Death Records and Death Certificates in Tennessee
Tennessee Death Records
The population of Tennessee was recorded 6,829,174 on July 1, 2019, an increase of 483,069 people since the 2010 United States Census, or 7.61%. The racial composition of Tennessee as of 2019 was 77.6% White, 16.8% Black, 1.8% Asian, 0.3% Native, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 1.4% other race, and 2.2% two or more races.
This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Tennessee death records. Use the links and the tips below for Tennessee death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Tennessee death certificates is available below.
How to Find a Death Record in Tennessee
Tennessee death records search
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Tennessee death records, Tennessee death certificates, Tennessee death notices, Tennessee death indexes, and other related Tennessee genealogy records.
Tennessee death records free
Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Tennessee.
Tennessee Death Index
Tennessee death records database
Links to Tennessee death and burial indexes and databases are as below:
- Tennessee Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
- Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1965
- Tennessee City Death Records, 1872-1923
- Davidson County, Tennessee Death Records, 1900-1913
- Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913
Tennessee social security death index
The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Tennessee with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:
Public Death Record Tennessee
In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:
Tennessee Death Certificates
How to get a death certificate in Tennessee
Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1914, with general compliance achieved by the early 1920s. Some earlier attempts were also made at recording these events, though they are fragmented. Marriages have been recorded on a county basis since as early as 1778, though many counties are incomplete or missing until as late as the 1850s. For births and deaths between 1 July 1908 and 30 June 1912, and after 1 January 1914; and for marriages after 1945, write:
Tennessee Vital Records
Central Services Bldg. 1st Floor
421 Fifth Ave. North
Nashville, TN 37247-0450
Tennessee death certificates online
Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Tennessee.
Tennessee Death Notices
Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Tennessee news agencies.
Tennessee counties for death record research
- Anderson County
- Bedford County
- Benton County
- Bledsoe County
- Blount County
- Bradley County
- Campbell County
- Cannon County
- Carroll County
- Carter County
- Cheatham County
- Chester County
- Claiborne County
- Clay County
- Cocke County
- Coffee County
- Crockett County
- Cumberland County
- Davidson County
- Decatur County
- DeKalb County
- Dickson County
- Dyer County
- Fayette County
- Fentress County
- Franklin County
- Gibson County
- Giles County
- Grainger County
- Greene County
- Grundy County
- Hamblen County
- Hamilton County
- Hancock County
- Hardeman County
- Hardin County
- Hawkins County
- Haywood County
- Henderson County
- Henry County
- Hickman County
- Houston County
- Humphreys County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Knox County
- Lake County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Lewis County
- Lincoln County
- Loudon County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Maury County
- McMinn County
- McNairy County
- Meigs County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Moore County
- Morgan County
- Obion County
- Overton County
- Perry County
- Pickett County
- Polk County
- Putnam County
- Rhea County
- Roane County
- Robertson County
- Rutherford County
- Scott County
- Sequatchie County
- Sevier County
- Shelby County
- Smith County
- Stewart County
- Sullivan County
- Sumner County
- Tipton County
- Trousdale County
- Unicoi County
- Union County
- Van Buren County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Weakley County
- White County
- Williamson County
- Wilson County