. The builders of the pyramid; the story of Shelby County: its resources and developments . 77 Cjunty government. Shelby County was named for General Isaac Shelby of Ken-tucky, who came to Tennessee in the early days of the State andwas prominently identified with the Indian wars of those days. TheCounty was organized in 1820, and the Eleventh Surveyors Dis-trict was mapped out in of the same year. This Elev-enth District includes the lands of Shelby County, and m a greateror less degree, marks property lines of the old time grants. In 1821 the County Court appropriated $175 for the
. The builders of the pyramid; the story of Shelby County: its resources and developments . 77 Cjunty government. Shelby County was named for General Isaac Shelby of Ken-tucky, who came to Tennessee in the early days of the State andwas prominently identified with the Indian wars of those days. TheCounty was organized in 1820, and the Eleventh Surveyors Dis-trict was mapped out in of the same year. This Elev-enth District includes the lands of Shelby County, and m a greateror less degree, marks property lines of the old time grants. In 1821 the County Court appropriated $175 for the purposeof erecting a courthouse at Memphis. The structure was built oflogs, and served the County for three y^rs, when James Fentress,Benjamin Reynolds, William Martin and Robert Jetton were ap-pointed a Commission to select a site for a courthouse. TheCommission made choice of Sanderlins bluff, on the banks ofWolf river at the town of Raleigh. They were said to haveselected this site because of its central location. On this bluff then,which even to this day preserves a topographical b
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