Bedford County, Tennessee

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Welcome to Bedford County, Tennessee!

Contents 1 Ongoing List of Things to Do 2 Bedford County History 2.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3 Geography 3.1 Adjacent counties 3.2 Protected areas 4 Government Offices 5 Communities 5.1 Cities 5.2 Towns 5.3 Census-designated places 5.4 Unincorporated Communities 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Sources

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Bedford County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Bedford County profiles to the one tree
4. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
5. Voter or citizenship rolls
6. Records of wills and estates
7. Records of slaveholders and enslaved persons
8. Land records
9. Tax lists
10. Muster lists for militia/military service
11. Add genealogy resources to this page
12. Add statewide resources to the main project page

Bedford County History

Bedford County was created in 1807, from Rutherford County. It is named after Thomas Bedford, who served in the Revolutionary War, and owned land in the area that became Bedford County.^[1]

Historic Sites/Landmarks

• National Register of Historic Places, Bedford County

Geography

Bedford County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennessee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law.

Adjacent counties

• Rutherford County (north)
• Coffee County (east)
• Moore County (southeast)
• Lincoln County (south)
• Marshall County (west)

Protected areas

• Normandy Wildlife Management Area

Government Offices

• Bedford County Clerk

Communities

Cities

• Shelbyville (county seat)

Towns

• Bell Buckle
• Normandy
• Wartrace

Census-designated places

• Unionville

Unincorporated Communities

• Branchville
• Bugscuffe
• Center Grove
• Cortner's Station
• Fairfield
• Fall Creek
• Flat Creek
• Haley's Station
• Hawthorne
• Mount Harmond
• Palmetto
• Pleasant Grove
• Poplin's Crossroads
• Raus
• Richmond
• Roseville
• Rover
• Wheel

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Bedford County Cemeteries

On the Internet

• Bedford County, Tennessee, Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Genealogical Fact Sheets
• Tennessee Genealogical Society
• Bedford County Genealogy Trails
• Bedford County USGenWeb
• Bedford County USGenWeb Archives

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia

• Bedford County on Wikipedia