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Welcome to Lawrence County, TN Genealogy and History Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers This Site is Available For Adoption! If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic webpage-making skills, consider joining us! Get the details on our Volunteer Page. [A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.] We regret that we are unable to do personal research for anyone... All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site Happy Trails to you on your quest for your ancestors. Lawrence County Information Its county seat and largest city is Lawrenceburg Created October 21, 1817, Lawrence County was formed from lands previously part of Hickman and Giles counties. The county named in honor of Captain James Lawrence (1781–1813), who while commanding the USS Chesapeake in an 1813 battle with the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon, issued his famous command: "Don't give up the ship! Blow her up." His men did anyway and Lawrence died of wounds.  Lawrenceburg was chosen as the county seat in 1819 as it was near the center of the county and because Jackson's Military Road, which was a main route from New Orleans to Nashville, ran just east of the town.  In April 1821, the road was redirected through the center of the Lawrenceburg, and played a significant role in the county's development. [source: wikipedia]   Cities and Towns  Lawrenceburg (county seat) Loretto ~ St. Joseph ~ Ethridge  Census-designated places  Iron City (small portion in Wayne County)  Summertown (small portion in Lewis County and Maury County) Unincorporated communities  Alexander Springs ~ Appleton ~ Five Points ~ Henryville ~ Leoma ~ Liberty Grove ~ Oak Hill ~ Spring Creek   County Records Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Records Church Records and Histories County Records Deaths Family Bibles and Records History Topics Marriage Records Military Records Miscellaneous Data Newspaper Gleanings Obituaries and Death Notices School Records Slavery Records Wills/Probate Records Website Updates: Mar. 2022:  Obits for HOOD, OWENS, CLINARD, JOHNSON Gossip News for DAVIS, MOORE Cemetery burials in Richardson Cemetery PREVIOUS UPDATES SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT A TRANSCRIBED OBITUARY to US Visit us on FaceBook Email Us Join our Genealogy Trails Southern States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For the Southern States of: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky Visit Genealogy Trails National Site Visit our Trails Surrounding Counties... Lewis County (north) Maury County (northeast) Giles County (east) Wayne County (west) Lauderdale County, Alabama (south) Tennessee Genealogy Trails Site Copyright © 2025 Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters