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Shelby County, Tennessee



State:  Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee

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Organizations
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Tennessee Genealogical Society--P. O. Box 247, Brunswick, Tennessee 38014
Frayser Community Association History Committee.  There is a section on Point Church Cemetery.  It gives a listing of  all (that we know of) buried there.  There is also a section for bios of the people with pictures of the tombstone.

Queries
eMail:  New queries will no longer be accepted, only updates and corrections.  MSGen(at)MSGen.net indicating "Shelby Tennessee Queries page" and "(at)" must be replaced with "@" for the address to work.

Tennessee, Shelby County Queries
Some Shelby County, TN, queries.

Published Genealogy Materials

Gravestone Inscriptions from Shelby County Tennessee Cemeteries Volumes I, II, and III--Tennessee Genealogical Society has these 3 volumes for sale. Write to Tennessee Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 247, Brunswick, Tennessee 38014 or go to website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~tngs/ At the website, go to Library, and click "Publications for sale". The order form may be copied from this site.

Davis Descendants.   By David Ragland Davis.  A New Edition of The Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of Virginia. April 2004. 169 pages. ($40.00 including shipping.)
Davis, John Stephen Family and Descendants of DeSoto County, Mississippi Since 1842.   By David Ragland Davis.  Listed chronologically. 1993. 196 pages. ($35 including shipping .)
Davis, John Stephen and Mary Ann Ragland and Their Children of DeSoto County, Mississippi.   By David Ragland Davis.  Data collected from Public Records and Family Papers and Stories. Not indexed. 1996. 71 pages. ($30 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families. Volume I: Davis Genealogies and Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of Virginia (1695-1995).   By David Ragland Davis.  Text indexed; descendants' list is not indexed. 1995. 141 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families, Volume II: Ragland Records and Ragland Descendants (1690-1995).   By David Ragland Davis.  Text is indexed; descendants' list is not indexed. 1995. 265 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Davis, Ragland, and Bowe Families, Volume III: The Bowes. The Bowes of Virginia, The Bows of Kentucky, The Bowes of Mississippi.   By David Ragland Davis.  Text and descendants' list both are indexed. 1997. 254 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
Descendants of John Davis and Catherine Ragland of Virginia.  Indexed. 118 pages. 2003. Out of print. See Davis Descendants above.
Descendants of Evan Ragland and Susanna Pettus.  By David Ragland Davis.  Indexed. 2003. 235 pages. ($40 including shipping.)
The Ragland Family of Alabama.   By David Ragland Davis.  Public Records Relating the Story of a Family Divided. (1833-1854). 1997. 66 pages. ($25 including shipping.)
Rebecca Bowe Ragland - A Sketch of Her Life.  By David Ragland Davis with Jean Rawlings Meaney.  Descendants' list is indexed. 2003. 84 pages. Revised April 2004. ($20 including shipping.)
Westward, Ho!. The Migration of Seven Generations of the Davis Family.  Written by Margaret Elizabeth Davis Cameron. Edited and printed by Jean Rawlings Meaney and David Ragland Davis. April 2004. ($15 including shipping.)
   (Contact David R. Davis, 122 East Goodwyn, Memphis, TN 38111-2514 / drdavis@midsouth.rr.com / 901-323-3999)

Libraries
 
 

Links

TNGenWeb: Shelby County, Tennessee
Pages about  Shelby County TN History, Surnames, Queries, Lookups, Landmarks, Goodspeed's History, Public Library History and Travel Department, Links, Addresses for Research, Funeral Homes, Search, Events, Shelby County Mailing List, mailing list.  and more.

USGS General Query Form of USGS Data
Search the United States Geological Survey Query for listing of about 98 Cemetery names and locations.

Shelby County TN Data Index
Listing of cemeteries with GPS coordinates.

Newspapers
 
 

Look Ups and Research
 
 

Neighboring Counties

Crittenden, AR, Tipton, TN, DeSoto, MS, north | Tipton, TN, Fayette, TN, east | Marshall, MS, DeSoto, MS, Crittenden, AR, south | Crittenden, AR, Tipton, TN, west


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