
Lane, J. B. -- Dover (town)
Largent, G. H. -- Stribling
Lawrence, Ella, Miss -- Legate
Lawrence, Ella, Miss -- Cog Hill
Ledbetter, R. -- Tharpe
Ledbetter, R. -- Clarksville
Lee, Bayliss -- Memphis
Lee, C. J. -- Murray, KY
Lee, C. W. -- Dover (town)
Lee, H. O. -- Dover (town)
Lee, H. O. -- Dover
Lee, J. M. -- Ellis
Lee, M. M. -- Dover (town)
Lee, S. C. -- Dover
Lee, S. C. -- Ellis
Lee, W. H. -- Dover
Lee, W. H. -- Big Rock
Lee, W. H. -- Murray, KY
Leech & Savage -- Clarksville
Lehman, G. -- Indian Mound
Lewis, J. M. -- Cumberland City
Lewis, M. R. -- Big Rock
Lewis, S. C. -- Indian Mound
Lewis, S. C. -- Bowling Green, KY
Lewis, T. W. Jr. -- Cumberland City
Lewis, T. W. Sr. -- Sailors Rest
Lewis, W. M. -- Indian Mound
Lewis, W. T. -- Cumberland City
Lindsay, W. W. -- Dover
Lisenby, R. B. -- Big Rock
Lockhart, Kittie, Mrs. -- Waverly
Love, Robert -- Tharpe
Luck, L. B. -- Blue Creek
Lyddy, John -- Bear Spring
Lyddy, John -- Stribling
Lyles, R. J. -- Nashville
Magnetop Appliance Co. -- Chicago, IL
Marlow, John T. -- Dover
Marr, Thomas -- Dardanelle, AR
Martin, E. P. -- Big Rock
Martin, T. R. -- Dover (town)
Martin, T. R. -- Dover
Maxay, A. B. -- Clarksville
Maxwell, M. Y. -- Crossland, KY
May, J. F. -- Dilday's Landing
McCann, D. J. -- Stribling
McCarty, W. S. -- Stribling
McClanahan, A. J. -- Dover
McCutchen, J. W. -- Stribling
McElroy, G. W. -- Dover
McElroy, J. H. -- Dover (town)
McElroy, J. H. -- Erin
McGee, W. W. -- Dover
McGregor, M. C. -- Indian Mound
McGregor, M. E. -- Indian Mound
McLeans, J. H., Dr. -- St. Louis, MO
McMillan, John L. -- Erin
McQuerter, H. -- Stribling
McReynolds, J. C. -- Clarksville
McWhirter, J. W. -- Bear Spring
Meadow, W. W. -- Aurora, KY
Meadows, A. J. -- Erin
Meadows, J. W. -- Erin
Miles, E. M. -- Tharpe
Miles, F. G. -- Bumpus Mills
Miles, J. R. -- Erin
Miles, M. M. -- Tharpe
Miles, T. C. -- Tharpe
Miller, W. W. -- Bumpus Mills
Mills, J. R. -- Morganfield, KY
Milton, T. D. -- Wynn
Mize, R. W. -- Canton, KY
Mockabee, Wash -- Dover (town)
Monahan, James -- Cross Plains, MO
Moore, J. H. -- Wynn
Moreland, Ed -- Indian Mound
Morgan, Beatrice, Miss -- Ellis
Morgan, E. H. -- Bumpus Mills
Morris, M. L. -- Bumpus Mills
Morrow, S. F. -- Ellis
Munford, A. H. -- Clarksville
Murphy, Jeff -- Tharpe
Murphy, M. J. -- Dover
Murphy, M. J. -- Bear Spring
Nash, J. A. -- Cumberland City
National Review -- Nashville
Nelson, Chessman & Co. -- St. Louis, MO
News -- Pikeville, Bledsoe Co.
Nicholas, Jacob -- Dover
Nicholas, Jacob -- Big Rock
Nicholas, John A. -- Diamond City, MT
Nolin, J. T. -- Tharpe
Norfleet, D. A. -- Legate
Northern Bank -- Clarksville
Oakley, J. M. -- Dover
Owen, G. R. -- Cumberland City
Owen, G. R. -- Indian Mound
Owen, G. W. -- Clarkton, MO
Pace, H. H. -- Dover
Pace, H. H. -- Bumpus Mills
Pace, H. H. -- Coldwater, KY
Pace, J. H. -- Bumpus Mills
Pace, James H. -- Murray, KY
Pace, T. A. -- Coldwater, KY
Padget, W. B. -- Dover
Parchman, James B. -- Red Oak, Ellis Co., TX
Parchman, John T. -- Indian Mound
Parker, Armstrong -- Wynn
Parker, C. C. -- Tharpe
Parker, Charles N. -- Paducah, KY
Parker, Cynthia, Mrs. -- Lafayette, KY
Parker, J. H. -- Dover
Parker, J. H. -- Blue Creek
Parker, J. W. -- Dover
Parker, Laban -- Tharpe
Parker, Nathan -- State Prison, Nashville
Parker, R. N. -- Dover
Parker, W. E. -- Dover (town)
Parker, W. E. -- Dover
Parker, W. E. -- Los Angeles, CA
Parker, W. E. -- Ranchito P. O., Los Angeles, CA
Parker, W. F. -- Stribling
Phippen, C. -- Dover
Pinner, J. C. -- Dyersburg
Poole, W. G. -- To***coport
Porter, R. S. -- Ellis
Post -- Louisville
Post-Intelligencer -- Paris
Powell, J. S. -- Honey Grove, TX
Powers, W. H. -- Dover
Pratt, M. E. -- Sebree City, Webster Co., KY
Presler, Annie, Miss -- Legate
Presler, Annie, Miss -- Weaver's Store
Quackenbush, H. S. -- Albany, NY
Quarles & Daniel -- Clarksville
Radford, Henry -- Dover
Rassmann, William -- Bellmont, IL
Rawlston, Charles -- Bear Spring
Rayburn Bros. -- Paducah, KY
Reams, H. B., Rev. -- DIckson
Reed, Charles -- Hematite, KY
Reynolds, W. E., Dr. -- Indian Mound
Rice, J. W. -- Dover (town)
Rice, J. W. -- Dover
Rice, James E. -- Clarksville
Richards, J. B. -- Hopkinsville, KY
Richardson, James -- Stewart Station
Richardson, Joseph -- Dover
Richardson, Lou, Miss -- Ellis
Richardson, Robert -- Bear Spring
Riggins, G. B. -- Dover
Riggins, T. M. -- Dover
Roberts, S. J. -- Colesburgh, Dickson Co.
Roberts, T. J. -- To***coport
Robertson, G. C. -- Dover (town)
Robertson, H. S., Mrs. -- Nashville
Robertson, J. G. -- Dover (town)
Robertson, J. M. -- Ashland, VA
Robertson, J. W. -- Bumpus Mills
Roder, F. A. -- Dover
Rolls, C. C. -- Dover (town)
Rolls, C. C. -- Dover
Rolls, J. M. T. -- Blue Creek
Rolls, James -- Nashville
Rose, W. R. -- Bumpus Mills
Ross, A. B. -- Dover
Ross, J. A. -- To***coport
Ross, J. M. -- To***coport
Ross, J. M. -- Caleb
Ross, P. N. -- To***coport
Rowell, George P. & Co. -- New York, NY
Rowlett, B. D. -- Dover
Rowlett, J. W. -- Dover
Rowlett, W. O. -- Dover
Rumfelt, B. A. -- Dover
Russell, W. G. -- Cumberland City
Ryman, T. G. -- Nashville
Satterfield, C. C. -- Dover (town)
Satterfield, C. C. -- Ellis
Satterfield, Jo -- Dover (town)
Satterfield, Lizzie -- Center City, TX
Satterfield, Lizzie -- Star, Hamilton Co., TX
Satterfield, Lucinda, Mrs. -- Garden Valley, TX
Savage & Farnum -- Detroit, MI
Sawyer, George -- New Liberty, IL
Sawyer, John -- Bear Spring
Sawyer, John -- Big Sandy
Sawyer, William -- Lauderdale Co.
Sawyer, William -- Randolph, Tipton Co.
Saxton, J. M. -- Moltke
Scarboro, J. H., Dr. -- Stribling
Scarborough, A. R. -- Dover
Scarborough, G. R. -- Dover
Scarborough, J. H., Dr. -- Dover
Scarborough, J. M. -- Dover
Scarborough, J. W. -- Moltke
Scarborough, J. W. -- Murray, KY
Scarborough, S. D. -- Dover (town)
Scarborough, S. W. -- Dover
Seay, George E. -- Gallatin
Settle, H. J. -- Fishers, Scott Co., MO
Settle, H. J. -- Portageville, MO
Settle, P. H. -- Dover
Settle, W. C. -- Fiskers, MO
Sexton, A. M. -- Dover (town)
Sexton, E. G. -- Dover
Sexton, E. G., Capt. -- Dover (town)
Sexton, F. M. -- Bear Spring
Sexton, F. M. -- Birmingham, AL
Sexton, F. M., Mrs. -- Bear Spring
Sexton, J. M. -- Wynn
Sexton, R. H. -- Indian Mound
Shelton, E. -- New Providence
Shelton, G. W. -- Woodville, KY
Shelton, W. E. -- To***coport
Shelton, W. F. -- To***coport
Shemwell, F. A., Dr. -- Birdsville, KY
Shemwell, H. R. -- Dover
Shemwell, J. E. -- Bumpus Mills
Shemwell, J. H. -- To***coport
Shemwell, Mary A. -- Clarksville
Shemwell, W. H. -- Erin
Sherlock, Robert -- Hematite, KY
Sikes, W. H. -- Dover
Sills, W. F. -- Farmington, KY
Skinner, N. C. -- Dorsey Station, Madison Co., IL
Smith, Etta -- Paris
Smith, Etta, Miss -- Cottage Grove
Smith, Etta, Miss -- Springhill Academy, Henry Co.
Smith, J. B. -- Dover
Smith, J. B. -- Clarksville
Smith, J. O. -- Dover (town)
Smith, J. O., Dr. -- Dover
Smith, J. W. -- Dover (town)
Smith, John -- Indian Mound
Smith, M. W. -- Indian Mound
Smith, Ned -- Dover
Smith, Ned -- Clarksville
Smith, Sallie, Mrs. -- Tharpe
Smith, T. A. -- Cumberland City
Smith, T. A., Rev. -- Dover
Spiceland, S. J. -- To***coport
Stahlman, E. B. -- Nashville
Stalls, Jo D. -- Indian Mound
Stalls, William -- To***coport
Stamps, B. F. -- Milburn, KY
Stavely, A. C. -- Stribling
Stavely, J. J. -- Stribling
Stavely, W. H. -- Stribling
Steger, J. C. -- Dover (town)
Steger, J. C. -- Dover
Steger, J. C. -- Maysville, AL
Steger, J. C. -- Crocketts Bluff, AR
Stewart, J. W. -- Indian Mound
Stone, W. J. -- Clarksville
Stone, William -- Big Rock
Stout, J. W. -- Dover (town)
Summers, Loudy -- Indian Mound
Tarpley, R. B. -- Clarksville
Tavel, P. F. -- Nashville
Taylor, J. M. -- Dover
Taylor, J. M. -- Moltke
Taylor, J. M. -- Fort Henry
Taylor, J. W. -- Dover
Taylor, W. H. -- Avinger, TX
Taylor, W. H., Capt. -- Covington, KY
Taylor, Walter A. -- Atlanta, GA
Telephone -- Cadiz, KY
Tharpe, Georgie B., Miss -- Live Oak, Henry Co.
Tharpe, H. H. -- Dover
Tharpe, H. H. -- Clarksville
Thomas, J. H. -- Cumberland City
Thomas, John H. -- Erin
Thomas, R. E. -- Cumberland City
Thomas, W. T. -- Cumberland City
Thompson, Cal -- Salem, MO
Tidwell, Susan, Miss -- Dover
Tippit, Joe -- Indian Mound
Tippit, John -- Indian Mound
Tishel, Frank -- Tharpe
Tishel, Frank -- Messenger
Toombs, T. D. -- Cumberland City
Townsend, J. A. -- Dover
Townzen, James -- McDade, Bastrop Co., TX
Trawick, A. M. -- Clarksville
Trousdale, J. A. -- Nashville
Turner, A. C. -- Dover
Turner, A. C. -- Indian Mound
Tyler, C. W. -- Clarksville
Utley, Annie, Miss -- Olive, Marshall Co., KY
Vaughan, H. H. -- Indian Mound
Vaughan, W. L. -- Indian Mound
Vaughan, W. L. -- Legate
Vick, Bick -- C**t, AR
Vick, R. P. -- Taylor's Chute, AR
Vick, S. M. -- Grandview, TX
Vinson, Jesse -- To***coport
Vinson, S. H. -- Linton, KY
Vintreaux, H. M., Miss -- Phrarser's Bottom, WV
Vintreaux, W. T. -- Mouth of Scary, WV
Vogler, Charles A. Co. -- Baltimore, MD
Waggoner, W. B. -- Dover
Waggoner, W. B. -- Blue Creek
Walker, C. E. -- To***coport
Walker, C. E. -- Granbury, TX
Walker, Martha, Miss -- Indian Mound
Walker, W. G. H. -- To***coport
Walker, William -- Bumpus Mills
Wall, Sandy A. -- Bumpus Mills
Wallace, A. G. -- To***coport
Wallace, G. W. -- Bumpus Mills
Wallace, George -- Stribling
Walter, Ed -- Dover (town)
Walter, Henry -- Northfield, IL
Walter, W. B. -- Roxton, TX
Washington, J. E. -- Cedar Hill
Washington, Joe E. -- Cedar Hill
Watkins, S. W. -- Dover
Watson, H. L. -- Tharpe
Weaks, E. E. -- Evansville, IN
Weaks, E. P. -- To***coport
Weaks, J. H. -- Dover (town)
Weaks, J. H. -- Dover
Weaks, J. P. -- Paducah, KY
Weaks, Sallie A., Miss -- Clarksville
Weaks, W. C. -- Dover (town)
Weaks, W. C. -- Dover
Weaver, Annie, Miss -- Weaver's Store
Weaver, T. J. -- Weaver's Store
Webb, M. W. -- Cumberland City
Webb, W. M. -- Indian Mound
West, W. A. -- Indian Mound
Western, R. M. -- Tharpe
Wheeler, J. C., Capt. -- Detroit, MI
Wheeler, J. C., Mrs. -- Adrian, MI
Whitford, W. C. -- Hardy, Montague Co., TX
Whithurst, James -- Dover
Whithurst, James -- Woolworth
Wilcox, N. W. -- Clarksville
Wilkinson, A. R. -- Tharpe
Wilkinson, J. A. -- Bumpus Mills
Wilkinson, W. M. -- Tharpe
Williams, D. R. -- Louisville
Williams, Ike -- Dover (town)
Williams, Ike -- Dover
Williams, Sallie F. -- Memphis
Williams, W. F. -- Tharpe
Wilson, H. H. -- Eaton
Wilson, W. R. -- Cumberland City
Wofford, A. G. -- Dover
Wofford, J. F. -- Dover
Wofford, J. F. -- Moltke
Wofford, J. F. -- Fort Henry
Wofford, J. T. -- Dover
Wofford, J. W. -- Dover
Wofford, P. T. -- Dover (town)
Wofford, P. T. -- Dover
Wofford, P. T. -- Stribling
Wofford, W. G. -- Dover
Wofford, W. M. -- Dover
Woods, James Jr. -- Bear Spring
Woods, William -- Stribling
World -- Nashville
Wright, T. H. -- Birmingham, AL
Wright, W. F. -- Bear Spring
Wyatt, John M. -- Bruton
Wynn, G. W. -- Moltke
Wynn, G. W. -- Wynn
Yates, G. A. -- Water Valley, KY
Yeargan, Thomas -- Bear Spring

09/21/2026

Lost Stewart County Courthouse Books

While Stewart County is blessed with many of the county's records having survived, we often wonder about these specific books, which were in the courthouse in 1938 during an inventory by the WPA, but had gone missing by the time that the courthouse records were microfilmed in 1968.

These books have not been found during the inventories of the Courthouse and the Archives over the past 15 years.

Marriage Record, 1838-1848
A handwritten copy made in the 1930s by the WPA survives, with a note "Volume Lost"

Will Book A, 1809-1814
A transcription was started by the WPA in the 1930s; part of the original book was microfilmed in the late 1960s, then went missing.

County Court Minutes, 1825-1828
"Binding badly shaken, unindexed, 198 pages"

Tax List, 1812-1815
"Binding badly shaken, unindexed, 145 pages"

Circuit Court Minute Book 1, 1810-1821
This book was said to be in the Courthouse in the 1950s when Judge N. A. Link inventoried the early records.

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Our volunteer Kim has a great new book available. Come see us to get your copy.
09/15/2026

Our volunteer Kim has a great new book available. Come see us to get your copy.

They are here! If you requested a personalized signed copy of House of Morrow, check your inbox you should have received a message from me this morning. If you didn’t receive one please let me know! Also, if you didn’t get on the initial list for a signed copy, no problem! I will have signed copies available at the Stewart County Archives starting this afternoon (9/15/26). I will be there in person this Friday (9/18/26) from 10-2 if you want to pick up a copy of one of my books (I will have both available) or just want to stop by and say hi that would be great also. Y’all know how I love to talk! 😊 I plan to announce a formal book signing soon. Watch for it!! Thanks to everyone for your support. It is greatly appreciated!! 🫶🏼

Marriage Records 1865-1881 Restored and OnlineThe Stewart County Court Clerk kept black and white marriage records in se...
09/10/2026

Marriage Records 1865-1881 Restored and Online

The Stewart County Court Clerk kept black and white marriage records in separate books from 1865 until 1882. The two books were identical in size, and nearly identical in appearance: the white marriage book had machine-printed lines separating the entries, while the black marriage book had hand-drawn lines separating the entries.

Over the years, the black and white marriage books both came loose from their original bindings. Sometime in the mid-1900s, both books were re-bound, but some pages from each book ended up being bound in the other book because the books were so similar. The pages of the white marriage book were also rebound in quite-random order. These out-of-order books were what were microfilmed in the late 1960s. If you look at the microfilm of these books, you can quite easily spot the out-of-order nature of the pages, with dates not appearing in chronological order and with marriages seeming to occur years prior to a license being issued.

The rebound books have been carefully taken apart, and the binding glue carefully removed, so that the pages could be reassembled in their original order. Many thanks to volunteer Ronnie T. for this painstaking work. Digital images have been made of the restored pages, and the images are now online at the links below.

The left-hand side of each entry shows the names of the bride and groom, and the date on which the marriage license was issued by the County Court Clerk. The right-hand side of the entry showed the return of the officiant, noting the date the marriage actually took place, and the name of the officiant. In many cases, however, the license was never returned to the Clerk so the right-hand side of the entry is blank.

Accompanying these bound volumes would have been loose marriage bonds and marriage licenses, but those are completely missing for the county from 1805-1950.

Note that white marriage records for the county are completely lost from 1876-1881. There is evidence of water damage at the end of the 1867-1876 white marriage book, suggesting that an entire marriage book was destroyed by water damage.

Black marriage records, 1865-1881:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TGfRpdHQ_nj7U33icWbQeKXztJEOyLU8?usp=sharing

White marriage records, 1867-1876:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1c2mlj0RKrfPzqXdnajpOCio_AVnqRrCB?usp=sharing

Each Google Drive folder includes a Readme file that lists all of the marriages appearing in the book.

"New" Stewart Co. Death Records Discovered, 1881-1883The Tennessee General Assembly passed a law in 1881 requiring count...
08/28/2026

"New" Stewart Co. Death Records Discovered, 1881-1883

The Tennessee General Assembly passed a law in 1881 requiring counties to record births and deaths. The law was repealed in early 1883, apparently due to the lack of compliance and enforcement.

Stewart County has both the Birth Records and Death Records volumes surviving for this period, though just a few pages were used in each volume due to the short lifespan of the state law.

The Birth Records pages were microfilmed in the late 1960s. The information from those pages has been on the Stewart County TNGenWeb site for 11 years. Tucked inside the Birth Records book were a few loose birth certificates and five loose death certificates, also from the 1881-1883 period, which have also been on the TNGenWeb site for over a decade.

We realized only this week that the Death Records book not only had never been microfilmed, but that its contents had *not* been transcribed. The 74 death records contained in the book have been seen by very few researchers until now.

These death records contain great information for researchers, including parents' names and place of residence.

This is a thrilling find that has been hiding in plain sight here at the Archives for a long time. See the attached images for a full transcription of the recorded death information.

The names, ages and dates of death mentioned are:
Acree, Grien Ann 40 Mar 9, 1882
Allen, Grace 1 Sep 8, 1881
Anderson, Cliff 8 Jul 9, 1881
Anderson, Evan 3 Oct 7, 1882
Andrews, Robert Allen 1 May 11, 1882
Bachelor, John Henry Erwin 2 Oct 2, 1881
Barnes, Lydia 63 Aug 11, 1881
Black, George Franklin 11 mos. Aug 11, 1881
Blaine, Sylvia Lorana 17 Mar 1, 1882
Bond, Rosella 5 Jul 20, 1881
Bradford, Ambrose B. 5 Aug 6, 1881
Bradshaw, James Emmerson 26 Dec 31, 1881
Brown, Curtis Scott 3 Aug 27, 1881
Brown, Willie Gertrude 10 mos. Mar 8, 1882
Burk, William 41
Burke, James Walter 9 Sep 18, 1881
Carter, Margaret 28 Aug 27, 1882
Cherry, Charles Cullen Oct 12, 1881
Chester, Fannie 19 Apr 18, 1881
Choat, Joseph Michael 6 mos. Sep 10, 1881
Crane, Isaac Crow 2 Sep 12, 1881
Dennis, ---- 0 Sep 5, 1881
Dilday, Henry 27 Jul 14, 1881
Doolin, Nicholas 75 Jun 30, 1881
Dortch, Columbus 41 Apr 11, 1881
Doyle, John 40 Jun 15, 1882
Duncan, Louella 10 Nov 2, 1881
Ferguson, Alosious 2 Aug 2, 1881
Fielder, Joseph A. B. 20 Sep 20, 1881
Futrell, William Dawsey 20 May 22, 1881
Giffin, J. W. 42 Apr 5, 1881
Givins, James 23 Jun 15, 1882
Green, Elizabeth Ann 29 Sep 19, 1881
Griffin, Nelson 81 May 3, 1881
Hargis, Mary Ann Martha 68 Jul 24, 1881
Harris, Chattee Bratton 8 Sep 18, 1881
Hodges, George Warner 37 Sep 18, 1882
Hues, John 22 Sep 23, 1882
Johnson, William Rufus 30 Apr 15, 1882
Kirksey, Alice Edna 1 Oct 21, 1881
Lee, ---- 0 Dec 18, 1881
Lee, Addie Lenora 16 Dec 21, 1881
Lee, Mary Catherine 30 Feb 27, 1883
Marberry 5 hrs. Aug 6, 1882
May, Phillip S. 18 Aug 8, 1881
McCarty, John Lee 8 Aug 19, 1882
McElroy, Anna 3 Sep 26, 1881
McKinney, Milley Jun 30, 1881
Milam, Lorance 4 Aug 16, 1881
Morris, William Gray 70 Nov 7, 1881
Nolan, Ellan 40 Mar 7, 1882
Pace, ---- 0 Dec 2, 1881
Parker, William N. 30 Feb 12, 1882
Price, Martha Parelee 24 Jul 25, 1881
Richardson, John 38 Jan 23, 1882
Riggins, Isabel 35 May 17, 1882
Ross, James 68 May 26, 1881
Ross, Mary H. 20 Feb 15, 1882
Ruggles, C. 21 Jun 30, 1881
Ruggles, Christian Jun 30, 1881
Sikes, C. C. 63 Aug 23, 1881
Stacker, Mary E. 12 Jun 4, 1882
Stubblefield, Willie 6 mos. May 22, 1881
Stumbelfield, Willie 1 May 22, 1881
Taylor, Albert Lee 5 days Dec 25, 1882
Taylor, Mary Green 24 Dec 21, 1882
Taylor, Walter Lee 28 Nov 12, 1882
Thompson, William 40 May 1, 1881
Tidwell, Anna Bell 10 mos. Dec 12, 1881
Townzen, Henry Coleman 83 Jan 28, 1882
Venable, Carneygan E. 32 Sep 2, 1881
Wallace, ---- 1 day Jul 2, 1881
Wallace, Lydia 25 Aug 25, 1882
Wallace, Mary Catharine 2 Jul 21, 1881
Walter, Mary Woods Jan 8, 1882
Welker, Hettie 3 Sep 27, 1881
Will, Henry 30 Jul 31, 1881
Williams 1 day Dec 26, 1881
Woods, Clifton 19 Nov 3, 1881

A transcription of all the death information is available on the Archives' Google Drive, as a PDF file, at
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1itNMBmt4GqaACAd9XlV0UOfo2G28MubQ/view?usp=sharing

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