Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
People from Memphis, Tennessee (1 C, 180 P) ... Pages in category "People from Shelby County, Tennessee" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
The Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment, also known as Tennessee Amendment 1 of 2006, is a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions. The referendum was approved by 81% of voters. It specified that only a marriage between a man and a woman could be legally recognized in the state of Tennessee.
In 1852 the sheriff of Shelby County, Tennessee reported that his jail held a 23-year-old runaway slave named Philip, "5 feet, 6 or 7 inches high, weighs about 140 pounds; belongs to Josiah Maples, of De Soto county, Miss." [5] On or about October 1, 1853, Maples married Mary A. Marshall in Fayette County, Tennessee. [6]
Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert stands next to a line of people waiting to be helped while giving a tour of the clerk’s office to The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn., on Friday, January 5 ...
She registered herself and her daughter Roxana, fourteen months old at the time, as free persons of color in the Shelby County Court in Tennessee on February 2, 1846. [2] Because Milly Swan was a free person of color at the time of Roxana's birth and children follow the condition of their mother, Roxana was able to be registered as a free child ...
Shelby County is the westernmost county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census , the population was 929,744. [ 3 ] It is the largest of the state's 95 counties , both in terms of population and geographic area.
The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins. The House cast a 75-2 vote Thursday on the ...
Historical records, Shelby County Register of Deeds. Ask Vance, Memphis Magazine. "Big Empties: Memphis landmarks that have stood vacant for years, waiting for someone to bring them back to life.", Memphis Flyer, December 1997. History and Facts about Memphis & Shelby County, Memphis Public Library. The Fransioli Hotel and Restaurant, 1883-1925.