Wills and Inventories of Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1810-1921 - Paperback

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

By: Helen and Timothy Marsh, Pub. 1989, Reprinted 2020, 200 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-654-1.

Lincoln County was formed from Indian lands in 1809. From the year 1799, with the formation of Williamson County, Tennessee, the most western third of what was to become Lincoln County in 1809, was then a part of Williamson County, and so until 1807 the eastern two thirds of the area was a part of Rutherford County. And from Dec. 3, 1807 until Nov. 14, 1809, Lincoln was the southern half of Bedford County. This book contains more than 1,600 Wills of persons who died in Lincoln County with names of Approximately 10,000 to 12,000 persons mentioned in these Wills.