Alfred Buffat Ledgers
This collection houses sixty-six volumes documenting Swiss immigrant Alfred Buffat's life and work in Knox County, Tennessee.
Dates
- 1866-1904
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Extent
53 Linear Feet (37 flat boxes)
Abstract
This collection houses sixty-six volumes documenting Swiss immigrant Alfred Buffat's life and work in Knox County, Tennessee.
Biographical/Historical Note
Alfred Buffat was born on December 8, 1840 in Aigle, Switzerland to Pierre Francois and Sylvie Louise Tauxe Buffat. In July of 1849, the family emigrated to Tennessee and settled on a three-hundred acre farm near Spring Place. Pierre Buffat founded Buffat's Mill on this farm in 1861 and Alfred joined him in the business in 1865. Alfred Buffat was also very active in the Knoxville community, serving as a school director for the Second District (1882-1893), a justice of the peace (elected in 1894 and re-elected in 1900), a delegate to the National Farmers' Congress (1902) and a trustee for Knox county (1904 and 1908). Alfred Buffat died on September 4, 1908 in Knoxville.
Alfred Buffat married French immigrant Elisa Bolli (1842-1825) on September 14, 1865 and the couple had six sons and two daughters.
Arrangement
This collection is in 37 boxes. The collection consists of 66 volumes divided into three series:
- Series I: Day Books
- Series II: Ledgers
- Series III: Sawmill Ledgers
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository