Washington County, Tennessee Department of Records Management and Archives

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.

Washington County, Tennessee Archives

• After a whole year of waiting, the index to Deed Book A is now completed and has been uploaded to the website!  A HUGE thank you to Carolyn Andrews who spent hours and hours putting this index together.  Carolyn, we owe you! 
  News article:  News & Events

     Check it out here: Deed Book A – Index

• We just uploaded the guides for 29 years of Judicial Court Case records–1900 – 1929!  Look for your ancestors here:  Judicial Court Case Files

• A NEW HISTORICAL MARKER:  A new historical marker has been erected in Washington County on Bob Jobe Road to commemorate the trial, Ford vs. Ford.  

• BIG NEWS!!  In late May, we were gifted one of the famous Daniel Boone tree gavels and it is on display here in our office! 
  Read about it here:  News & Events

• A digital copy of the Constitution of the State of Frankland (Franklin) has now been posted on our website.  Click here to view: State of Franklin Era Documents