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Monnie, with the exception of several large cities (Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville and Chattanooga), Tennessee didn't start keeping vital records until 1908. However, you might want to check with Tennessee State Library and Archives to see if there are any probate records for your folks of interest. You can email them and they will do a free state wide search. Here is the link:
http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/howdoifind.htm#5
The instructions are pretty clear.
That said, unlike many counties, a vast number of the old records of Fayette and Hardeman Counties have survived. There are some good books, abstracts of genealogical data, e.g.:
"Tennessee Tidbits 1778-1914 Vol. 1" compiled by Marjorie Hood Fischer - there are, I believe, additional volumes but I don't have the info handy.
"The Bolivar Bulletin", abstracts from a local newspaper. Volume 1 covers 1866-1900. Extracted by Faye Davidson and Fae Jacobs Owens.
"Vital Statistics from 19th Century Tennessee Church Records", another multi-volume work. Transcribed and indexed by Byron and Barbara Sistler, Nashville, 1979.
My point, there are a lot of good resources for this area. There are several old newspapers from the area which have survived and have been microfilmed by TSLA. In my experience, many of the folks bounced back and forth between Fayette and Hareman Counties so keep that in mind.
Hope this helps. Rick
PS - I assume that you have exhausted the census records, right?
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