Families And Histories Benton County Tennessee 1836 1986 PDF Download

By: Helen & Tim Marsh, Pub. 2004, 436 pages, Index, Soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-702-5. Bedford County was formed in 1807 out of Rutherford County. And in turn, the lower half of Bedford County was cut off to form Lincoln county in 1809. 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. The 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 This book is a potpourri of UNPUBLISHED records including archival and court records; Deeds, Wills, Cemeteries and locator maps, Plats and maps drawn and researched by the authors both county and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.