Hamilton County, Tennessee

Date: 25 Oct 1819 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia us_history

Welcome to the Hamilton 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 Hamilton County History 4.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 4.2 Hamilton 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 Hamilton County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Hamilton 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

Hamilton County History

Hamilton County was formed on October 25, 1819, from land ceded by the Cherokee in an 1817 treaty. It is named after Alexander Hamilton.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Hamilton County Notables

Geography

Hamilton 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. Hamilton County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Bledsoe County - north
• Rhea County - northeast
• Meigs County - northeast
• Bradley County - east
• Whitfield County, Georgia - southeast
• Catoosa County, Georgia - south
• Walker County, Georgia - south
• Dade County, Georgia - southwest
• Marion County - west
• Sequatchie County - northwest

Government Offices

• Hamilton County Website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Hamilton County Cemeteries
• Chattanooga, Tennessee

On the Internet

• Hamilton County on FamilySearch
• Hamilton County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Hamilton County Genealogy Trails
• Hamilton County USGenWeb
• Hamilton County USGenWeb Archives

Communities

Cities

• Chattanooga - county seat
• Collegedale
• East Ridge
• Lakesite
• Red Bank
• Ridgeside
• Soddy-Daisy

Towns

• Lookout Mountain
• Signal Mountain
• Walden

Census-designated Places

• Apison
• Fairmount
• Falling Water
• Flat Top Mountain
• Harrison
• Middle Valley
• Mowbray Mountain
• Ooltewah
• Sale Creek

Unincorporated Communities

• Bakewell
• Balmoral
• Birchwood
• East Brainerd
• Georgetown
• Shady Grove

See also

• Hamilton County on Wikipedia

Sources