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Randal, deed records for Fayette county go back to ca. 1825. You have at least three options which I can think of straight away. First, deeds have been abstracted and published by Mountain Press, Signal Mt., TN. I know I used "Fayette County, TN Deeds Books A-D, April, 1825-February, 1835 Volume 1" by Vicky L. (Morrow) Hutchings, 11/13/2001. I only have copies of the pages relevant to my search so you might want to see if you can get hold of the series. I'm sure there are other volumes but don't have the info handy right now. I'm not familiar with resources in your area so you might want to check with your local library, maybe something can be done via interlibrary loan.
Another option is to contact Tennessee State Library and Archives. Here is the link to the Deed info page:
http://www.state.tn.us/tsla/history/county/earlyrecords.htm
After viewing this page, you can go to "Home" and in the upper right side of the screen you will see "How do I find...". Scroll to "Deeds" and you will find the instructions for obtaining copies of the original deeds. Of course copies aren't free but at least they exist and you can get copies that way, if you so desire.
Finally, LDS has the deed records on microfilm so you can rent them for a very modest fee and view them at your local LDS Family History Center. Fortunately, each film is indexed, according to their catalog, so you won't have to scroll page by page. However, the records are rather voluminous, I think 20 microfilm reels. I don't recall if there is a limit on the number of reels they will order at one time. You can check with your local LDS center.
Just some suggestions, if you need any more info or details, just advise and I'll try to help you. Rick
PS - there is a lot more surviving records for Fayette/Hardeman counties such as wills, estates, marriages, etc.
PPS - I think the county also has the records but I haven't dealt with them in quite a while so don't remember much about that
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