MOUNTAIN PRESS P.O. BOX 400 SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE 37377-0400 1-423-886-6369 - office 1-432-886-5312 - fax ************************************************************ NEW BOOKS Here is a listing o books from Mountain Press. The Postage/Handling rate is the same as it has been $4.50 for the first item and $1.00 for each addition. If you question any of these items check out our website for details and in most cases, a surname index is included. 2018-B *************************************************************************************** MISSOURI MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 28 pages - soft cover - full name index - In this volume you will find: A brief history of the county, Tax list for 1819, 1840 Federal Census Index, Original Land Entries, Patrons of the Atlas 1878 and the Military Pensioners of 1883. MO-0642 $10.00 MONROE COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 117 pages - soft cover - full name index - In this volume you will find a brief history of the county, guardianship bonds 1831-1842 and 1849-1854, Marriage Book B 1849-1858, Wills and Administration Book B 1850-1856, Marks and Brands, 1875 Atlas of the County, Pensioners on Roll 1883 and Old Settlers of Monroe 1889. MO-0641 $32.00 NEWTON COUNTY, MISSOURI - Records - 115 pages - soft cover - full name index - In this collection of records you will find a brief history of the county, an abstract of Deed Book A 1839-1842, Newton County marriages 1870-1875, Marriages Book B 1876-1870, Patrons of Atlas of 1882 and the Death Register 1883-1885. MO-0648 $31.00 RANDOLPH COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 145 pages - soft cover - full name index - In these pages you will find a brief history of the county, the 1850 Federal Census of this county, the patrons of the 1876 Atlas and the death records 1883-1889. MO-0645 $40.00 ST. CHARLES COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 88 pages - full name index - soft cover - Included in this collection of records is a brief history of the county, Marriage Records 1804-1817, newspaper items of interest, 1836 land tax for the county, and the Atlas of 1875. MO-0646 $25.00 TANEY COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 29 pages - soft cover - full name index - In this collection of the Taney records you will find a brief history of the county and a transcription of the first page of the 1840 Federal Census. MO-0649 $10.00 WEBSTER COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 24 pages - soft cover - full name index -. In this set of records you will find a brief history of the county, an abstract of Wills, Administrations and Bonds Book A 1856-1863 and an article from the Liberty Tribune. MO-0650 $10.00 PULASKI COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 41 pages - soft cover - full name index - In these pages of this collection you will find a short history of the county, an abstract of Will Book A 1833-1875 and Administration Bonds A 1833-1848. MO-0647 $15.00 WRIGHT COUNTY, MISSOURI - RECORDS - 28 pages - soft cover - full name index -. This set of records includes a brief history of the county, the 1860 Mortality Schedule, and abstracts of Wills, Bonds and Administration 1864-1874. MO-0651 $10.00
TENNESSEE DECATUR COUNTY, TENNESSEE - RECORD BOOK #3-1854 - 1857 - W. P. A. Collection - 50 pages - soft cover - full name index - These pages contain mostly land transactions as well as items pertaining to slaves and other events in the county at the time. A very good record of who was living in the area at the time. TN-1451 $14.50 south to the Georgia State Line on the north side of the Tennessee River. We know it extended that far south from a grant at the mouth of the Hiwassee River in present day Rhea County, Tennessee. These records are taken from various sources such as grants, deeds, marriage records, church records, biographies, and general histories of the area. There are other records for this county but the dates do not match our parameters. Most of the records used were from our private collection of Tennessee material as well as from libraries and the State Archives. TN-1444 $29.00 DECATUR COUNTY, TENNESSEE - SURVEY BOOK #1-1846 - 1860 - W. P. A. Records - 28 pages - soft cover full name index - Decatur County, located on the west side of the Tennessee River as it returns from Alabama going towards Kentucky, was created in November 1845 from part of Perry County west of the River in response to a petition by the citizens on the west side of the river who lacked easy access to the county seat on the east side. It was name for Stephen Decatur, Jr. who was noted in the first and second Barbary War and the War of 1812 for his seamanship on the oceans during this time period. In this volume are the surveys of the early lands in the area from 1846 up to 1860. TN-1448 $10.00 GRAINGER COUNTY, TENNESSEE - MARRIAGE RECORDS 1838-1857 - W.P.A. - 120 pages - soft cover - full name index - Grainger County, located in east Tennessee was created 1796 out of Hawkins and Knox Counties and named for Mary Grainger Blount, wife of William Blount and first lady of the Southwest Territory which later became Tennessee. These records were taken in 1939 from the Court House collection of marriages for 1838-1857 and copied by hand by the W. P. A. workers at the end of the depression. TN-1449 $33.00 GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE - COMPENDIUM - 1783-1799 - James L. Douthat - 106 pages - soft cover - alphabetical listing - 2018. Located in the upper portion of east Tennessee was developed from the Nolichucky settlement established by Jacob Brown on land leased from the Cherokee in 1770's and was formed in 1783 by the state of North Carolina from portions of Washington District. The area later became a part of the State of Franklin and on 1 June 1796 it became a county in the State of Tennessee. It was named for Major General Nathaneal Greene. This collection of records for the time period help to establish the names of early settlers in the region. When created, Greene County went from Sullivan/Washington County HARDEMAN COUNTY, TENNESSEE - LOOSE MARRIAGES 1823-1838 - W. P. A. Records - 58 pages - soft cover - full name index -. Hardeman County, located in west Tennessee was created in 1823 from parts of Hardin County and Indian Lands. It was named for Thomas J. Hardeman, a veteran of the Creek War and the War of 1812. He also fought for the independence of Texas and was a congressman in the Republic of Texas. These Loose Marriages were gathered by the W. P. A. Workers in the late 1930's and early 1940's. Included with the bride and groom is the name of the official as well as the date the license was issued and the date of the marriage itself. TN-1450 $16.50 HAWKINS COUNTY, TENNESSEE - MARRIAGE RECORDS Volume 1-1820 -1846 - W. P. A. - 22 pages - soft cover - full name index - Hawkins County, located in upper east Tennessee was created in 1786 out of Sullivan and Greene Counties. This county was named for U. S. Senator Benjamin Hawkins who served from 1754 until 1816. The very early marriages of Hawkins are unbound and loose. There are some back into the 18 th century but there are very few. We have presented these from Volume 1. TN-1445 $10.00 KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE - WILL BOOK 1792-1803 - Guardian Book - W. P. A. Records - 152 pages - soft cover - full name index - Knox County, located in the middle of east Tennessee was created 1792 out of lands that were in Greene and Hawkins Counties. It was named for Henry Knox, the first secretary of War under President George Washington. In these records you will find wills and the administration of guardians who were to follow the directives of the wills of those who were responsible for the young children involved in the guardianships. This is a great source of information on many of the youth of the day as they were cared for by other adults. TN-1452 $42.00
KNOX COUNTY, TENNESSEE - COUNTY COURT MINUTES BOOK 25 1869 - W.P.A. - 55 pages - soft covers - full name index -. Knox County, located in mid-east Tennessee, was created out of Greene and Hawkins Counties in 1792 and named for Henry Knox the first United States Secretary of War. These pages contain the actions of the Knox County Court for the year 1869 which was a year that the county was trying to recover from the war between the States. This court made arrangements to have roads built, and changed as needed. It also received the reports of guardians and settlements of estates. A lot of records are given here. TN-1447 $15.50 SUMNER COUNTY, TENNESSEE - CEMETERY RECORDS - W.P.A. Records - 84 pages - soft cover - full name index -. Sumner County, in middle Tennessee, was created in1786 and named for Jethro Sumner, an American Colonist who defended North Carolina against the British in1780. These records are a combination of those pages of the W.P.A. materials sent to the State Archives when the project ended in 1940 and those pages not returned to the Archives but retained by the State Supervisor of the total project for further work. In the 1980s, Mountain Press purchased those non-returned files from the estate of the State Supervisor and in that collection were a large number of these records found in this volume. The total cemeteries cataloged by the W.P.A. was about 126 in all. Most of these are small plots located on various farms around the county. To our surprise, we find there are a large number of persons buried in this county who were born in the 18 th century and many fought in the American Revolutionary War. TN-1454 $24.50 WASHINGTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE - TAX LIST 1814-1819 - W. P. A. Records - 177 pages - soft cover - full name index - Washington County is the oldest of the counties in eastern Tennessee following the admission of the State to the union. Since there are no census records for the county until 1830, the tax list are a valuable resource for names of those living in the area at the various times in history. This collection is of great interest during and following the War of 1812. Coupling this data with that of the 1840 Federal Census where the listing of veterans of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 are noted with their name and age is vital to our understanding of the time and people in the area. In this volume, the taxes are collected in the militia companies under the name of their Captain. These companies became to basis for the later Civil Districts established by the State in 1835. We have included a catalog of those Captains and the years of the taxes collected under them. TN-1446 $45.00 WAYNE COUNTY, TENNESSEE - 1836 TAX AND CIVIL DISTRICTS - 30 pages - soft cover - full name index - 2018 Wayne County, located in west Tennessee on the Alabama, was created in 1817 and named for General Mad Anthony Wayne. Here is presented the 1836 Civil Districts as authorized by the State Legislature in 1835. A hand drawn map was to accompany the listing of the Districts. Also the 1836 Tax list was the first full every county tax listing in the state showing the land owners with their acreage and other with no land. TN-1360 $10.00 VIRGINIA 1783 CULPEPER COUNTY, VIRGINIA TAX LIST - 40 pages - soft cover - full name index - Culpeper County, located in the upper eastern portion of the state, was created in 1749 from Orange County. It was named for Thomas Colepeper, 2 nd Baron Colepeper, colonial governor of Virginia from 1677 to 1683. This is one of the earliest of tax listing for the county and is very important as so many of the colonial soldiers from this county moved west following the Revolutionary War and settled in what is now Kentucky. Virginia settled many of the claims against it for service in the war, therefore giving land in the western portion of the state in lieu of payment for their service. VA-0766 $12.50 1704 GLOUCESTER COUNTY, VIRGINIA - QUIT RENT - 14 pages - soft cover - full name index - reprinted 2018 Gloucester County, located on the east coast of Virginia and was created in 1651 in the Colony of Virginia and was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester who was the third son of King Charles I of England. This listing of the first land owners in the county is called a quit rent but in reality is a tax on the lands they own at the time. A great collection of the names of the land owners at the time living in the county. VA-0743 $5.00 HENRICO COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 16 pages - soft cover -
Henrico County, surrounds the present city of Richmond, the capital of Virginia and was one of the original eight Shires of Virginia in 1634 making it one of the oldest counties in the United States. It was named for the Citie of Henricus. In this volume, you will find the listing of the land owners of the period with the number of acres they controlled. The Quit Rent charged each is the same as a tax today. VA-0756 $5.00 was changed to Northampton County. In 1653 a court suit was brought by Anthony Johnson, a free negro who was the first of his race to own land in America. In the suit Anthony claims one of his servants, John Casor was indentured to him for life and Casor left him and was working for a neighbor. In this volume of quit rents, a sum paid as a tax for the land owned by the individual, the first recorded at the time. VA-0751 $5.00 ISLE OF WIGHTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 16 pages - soft cover - full name index -. Isle of Wighte, located on the coast of Virginia in the Hampton Roads region was created in 1634 as one of the original shires. Today there are two incorporated towns, Smithfield and Windsor. The original courthouse and tavern are still standing. These quit rents were the tax paid by land owners for the land. Most of the cost was returned from the Crown back to the colony for expenses incurred by them. VA-0744 $5.00 JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 8 pages - soft cover - James City County was one of the four incorporations established in the Virginia Colony in 1619. The area was divided into four citties as they were called and named Charles City, Elizabeth City, Henrico City and James City. The latter included the seat of government at Jamestown. At the time of creation each of the citties included lands on both sides of the James River which was the main highway at the time. In 1634, under Royal authority, a portion became James City Shire and later the County of James City. In this Quit Rent, you will find the listing of land owners and the number of acres over which they presided. VA-0745 $5.00 NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 24 pages - soft cover - New Kent County was created in 1654 from lands taken from York County on the eastern shore area of the state. In this 1704 Quit Rent you will find the names of the land owners with the number of acres they are responsible for in this quit rent or tax listing. VA-0794 $5.00 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 16 pages - alphabetical - soft cover - Northampton County, located on the coast of Virginia was named originally as Accomac Shire, one of the original eight shires of Virginia and in 1642 the name SURRY COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 16 pages - soft cover- Surry County was created in 1652 from lands taken from James City, County. This 1704 Quit Rent is a listing of land owners at the time period with the number of acres they controlled. This is what we would call a tax list today. VA-0754 $5.00 WARWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA - 1704 QUIT RENT - 12 pages - soft cover - full name index - Warwick County was one of the original counties in the State created in 1634. This county was merged with the City of Warwick in 1952. In this Quit Rent you will find the land owners at that time and the number of acres each possessed. The amount of the rent was actually a tax list for the time and the taxes went to manage the county expenses. VA-0770 $5.00 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE www.mountainpress.com FOR HUNDREDS OF BOOKS/MAPS/CDs DO YOU NEED Search for a single name? Check our website for a search engine for a single name, county, etc. Information? We have a by-weekly newsletter on how to do a better job of researching your family.