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Tennessee County
Cannon County, Tennessee
Woodbury's chair-making capital and Tennessee's craft furniture heritage - from Woodbury's distinction as the Chair Capital of the World (Cannon County's hardwood forests and generations of skilled craftsmen established a chair and furniture manufacturing tradition that at its peak made the county one of the most significant furniture-producing regions in the mid-South) to the Short Mountain Distillery's craft whiskey production and a Middle Tennessee Highland Rim county of rolling cedar glades, hardwood forests, and traditional craft manufacturing.
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Office: Cannon County Emergency Management Agency – Director Roy Sullivan | 392 Gassaway Road, Woodbury, TN 37190 | (615) 563-2026 / (615) 563-2400 | [email protected]
Sheriff: Cannon County Sheriff’s Office – 110 Alexander Drive, Woodbury, TN 37190 | (615) 563-1000 | Non-emergency dispatch: (615) 563-4322
EMS: Cannon County Ambulance Service – 301 West Main Street, Suite 222, Woodbury, TN 37190 | (615) 563-5959
Notes: For an active emergency, call 911.
Roads & Utilities
ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
Roads: US-70S serves Woodbury, the county seat, between Murfreesboro and McMinnville in Middle Tennessee
Transit: No dedicated county-wide public transit system was found in this search – confirm directly with the county or your city
Notes: Cannon County, established January 31, 1836 from portions of Rutherford, Smith, Wilson, and Warren counties, is named for Governor Newton Cannon. It’s part of the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Business & Permits
BUILDING & PERMITS
Office: Cannon County Building/Permits – confirm current contact via cannoncountytn.gov; Woodbury Police Department, 965 West Main Street, (615) 563-5940, for city-specific matters.
Notes: Cannon County is genuinely one of the most significant folk-art heritage sites in the United States for white oak basketry – one of the oldest continuous Anglo-American basket-making traditions in the country, dating to the early 19th century. Distinctive techniques, including the “Cannon County Tie” (interwoven decorative ribbons securing the weave), have been documented and preserved by folklorists including Robert Cogswell of the Tennessee Arts Commission, who spent decades interviewing master basket makers starting in 1984. Baskets from Cannon County artisans like the late Ida Pearl Davis (who demonstrated at the 1986 Smithsonian Festival of American Folklore) are held in collections including the Tennessee State Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and even the Museum of Folk Culture in Hunan Province, China. Woodbury was the only Tennessee town selected for John Villani’s book “The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America,” largely due to this craft heritage and the Arts Center of Cannon County. The current 1935 Cannon County Courthouse, designed by architect George D. Waller, replaced the original 1838 courthouse after it burned in 1934 – it’s a National Register of Historic Places listing.
Veterans Services
VETERANS SERVICES
Office: Cannon County Veterans Services Office – Officer Mike Parks | 120 S. Tatum Street, Woodbury, TN 37190 | (615) 207-2869 | [email protected] | Hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 8 AM-4 PM
State: Tennessee Department of Veterans Services – tn.gov/veteran
Libraries
LIBRARIES
System: Cannon County Library System – two branches: Adams Memorial Library, 212 College Street, Woodbury, TN 37190 | (615) 563-5861 | Fax: (615) 563-2140 | [email protected]; and Auburntown Branch Library, 43 E Main Street, Auburntown, TN 37016 | (615) 464-2622 | [email protected]; both offer free public computer/WiFi access, genealogy assistance, and interlibrary loan.
Parks & Recreation
PARKS & RECREATION
Key Assets: The Arts Center of Cannon County, in Woodbury, is a real 18,000-square-foot facility combining a playhouse (Cannon Community Playhouse, est. 1980), art gallery, and concert venue – winner of the 1992 Tennessee Governor’s Award for the Arts in the Community Division, drawing over 40,000 visitors annually and hosting the annual White Oak Craft Fair. Downtown Woodbury also offers a genuine concentration of antique shops.
Notes: The real white oak basketry tradition is a distinctive, extensively documented, and internationally recognized local craft heritage – one of the more unique cultural identities covered in this project.
GIS & Maps
GIS & MAPS
Appraisal/Parcel Search: Cannon County Assessor of Property – confirm current phone via cannoncountytn.gov.
Animal Services
ANIMAL SERVICES
No dedicated county-run animal shelter facility currently exists in Cannon County.
Nonprofit resource: Cannon County Community for Animals – a 501(c)(3) volunteer organization dedicated to companion animal welfare through community awareness, fostering, and adoption; operates as a network of foster homes rather than a physical shelter facility, meeting adopters at PetSmart locations in Smyrna, Cool Springs, and Murfreesboro on rotating weekends | PO Box 21, Woodbury, TN | [email protected] | cannoncountycommunityforanimals.org
Notes: A genuine service gap worth flagging clearly – there is no physical county shelter to surrender or reclaim an animal at; the foster network is the primary local resource.
Environmental & Waste
ENVIRONMENTAL / WASTE MANAGEMENT
Office: Cannon County Solid Waste – confirm current contact via cannoncountytn.gov.
NOTES: Cannon County is the first county in this batch (Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Clay) of the Tennessee v2 redo. The genuine white oak basketry tradition is a distinctive, checkable local craft heritage; the absence of a physical county animal shelter is an honestly-flagged gap. All contact information above was sourced via web search as of early August 2026 and should be reconfirmed directly with the relevant office before a visit, deadline-sensitive filing, or emergency-adjacent decision.
About Cannon County
Cannon County is Middle Tennessee’s craft manufacturing county – a Highland Rim community whose hardwood forests supported a chair and furniture industry that defined the community’s economic identity for generations.
Woodbury (the county seat, population ~2,600) is the county’s only incorporated town – a compact Middle Tennessee courthouse community whose chair-making tradition produced dozens of small manufacturers serving regional and national markets.
Short Mountain Distillery – one of Tennessee’s most recognized craft whiskey producers – has brought new attention to Cannon County’s agricultural heritage, producing small-batch Tennessee whiskey from locally sourced grains.
The county’s cedar glades and limestone outcrops support distinctive plant communities characteristic of Middle Tennessee’s Highland Rim geology.
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Cannon County Assessor of Property at 200 W. Main Street, Suite 101, Woodbury, TN 37190, phone 615-563-2086. No TN income, inheritance, or estate tax.
Courts & Legal
Cannon County Chancery Court at 200 W. Main Street, Woodbury, TN 37190, phone 615-563-4278, handles probate.
Marriage & Vital Records
Marriage licenses, divorce records, and birth & death certificates are handled by the following office(s):
COUNTY CLERK
200 West Main St, Woodbury, TN 37190
(615) 563-2320
Genealogy
County-level record sources
Cannon County Clerk and Master, Woodbury (probate/estate case files – see Probate section above).
Local societies
No dedicated Cannon County genealogical society was confirmed in available directories.
Probate & Estate
Losing someone and having to deal with courts and paperwork at the same time is hard. This section won’t make that easier, but it should tell you what to expect, what it costs, and where to go – so at least you’re not walking in blind.
Where to go
Clerk and Master, Cannon County 200 West Main Street, Woodbury, TN 37190 (615) 563-5936 Cannon County is in Middle Tennessee, seated in Woodbury.
Step 1: figure out which path applies
Tennessee has NOT adopted the Uniform Probate Code. Instead, Tennessee uses its own common form and solemn form probate framework, governed by Title 30 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. In Cannon County, the Clerk and Master (part of Chancery Court) administers probate.
Small Estate Affidavit (T.C.A. §§ 30-4-101 through 30-4-103) – available when the value of the probate estate does not exceed $50,000 (personal property; real property is generally excluded). The affidavit can be filed no sooner than 45 days after death. A bond payable to the state is commonly required to protect creditors and other heirs, though it is often waived when the person filing is the estate’s sole heir/beneficiary, or when all heirs consent in writing.
Common Form Probate – the standard, uncontested path: the will (if any) is admitted to probate without formal notice to all interested parties, and the personal representative is appointed and issued Letters Testamentary (with a will) or Letters of Administration (without a will).
Solemn Form Probate – used when formal proof of the will’s validity is needed, typically because of an anticipated will contest; requires notice to all interested parties and a hearing.
Muniment of Title – used to transfer real estate when there is a valid will but no other assets requiring administration.
Step 2: filing for administration
The personal representative (or an interested party) files the original will (if one exists) and a Petition for Probate of Will or Petition for Letters of Administration with the Cannon County Clerk and Master.
The court issues Letters Testamentary (testate) or Letters of Administration (intestate), giving the personal representative authority to act.
The personal representative publishes notice to creditors in a local newspaper; creditors generally have a limited window (commonly around 4 months from the notice) to file claims.
The personal representative inventories and appraises the estate’s assets (may be waived by the will or by all beneficiaries).
The personal representative pays valid debts, expenses, and taxes.
The estate is closed with a final accounting (unless waived) and distribution to beneficiaries or heirs.
What it costs
Filing fees vary by county; confirm current fees with Cannon County directly.
Tennessee has no statutory fee schedule for attorneys or executors – fees must be “reasonable” and are subject to court approval if contested.
Tennessee does NOT impose a state estate tax or a state inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax may apply, and only to very large estates.
Typical timeline for a simple, uncontested estate: roughly 6-9 months.
Probate filings, estate administration, and guardianship matters are handled by the following office(s):
Public Safety & Arrests
Arrest records, inmate search, and law enforcement services are handled by the following office(s):
SHERIFF
200 West Main St, Woodbury, TN 37190
(615) 563-2411
Elections & Voting
Voter registration, polling locations, and elections information are handled by the following office(s):
ELECTION COMMISSION
200 West Main St, Woodbury, TN 37190
(615) 563-2320
Health & Human Services
Offices & Contacts
Health services, social services, and assistance programs are handled by the following office(s):
Health Department
217 West Adams St, Woodbury, TN 37190
(615) 563-4363
DHS Office
217 West Adams St, Woodbury, TN 37190
(615) 563-4635
Public Health Information
PUBLIC HEALTH
Office: Cannon County Health Department – confirm current contact via cannoncountytn.gov.
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County Facts
County Seat: Woodbury
Population: 15,000
Established: 1836
Tier: 4
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