Download or read book Earliest County Court Records of Bedford County, Tennessee written by Helen Crawford Marsh and published by Southern Historical Press, Incorporated. This book was released on 1985 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bedford County was formed in 1807 out of Rutherford County. And in turn, the lower half of Bedford County was cut off to form Lincoln County in 1809. These are the oldest surviving Minutes of the County Court (1848-1860), all minutes prior to this date were destroyed in the Courthouse fire of 1863.