African American Research

While Crockett County does not have any official Slave records, due to the fact that the county was formed after this time period, there are many families of African American and Slave descent who have lived in the county since it's beginning. Because of this, official records that would pertain to former Slaves who lived in Crockett County, would most likely be from a neighboring county. While we normally try to keep records that pertain to certain counties on those county sites, there needs to be an exception made in this case, since the records would have to be found in another county, even though the records would refer to those who lived in what later became Crockett Co.

Hopefully those of you who are researching your African American roots will be willing to share your Crockett Co. related records here, so that others may be able to further their African American family research, as well. If you have any such records that you would like to contribute, please contact .

Wills, Deeds, Bills of Sale, or any other documents from surrounding counties, which mention slaves, where you know that these families ended up in Crockett Co. would be most appreciated. You do not have to have a connection to the people mentioned in the documents in order to contribute them to this site, nor do you have to be African American.

If you know of any good research links, please send them to .

Lookups

1870 TN African American U.S. Federal Census Head of Household Index Lookups
Thanks to , for offering to do these lookups!

Misc. Records

• Bill of Sale for two negroes (Gorge and Hanah) from John Koonce to son Isaac Koonce

• Bill of Sale, Negro boy, Ben, age 14, sold to John Koonce by Abner Green

• Bill of Sale for Betty from George Mitchell to John Koonce

• Bill of Sale for Solomon from Nunn's Estate to Sheppard M. Ashe

• Noah Perry, Jr. Will, Dyer Co., TN
Mentions slaves: Jorden, Marina, Emiling, Jenis (Denis?), Lock and others, not named

African American Heritage Research Links:

• Say My Name - An African-American Family History
• AfriGeneas
AfriGeneas is a site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African Ancestry research community featuring the AfriGeneas mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards and daily and weekly genealogy chats
• Christine's Genealogy
• Cindi's List of African American Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• Freedmen's Bureau
The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, often referred to as the Freedmen's Bureau, was established in the War Department by an act of March 3, 1865. The Bureau supervised all relief and educational activities relating to refugees and freedmen, including issuing rations, clothing and medicine. The Bureau also assumed custody of confiscated lands or property in the former Confederate States, border states, District of Columbia, and Indian Territory. The bureau records were created or maintained by bureau headquarters, the assistant commissioners and the state superintendents of education and included personnel records and a variety of standard reports concerning bureau programs and conditions in the states.
• TNGenWeb's People of Color in Tennessee

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