George Stacker Account Books and Journals
The first volume in this collection documents George Stacker's farm between 1851 and 1853. The majority of the entries describe the weather, how many plows are being used, and what crops are being planted. The second volume is an account book for a shipping business containing entries from 1819 to 1834. Later hands, including Blanche S., George, Charley, and Margaret Stacker, used the book's blank pages for doodling and practicing their handwriting. The final volume is composed primarily of records of George Stacker's accounts with Woods, Stacker & Co. from 1849 to 1860. It also contains some household accounts.
Dates
- 1819 June 1-1860 November 8, 1885-1886
- Majority of material found within 1819-1860
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Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Abstract
The first volume in this collection documents George Stacker's farm between 1851 and 1853. The majority of the entries describe the weather, how many plows are being used, and what crops are being planted. The second volume is an account book for a shipping business containing entries from 1819 to 1834. Later hands, including Blanche S., George, Charley, and Margaret Stacker, used the book's blank pages for doodling and practicing their handwriting. The final volume is composed primarily of records of George Stacker's accounts with Woods, Stacker & Co. from 1849 to 1860. It also contains some household accounts.
Biographical/Historical Note
George W. Stacker was born in Davidson County, Tennessee in 1826. He married Martha West on December 18, 1848, and the couple had five children: Mary, George W. (1851-1851), Kate Rayburn (Stacker) Valliant (1854-1905), Willie F. (1855-1855), and Samuel (1856-1857). Martha (West) Stacker died in 1857 and George Stacker married Blanche Bishop on February 11, 1868. He had three children with his second wife: George (1870-1926), Charles (1871-1930), and Margaret (1874-1949). Stacker was a farmer and iron manufacturer in Stewart County, Tennessee and owned nearly 100 enslaved people before the Civil War. He enlisted in Company B of the 50th Tennessee Infantry (CSA) on September 19, 1861, resigned after being promoted to Colonel on January 15, 1862, and later rejoined the unit. After the war ended, Stacker returned to his family, where he continued his career as a merchant. He died in Cumberland City, Tennessee on June 9, 1883 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
Arrangement
This collection consists of three volumes in a single box.
Acquisition Note
Special Collections purchased these account books in July of 1987.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository