Jackson Genealogy (in Madison County, TN)

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Jackson Birth Records

Birth records, 1925-1939 FamilySearch Library

Tennessee, Birth Records, 1908-1920 Tennessee State Library and Archives

Tennessee, Birth Records, 1921-present Tennessee Vital Records Office

Jackson Cemetery Records

All Saints Anglican Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Allison Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Askew-Brown Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bascom Chapel C.M.E. Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Berry Zion Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Blair's Chapel C.M.E. Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Blair's Chapel Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Brooks Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brooks Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Brown's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery (Black) Find a Grave online

Browns Chapel Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Browns Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Butler Rogers Graveyard Find a Grave online

Cane Creek Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cane Creek M.B.C. Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Center Point Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cerro Gardo M.B. Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Cerro Gordo M.B.C. Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Cerro Gordo Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Davie-Gill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elias Lawrence Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elmwood Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Elmwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Epperson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fenner Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fenner Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Freeling - Rope Field Burying Ground Find a Grave online

Greater Saint Luke Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Harris Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hicks Cemetery Find a Grave online

Highland Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Hill Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Hollywood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hollywood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Hollywood Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Hurts Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Isaia?h Chapel Church Cemet?ery? Find a Grave online

Israel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jackson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Johnson Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lebanon Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lester's Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lester's Chapel Road Cemetery Find a Grave online

Liberty Cemetery Find a Grave online

Liberty Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Liberty Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Liberty Grove Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Liberty Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lynch Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mason Wells Cemetery Find a Grave online

McLemore Cemetery Find a Grave online

Meachem Cemetery Find a Grave online

Meridian Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Montgomery Cemetery Find a Grave online

Montgomery Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Calvary Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Calvary Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Mount Olivet Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Mount Pleasant CME Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

My Riverside Cemetery tombstone inscriptions scrapbook FamilySearch Library

Nannie Cemetery Find a Grave online

Nelson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakfield Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Old Hicks Place Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Liberty Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pleasant Plains Cemetery (Black) Find a Grave online

Poplar Corner Find a Grave online

Ragan-Ri?ggin Graveyar?d Find a Grave online

Records of Highland Memorial Gardens FamilySearch Library

Records of Highland Memorial Gardens, 3360 N. Highland Avenue, Jackson, Tennessee, 38305. WorldCat

Records of Hollywood Cemetery : 406 Hollywood Drive, Jackson, Tennessee 38301; established 1885 FamilySearch Library

Records of Hollywood Cemetery : update - 1986-2003, 406 Hollywood Drive, Jackson, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

Records of Hollywood Cemetery, 406 Hollywood Drive, Jackson, Tennessee, 38301, established 1885. WorldCat

Records of Ridgecrest Cemetery, 200 Ridgecrest Road, Jackson, Tennessee WorldCat

Ridgecrest Cemetery Billion Graves online

Ridgecrest Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Ridgecrest Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ridgecrest Pet Cemetery Find a Grave online

Riverside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Riverside Cemetery Billion Graves online

Riverside Cemetery Tennessee Gravestones online

Riverside Cemetery inscriptions, 1830-1975 : Jackson, Tennessee. WorldCat

Riverside Cemetery inscriptions, 1830-1975, Jackson, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

Robinson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rushing Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rushing Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Saint John Baptist Church #1 Find a Grave online

Saint Luke's Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Salem C. M. E. Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salem Cemetery Billion Graves online

Shelton Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tennessee Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Ancestry online

Tombstone inscriptions in historic Riverside Cemetery in Jackson, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

Union Hill Cemetery (Black) Find a Grave online

Vann Plantation Cemetery Find a Grave online

Walnut Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

White Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Williams? Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

York Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jackson Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Jackson Church Records

Church records (microform) 1850-1991, Ararat Baptist Church (Jackson, Tenn.). Archive Grid

Church records, 1872-1941 (Claybrook Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Jackson, Tennessee)) FamilySearch Library

Death notices in the CME Christian index 1885-1905 FamilySearch Library

Jackson City Directories

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Jackson (Tennessee) city directories FamilySearch Library

Jackson City Directory 1904 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1906 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1908 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Jackson City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Jackson, TN 1904-1913 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Jackson, TN; 1937, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1906 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Jackson, Tennessee, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

The Mullin-Kille and Jackson Sun, Jackson including Bemis, Tennessee, city directory FamilySearch Library

West Tennessee combination directory : containing the histories and directories Jackson, Brownsville, and Trenton, the representative business towns of west Tennessee ; together with historical sketches of Milan, Denmark and Spring Creek FamilySearch Library

Jackson Death Records

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1908-1933 Tennessee Death Records MyHeritage online

1908-1958 Tennessee Death Records Ancestry online

Death notices in the CME Christian index 1885-1905 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1925-1939 FamilySearch Library

Deaths mentioned in the Madison County, Tennessee quarterly court minute books, 1881 - 1907 FamilySearch Library

Smith Funeral Home records, Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, 1930-1993 FamilySearch Library

Tennessee Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 Ancestry online

Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1970 Tennessee State Library and Archives

Tennessee, Death Records, 1971-present Tennessee Vital Records Office

Jackson Histories and Genealogies

Historic Madison : the story of Jackson and Madison County, Tennessee from the prehistoric moundbuilders to 1917 FamilySearch Library

Records of Jackson [Masonic] Lodge no. 45 (Jackson, Tennessee) FamilySearch Library

Jackson Land Records

1778-1927 Tennessee Early Land Registers Ancestry online

Deed books, 1822-1828, Madison County, Tennessee FamilySearch Library

Deeds 1821-1964, trust deeds 1874-1964, general indexes FamilySearch Library

Jackson Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee 1870. Library of Congress online

Jackson, 1870 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, April 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, January 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, July 1890 Library of Congress online

Jackson Marriage Records

1780-2002 Tennessee State Marriages Ancestry online

Federally Approved Southern Claims For Tennessee 1873-1889 : and Marriage Announcements, Jackson, Tennessee Newspapers 1824-1833 FamilySearch Library

Marriage index, 1850-1950 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1838-1963 FamilySearch Library

Tennessee Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Tennessee Marriages, 1851-1900 Ancestry online

Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1838-1970 Tennessee State Library and Archives

Jackson Miscellaneous Records

Reported Council minutes of the City of Jackson, Tennessee : 1871-1878 FamilySearch Library

Jackson Newspapers and Obituaries

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Afro-American Sentinel 1890-1890 Newspapers.com online

Commercial Bulletin 1880-1884 Newspapers.com online

Daily Blade 1887-1887 Newspapers.com online

Daily Gun 1888-1888 Newspapers.com online

Daily Plain-Dealer 1871-1871 Newspapers.com online

District Telegraph and State Sentinel 1837-1841 Newspapers.com online

Evening Times 1891-1891 Newspapers.com online

Federally Approved Southern Claims For Tennessee 1873-1889 : and Marriage Announcements, Jackson, Tennessee Newspapers 1824-1833 FamilySearch Library

Forked Deer Blade 1884-1891 Newspapers.com online

Gabfest 1899-1899 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Daily Sun 1897-1916 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Daily Whig 1893-1905 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Dispatch 1873-1904 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Gazette 1825-1828 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Journal 1957-1958 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Republican 1842-1861 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Sun 1875-1935 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Sun 1936-2023 Newspapers.com online

Jackson Whig 1908-1908 Newspapers.com online

Jacksonian 1912-1913 Newspapers.com online

Pioneer 1823-1823 Newspapers.com online

Reported deaths in nineteenth century Jackson, Tennessee newspapers FamilySearch Library

Semi-Weekly West Tennessee Whig 1885-1888 Newspapers.com online

Shelby County, Tennessee Newspaper Abstracts Through 1859 FamilySearch Library

Southern Statesman 1831-1833 Newspapers.com online

State Wheel 1887-1887 Newspapers.com online

Tribune and Sun 1877-1894 Newspapers.com online

Truth Teller and District Sentinel 1834-1834 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Jackson Tribune 1869-1869 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Times 1891-1891 Newspapers.com online

West Tennessee Club-Room 1873-1873 Newspapers.com online

West Tennessee Plaindealer 1873-1873 Newspapers.com online

West Tennessee Whig 1842-1884 Newspapers.com online

Whig And Tribune (Tennessee/United States) [Jackson, Tenn.] 29 July 1871 to 23 September 1876 Elephind online

Whig and Tribune 1871-1876 Newspapers.com online

Whig and tribune (Jackson, Tenn.) (from July 29, 1871 to Sept. 23, 1876) MyHeritage online

Whig and tribune 07/29/1871 to 09/23/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Whig and tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.) (from July 29, 1871 to Sept. 23, 1876) Chronicling America online

Offline Newspapers for Jackson

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Afro-American Sentinel. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1890-1890s

Blade. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1890s-1890s

Community Focus. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1985-1987

Daily Blade. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1887-1880s

Daily Gun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1880s-1888

Daily Plain-Dealer. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1871-1874

Daily Tribune and Sun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1888-1890s

District Telegraph and State Sentinel. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1837-1839

Forked Deer Blade. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1884-1890s

Jackson Daily Sun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1896-1910s

Jackson Daily Whig. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1890s-1900s

Jackson Dispatch. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1873-1910

Jackson Gazette. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1824-1830s

Jackson Journal. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1957-1958

Jackson Journal. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1980-1987

Jackson Republican. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1842-1848

Jackson Sun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1873-1877

Jackson Sun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1910s-Current

Jackson Weekly Sun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1890s-1900s

New Era. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1846-1840s

Pioneer. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1822-1824

Semi-Weekly West Tennessee Whig. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1885-1890s

Southern Statesman. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1831-1833

Tribune and Sun. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1877-1894

Weekly Jackson Tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1869-1870

Weekly Messenger. (Boston) 1811-1815

Weekly Times. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1889-1890s

West Tennessean. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1860-1860s

West Tennessee Plaindealer. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1874

West Tennessee Whig. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1877-1884

Whig and Tribune. (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877

Jackson Probate Records

1779-2008 Tennessee Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Jackson School Records

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Jackson Central Merry High School - Crossroads Yearbook (Jackson, TN), 1978, 1979, 1988 E Yearbook online

Jackson Central Merry High School yearbook, 1973, 1978, 1990 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Jackson Central-Merry High School yearbooks, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Jackson Christian School yearbooks, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Jackson High School - Tatler Yearbook (Jackson, TN), 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Jackson High School yearbook, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lambuth College - Lantern Yearbook (Jackson, TN), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Lambuth College yearbooks, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lane College - Lanite Yearbook (Jackson, TN), 1928 E Yearbook online

Lane College yearbooks, 1928, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Memphis Conference Female Institute yearbook, 1927 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Side High School - Warrior Yearbook (Jackson, TN), 1950 E Yearbook online

North Side High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1965, 1975, 1984, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Old Hickory Academy yearbooks, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Side High School yearbook, 1948, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1996, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southwestern Baptist University yearbooks, 1904, 1906, 1908 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Union University (Jackson, TN), 1908-2000 MyHeritage online

Union University - Lest We Forget Yearbook (Jackson, TN), 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Union University yearbook, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University School of Jackson High School yearbook, 2000 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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