Hamblen County, Tennessee

Date: 1870 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Hamblen County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2 How to Join the Appalachia Project 3 Ongoing List of Things to Do 4 Hamblen County History 4.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 4.2 Hamblen County Notables 5 Geography 5.1 Adjacent counties 6 Government Offices 7 Resources and Records 7.1 On WikiTree 7.2 On the Internet 8 Communities 8.1 Cities 8.2 Towns 8.3 Census-designated places 8.4 Unincorporated Communities 9 See also 10 Sources

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Hamblen County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Hamblen 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

Hamblen County History

Hamblen County was formed in 1870, and named for Hezekiah Hamblen. It was formed from parts of Grainger, Hawkins, and Jefferson counties.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Hamblen County Notables

Geography

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

Adjacent counties

• Hawkins - northeast
• Greene - east
• Cocke - south
• Jefferson - southwest
• Grainger - northwest

Government Offices

• Hamblen County website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Hamblen County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Hamblen County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Hamblen County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Hamblen County Genealogy Trails
• Hamblen County USGenWeb
• Hamblen County USGenWeb Archives
• Hamblen County Genealogy Society

Communities

Cities

• Morristown - county seat

Towns

• White Pine

Census-designated places

• Russellville

Unincorporated Communities

• Lowland
• Talbott
• Whitesburg
• Witt

See also

Hamblen County on Wikipedia

Sources