Grundy County, Tennessee

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Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Grundy County, Tennessee.

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How to Join the Appalachia Project

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2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Grundy County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Grundy County profiles to the one tree
4. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
5. Voter or citizenship rolls
6. Records of wills and estates
7. Records of slaveholders and enslaved persons
8. Land records
9. Tax lists
10. Muster lists for militia/military service
11. Add genealogy resources to this page
12. Add statewide resources to the main project page

Grundy County History

Timeline

The page for NC county formation maps has the very complicated history for the NC land that became TN.^[1] See the VA maps for the upper strip:

• "The Washington District of North Carolina was created in 1776. It contained the area of present-day Tennessee, except for the gain of the northern strip when the far western part of Virginia was surveyed during 1779 and 1780, and the gain of the western part of what was then Wilkes County, North Carolina, when the State of Franklin created Wayne County from Washington County and Wilkes County, in 1785."^[2]

1776 Washington District of North Carolina was created.

1796: Tennessee was the 16th state admitted to the Union, in 1796 (see this WikiTree page for a timeline of Tennessee history).

1807: Warren County formed from White County

1836:Coffee County formed from Bedford, Franklin, Rutherford, & Warren counties.

1844: Grundy County was created from Coffee & Warren counties.^[3] It was named for Felix Grundy, U. S. Senator from Tennessee, and U.S. Attorney General.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Grundy County Notables

• May Justus, teacher and author of children's books set in Appalachia.

Geography

Grundy County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Grundy County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Maps

• Tennessee Formation Maps

Adjacent Counties

Northwest		North Warren County	Northeast
West Coffee County		Grundy County Tennessee		East Sequatchie County
Southwest Franklin County		South Marion County	Southeast

Government Offices

• Grundy County Offices

Resources

On WikiTree

• WikiTree's Appalachia Project
• Grundy County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Grundy County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Grundy County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Grundy County Genealogy Trails
• Grundy County USGenWeb
• Grundy County USGenWeb Archives
• Grundy County Historical Society

Categories

Grundy County (created in 1844)

• preceded by Warren County and Coffee County.

What this means for categorizing profiles of people connected to land that is today Grundy County

• If they are post-1776, then
  • 1796-1806: White County
  • 1807-1836, depending on location,
    Warren County
  • 1836-1844, depending on location,
    Warren County or
    Coffee County

Note: Tennessee seceded from the Union on June 8, 1861, and was part of the Confederate States of America from that date to the end of the war. It was not readmitted to the union until July 4, 1866. Between those dates, any form of USA is not appropriate (either drop USA/etc or use CSA). During reconstruction, several terms were used by the United States for the former CSA states, but it is ok to continue to use Grundy County, Tennessee.

Stickers

... ... ... has Appalachian roots.

... ... ... has Appalachian roots, in Tennessee.

{{Appalachian Roots}}

{{Appalachian Roots|state=Tennessee}}

The state parameter is used to add text to the sticker, but it does not add a category (this sticker is for descendants of Appalachians; project categories are for Appalachians). See Template: Appalachian Roots for additional examples.

... ... ... was an Appalachian.

... ... ... was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

{{Appalachia Sticker}}

{{Appalachia Sticker|born|state=Tennessee}}

This sticker has born and lived/lives in options. The state parameter will add text to the sticker. It will also add the corresponding Appalachians category (there are 13 project categories for "people profiles" - see Category: Appalachians). You can add additional Appalachians categories manually (e.g., [[Category: North Carolina Appalachians]]). The Appalachians categories are for people profiles only and should only be added to profiles for Appalachians who lived there when it was that state (in other words, do not add Category: Tennessee Appalachians to someone's profile if they died before 1 June 1796, when Tennessee was admitted to the Union).

See Template: Appalachia Sticker for details about "born in" and "lived in" (and "lives in") options.

... ... ... was a resident of Grundy County.

{{Tennessee Sticker|a resident of Grundy County}}

See Template: Tennessee Sticker for details of parameters & use.

Footnotes

1. ↑ North Carolina Formation Maps (accessed 6 July 2022).
2. ↑ http://www.naturesync.com/~zoomastr/nance/census/nanceTNcen.htm (citing Tennessee Formation Maps).
3. ↑ Tennessee Formation Maps (accessed 6 July 2022).