First County Court Minutes of Lincoln County, Tennessee, 1820-1826

By: Helen & Timothy Marsh, Pub. 1991, reprinted 2017, 270 pages, Soft Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-453-0.

In these abstracts, one will find local office holders being appointed, the levying and expenditure of local taxes, selecting & summoning of juries, licenses being granted to operators of taverns, as well as deeds & bills of sale being acknowledge by the grantor. The Court also oversaw a wide range of matters involving estates, including probate of will, settlements of estates, and appraisement, as well as matters dealing with bastardy, and many other valuable bits of information.