Claiborne County, Tennessee

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Location: Claiborne County, Tennessee
Surnames/tags: tennessee us_history appalachia

Welcome to Claiborne County, Tennessee!

Contents 1 Project Purpose 1.1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 1.2 How to Join the Appalachia Project 2 Ongoing List of Things to Do 3 Claiborne County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Claiborne County Notables 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Towns 7.3 Unincorporated Communities 8 See also 9 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Claiborne County, Tennessee.

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

How to Join the Appalachia Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add Appalachia to your G2G tag feed.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Claiborne County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Claiborne County profiles to the one tree
4. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
5. Voter or citizenship rolls
6. Records of wills and estates
7. Records of slaveholders and enslaved persons
8. Land records
9. Tax lists
10. Muster lists for militia/military service
11. Add genealogy resources to this page

Claiborne County History

Claiborne County was formed on October 29, 1801 from parts of Grainger and Hawkins Counties. It is named after William C. Claiborne, who served as a state Supreme Court justice and U. S. Representative from Tennessee.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Claiborne County Notables

Geography

Claiborne County is part of East Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Claiborne County is also part of the Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

• Bell County, Kentucky(north)
• Lee County, Virginia (northeast)
• Hancock County (east)
• Grainger County (southeast)
• Union County (southwest)
• Campbell County (west)
• Whitley County, Kentucky (northwest)

Government Offices

• Claiborne County website

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Claiborne County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Claiborne County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Claiborne County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Claiborne County Genealogy Trails
• Claiborne County USGenWeb
• Claiborne County USGenWeb Archives
• Claiborne County Historical and Genealogical Society

Communities

Cities

• Harrogate
• New Tazewell

Towns

• Cumberland Gap
• Tazewell (county seat)

Unincorporated Communities

• Arthur
• Clairfield
• Clouds
• Eagan
• Goin
• Hopewell
• Little Sycamore
• Lone Mountain
• Pruden
• Reliance
• Shawanee
• Speedwell

See also

• Claiborne County on Wikipedia

Sources