Rockdale Cotton Factory Ledger and Balance and McAnally Family Photographs
This collection consists of a ledger kept for the Rockdale Cotton Factory in Lewis County, Tennessee, during the year 1852 for expenses such as cloth and thread. There is also a balance sheet for payments to A. H. Buckner at the factory for expenses such as flour and bush meal. The collection also features four photographs of the McAnally family's farm house in Maury County, Tennessee.
Dates
- 1852, 1965 May
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Extent
1 Linear Feet (1 flat box)
Abstract
This collection consists of a ledger kept for the Rockdale Cotton Factory in Lewis County, Tennessee, during the year 1852 for expenses such as cloth and thread. There is also a balance sheet for payments to A. H. Buckner at the factory for expenses such as flour and bush meal. The collection also features four photographs of the McAnally family's farm house in Maury County, Tennessee.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Rockdale Cotton Factory opened in Lewis County, Tennessee, in 1825. The factory made cotton yarn, and the vast majority of its employees were female. The factory operated until the end of the Civil War.
A. H. Buckner was born in 1801. He lived in Maury County, Tennessee, parts of which were later incorporated into Lewis County. He married Isabella Mitchell on February 26, 1827. Buckner was a slave owner and probably an employee at the Rockdale Cotton Factory.
The McAnally family lived in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee in Maury County as early as 1860, until the Great Depression caused them to move back to their original family farm. Many of the men in the McAnally family were farmers before the Civil War and were probably associated with the Rockdale Cotton Factory.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single box.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository