Welcome to Tennessee!  The American History & Genealogy Project is an unincorporated not-for-profit network of independent websites devoted to history and genealogy, and covering North American countries and territories.  This website contains abstracts and transcriptions of original records, historical photographs, and links to records and resources.  My name is Donna Sims Conner and I am pleased to be the State Coordinator for Tennessee.  If you have questions or need assistance, I would be happy to help.  You can email me at [email protected].  Thank you for visiting! 

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Tennessee is in the southeastern part of the United States. It extends from the Smoky Mountains on the east to the Mississippi river on the west. It is much larger in this direction than from north to south. If one looks at it on the map, its shape makes him think of a little boy's coasting sled.

To the north of Tennessee lies Kentucky with its blue-grass pastures and its fine horses and cattle. It was the "Dark and Bloody Ground'' settled by Daniel Boone. East of Cumberland Gap, the northern border of Tennessee touches Virginia. Many Tennesseans came from the Old Dominion, as Virginia is often called.

Beyond the great mountains on the east lies North Carolina, the mother State of Tennessee. She is sometimes called the Old North State. From this State Tennessee received her government, her laws, and her civilization. It was from North Carolina that many of her people came, and for many years the land that is now Tennessee formed a part of that State.

On the south lie the three sister States of Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, white with fields of cotton. Each was the home of Indian tribes. From the western border of our State we cross the great Mississippi River into Arkansas and Missouri, which have been largely settled by people from Tennessee.

County List
Knox County, Washington County <Updated>

AHGP Tennessee Online Resources
First Land Owners of Jonesborough <New>
Pioneers from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina 1789-1795 <New>
The Bell Witch <Just for fun>
The State of Franklin <Interesting Read>
Tennessee, Part of North Carolina
Chronology Of Tennessee, 1796-1896
Cemeteries Of Tennessee
A Dictionary Of Distinguished Tennesseans
Fort Prudhomme: Was It The First Settlement In Tennessee?

Indian Wars and Warriors of the Old Southwest, 1730-1807
Attakullakulla and Oconostota
The Cherokees Besiege Fort London
Cherokee Invasion of Holston
Rise of the Chickamaugas
Chickasaw Invasion of Cumberland
John Stuart: Superintendent Of Indian Affairs For The Southern District

Tennessee Military
Court Martials in the Creek War <New>
Harvey's Scouts<New>
Harvey's Scouts History<New>
Revolutionary and Military Pensioners list For Tennessee, June 1, 1840 <New>
The Old Nineteenth Tennessee Regiment, C. S. A.
Roll of Tennessee Cavalrymen in the Natchez Expedition<600 Names>
Biographies, Causality List, Maps<More names>

Online at AHGP
Tennessee Military Forts, 1903
Old Fort Loudon, Tennessee<New>
Wisconsin Deaths at Shiloh, Tennessee
Early History of Middle Tennessee (full length book, many names)
Natchez Trace (Short Article)
Historical Gazetteers
Women in America

Tennessee Neighbors