Carroll County Research Helps

Carroll County Research Helps

• County Historian: Danny Devault

 

• Carroll County Genealogical and Historical Society
• 640 North Main Street, McKenzie, TN 38201
• Treasurer :  Pat Boone
  

 

• Gordon Browning Museum and Genealogy Library
• 40 North Street, McKenzie, TN 38201
  (731) 352-3510
• Curator and Treasurer: 
•  The Museum Webpage
• Microfilm: Carroll Co. Census, Neighboring counties, States settlers came from.
• 1850/1860/1870/1880 Census, Book form
• 1830/1840/1870/1900/1910/1920 Census Index
• Marriage records for 1839/1880, Book form
• 1880/1892 card file
• Obituaries card file
• Court Minutes, 1822/1833, Book form WPA
• Court Minutes, Microfilm
• Defunct Newspapers, Microfilm
• Clella Mae Carter's Notes from the Past
• Many family histories that have been donated.
• Maps relevant to Carroll and surrounding counties.
• Files full of past work done by visitors with Carroll Co. roots from many, many states.
• Wills: Book form 1822/1864 W.P.A.
• Volunteers to Do Look-ups in Genealogical Resources.
• Send a polite request to for more information.
• Snail mail:2063 East Oakhill Drive, Milan, Tn. 38358
• Phone: ( 731) 686-3423

 

• Newspapers
  • Carroll County News-Leader
    N. Court Square, Huntingdon TN 38344
    Phone: 731-986-2253, Published Weekly
  • McKenzie Banner, McKenzie, TN 38201, no address available
  • Mirror-Exchange
    P.O. Box 549, Milan TN 38358
    Phone: 731-686-1632
  • The Carroll County Democrat and The Carroll County Republican Newspapers are on microfilm in Gordon Browning Museum.
  • Some 1st and 2nd district Obituaries are on micro-film at the Mildred G. Fields Library, Van Hook Street, Milan, Tn. 38358
    
• Books for Sale
             Carroll Co. TN Will Books 1822-1900 http://www.simmonshistorical.com

• Funeral Homes

 

Funeral Homes	Address	City	Phone
Bruceton Funeral Home	30700 Broad St.	Bruceton, TN   38317	731- 586- 2512
Brummitt Funeral Home Inc.	E. Main St.	Trezevant, TN 38258	731- 669-3871
Brummitt Funeral Home	321 Magnolia Ave. W.	McKenzie, TN 38201	731- 352-2222
Dilday Funeral Home Inc.	160 Main St.	Huntingdon, TN 38344	731- 986-828
Cox Funeral Home, Inc	347 W. Paris St.	Huntingdon, TN 38344	731- 986-3654

 

Carroll County Historic Sites of Interest

• Cumberland Presbyterian Church replica, Bethel College Campus
• Veteran's Monument in the City Park of McKenzie, Tennessee
• World's largest pecan tree at Holliday, Tennessee
• Court House at Huntingdon, Tn. and Veteran's Memorial Marker
• Hollow Rock at Hollow Rock, TN

Tennessee Governors from Carroll County

• Governor Alvin Hawkins
• Governor Gordon Browning

Visit Carroll's West Tennessee Border Counties