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Bedford County was created in 1807 from Rutherford County. It is surrounded by the counties of: Cannon, Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore, Rutherford, and Williamson. Once in awhile, someone comes up with a genealogical reference book that seems to fill in all those loose blanks. This NEW book by the Marsh's is just one of those books. It is a unique publication that contains an Early History and a Genealogical Reference section (approx. 250 pages) for the SERIOUS researcher. Th material contained in this volume has never been available to the general public in a printed format. This book is a potpourri of UNPUBLISHED records including archival and court records, Deeds, Wills, Cemeteries and locator maps, Plats and maps drawn and researched by the authors both county and North Carolina; War of 1812 soldiers; 1812 & 1836 Tax lists; Biographical Sketches; lists of First Explorers of Middle Tennessee; Revolutionary soldiers and an actual directory of Bedford and Marshall counties settlers. It also contains much research on Shelbyville town lot owners and first settlers, along with many Marsh Collection Documents that are NOT found elsewhere.Marsh, Helen is the author of 'Historical & Genealogical Digest of Bedford County, Tn ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780893087029 and ISBN 0893087025.
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