Shelby County, Tennessee

Date: 24 Nov 1819 [unknown]
Location: Tennessee, United States
Surnames/tags: Tennessee us_history

Welcome to the Shelby County, Tennessee Project!

Contents 1 Project Purpose 1.1 How to Join the Tennessee Project 2 Ongoing List of Things to Do 3 Shelby County History 3.1 Historic Sites/Landmarks 3.2 Shelby County Notables 4 Geography 4.1 Adjacent counties 5 Government Offices 6 Resources and Records 6.1 On WikiTree 6.2 On the Internet 7 Communities 7.1 Cities 7.2 Towns 7.3 Unincorporated Communities 8 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things genealogy, and more, relating to Shelby County, Tennessee.

How to Join the Tennessee Project

1. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
2. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.

Ongoing List of Things to Do

1. Add the county category to applicable profiles
2. Ensure Shelby County profiles are well-sourced
3. Work on connecting Shelby 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

Shelby County History

Shelby County was formed on November 24, 1819, from part of the Jackson Purchase of 1818. It was named for Isaac Shelby, who had helped negotiate the Purchase.

Historic Sites/Landmarks

Shelby County Notables

Geography

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

Adjacent counties

• Tipton County - north
• Fayette County - east
• Marshall County, Mississippi - southeast
• DeSoto County, Mississippi - south
• Crittenden County, Arkansas - west

Government Offices

• Shelby County Offices

Resources and Records

On WikiTree

• Category:Shelby County, Tennessee, Cemeteries
• Memphis, Tennessee

On the Internet

• Shelby County Genealogy on FamilySearch
• Shelby County Genealogy Fact Sheets
• Shelby County Genealogy Trails
• Shelby County USGenWeb
• Shelby County USGenWeb Archives
• county genealogy society

Communities

Cities

• Bartlett
• Germantown
• Lakeland
• Memphis - county seat
• Millington

Towns

• Arlington
• Collierville

Unincorporated Communities

• Barretville
• Benjestown
• Brunswick
• Cordova
• Eads
• Egypt
• Ellendale
• Fisherville
• Kerrville
• Lenow
• Northaven
• Rosemark
• Shelby Forest

Sources

• Shelby County on Wikipedia