Tennessee Societies (18 societies)

Memphis

Jewish Burial Association

Formed c. 1847, later became the Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1850

Memphis 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 1854

Sons of Ham

Male free black society founded before 1860

Nashville

Ancient Order of Mystic Chevaliers

Founded by elite men

Female Bible and charitable society of Nashville.

Founded by 1817
See: 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 1856
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)

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

German relief Society

Hibernian Society

Mechanics' Association

In existence in Pulaski in 1843