Index to Old Times in Bedford County, Tennessee
(Article by J.L. Hutson, published 197?? by the Lions Club, Shelbyville, TN)
Nashville Business Directory, Vol. III – 1857
Excerpt from (with Bedford County, Tennessee Relevance): Compiled by the Rev. John P. Campbell Originally published by Smith, Camp & Co., 16 Deaderick Street, Nashville; 1857; reprinted for Century III Nashville, c.1980 Index (partial) by Lucy Bryant Dunaway Zeier; 2009. Within reason, I will also do a complete transcription of the long ads and/or will scan any of the long ads.
Shelbyville’s Three Major Floods
During the history of Shelbyville and Bedford County floods have left their mark on the landscape. The most severe floods occurred in 1902, 1929, and 1948. The March 1902 flood was the greatest known on the Duck River at Shelbyville. It reached an elevation of 737.4 above sea level at the dam, where flood stage Is 719 feet. A description in the April 3, 1902, Shelbyville Gazette stated that “In the course of time Shelbyville and Bedford County have…
Historical Address of Judge H .L. Davidson
Centennial Celebration Tennessee Historical Society 4th of July, 1876SHELBYVILLE, BEDFORD COUNTY, TENN. CONCLUDING WITH HISTORICAL ADDRESS –OF– Hon. H. L. DAVIDSON, Under Joint Resolution of Congress, passed March 18, 1876. Resolution for Publication of Proceedings. CHATTANOOGA W I. CRANDALL, PRINTER; TIMES JOB OFFICE. 1877. HISTORICAL ADDRESS OF JUDGE H. L. DAVIDSON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN : At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of Bedford county, recently held, I was, very unexpectedly to myself, selected to deliver a historical…
History of Rover
Rover is a community located in the North West corner of Bedford Co. From the new Rover History Book Vol. II Dick Poplin writes: “Since the Tenth District is in the northwestern corner of Bedford County and adjacent to Rutherford County, it has had close connection with some of the communities in that county, closer than with some Bedford County communities. In the beginning, Eagleville to the northwest and Versailles to the northeast were in Williamson County, and that…
The History of Bedford County’s Name
When the citizens of Rutherford County living south of the divide between Duck River and Stones River submitted their petition for the formation of a new county they asked that it be called Bedford. No doubt it was Thomas Bedford whom the people of the petition wanted the county named for. Mr. White’s amendment provided a legal foundation for our knowledge that Bedford County was named for this man. Bedford was really Thomas Bedford Jr., because his father’s name…
GoodSpeed History of Tennessee
HISTORY OF TENNESSEE ILLUSTRATED Nashville, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1887 BEDFORD COUNTY. BEDFORD COUNTY lies in the great Central Basin of Tennessee. The prevailing rocks are limestone generally thinly bedded and flaggy, but with some fine building stone. The limestones belong to the Nashville and Lebanon formations, limestones low geological series. West of Shelbyville excellent building stone abounds. Two other varieties of limestone are found in the county, called white rock and sandstone or fire rock. The white rock,…
Shelbyville and Bedford County History Facts
Shelbyville was named for a war hero. The act establishing a county seat for Bedford County called for a town named Shelbyville to be located and laid off by appointed commissioners. According to an old tradition and some written references, however, the small congregation of cabins around the Big Spring was called Selby’s Ville very early.The man who gave his name to our now prosperous city was Issac Shelby, a hero of the Revolutionary War, later to serve as governor of Kentucky, and was…
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…
War of 1812 Resources
The following units were made up mostly, or partially at least, of men from Bedford County. COLONEL THOMAS BENTON DESIGNATION: 2nd Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Infantry DATES: December 1812 – April 1813 MEN MOSTLY FROM: Williamson, Rutherford, White, Bedford, Davidson, Franklin, Lincoln, and Maury Counties CAPTAINS: Robert Cannon, George Caperton, George Gibbs, Benjamin Hewett, James McEwen, James McFerrin, William Moore, Isiah Renshaw, Benjamin Reynolds, William J. Smith, Thomas Williamson BRIEF HISTORY: This regiment, along with Colonel William Hall’s First Regiment…