Tennessee Societies (18 societies)
Memphis
See: Report of the Trustees of Memphis Hospital (Memphis: B R M'Kennie, 1847); Report of the Trustees of Memphis Hospital (Memphis: W F Bang & Co, 1849); Report of the Trustees of Memphis Hospital (Memphis: W F Bang & Co, 1851)
Nashville
See: Constitution of the Female Bible and charitable society of Nashville. (n.p., 1817?)
See: Minutes in Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee; Constitution and By-laws of the Nashville Protestant Orphan Asylum founded Feb 1st, 1845 (Nashville: W F Bang & Co, 1845)
See: By laws of the Robertson Association (Nashville, 1856); Constitution of the Robertson Association of the City of Nashville Feb 13, 1856 (Nashville: W F Bang, 1856)
Miscelleanous
Jewish Burial Association
Formed c. 1847, later became the Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1850Memphis Hospital
Founded in 1829, original site sold in 1835 with state funding for a new site.See: Report of the Trustees of Memphis Hospital (Memphis: B R M'Kennie, 1847); Report of the Trustees of Memphis Hospital (Memphis: W F Bang & Co, 1849); Report of the Trustees of Memphis Hospital (Memphis: W F Bang & Co, 1851)
Social Benevolent Society
Organised by male and female free blacks in 1854Sons of Ham
Male free black society founded before 1860Nashville
Ancient Order of Mystic Chevaliers
Founded by elite menFemale Bible and charitable society of Nashville.
Founded by 1817See: Constitution of the Female Bible and charitable society of Nashville. (n.p., 1817?)
House of Industry
Founded in 1837 by women for girls 'to that they would someday make suitable wives'. Incorporated in 1846 as the Nashville Protestant School of Industry for the Support and Education of Destitute Girls.Ladies Catholic Orphan Soceity
Formed in 1850 by women of Irish and German descent to assist the work of the Sisters of Charity.Mechanics Library Association
In existence in 1843.Nashville Protestant Orphan Society
Voluntary society founded in 1837, orphange opened in 1845. Directresses came from each protestant congregation in Nashville.See: Minutes in Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee; Constitution and By-laws of the Nashville Protestant Orphan Asylum founded Feb 1st, 1845 (Nashville: W F Bang & Co, 1845)
Robertson Association
Founded by elite men in 1856See: By laws of the Robertson Association (Nashville, 1856); Constitution of the Robertson Association of the City of Nashville Feb 13, 1856 (Nashville: W F Bang, 1856)
St Andrew's Society
Society for the Relief of the Poor
Formed by women of the different protestant denominations.South Nashville Institute
Free School founded in 1852.Young Men's Benevolent Association
Miscelleanous