Madison County Archives

County Records

The following are listings of records in our Archives. Please be advised that the date spans are mostly intermittent, and there may not be records for every year within a date span for a record series. Only a portion of the actual records on this page have been digitally scanned; they may be viewed in person at our facility and/or scanned and emailed to patrons on demand. Some indices and finding aids are linked on this page; others are in the process of being indexed and are noted as such. Please contact the Madison County Archives with questions about specific or other records.

Some of our loose records were scanned and digitized by Family Search in 2014 and are available for viewing at the following link; these are actual scans of original documents: Madison County, Tennessee Records on Family Search.

Chancery Court

Hearing Dockets 1890-1892; 1924; 1929
Civil Action Files 1850s+; these case records are being acquired and processed on an ongoing basis; currently in 1973
City & County Delinquent Tax Ledger Book 1931-1991
Cost Bonds - Bond for Costs 1919-1968
Enrollment Book 1872-1874
Hearing Dockets 1890-1892; 1924; 1929
Minute Books and Indexes 1846-1981
Rule Dockets and Indexes 1852-1948
Miscellaneous Records and "Tax Bills" 1850s-1930s

Circuit Court

Adjudication of Record of Birth 1944-1960
Adjudication of Record of Death 1954 (1)
Appeals Dockets 1853-1870; 1925-1974
Appearance and Bail Bond Records 1912; 1918-1927
Appearance Bond 1947-1959
Bar Dockets 1920-1929
Case Ledgers 1888-1948
Civil Action Files 1931-2003 - indexing in process
Civil Minute Books 1840-1999
Consolidated Delinquent Tax Suits (Civil) 1930s-1950s
Criminal Action Files 1849-1994 - indexing in process
Criminal Minute Books 1840-1997
Delinquent Tax Collection Reports 1944-1977
Dockets 1875-1976
Execution Dockets and Indexes 1822-1965
Financial Records - Case Ledgers 1870-1880
Grand Jury Dockets & Reports 1920-1958
Other Records 1828-1935
Rule Dockets and Indexes 1905-1975

Clerk & Master

Account of All Estates 1939-1954
Accounts of Insolvent Estates 1903-1939
Administrator's & Executor's Bonds 1894-1928
Administrator's & Executor's Inventories 1878-1974
Administrator's & Executor's Records 1894-1959
Administrator's & Executor's Settlements 1865-1949
Administrator's Bonds 1873-1987
Cash Journal 1898-1900 (Exhibit A in State of TN vs. J.D. Hunt, 1905)
Civil Action Files 1820s-1940s
Executor's Bonds 1868-1886
Guardian Bonds 1861-1985
Guardian Bonds Renewal Bonds 1861-1862
Guardian Files 1840s-1960s
Guardian Record 1927-1984
Guardian Reports 1865-1900
Guardians Docket 1860-1900
Guardian Settlements 1874-1950
Judges Minutes 1907-1956
Minutes of Insolvent Estates 1874-1949
Non-support Files 1937-1950
Probate Court loose records 1840s-1950s
Record of Wills 1825-1946

County Clerk

Aye and Nay Dockets - no dates
Audit Reports 1985-2007
Beer Permits and Beverage Bonds 1945-1989
Cemetery Company Reports 1961-1968
Charters of Incorporation Record 1904-1925
Constable and Magistrate Bonds 1872-1963
Contractor License Books 1977-1990
County Legislative Body Minutes books 1821-1907
County Legislative Body Minutes loose files 1825-1935
Drainage District Minutes 1923-1949
Election Records 1844-1908
Jury Service List 1858-1932
Marriage Files 1850-2008 - indexing in process
Merchant's Bonds & Oaths and Record of Merchant's Statements 1844-1933
Motor Vehicle Registrations 1905-1917, 1936 1 3
Notary Bonds and Record of Commissions Notaries Public 1860-1979
Official Bonds and Oaths,1844-1958
Personnel Policies 1860-1904
Privilege License Registers 1879-1927
Record of Births 1925-1929
Record of Births and Record of Deaths 1908-1939 (intermittent years)
Record of Deaths 1925-1929
Record of Judges' Warrants 1906-1973
Record of Marriage and Marriage Bonds and Oaths 1868-1934
Record of Powers of Attorney 1860-1904
Record of Road Orders 1828-1910; 1982-1989
Register of Dentists,1920-1952
Register of Nurses 1917-1953
Register of Optometrists 1907-1953
Register of Physicians 1889-1966
Register of Veterinarians 1905-1981
Remittances from State of Tennessee 1923-1934
Reports of County Officials, Institutions, Commissions and Committees 1836-1949 - indexing in process
Revenue Dockets 1860-1904
School Directors Oaths 1900-1934
Tax Lists 1860-1904
Tippler's Bonds & Oaths, Tippler's Licenses, and Tippler's Revenue Books 1871-1876
Warrants -Trustee to pay school districts 1874
Work House Commission Minutes 1896-1912