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.

     
Daffodils in February?  Sure enough, they’re all over Jonesborough!

Archives’ volunteer, Nina Langley, shares her story of discovery and how she came to be a part of the work here in our office.  A Story of Discovery in the Archives 

John Crockett, a Poor Man and the Father of a Legend is our latest installment of the Early Landowners of Northeast Tennessee!  Enjoy!!

The Murder of Mordecai Price by the Hand of Malachi Kirby, 1799