This 350-page publication is a word-for-word transcription of the Stewart County, Tennessee county records involving guardianship for the period 1842-1850. Transcribed records include court orders, guardian bonds, guardian returns, guardian settlements and court cases involving alleged mismanagement by guardians. Primary sources of the transcribed records are County Court Minute Books and Volume A (1842-1850) of the Guardian Bonds and Settlements Books. Some transcribed records also come from the Loose Records of the Circuit Court. This is the second publication for the county focusing on records relating to guardianship, the first being Stewart County, Tennessee Guardian Records, 1806 - 1842. Guardianship records often include, but are not limited to: - Statements of family relationships among guardians, their wards and the benefactors, useful for proving family relationships in the absence of recorded wills - Financial accounts of monies received and spent by the guardian, useful both for proving family relationships and for insight into the life of the wards - Indications of when a ward reached 21 year of age or married, useful for pinpointing birth years or identifying names of spouses - Names of slaves that do not appear in any other records.