Reprinted from ANSEARCHIN' NEWS October 1960, pp 81,82 FIRST SETTLERS OF SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE Copied by: Mr. William A. Burns, 2721 W. San Niguel, Phoenix, Arizona About 278 years after the first white man, Fernando DeSoto, camped on ground where now stands the city of Memphis, the first white settlers moved in under the leadership of Andrew Jackson and founded a permanent settlement. The year was 1819. That same year a county was formed and given the name of Shelby. One year later a Federal Census was taken, and it is indeed surprising that there were so few. Federal tabulation for the year 1820 for the County of Shelby shows a total of 364 residents, broken down as follows: Male whites, 141; White females, 110; Male slaves, 55; Female slaves, 58. The ages of the white settlers were listed as follows: Males-up to 10; to 16; to 18; 18 to 26; to 45; and over 45, Females were listed as follows: to 10; to 16; to 26; to 45; and over 45 years of age. From a microfilm of these census records I have compiled the following names and age groups: RESIDENTS OF SHELBY COUNTY, TENNESSEE - 1820: Tilmon Bettes 1--1--0--0--1--0-- 4--0--0--1--0-- James Bettes 1--2--0--0--1--0-- 3--0--0--1--0-- William Bettes 0--0--1--2--2--1-- 0--0--0--0--1-- John Bettes 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 1--0--0--0--1-- John F. Montgomery 0--0--0--1--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- Tho. W. Palmer 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 1--0--1--0--0-- Henry Gibson 3--1--0--0--1--1-- 1--0--0--1--0-- John Grace 2--1--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--1--1--0-- William Jackson 1--1--0--0--1--0-- 3--2--0--1--0-- George Farmer 0--1--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--0--1--0-- Joseph James 0--0--1--4--0--2-- 0--0--0--0--1-- John M. Riddle 0--0--0--0--1--1-- 0--0--2--0--0-- William West 1--1--0--0--1--0-- 2--1--0--1--0-- John Fearrell 0--1--0--1--0--2-- 0--0--0--0--1-- George Alin 2--0--0--0--1--0-- 2--1--0--1--0-- Guidian Carr 0--0--0--1--0--1-- 2--0--0--1--0-- George Guibbs 4--0--0--0--1--0-- 1--1--0--1--0-- John Odem 2--0--0--0--1--0-- 2--1--1--1--0-- Jacob C. Sawf ord 2--0--0--1--1--0-- 1--0--1--0--0-- Daniel Harleroad 1--2--1--1--0--1-- 2--1--1--0--1-- Jacob Bean 1--0--0--0--1--0-- 1--0--0--1--0-- Butler Ashford 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- William A. Davies 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--1--0--0-- Rolin Suggs 1--0--0--1--0--0-- 0--0--0--1--0-- Elijah Bunch 1--1--0--0--1--0-- 3--0--0--1--0-- Henry H. Whitman 1--0--0--1--1--0-- 1--0--1--0--0-- Enos Wade 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- Wilie Roberts 0--0--0--0--0--1-- 3--0--0--1--0-- Russle Bean 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--1--0--0-- Lewis Jones 0--0--0--1--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- William Maddra 0--0--0--1--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- John McIntyre 1--0--0--2--0--0-- 0--1--1--0--0-- Humphrey Williams 0--0--1--2--0--1-- 1--0--1--0--0-- Pattrick Mashan 0--0--0--0--0--1-- 2--1--0--0--0-- Robert Quimbey 0--2--0--0--1--1-- 0--0--2--0--1-- William Irwin 0--0--0--1--1--0-- 1--0--1--0--0-- Mary Moore 0--0--0--0--0--0-- 0--0--0--0--1-- William Thompson 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 2--1--1--0--0-- Nancy Reynold 0--1--0--0--1--0-- 1--1--1--1--0-- Thomas H. Person 0--0--0--1--1--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- George W. Moore 0--1--0--0--6--0-- 1--1--0--1--0-- Robert McAlester 2--2--0--1--1--0-- 2--0--1--0--0-- Joseph Carnes 0--1--0--1--0--1-- 0--1--1--0--1-- Alexander Reynold 1--0--0--2--0--0-- 0--0--1--0--0-- Thomas Carr 5--0--0--1--1--0-- 1--1--1--0--0-- Anderson Carr 0--0--0--1--1--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- Overton Carr 0--0--0--1--0--0-- 0--0--1--0--0-- Joshua Fleatcher 0--0--0--2--2--0-- 0--0--0--0--0-- Thomas Patterson 0--0--0--2--0--0-- 1--0--1--0--0-- Henry Hall 0--0--0--0--1--0-- 0--0--1--0--0-- Drarey Patterson 1--1--2--2--0--1-- 0--0--1--0--1-- __________________ posted by Linda M. Thank lthank@turboisp.com __________________