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Shelby County TN, in
southwest Tennessee, is part of the state's three "grand
divisions" and was created when John Overton, James
Winchester, and Andrew Jackson founded the city of Memphis on
May 22, 1819. Memphis was incorporated as the county
seat in December 19, 1826.
In 1827 the county seat was
moved to Raleigh, TN and Memphis didn't regain the county seat
until after the Civil War in 1867. See this
page for more interesting facts about Memphis,
Tennessee.
I am your host for Shelby
County TN. If you have records you would like to
contribute, please send them to me. It will be greatly
appreciated. I need all the help I can get to post
records on line for Shelby. If you are interested in
transcribing records, please let me know! They'll be on
line here as fast as you can transcribe them! These
pages are dedicated to getting Shelby County TN genealogy on
line FREE! All contributors retain the copyright.
Vicki Shaffer
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