COUNTY RECORDS
---------
DEKALB COUNTY
CENSUS RECORDS
1860 1870 1880 1900 1910 1920
-----------
DEED RECORDS
Heirs of Zachariah Denney to F. W. Hobson
-----------
MARRIAGES
1848-1900
-----------
NEWSPAPERS
ARTICLES FROM THE LIBERTY HERALD
--------------------------------
SMITH COUNTY
CEMETERY RECORDS
(THESE PHOTOS ARE REPRODUCED BY THE GRACIOUS PERMISSION OF JOHN WAGGONER, JR. AND ARE FEATURED ON THE SMITH COUNTY GENWEB WEBSITE)
AGEE CEMETERY
(Pigg Branch Road, includes Sarah Ann Agee Denney)
AGEE CEMETERY
(Racoon Branch Road - Jerusha Denney Agee and others)
AGEE CEMETERY
(Pigeon Roost Road - Mellisa Spencer Agee and others)
BRUSH CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY
(Between Brush Creek Missionary and Primitive Baptist Churches. Includes James Thomas Denney)
BUTTS CEMETERY
(Devils Garden - Bartha Jane Butts Denney and others)
CONATSER CEMETERY
(Hiwassee Road - Josie Conatser Denney and others)
DENNEY CEMETERY
(Hackett Valley Road - William Ira Denney and others)
DENNEY CEMETERY
(Hiwasse Road - Carroll W. Denney and others)
DENNEY CEMETERY
(Rural Academy Road - Benjamin Denney {1774-1844}, Kerenhappuch Taylor Denney, Agnes Taylor, Agnes "Nancy" Denney Spencer, Mary Denney Barnett and others are buried here in unmarked graves. William and Lydia Kent Denney and Lemuel Barnett's graves are marked)
DENNEY-DOWELL CEMETERY
(Highway 53 Brush Creek - Brown Denney and others)
DOWELL-MOORE CEMETERY
(Sykes to Brush Creek Road - Melinda R. Moore Denney)
DRIVER-DENNEY CEMETERY
(Jenkins Hill Road - David Denney plus 35-40 fieldstones)
FISHER CEMETERY
(Lancaster to Temperance Hall Road - Harden Denney and others)
HARRISON-DENNEY CEMETERY
(Highway 141 New Middleton - Wyatt B. Denney and others)
KINSLOW CEMETERY
(Kenney's Bend Road - Zach Denney and others)
McCLANAHAN-MANNING CEMETERY
(end of Denney Branch Road - James Rollings, Samuel F. Denney and others - probably Wiley and Clara Enoch Denney are buried here as well)
NIXON CEMETERY
(Temperance Hall Road - Delilah Frances Denney Nixon and others)
ROCK SPRINGS CEMETERY
(Rock Springs Road - Hugh Toi Denney and others)
WHITLEY-DENNEY CEMETERY
(Hiwassee Road - William Carroll Denney and others)
WILKERSON-BALLENGER CEMETERY
(Dyers Branch Road - Sarah Denney Wilkerson and others)
-----------
CENSUS RECORDS
1820 CENSUS 1830 CENSUS
1840 CENSUS
1850 CENSUS 1860 CENSUS
1850 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS 1860 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
1850 SLAVE CENSUS 1860 SLAVE CENSUS
1870 CENSUS 1870 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
----------
DEED RECORDS
These deeds either involve Denneys or related families from Smith County, Tennessee. I plan to add deeds that run through the 1920s. The original spelling in each deed has generally been retained.
DEED BOOK F
Arthur Hogan to John Denney
June 14, 1814
Arthur Hogan to John Paschall
Aug 14, 1814
Arthur Hogan to Taylor Whitley
Nov 16, 1818
Arthur Hogan to Samuel Paschall
Sept 18, 1811
Arthur Hogan to Samuel Paschall
August 6, 1814
DEED BOOKS G AND H
Samuel Bains to William Denny
May 9, 1820
James Jeffreys to William Denny
August 11, 1821
James Jones to William Denny
November 2, 1821
James Jeffreys and Alston Jones to William Denny
Nov 2, 1821
Berryman Turner to William Denny
Jan 28, 1822
DEED BOOKS I AND K
Jonas and Willis Whitley to Woodson Fitts
December 13, 1825
Ruth Jones to William Denney
January 28, 1828
Taylor Whitley to Daniel Allen
December 24, 1827
John Moores to Wiley Denney
July 30, 1828
John Denney to Exum Whitley
Nov 6, 1828
John P. Williams to John Denney, Senr.
Dec 13, 1830
DEED BOOKS L AND M
Nathaniel L. Hickerson to Benjamin Denney
August 28, 1832
Presley Askins to John Manning
November 4, 1834
Presley Askins to Willie Denny
Nov 14, 1834
Wiley Denney to Francis Haynes Gordon, James B. Moores, and Willie B. Gordon
August 22, 1834
DEED BOOKS N AND O
Arthur L. Hogan to Benjamin Denney
October 2, 1835
William Allen to John H. Bedford
December 6, 1836
Elijah Hail to William Denny
August 3, 1836
William and Thomas B. Askew to Benjamin Denney
December 24, 1836
William D. Turner to William Denny
February 23, 1838
Benjamin F. Jones to William Denney
November 8, 1837
William Allen to James Harrison
February 7, 1837
William Denney to Benjamin F. Jones and William D. Turner
January 3, 1839
William Kyle to William Denny
January 5, 1839
DEED BOOKS P AND Q
Thomas and William Askew to John Denney
December 24, 1837
James R. Toney and William White to Charles Denney
January 4, 1841
Estate of Wilson Jenkins to Willie Denny
July 14, 1834
Benjamin Denney to Jesse Andrews
November 3, 1842
Powell Tuck to Charles Denney
December 5, 1842
DEED BOOKS R AND S
Bolen D. High to William Denney
August 15, 1843
James S. Murphree to William Denny
July 6, 1846
Ed. Burke Pickett to William Denney
January 2, 1846
John McFall to Willie Denney
November 3, 1844
Sheriff John Bailey to William Denny
January 25, 1847
DEED BOOKS T AND U
Henry Brooks and Benjamin F. Jones to William Denney
October 25, 1847
William B. Allen to Archibald Allen and Allen Jones
February 4, 1840
William Denney to William Stark
March 9, 1848
Stephen Nolan to Benjamin Denney
October 2, 1841
Dawson B. Harris and Evaline Denney marriage contract
1849
John and Narcissia Denney to B. and Achilles Oliver
November 1849
Larkin Corley to Mathew Denney
January 3, 1851
Mathew Denney to William Manning
August 5, 1841
Johnson Underwood to William Denney, Sr.
May 3, 1851
DEED BOOKS V AND W
Wiley Denney to William Manning
May 15, 1851
George Deney to William Deney
December 2, 1853
William Denny to Steward Montgomery
February 1, 1851
William Denny to John Fiveash
January 11, 1851
O.S. Ewing and others vs. William C. Denny and others
1854
Sarah and L.C. Taylor and John Denney to William Denney
November 6, 1855
Meredith Ballenger to John Denney
February 5, 1855
DEED BOOKS X, Y, AND Z
Charles Denny vs Benjamin Atwood Decree
August 9, 1852
Juda Allen to William Denney
Sept 12, 1855
Evaline Harris to James W. Denny
April 1, 1858
James W. Denny to Evaline Harris
May 17, 1858
Thomas Springs to William C. Denney
June 24, 1857
William D. Agee and others to William Denney
July 1859
William Denny to William Owen
January 19, 1859
DEED BOOKS AA AND CC
O.S. Ewing to Charlotte Denney
December 27, 1860
O.S. Ewing invokes the Homestead Act
Dec 31, 1860
Burton Underwood to W. W. Seay
Sept 9, 1855
James W. Denney to James Hughes
November 21, 1866
Evaline Harris to T. S. Hunt
August 14, 1866
Francis Denney to H. B. Ballinger
July 29, 1867
W. B. Denny to James Denny
Oct 28, 1867
T. J. Stroud and J. A. Stroud to W. B. Denney
Oct 14, 1867
Enoch and Mary E. Rollins to James W. Denny
March 2, 1868
John Nixon and John Everett to Harden Denny
April 15, 1868
Evaline Harris to James W. Denny
April 14, 1868
Frank Denny to B. F. C. Smith
August 25, 1869
Franklin Denney to J. W. Paschall
July 7, 1870
DEED BOOK DD
Ludwick Denney to J. W. Paschal
October 12, 1870
Frank Denney to J. W. Paschal
October 3, 1871
J. R. Smith to W. B. Denney
December 25, 1872
James W. Denny to Jonathan Lamb
July 29, 1873
Frank Denny to B. A. High
Sept 29, 1873
Evaline Harris and James W. Denney, an agreement
October 10, 1874
W. Brown Denny and S. Denny to B.F.C. Smith
March 9, 1875
Mathew Denney to B.F.C. Smith
August 18, 1875
Mathew Denney to B.F.C. Smith
October 14, 1876
Frank Denny to Thomas Fisher
October 16, 1876
DEED BOOK 1
William C. and Druscilla Denney to Bradley Heirs
1868
Robert W. Knight and B. J. Vaden to Wyatt B. Denny
February 16, 1869
James Denny to Joshua Paschal
April 9, 1868
M.D. Mason to Franklin Denny
April 6, 1869
Frank Denny to Wiley Brown Denny
August 14, 1869
James W. Denny and Evaline Harris to T. S. Hunt
September 4, 1869
John and Candace Bray to Samuel Denny
November 20, 1869
Benjamin Denney and siblings to Samuel B. Denney
November 7, 1870
John and Zetty Everett to James Nixon
August 7, 1871
J. R. Smith and W. B. Denny, an agreement
January 14, 1873
DEED BOOK 2
Frank and Sarah Denney to James P. Baker
February 3, 1873
Jesse and Peggie Sampson to B. F. C. Smith
September 29, 1873
Harden and David Denny to B. F. C. Smith
September 18, 1873
Wyatt B. and Aggie Denny to James W. Denny
August 18, 1874
B. F. C. Smith to W. B. Denney
August 31, 1874
J. A. Jarrard to Wyatt B. Denney
April 2, 1872
James Gill to Wyatt B. and Aggie Denney
August 1874
W. H. Cheek et als vs Benjamin Denney and wife, final decree
July 17, 1872
Wyatt B. and Aggie Denny to B. F. C. Smith
February 10, 1875
DEED BOOK 3
William F. and Athmalinda Agee and others to Samuel Denney
March 1876
Samuel Allison to Wyatt B. Denney
January 10, 1874
W. R. and Lou C. Shaver to James W. Denney
January 1, 1876
William D. Agee et als vs Jarusha Agee et als, Final Decree
July 5, 1859
W. Brown and Elizabeth Denny to Samuel Denny
August 18, 1875
Howe Sewing Machine Company to Wyatt B. Denny
May 7, 1875
Thomas, W. R. and Martha J. Scudder to Hardin Denny
January 25, 1876
James Allison to Wyatt B. Denny
December 20, 1876
Caroline Allison to James W. Denny
October 5, 1875
William C. Denney to John W. Lamb
March 1, 1875
Mary E. Gill to Frank Denny
March 18, 1878
Patrick and Lucinda Bailey to Martha J. Denny
July 19, 1878
William C. Denny to Robert A. Corder
December 4, 1872
DEED BOOK 5
W. B. Allison to Wyatt B. Denny
Nov 28, 1882
Samuel and Louisa Denny to Mathias Denny
April 4, 1883
Samuel and Louisa Denny to James Allison
April 6, 1883
DEED BOOKS 6
Thomas and Julia Ann Malone to J. B. Denny
Sept 10, 1884
Agnes House to L. A. Rollings
July 10, 1885
T. D. and Lottie G. Moore to W. B. Denny
Sept 7, 1883
Sarah and M. Denny and others to Samuel Denny
April 4, 1883
W. E. and M. B. McGee to Wyatt B. Denny
November 21, 1885
R. N. Apple to W. B. Denny
November 21, 1885
William Hoover and others to Wyatt B. Denny
December 19, 1885
DEED BOOK 7
James W. Denney to Martha J. Denney
September 19, 1887
W. B. and Elizabeth Denney to Samuel Denney
September 3, 1887
Brown and Elizabeth Denney to T. D. Moore
August 22, 1885
Franklin and Narcissia Manning to Samuel Denney
March 23, 1889
Sarah Denney to Cloud S. Denney
August 1, 1887
Cloud Smith and Carrie E. Denney to Granberry Pinkney Winfree
February 6, 1889
Wiley Denney and others to John and Elizabeth Enoch
March 9, 1889
DEED BOOK 8
Heirs of J. R. Smith to Wyatt Denney and W. H. Lincoln
December 9, 1889
J. K. and Narcissia Hardcastle to William Denney
May 13, 1879
T. C. and Mary B. Alexander to E. T. Denney
December 18, 1890
Wyatt B. Denney and Stark Brothers business agreement
August 26, 1901 (1891)
J. N. Denney and others to W. B. Ray
October 14, 1891
W. C. and Lillian Baker to W. H. Minton
May 29, 1891
James W. and Martha J. Denney to Isaac Manning
December 3, 1891
James W. and Martha J. Denney to L. A. Rollings
January 7, 1892
DEED BOOK 9
Sarah and V. R. Denney power of attorney to William H. Cheek
February 25, 1893
V. R. and Sarah Denney and others to W. M. Baird
July 4, 1893
W. B. Phillips to Brown Denney
December 3, 1887
Wm. C. and D. G. Denney to J. E. Massey
Lewis W. Denney and others to Mollie D. Young
February 23, 1894
William and Lydia A. Denney to J. D. Rollings
October 20, 1891
J. D. and Josie Rollings to D. B. and Lethia Frye
August 29, 1892
Elijah, Mollie, and Wilson Hickey to Thomas Phillips
August 15, 1894
Wilson and Frances Elizabeth Denney to J. H. Nollner
October 1, 1889
W. B. and M. A. Denny to David and Leathia Frye
October 8, 1894
W. B. Denny and Stark Brothers, business agreement
December 18, 1895
DEED BOOK 11
Nannie A. Denney to George Payne
October 6, 1897
Walter R. Denney and others to Sallie Grubb
January 15, 1898
W. J. and Liza J. Robinson to Robert Denny
February 21, 1893
S. J. Newbell to Robert Denny
August 27, 1898
Robert B. and Lydia Denney to Mrs. S. J. Newbell
August 27, 1898
J. W. and M. M. Squires to Samuel Denny
August 27, 1891
T. J. and Jennie Denney to Samuel Denney and Zach Denney
October 10, 1893
Bettie and G. B. Payne to Walter R. Denney
May 31, 1898
L. W. Denney and others to Walter R. Denney
February 24, 1894
James and Nancy Allison to C. S. Denny
February 20, 1892
Duncan and L. A. Johnson to C. S. Denney
December 24, 1892
W. S. and Cattie House to W. B. Denny
January 25, 1896
Nannie A. Denney to Charles L. Alexander
September 27, 1897
Sarah Harrison and others to L. A. Rollins
March 4, 1899
DEED BOOK 12
John M. and Jennie N. Enoch to T. J. and Jane Denney
September 30, 1896
Enoch and Mary Rollings to Tom and Janie Denney
March 28, 1898
T. J. and Jane Denney to Pierce and Mary E. Carter
July 1, 1899
Nannie A. Denney to W. C. Alexander
September 16, 1897
Walter R. and Nannie A. Denney to Thomas Arrington
October 14, 1899
Lewis W. Denney to Alex Allen
April 25, 1895
Lewis W. Denney and others to W. B. Denney
February 15, 1894
W. R. Denney and others to W. B. Denney
February 23, 1894
R. B. and Lydia Denney to S. F. and Toney Williams
September 30, 1899
Jonathan and Sallie Denney to J. B. Woodson
September 26, 1893
S. M. and S. E. Thomas to John Denney
July 24, 1899
J. E. and M. E. Hallum to Enoch Denney
January 10, 1900
H. J. Capelenor to T. J. Denney
September 5, 1899
DEED BOOK 13
T. J. and Jane Denney to E. M. Rollins
September 6, 1900
T. J. Denney to Mrs. M. J. Denney
February 6, 1901
E. M. and Bettie Rollins to M. J. Denney
February 6, 1901
J. B. and Lucy Denney to Henry Fry
August 8, 1900
Samuel L. Denney to Zach Denney
November 28, 1899
J. L. and C. L. Evans to J. S. and Thuly Denney
August 14, 1901
DEED BOOK 14
W. B. and Estelle Robinson to W. B Denny
October 28, 1901
Walter Williams to Wyatt B. Denny
November 28, 1889
Mary Rollins to Wyatt B. Denny
June 4, 1902
W. H. Cowen to Robert Denny
August 20, 1898
G. R. and Nancy A. Glover to Robert Denny
August 6, 1902
Eliza Nolner to Robert Denney
October 15, 1902
M. L. Wright to Walter R. Denney
December 21, 1901
Walter R. and Nannie Alexander Denney to D. B. Wright
October 1, 1901
A. H. and Sallie B. Young to Walter R. Denney
January 27, 1903
DEED BOOK 15
Robert and Catherine Denney to Ira Denney
November 28, 1901
Narcissia, W. H., Lillie, and Josie Denny to T. J. Arrington
December 29, 1903
J. M. and Elizabeth Watts to Brown Denney and Frank Agee
January 11, 1904
Thomas J. and Jane Denny to Lucy Williams
February 3, 1904
H. R. and Mary Sullins to Ira Denney
November 21, 1903
Ira and Carrie Denney to Tom and Shellie Williams
March 29, 1904
J. S. and Darthuly Denny to Tom and Shellie Williams
March 22, 1904
T. J. and Jane Denney to Bettie Eastes
April 7, 1904
Robert and V. J. Denney to Malone and Wauford
January 16, 1904
Arthur Denney to Tom and Shellie Williams
April 2, 1904
DEED BOOK 16
James T. and Sarah Denny to J. B. Craighead
June 8, 1903
John B. and Lucy Denney to J. B. Craighead
March 12, 1904
D. W. and Amanda Harrell to J. T. Denney
September 1, 1903
DEED BOOK 17
Rufus and Susan Preston to R. B. Denney
January 23, 1904
R. B. and Vicie Dennney to William Ray
December 2, 1905
Isaac and M. J. Manning to Samuel and Zach Denney
August 1, 1901
J. B. and Lucy Denney to J. P. Kent
July 16, 1887
F. P. Bridges, W. B. and Aggie Denney to A. E. Barry
March 1, 1906
R. L. and Jennie Webb to J. B. Denney
March 28, 1904
DEED BOOK 18
J. B. and Lucy Denney to H. J. Manning
January 17, 1907
L. B. and Eliza Butts to Oscar and Bertha Denney
Sept 12, 1907
John and Janie Haynes to G. G. Denney
August 9, 1902
Pole and W. J. Beasley to Walter Denney
May 17, 1907
Wade and May H. Anderson to W. W. Jones and W. R. Denney
November 8, 1907
W. W. Jones to W. R. Denney
December 10, 1907
-----------
MARRIAGES
1838-1881
-----------
PROFESSIONAL
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS LICENSES, 1849-1867
----------
RELIGIOUS
BRUSH CREEK PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
TAX RECORDS
1837 TAX LIST
-----------
WILL AND ESTATE RECORDS
BENJAMIN DENNEY (1810-1844) JOHN DENNEY (CA 1772-1847)
WILLIAM DENNEY (1791-1852) WILLIAM DENNEY (1821-1902)
ZACHARIAH DENNEY (1794-1848) JOHN GILL
ELLERY RISON (D. 1828) DAVID EVERETT (D. 1858)
CARROLL W. DENNEY (1825-1895) WILEY DENNEY (1794-1869)
SAMUEL F. DENNEY (1843-1907) NANNIE A. DENNEY (1865-1910)
SARAH ANN AGEE DENNEY (1868-1904) JAMES THOMAS DENNEY (1865-1925)
AGNES ROLLINS DENNEY (1845-1915) WILLIAM B. DENNEY (1854-1925)
EVALINE ROLLINGS DENNEY HARRIS (1896) JAMES ROLLINGS (1856)
----------
SMITH COUNTY RESEARCH SOURCES
-----------------------------------------
CARROLL COUNTY
WILL OF LEONARD TAYLOR
-----------------------------------------
MADISON COUNTY
BENJAMIN ALLEN DENNEY
-------------------------------------
PUTNAM COUNTY
1870 AGRICULTURAL CENSUS
--------------------------------------
WILSON COUNTY
-------------------------------------
TROUSDALE COUNTY
CENSUS RECORDS
1880 1900
--------------------------------------
SUMNER COUNTY
DEATH RECORDS
