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Stewart County, Tennessee TN Guardian Records, 1842-1850

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    Description

    This 350-page publication is a
    word-for-word transcription
    of the Stewart County, Tennessee county records involving guardianship for the period 1842-1850.
    Transcribed records include
    court orders
    ,
    guardian bonds
    ,
    guardian returns
    and
    guardian settlements
    .
    Primary sources of the transcribed records are the County Court Minute Books and Volume A (1842-1850) of the Guardian Bonds and Settlements Books.
    Some transcribed records come from the Loose Records of the Circuit Court.
    This is the second publication for the county focusing on records relating to guardianship, the first being Stewart County, Tennessee TN Guardian Records, 1806-1842.
    Guardianship records often include, but are not limited to:

    Statements of family relationships among guardians, their wards and the benefactors, useful for proving family relationships in the absence of recorded wills

    Financial accounts of monies received and spent by the guardian, useful both for proving family relationships and for insight into the life of the wards

    Indications of when a ward reached maturity or married, useful for pinpointing birth years or identifying names of spouses
    About the Compiler
    :  Jim Long has been doing genealogical work in Stewart County records for over 39 years.  He is a volunteer at the Stewart County Archives, is the County Coordinator of the TNGenWeb Stewart County web site (tngenweb.org/stewart), and is a Board Member of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society.  He has previously published twelve books of genealogical research material on Stewart County.
    Table of Contents
    Stewart County Guardian Records, 1842-1850 • Circuit Court Cases Involving Guardianship

    Index
    Please note that you can preview the index for this book before choosing to purchase, by visiting the Stewart County Archives home page, scrolling to the bottom, and opening the flyer for this book, which contains a link to the index.