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Historical Resources

Historical Resources

  Shelbyville’s Three Major Floods Index from the Nashville Business Directory, Vol. III – 1857 – with revelance to Bedford County Compiled by the Rev. John P. Campbell Originally published by Smith, Camp & Co., 16 Deaderick St., Nashville reprinted for Century III Nashville, c1980 Index to the Pictorial History of Bedford County, Tennessee Published by: Shelbyville Times-Gazette; Shelbyville, Tennessee; David Segroves, Publisher; 1994 Index to Old Times in Bedford County, Tennessee (article by J.L. Hutson, published 197?? by the…

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Ancestors in the State Penitentiary

Ancestors in the State Penitentiary

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…

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Bedford County History Book

Bedford County History Book

  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

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