Learning Resources

An index to the surviving case records from the Hamilton District Superior Court, which served the middle East Tennessee region, including Knox County, 1793–1809.

An interactive map that geolocates historic images of structures removed as part of the Riverfront-Willow Street Urban Renewal project in Knoxville, Tennessee, beginning in the mid-1950s.

Provides maps, historical aerials, address searches and property owner reports, school zones, voting districts and elected officials, and more.

An index of names that appear in Knox County Chancery Court dockets, 1832–1899; early on, the court presided over cases from Anderson, Campbell, Knox, and Sevier counties.

An index to Knox County Circuit Court cases, 1810–1899.

An index of names that appear in the Knox County Court of Pleas and Quarter Session dockets; the court was the first to be convened in Knox County.

A cross-database index that allows for a single search of names in all of the Knox County databases developed by the East Tennessee History Center, including archival records and obituaries.

An index of birth certificates issued to Knox County residents born prior to the start of statewide registration, 1861-1945.

A partial index of names from Knox County divorce records, 1792–1985.

An index to Knox County marriages, 1901–1950.

An index to Knox County marriages, 1951–present.

An index of military discharges (DD-214s) registered in Knox County, 1865-1940.

An index of naturalizations in Knox County, 1792–1907.

An index to Knox County Probate files, 1954–2023.

An index of wills and estate settlements entries in Knox County, 1792–1939.