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The History of the First Presbyterian Church

The History of the First Presbyterian Church

  A Complete Index and Extraction of the BookWritten on Many HeartsThe History of the First Presbyterian ChurchShelbyville, Tennessee1815-1965The book was originally written by Robert E. Cogswell; The Parthenon Press; Nashville; abt. 1965, indexed and exracted by Lucy Dunaway Zeier, Minden, Neveda, copyright, 2001.  INTRODUCTION Quite coincidentally, but luckily, I happened upon an autographed copy of the book: Written on Many Hearts, The History of the First Presbyterian Church, Shelbyville, Tennessee, 1815-1965. It was being offered for sale “on-line” by…

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John Bearden Revoluntary War Pension

John Bearden Revoluntary War Pension

  Bedford County TN Archives Military Records Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher November 1, 2005 John Bearden applied for revolutionary pension while laving in Bedford County, Tennessee. His name appears on the 1832 list. He was born in Spottsylvania County, Virginia, in 1744. He served in a company of Rangers from Spartanburg, South Carolina and was in the battle of Ninety-six. He moved to Tennessee in 1842 and settled…

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Amos Balch Revoluntary War Pension

Amos Balch Revoluntary War Pension

   Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher  November 1, 2005, 11:01 am AMOS BALCH applied for revolutionary pension while living in Bedford County, Tennessee. He was born in 1758 in Baltimore County. Maryland. He moved to North Carolina and enlisted in Mechlenburg County in 1779 in Captain Richard Simmon’s company. He was attached to the regular cavalry under General Washington. He was in the battle of Camden. He died in…

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World War I Resources

World War I Resources

For a listing of World War I veterans from Bedford County and for info on ordering World War I records by mail from the Tennessee State Library and Archives, please click here. The TSLA also has information collected in the Tennessee World War I Vertans Questionnaires.

Green Graveyard

Green Graveyard

  Bedford County Cemeteries Green Graveyard:   USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file…

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Bedford County Birth Records

Bedford County Birth Records

Bedford County Birth Records are available in the Bedford County Clerk’s office for the years 1908-1912. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has microfilmed these records and provides very useful information on how to obtain birth records on their web site. Click here. And for an index of death records 1914-1919 click here. Birth dates may also be obtained by searching Bible records, cemetery records, death records, and the Social Security Death Index. To be listed in this index, it would have been necessary…

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