Do you possess your family's Bible that has been passed on from generation to generation? Many families have kept Bible records from the early 1700's through today's time. In some cases, a family Bible record may be the only source of a birth, marriage or death record.

There are several sources for Tennessee Bible records available to the genealogist and they are:
  • Acklen, Jeannette Tillotson. Tennessee Records: Bible Records and Marriage Bonds. A surname index is included. The record contains Bible records, marriage bonds, various tombstone inscriptions, obituary notices, abstracts from wills, historical and biographical sketches, and pension records. The name, parents' names, and date of birth of slaves are sometimes given.
  • Owens, Fae Jacobs. Bible Records, Hatchie Chapter, National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee A surname index is included. The record includes birth, marriage, and death information.
  • Tennessee State Library and Archives, Manuscript Section. Bible Record Collection, ca. 1700-1970. The records are arranged alphabetically by family name, then given name. They contain birth, death, and marriage dates of immediate family members, and occasionally dates of servants, slaves, and others. They also include the years the records cover, the county where the Bible was found, and the owner's name and city. Bible records donated to the Tennessee State Library and Archives since 1970 are included in the library's vertical file. A card file at the archive provides access.
  • Bible Records of Families of East Tennessee and Their Connections from Other Areas. 3 vols. Genealogical Records Committee of Knoxville Chapter, Daughters of the American Colonists and James White Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1959-1960. An index is included with each volume.
  • Kirkham, E. Kay. An Index to Some of the Family Records of the Southern States: 35,000 Microfilm References from the N.S.D.A.R. Files and Elsewhere.
We would like to create a clearing house of family Bible information for Williamson County, TN families. Please consider transcribing and sending a family Bible record to Darlene. We offer the information on this website FREE OF CHARGE and contributors retain copyright to the information.
  1. Beard Bible
  2. Chrisman and Brandon Family Bible
  3. Bradford Bible