History

Local History Articles

History of Montgomery County, by Eleanor S. Williams

Biographies

Gustavus A. Henry, the "Eagle Orator"

Cave Johnson

Joseph Buckner Killebrew

Brenda Vineyard Runyon and the First Woman’s Bank of Tennessee

Clarence Cameron White

Steve Enloe Wylie

Local History Books

Along the Warioto; or, A History of Montgomery County, Tennessee, by Ursula Smith Beach (1964, out of print)

Blood on the Bluff. The Story of Valentine Sevier, by Carolyn Stier Ferrell

Cabins to Castles: Clarksville, Tennessee (Eleanor S. Williams, 1992, out of print)

The Civil War Letters of Sarah Kennedy (edited by Minoa D. Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo, Phyllis Smith, 2023)

Col. William A. Forbes and the 14th Tennessee Infantry (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2018)

A Commemorative History of First Christian Church, Clarksville, Tennessee, 1842-1972 (Ursula S. Beach, 1972, out of print)

The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams (edited by Minoa D. Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo, Phyllis Smith, Eleanor Williams, 2014)

The Diary of Serepta Jordan (edited by Minoa D. Uffelman, Ellen Kanervo, Phyllis Smith, Eleanor Williams, 2020)

Dog Hill: A Neighborhood, by Carolyn Stier Ferrell

Franklin House (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2013)

Greenwood Cemetery, A History (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2014)

Homes and Happenings (Ursula S. Beach, Eleanor S. Williams, 1990, out of print)

In Search of Nannie Tyler (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2008)

Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1805-1819 (10 volumes, sold by the Historical Society)

Montgomery County (Ursula S. Beach, Robert B. Jones, 1988, out of print)

Nineteenth Century Heritage, Clarksville, Tenn. (Ursula S. Beach, Eleanor S. Williams, 1989, out of print)

Obituaries Compiled from Clarksville Newspapers, Montgomery County, Tennessee, by Richard and Bristol Gannaway, 1810-1940 (11 volumes, sold by the Historical Society)

Occupied: The Story of Clarksville, Tennessee During the Civil War (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2013)

The Odyssey Of Burt High School: The Evolution Of Education Of A Small Black High School In A Small Southern Town, by Joe Ann Burgess with Phil Winchell Petrie, 2005

Picturesque Clarksville, Past and Present (W. P. Titus, 1887, accessible on Google Books)

Riverview Cemetery: A History (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2022)

Stories from the Queen City of the Cumberland (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2010)

We Wait Beneath the Furnace Blast: Middle Tennessee Ironmasters, Their Furnaces and a Civil War Journal (Carolyn Stier Ferrell, 2021)

Williams' Clarksville Directory, City Guide and Business Mirror, 1859-1860 (C. O. Faxon, accessed on Google Books)

Worship along the Warioto : Montgomery County, Tennessee (Eleanor S. Williams, 1995, out of print)

Off-Site Links (history and genealogy)

TNGenWeb Montgomery Co. Genealogy site

Perry Donates Invaluable Historic Papers to County Archives (July 2015)