Lincoln County, Tennessee Official Marriages, 1838-1880.

By: Helen & Timothy Marsh, Pub. 1974, Reprinted 1920, 238 pages, soft cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-571-5.  Lincoln County was formed from Indian lands in 1809. From the year 1799, with the formation of Williamson County, Tennessee, the most western third of what was to become Lincoln County in 1809, was then a part of Williamson County, and so until 1807 the eastern two thirds of the area was a part of Rutherford County. And from Dec. 3, 1807 until Nov. 14, 1809, Lincoln was the southern half of Bedford County.   These records are compiled from the original licenses and bonds, family records and newspapers accounts.