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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,413. It was named after the Marquis de la Fayette, French hero of the American Revolution. Its county seat is Somerville.
Fayette County is part of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is considered part of the Mississippi Delta and was a major area of cotton plantations dependent on slave labor in the nineteenth century.
Rhea "Skip" Taylor is currently the county mayor.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1821 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1824 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1824 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1836 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1914 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 8,652
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| 1840 | 21,501
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| 1850 | 26,719
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| 1860 | 24,327
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| 1870 | 26,145
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| 1880 | 31,871
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| 1890 | 28,878
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| 1900 | 29,701
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| 1910 | 30,257
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| 1920 | 31,499
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| 1930 | 28,891
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| 1940 | 30,322
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| 1950 | 27,535
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| 1960 | 24,577
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| 1970 | 22,692
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| 1980 | 25,305
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| 1990 | 25,559
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Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to Fayette County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
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