Hancock County, Tennessee

Date: 1844 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee Appalachia

Welcome to the Hancock 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 Hancock County History 4.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 4.2 Historic Events 4.3 Hancock 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 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 Hancock County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Hancock 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

Hancock County History

Hancock County was formed in 1844, from parts of Claiborne and Hawkins counties. Some residents of Hawkins county sued to block its creation. But in 1848, the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of the creation of Hancock County. Hancock County is named after John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress and first signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Historic Events

• The Greene-Jones War, the largest family feud in Tennessee, began in December, 1887.

Hancock County Notables

Geography

Hancock 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. Hancock County is also part of the Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Lee County, Virginia - north
• Scott County, Virginia - northeast
• Hawkins County - east
• Grainger County - southwest
• Claiborne County - west

Government Offices

• Hancock County Website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Hancock County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Hancock County Genealogy on Familysearch
• Hancock County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Hancock County Genealogy Trails
• Hancock County USGenWeb
• Hancock County US GenWeb Archives
• Hancock County Historical & Genealogical Society

Communities

Cities

• Sneedville (county seat)

Unincorporated Communities

• Alanthus Hill
• Kyles Ford
• Mulberry Gap
• Treadway
• Xenophon

See also

Hancock County on Wikipedia

Sources