The original 1835 Map from a copy at the TN State Library and Archives Map SourcesOld maps: Bedford County Historical Society; 624 South Brittain St., Shelbyville, TN 37160 Modern maps: Chamber of Commerce, 100 N. Cannon Blvd., Shelbyville, TN 37160; phone (615) 684-3482. This copy created by Charles A. Reeves, Jr. and Steve Carson and shows essentially the same information as on Fred’s map above (this one is larger but is harder to read than Fred’s). …
By Fred Smoot
If you do not receive a reply in a timely manner, it could be that the individual is no longer offering the service. If you have any questions, please contact Bettye Liberty, Site Coordinator. – Carolyn Odle Smotherman has a wide variety of Bedford Co. materials. – We also have a volunteer who will do lookups from the following book: The Cook Family in America Bedford County, Tennessee. It was published in 1973 by Jerry Wayne Cook of Normandy, Tennessee. It…
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Something fresh and different is happening in the tiny Bedford County artist’s community of Bell Buckle, a town of about 450 souls that lies between Music City – Nashville – and Chattanooga. The Bell Buckle Café on Railroad Square is fast becoming a center for musical talent from all over Middle Tennessee – and there’s even a record company issuing recordings by Café artists known as Bell Buckle Records. With good food, great music and a whole lot more, isn’t it…
Argie Cooper Public Library 100 South Main Street, Shelbyville, TN 37160-3984 (931) 684-7323 Linebaugh Public Library 105 West Vine Street Murfreesboro, TN 37130-3673 (615) 893-4131 Fax (615) 890-4858 East Tennessee Historical Center 314 West Clinch Avenue Knoxville, Tennessee; Mailing Address: 500 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2505 Tennessee State Library & Archives
Bedford County deed records are available from 1808. Copies of the microfilmed records may be ordered from the Tennessee State Library and Archives. – The following published resources are available. Check library catalogs for availability. – Marsh, Helen Crawford, Land deed genealogy of Bedford County, Tennessee, 1807-1852, c 1988. Sistler and Associates. – Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Index, Volumes 1 & 2, 1807-1840. – Bedford County, Tennessee, Deed Index Searches and copies of Bedford County, Tennessee, Deeds: Grantor and Grantee Book/page Year William Martin Grant A…
In its Dec. 7. 1933 issue, the Shelbyville Gazette devoted practically its entire news and advertising space to one firm in Shelbyville. That was when the official signing of an agreement between Shelbyville Mills U. S. Rubber Co. was announced to the public. And there was every reason the Gazette and its subscribers rejoiced in the announcement. One of the nation’s largest and most prestigious industries had just bought the Sylvan Mills or Shelbyville Mills Cotton weaving plant and…
This was not the worst year the Depression but it was not the best either and the news a new industry with a record of steady employment despite the hard times was coming the town was cause for rejoicing. “Perhaps the most significant factors for Shelbyville in this announcement are that the mills are being started into immediate operation. They will be brought up to maximum capacity as soon possible, and they will give employment to approximately 500 people, with…
(Article by J.L. Hutson, published 197?? by the Lions Club, Shelbyville, TN)
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