I, Wynn Bearden of the county of Bedford, State of Tennessee, and by occupation a farmer make this my last will. I give, devise, and bequeath my estate and property real and personal as follows: that is to say: That out of my personal estate, all my just debts and my burial expenses shall be paid. The residue of my personal estate after the payment of my said just debts and my burial expenses give and bequeath to my wife…
Bedford County Loose Wills Located in the Bedford County Court Clerk Archives Box – 1890-1896 Adams, A.L 1887 Adams, Fanny A. 1891 Adams, Jno. W. Filed – May 25, 1892 Allen, Martha Kent – 1895 Allison, Robert – Filed March 30, 1891 Anthony, Polly 1886 Atkinson, A.E. 1895 Arnold, Chesey 1881 Barrett, Elizabeth – April 1, 1895 Beach board, B.N. – Oct 1888 – Filed Feb 17, 1892 Bell, G.W. – Nov 9, 1887 Bennett, John 1888 Bennett, Nancy –…
Located in the Bedford County Court Clerk Archives Box – 1847-1890 Indexed and transcribed by Martha Smotherman Mendez, June 10, 1999. Allison, Kimbro (Kimbrough) – 1868 wife -Sally Allison daughter – Nancy Gerald son – Richard S. Allison executors – Chesly Williams, E.T. Williams, & Couedue, McCord wittness – E.T. Williams, Briant Landis, A. Wilson Alexander, James 1866 Anderson, Albert 1868 Anderton, Thomas 1870 Batte , Fredrick 1870 Batts, Edwin 1881 Bennet, James M. 1878 Bingham, A.J 1866 Bingham, Rebecca…
This book may reveal Your Ancestors in the State Penitentiary! Announcing the publication of the second volume of Tennessee Convicts: Early Records of the State Penitentiary. This volume covers records from 1850 through 1870, including more than 2,200 prisoners and their family members who are named in the original ledger volumes. During this period abolitionists, Confederate bushwhackers, and Union army soldiers convicted by court-martial were among those who crowded the State Penitentiary. In addition, the regular complement of counterfeiters, horse…
The Bedford County Historical Society sponsored a family history book published by Turner Publishing Co of Paducah, KY. in December 2002. To order a book, send $60.00 (+ $7 shipping for one book and $4 for each additional book) to the address below. Bedford Co History Book P. O. Box 141 Shelbyville, TN 37160
This list of Bedford County Tennessee surnames being researched was conceived and compiled by Lucy Dunaway Zeier and is published here with her permission.
These are the schools listed on the USGS 1:24,000 (7.5 minutes) topographical maps, as determined by the USGS Geographical Name Information Server (GNIS). These are undoubtedly NOT all the schools currently in Bedford County.
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sarah Armistead June 28, 2010, 5:51 pm Republican National Banner, Nashville, TN Shelbyville “Death Doings in Bedford County” From our Correspondent, March 27, 1871. I send you the sad news of death gathering to his silent hosts the strong and useful ones of our citizens. On Saturday evening late, William Tune, Esquire died at his residence, five miles north of Shelbyville. The deceased was a highly esteemed citizen, well-known throughout the…
File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dwight Winsett October 1, 2005, 1:19 am Lincoln County News July 4, 1935 Morgan Professor Robert Kenneth Morgan, Sr., for 55 years a forceful and beloved educator of Middle Tennessee, died at his home in Petersburg, on Monday afternoon, July 1, at 1:30 o’clock following an illness of fourteen weeks. Professor Morgan was born in Bedford County, near Shelbyville, in 1865, the son of German Baker and Alice Holt Morgan. He…
Franklin-Bedford-Benton County TN Archives Obituaries McKelvy, William G. March 17, 1901 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Helen Medlin, July 28, 2007, 12:48 pm WEEKLY MERCURY (Huntsville, AL (1901) Dr. Wm. H.(should be G) McKelvy Dr. Wm G. McKelvy, a prominent citizen of Dallas, died at this home in that suburb Sunday night after an illness of several months. He was a sufferer of lung trouble. Dr. McKelvy was a practicing physician among the mill people. He…
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