Official Records
The records of the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Tennessee are included among Record Group 21 at the:
National Archives at Atlanta
5780 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, Georgia 30260
Email: atlanta.archives@nara.gov
A guide to the holdings of the regional archives is available at: https://www.archives.gov/atlanta/holdings
A published description of the records is also available in the Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States, 1995 (http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index.html ).
Bibliography
Brake, Patricia E. Justice in the Valley: A Bicentennial Perspective of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press, 1998.