Rhea County, Tennessee:
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Projects

• Rhea County Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Rhea County Genealogy Trails, Tennessee      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rhea County Local History      (Source: American Local History Network)

Adjacent counties

• Bledsoe County, TN  to the west
• Cumberland County, TN  to the north
• Hamilton County, TN  to the south
• Meigs County, TN  to the southeast
• Roane County, TN  to the northeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Rhea Co, Tennessee, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Rhea County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Rhea County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Rhea County  Tennessee Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Rhea County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Rhea County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Rhea County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Rhea County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Church Records

• Rhea County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Rhea County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Rhea County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• The Scopes Trial      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)

Estate Records

• Rhea County Probate Records Vol. A 1825-1840  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Tennessee Probate Court Books  1795-1927     (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center

History

• The Appalachian Quarterly      (Source: Wayback Machine)     ($)
• National Register of Historic Places 
• Rhea County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Rhea County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Rhea County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Rhea County History      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• Rhea County History      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • 1920 Ice Storm  Dayton, Tennessee
  • Dayton, TN Dust Explosion In Coal Mine, May 1901      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Dayton, TN Mine Explosion, Dec 1895      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Dayton, TN Mine Explosion, Mar 1902      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Rhea County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Rhea, Roane, Robertson and Rutherford County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Spring City, TN Train - Bus Wreck, Aug 1955      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Rhea County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources: Rhea County      (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Rhea County, Tennessee     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Rhea County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Rhea County Records on Microfilm      (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Rhea County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• easterntennesseefamily  FAMILY OF EASTERN TENNESSEE     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Rhea County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Rhea County, TN Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ETN-L The eastern 3rd Grand Division of the state of Tennessee as well as the lost State of Franklin

  • ETN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ETN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ETN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ETN-OZ-L The eastern 3rd Grand Division of the state of Tennessee as well as the lost State of Franklin

  • ETN-OZ-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ETN-OZ-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ETN-OZ-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SE-TN-L Southeast Tennessee genealogy

  • SE-TN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SE-TN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SE-TN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• TNRHEA-L Rhea (the parent County) and Meigs Counties, Tennessee

  • TNRHEA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TNRHEA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • TNRHEA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Rhea County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Rhea County, Tennessee     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Rhea County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Rhea County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Rhea County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Rhea County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications  Rhea County     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)

• Revolutionary War

  • Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War  Rhea County

• World War I

  • Rhea County (Part 1 : Abel - Jones)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • Rhea County (Part 2 : Keely - Yates)  Veterans     (Source: Tennessee State Library & Archives)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Rhea County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Rhea County, Tennessee  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• East Tennessee Roots Historical/Genealogical Magazine 
• East Tennessee's Forgotten Children  Apprentices from 1778 to 1911     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Migrations through Rhea County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• Rhea County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Rhea County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Abstracts from Tennessee Newspapers      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Chronicling America  Rhea County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Rhea County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• The Spring City Herald      (Source: USGenWeb)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Dayton, Tennessee Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Herald-News 
• Herald-News  Dayton, TN     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Herald-News  Dayton     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rhea County, Tennessee Obituary and Death Notice Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Rhea County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rhea County Images      (Source: Nostalgiaville)
• Tennessee--Rhea County--Concord.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Tennessee--Rhea County--Dayton.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Tennessee--Rhea County--Watts Bar DAM.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Tennessee--Rhea County--Watts Bar Dam.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Waldens Ridge      (Source: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America)

School Records and Histories

• Bryan College      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• Bryan College History 
• Bryan College, Dayton  Historic Campus Architecture Project

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Rhea County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rhea County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Rhea County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• East Tennessee Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (84)

Tax Lists

• Early Tax List Records, 1783-1895  includes Rhea County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Blythe Ferry      (Source: The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture)
• Building histories of Rhea County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Rhea County, Tennessee     (Source: Google Patents)
• Rhea County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Rhea County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Rhea County Century Farms 

Vital Records

• Partial index to Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1925  A-K
• Partial index to Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1925  L-Z
• Rhea County Death Index  1908-1912     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Rhea County Vital Records      (Source: USGenWeb Tennessee Archives)
• Rhea County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Tennessee Marriage Records  Rhea County, 1808-1859     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Tennessee State Marriages, 1765-2002  includes Rhea County, 1800-2000     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Tennessee Vital Records: Marriages CD  Selected Counties & Years     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Rhea County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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