Obion County is one of the northwestern counties in the State and borders Reelfoot Lake in the west of Tennessee. Obion was created in 1823 and was given the name of the Obion River, chief water way in the area. The origin of the name is lost in history but probably an Indian word meaning "many prongs". In these will records for the area you will find that this is an exact and full transcription of each of the entries from the County Court Records. The WPA or Works Progress Administration established to bring the depression of the 1930s to an end with workers hired to transcribe the material. Names are spelled as written, even if they do not match the current spelling of various names. These records are a great source of genealogical material for the area in question.
WPA Records
(?), 2020, 8.5" x 11", paper, original index in court volume and new full name index, 66 pp.
ISBN: 9780788485343
101E-TN1457
