First County Court Minutes of Lincoln County, Tennessee 1809-1819. (Volume #1) - Paperback

by Helen Marsh (Author), Timothy Marshall (Author)

By: Helen & Timothy Marsh, Index, Pub. 1989, reprinted 2026, 282 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-0-89308-643-8 Lincoln County was created in 1809 from Bedford County. It lies on the border of Alabama across from Madison and Limestone Counties and is surrounded by the counties of Bedford, Franklin, Giles, Marshall and Moore Counties, TN. In these abstracts, one will find local office holders being appointed, the levying and expenditure of local taxes, selecting & summoning of juries, licenses being granted to operators of taverns, as well as deeds & bills of sale being acknowledge by the grantor. The Court also oversaw a wide range of matters involving estates, including probate of will, settlements of estates, and appraisement, as well as matters dealing with bastardy, and many other valuable bits of information.