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
A new guide was just uploaded to our website–the Artifacts Collection. A most unusual collection of odds and ends donated to the archives through the past few years. Artifacts Collection (RG 28)
STAFF NEWS: Two archive employees had significant changes in their positions starting with the new fiscal 2022-2023 year. News & Events
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
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