Welcome to Tipton County, TN!
I am Sherri Onorati, coordinator for the Friends of the Tipton County Public Library’s Tipton County genealogy website. If your family hails from Tipton County, Tenn., the Friends invite you to explore our website and perhaps discover a bit of family history amongst its pages. Please email me if you have any suggestions or contributions you would like to make to our pages.
Tipton County was originally Chicksaw land and was created by an act of the Tennessee legislature on October 29, 1823, from land taken from Shelby County in the “(south) Western District of Tennessee,” and included what is now Lauderdale County. The county seat of Tipton County is the City of Covington, with a population of about 9,500.
I hope you find our efforts helpful in your search for your Tipton County roots.
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THE UNVEILING
Covington once hosted Blues legends B.B. King, Bobby “Blue” Bland and Muddy Waters
Recognizing the disparity in news coverage for African American and white soldiers in The Leader
Black History Month: Mason’s John W. Boyd went from slavery to the statehouse
Letters from the Warfront: In 1944, Sgt. Ernest Taylor wrote to The Leader about Negro History Week
WWII African American Service Contributions
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