History’s Home

The Department of Records Management and Archives preserves the oldest public records of Tennessee in the state’s oldest town, Jonesborough. Located at 103 West Main Street in a yellow-brick, former bank built in 1915, the archive houses records to aid in researching family, local, and regional history. 

New to our website


The Early Landowners Project America 250

Click here to check out Cassimore May, an early landowner in the Dry Creek area!

Celebrate the United States Semiquincentennial with us!

We will be posting our projects related to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on our Friends Facebook page and on our website under the America 250 tab.

The Early Landowners Project

Click here to view the next profiled early landowner in the Asbury area of Johnson City, Darling Jones. Read his story to learn about his wife, and cabin, too!