SMARC: Fannin Co., GA Genealogy Resources

Below is a list of available off-line resources for Polk County, Tennessee including places where a researcher can find them to view them free of charge and, if available for sale, that information is also included. Some publications out-of-print may still be available from time-to-time on Ebay. Available on-line information is on SMARC, accessed by it's main menu.

Books

Publication Name	Author	Location Information	Can be Purchased From
Polk Co. Heritage Book 733 family stories, church, organizations, community histories - all in a 400 page beautiful hardbound gold stamped cover and spine, surnam index. Now in our third reprint - only a limited number presently available.	PCHGS	PCHGS Athens TN Lib. Blountville TN Lib Loudon TN Lib Madisonville TN Lib TSLA Blue Ridge, GA Lib	Polk Co. Historical & Genealogical Society PO Box 636 Benton, TN 37307 Email
The Resting Places: Inscriptions of Polk County Cemeteries A great new resource of every legible inscription in every known cemetery in Polk County - nearly 200 cemeteries. Approximately 690 pages, hardbound, full name index, location, GPS coordinates, everything you could want in a book like this.	Jo Ann Finnell	PCHGS McClung Collection, Knoxville Lib. TSLA Cleveland, TN Library
1840-1930 Polk Co. Census Books Each census is in it's own book	PCHGS	PCHGS - all books McClung Collection, Knoxville Lib. 1930 only Cleveland, TN Library 1930 only Clarksville, TN Library 1850, 1870. 1900 & 1920 only Blountville, TN Lib 1850 & 1870 only Cherokee Reg. Lib Sys, Canton, GA 1880 only
The History of Polk Co. by 400 pages, hardbound, full name index, history of the county from its Cherokee Territory days until the present. Valuable appendix information includes lists of servicemen from several wars, county officials &much more. Pictures at the end of each of the 12 chapters	Roy G. Lillard and edited by Marian Bailey Presswood	PCHGS
Marriage Records Polk County Tennessee 1894-1970 Note: all Polk Co. marriage records before 1894 were destroyed by fire	Compiled by Jennie V. Poteet-Pitts and published by Viola Holden Jones	PCHGS Cleveland TN Lib. Blue Ridge, GA Lib. Middle GA Reg. Lib System
The Old Homeplace 103 pages of "Faces and Places" in the mountains of Polk County before there was a Cherokee National Forest. Softbound	retired Forest Service employee, Thurman Parish, Jr.	PCHGS Clarksville TN Lib.
Confederate History of Polk County Mr. Williams was a County Chairman, County Court Clerk, and a Clerk and Master in early Polk County. A "must have" for anyone interested in the Civil War in Polk County. Softbound	A. J. Williams	PCHGS Linebaugh Lib., Murphreesboro, TN BUY IT via this SMARC link
Vital Statistics 1911-1912 26 pages soft spiral bound. Bonus: First automobile owners in the county listed in the back	Jo Ann Finnell	PCHGS
Back issues of the PCHGS Quarterly Vol. 1-9 four issues each volume except No. 1 Only 3 quarterlies were published our first year, 1995	PCHGS	PCHGS
1931 Chilhowee 32 page softbound copy of the first yearbook of Polk County High School	Chilhowee High School	PCHGS
List of Polk Co. Records on Microfilm	original records	TSLA	TSLA - Tennessee State Library & Archives
Polk Co. TN Resources Available at TSLA This is a very extensive list...be sure to check it out !!	various	TSLA	some items can be duplicated and purchased some items are available via inter-library loan some items are only accessible at TSLA
Polk Co., TN Resources Available thru LDS This is a very extensive list...be sure to check it out !!		LDS Family History Centers	FAQs
Ocoee District Land Grants includes land in Bradley, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, Monroe & Polk Cos.	Elsie Brock and Barbara Fagan	Cleveland, TN Lib.
TN Union Soldiers of Bradley, McMinn & Polk Cos., TN serving in the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 10th TN Cavalry, 5th TN Infantry and 5th TN Mounted Infantry	Edna Wiefering	Cleveland TN Lib. Madisonville, TN Lib. Memphis TN Lib.
Higgins Funeral Home records, 1928-1987, Benton, TN	Nelly M. Blankenship	TSLA
Polk Co. News reprints of articles relating to the history of Polk Co.	newspaper	Cleveland TN Lib. Blue Ridge, GA Lib.
1840 Polk Co., TN Census	William R. Snell	Clarksville TN Lib. Clinton TN Lib Murphreesboro TN Lib McClung Collection, Knoxville TN Lib TSLA
1850 Polk Co., TN Census Book 146 leaves Photocopies of Record Group No. 29, p. 193-265 Rev.	NARA	Cleveland TN Lib Sweetwater TN Lib
Polk Co. TN: WPA Records on microfilm	WPA & TSLA	Cleveland TN Lib TSLA
Ducktown: Back in Rath's Time History of The Copper Basin: 1890-1963 The Railroad Comes to Ducktown	R.E. Barclay	Blue Ridge GA Lib TSLA
In Touch with the Past A guide to historic places and homes in Fannin County, Georgia and Polk County, Tennessee Touching Home A collection of history and folklore from the Copper Basin, Fannin County Area	Kathy Thompson	Blue Ridge GA Lib
East Tennessee's Forgotten Children Apprentices from 1778 to 1911	Allen N. Miller, II		BUY IT via this SMARC Link
Polk Co. TN Biographies	Godspeed		BUY IT via this SMARC Link