Heard County was founded in the year 1830 and it was named after Stephen Heard. More than 11K people with a splendid mixture of races including White, Native American, black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with 4K households and 3K family units reside in this region. Franklin is the county seat and the largest city. The area covered by the locale is 301.08 sq mi.

Proper research on genealogy can be performed only when one can show certain degree of patience of willingness. The Heard County search index has been arranged in such a way so that anyone can easily access information regarding probates, colonization and ancestral SSN, birth, marriage particulars, separation decree information, armed service, census, naturalization minutiae, civil court data, death news, civil war particulars, property deeds, and many other details.