by Walter Durham, James Thomas and John Creasy was published in 1995. It is a beautiful coffee table book with many color photos of historic homes and structures in Sumner County built before 1900.

is Tennessee State Historian, Walter Durham’s latest book. This is the life story of one of Tennessee’s most colorful sons. Peyton was a lawyer, congressman, diplomat, soldier and thoroughbred horse breeder.

by Walter Durham.

by Walter Durham.

by Walter Durham. A history of the Southern Grasslands Hunt and Racing Foundation 1929-1932. The story of the first private preserve in the United States dedicated to fox hunting and steeplechase racing.

by Walter Durham.

abstracted by Juanita Patton. Comprised of abstracts of unpublished and relatively unknown records from Sumner County’s bill of sale books. Includes deeds, powers of attorney, estate divisions and administrations, marriage contracts, bonds, as well as bills of sale for slaves and division of slaves. Slaves are listed by given name. Plantation owners and their families are identified.

by Walter Durham.

by James Spivey. A genealogy of the Moss family of Virginia.

by Jo C. Guild was originally published in 1878 and is now available as reprinted.

by Walter Durham is once again available for purchase. Originally published in 1982, this book sold out in a few months’ time. Occupied by Federal troops in March 1862, Sumner County’s story during this tumultuous period of American history is an interesting one.

by Shirley Wilson. Published in 1988, this is an important book for those working with the counties loose court records. A 1991 errata is included.

transcribed and proofread from the original microfilm. A new approach was used in this book that provides the reader with access to corrections. When proofreaders saw names they believed were inaccurate, the correct data, according to the proofreader, was listed in the text within brackets.

prepared at the Sumner County Archives using the same format as for the 1870 Census Book.