Friends of Metropolitan Archives
of Nashville and Davidson County, TN

The Friends of Archives is a nonprofit chapter of The Friends of the Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County

Cemetery Records

Cemeteries - Nashville and Davidson County
Davidson County, Tennessee Cemetery Survey
Tennessee Tombstone Transcription Project - Davidson County

Census, Tax Lists, Etc.

Davidson County1787 Tax List
Davidson County1794 Militia Payroll
Davidson County 1812 Enumeration of Free Males, alphabetical
Davidson County 1812 Enumeration of Free Males, by company
Davidson County1850 Census 4th District (Binkley Branches)
Davidson County1860 Census (U.S. Genweb)

Church Records

Journal of Robert Heaton - Charity Church

City Directories

Nashville Directory1853/1854
Nashville Directory1855-56
Nashville Directory1859
Nashville Directory1860-61
Nashville Directory1880
Nashville Directory1881
Nashville Directory1924

Court Records

Merchants Licenses and Fees 1839
Merchants Licenses, 1894 - 1895
Physicians Record Book 1
County Court Minute Book Oct. 6, 1783-July 6, 1789,
entries concerning wills and intestate records.
County Court Minute Book B, Oct. 19, 1835 – Sept. 7, 1841

Death Records and Obituaries

County Deaths 1900 - 1913
Obituary Index 1964 - Present - Nashville Public Library

Education Records

History of the Nashville Public Schools - written 1875
Graduates of the Nashville Public Schools 1860-1888
Davidson County Schools - 1873
Davidson County Schools 1919-1920

Marriage Records

Marriages 1788 - 1830 - Alphabetical
Marriages 1788 - 1830 - Chronological
Marriage Index 1864 - 1905
For more information on marriage records and for ordering information click here.

Military Records

Index to Military Discharges in Davidson County 1917 – 1948
Abeles ** Dykes
Earhart ** Krivoshein
Lackey ** Ryman
Saad ** Zumbro
Burials of Civil War Soldiers and Veterans in Davidson County.
Revolutionary War Veterans Davidson County - TNGENWEB

Miscellaneous Records

Tennessee Records Repository for Davidson County
Deposition of James Robertson
1802 Petition for the formation of a new county
Metro ArchivesPhotographic Negative Index

Probate Records (wills, inventories, estate records)

Index of Will Books, 1861 - 1902
Index of Original Loose Wills, 1783 - 1920

Property Records

City of Nashville Building Permits, 1892