{"id":9,"date":"2012-05-16T22:40:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T03:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-03-23T21:38:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T02:38:23","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Welcome to the Shelby County, TNGenWeb site!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68 alignleft\" style=\"border: 3px solid black; margin: 10px;\" title=\"MalloryHouse_med\" src=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MalloryHouse_med-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MalloryHouse_med-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MalloryHouse_med.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 158px) 85vw, 158px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shelby County, located in West Tennessee, was established in 1819. Named after Isaac Shelby, the first and fifth governor of Kentucky, Shelby is bordered by&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-size: medium;\" href=\"\/tipton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tipton<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">and&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-size: medium;\" href=\"\/fayette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fayette <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">counties in TN<\/span>,&nbsp;<a style=\"font-size: medium;\" href=\"http:\/\/marshallcountyms.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marshall <\/a>&amp; <a style=\"font-size: medium;\" href=\"http:\/\/msgw.org\/desoto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSoto<\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #000000;\">counties in Mississippi, and&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"font-size: medium;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.argenweb.net\/crittenden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crittenden<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> county, Arkansas. The county seat is Memphis.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You may wish to start on the <a title=\"Records &amp; Data\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/records-data\/\">RECORDS &amp; DATA<\/a> page to see what information is available.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Photo credit: Mallory-Neely House. Image by Flickr user <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/7150652@N02\/3163091475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joseph A<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: small\">\nTNGenWeb Project is a Tennessee-chartered non-profit organization<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/graphics\/trillium2.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usgenweb.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/graphics\/USGenWebA1TM.gif\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Shelby County, TNGenWeb site! Shelby County, located in West Tennessee, was established in 1819. Named after Isaac Shelby, the first and fifth governor of Kentucky, Shelby is bordered by&nbsp;Tipton&nbsp;and&nbsp;Fayette counties in TN,&nbsp;Marshall &amp; DeSoto&nbsp;counties in Mississippi, and&nbsp;Crittenden county, Arkansas. The county seat is Memphis. 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