DAVIDSON COUNTY DATA


Davidson

County Seat: Nashville




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County Contacts County Genealogist - None

County Historian - Ms. Carole Bucy
Email: carole.bucy@nashville.gov Send Email

TN Gen Web - Jane Colmenares
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Davidson County TnGenWeb Click to go to Website
Known Beginning Dates
Major County Records







Record Notes

Births* - 1881
Marriage - 1789
Deaths* - 1881
Court - 1783
Land - 1784
Probate - 1783
Census - 1810

*Statewide Registration for Births & Deaths began in 1911 with general compliance by 1927

1856 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
Lost censuses: 1790, 1800, 1810
Societies / Museums / Archives Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Nashville Chapter
Email: aahgsnashville@gmail.com Send Email
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Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
PO Box 330948
Nashville, TN 37203-7507
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Historical Commission of Metropolitan Nashville - Davidson County
3000 Granny White Pike
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615) 862-7970
Hours: M-F 7:30am - 4pm Website: Click to go to Website
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Metro Archives
Third Floor
Nashville Public Library
615 Church St.
Nashville, TN 37243
Hpurs: M-F 9am-6pm Sat 9am-5pm Sun 2pm-5pm
Phone: 615-862-5880
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Tennessee State Library & Archives
1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N.
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: (615)741-2764
Hours: T-S 8am - 4:30 pm
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Jewish Genealogical Society of Nashville
Annette Levy Ratkin Jewish Community Archives
801 Percy Warner Blvd.
Nashville, Tn 37205
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Library Nashville Public Library
615 Church St.
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615-862-5800
Library Page Click to go to Website

Fisk University Library - Special Collections & Archives
1000 17th Ave. N.
Nashville, TN 37208
Phone: 615-3298646
Special Collections Page Click to go to Website

Davidson Courts Davidson County Court Clerk
Howard Office Building
700 2nd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: 615-862-6050
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Davidson County Circuit Court Clerk
1 Public Square - Suite 303
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: PHONE
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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Davidson County Chancery Court-Clerk & Master (Probate)
1 Public Square, Suite 308
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Phone: (615) 862-5711
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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Davidson County Register of Deeds
501 Broadway
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-862-6790
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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County Archives Click to go to Website